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NBCUniversal to Offer 400+ Hours of 4K HDR Olympics Coverage on USA Network, a Record
NBCUniversal has released new details of its 4K HDR coverage plans for the Paris Olympics with the announcement that USA Network’s 24/7 coverage of the games will be available in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio and that it will be providing a record 400+ hours of 4K content. Partners exhibiting USA Network’s 4K programming include Altice, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV/DirecTV Stream, Dish, Fubo, Verizon, YouTube TV, and select participating NCTC members, NBCU reported. Olympic programming on USA Network will focus on Team USA and team sports like basketball, soccer, beach volleyball, volleyball, and water polo. Other sports like track and field, 3x3...
German Broadcaster ZDF Adopts Avid MediaCentral | Cloud UX
BURLINGTON, Mass.—German public broadcaster ZDF is migrating its existing asset management systems onto Avid’s MediaCentral | Cloud UX software platform, the company said.The transition extends the broadcaster’s long relationship with Avid. It provides ZDF with a complete toolset to manage news and program workflows and opens up the possibility of encompassing workflows ranging from ingest to publication., the company said. The deal with ZDF supports the broadcaster’s complex multi-site configuration. One core media asset system is being located at its headquarters in Mainz and two supporting systems in Berlin and Düsseldorf. Avid’s MediaCentral | Cloud UX provides ZDF’s production teams with robust remote collaboration enabling them to use the platform’s feature set, which are regularly updated, within a current on-premise model, Avid said.“Our editorial teams have enthusiastically embraced the new possibilities with Avid MediaCentral | Cloud UX in their daily work. This new agreement with our long-term trusted partner Avid future-proofs our production tech, allowing us to accelerate our news and program production workflows,” said ZDF project manager Antje Lang.More information is available on the company’s website.
Media Excel To Showcase New DIVA AI-Powered Encoding Technology at 2024IBC
AUSTIN, Texas—Media Excel will showcase its new artificial intelligence-based DIVA (Dynamic Intelligent Video Adaptive) encoding technology at the 2024IBC, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.DIVA encoding’s approach maximizes efficiency by performing real-time analysis of incoming video streams, dynamically adjusting encoding settings and optimizing codec performance. The technology achieves high-quality video while delivering a 20% or better reduction in bandwidth usage for streamed HEVC-encoded video content, the company said.“Our approach to leveraging AI through cutting-edge deep learning models is very pragmatic,” said Media Excel CEO Narayanan Rajan. “We aim to deliver the best video visual quality while significantly reducing...
Gray Outlines Coverage Plans for Republican National Convention
ATLANTA—Gray Television has unveiled comprehensive coverage plans for the 2024 Republican National Convention between Saturday, July 13 and Thursday, July 19 that include plans for Gray’s Washington DC Bureau and news teams from multiple Gray affiliates offer coverage from Milwaukee on the local impact of the presidential and vice presidential nomination process and the Republican party platform. Coverage will be available on Gray’s local affiliates and Local News Live, Gray’s national news network that provides live streaming coverage on more than 500 Gray station websites, connected TV apps, and mobile apps.“Our DC Bureau and Local News Live offer a distinctly local...
July Webinar To Examine State Of NextGen Broadcast Datacasting To Vehicles
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A July 25 webinar will examine where things stand with ATSC 3.0 as an over-the-air data and software delivery technology to support the auto industry during a panel discussion organized by the ATSC Automotive Implementation Team (IT8). The webinar, scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon EDT, will bring together experts from the automotive and broadcast industry to discuss how both spheres are advancing on the goal of leveraging 3.0 to deliver data to vehicles. Panelists include Dan Teeter, AutoMobility Advisors and a former executive at Nissan and Ford; Tony Rangel, Sinclair Broadcast Group and formerly with Continental and Hitachi; Chip Goetzinger, AutoMobility Advisors and former executive at SiriusXM and Nissan; Roger Lancet, founder of StrategiaNow; and Mark Barrington, chair of ATSC IT8.Among the topics to be discussed are: An introduction to automotive over-the-air (OTA) data deliveryThe state of connected carsOTA software updatesA review of end-to-end technology for OTA software updatesWhere ATSC 3.0 fits into data delivery for auto Using ATSC 3.0 to deliver software via OTAThe need for collaboration among the auto and broadcast industriesA Q&A with webinar attendees. Barrington will discuss the role of the implementation team at the conclusion of the event.Register to attend online.
Talpa Network Taps Lawo for Broadcast Infrastructure Upgrade
Lawo has announced that it worked with Talpa Network, a leading television and radio broadcaster in the Netherlands, to upgrade Talpa’s broadcast infrastructure. As part of the project, the broadcaster, which produces content at two main locations in Hilversum and Amsterdam with distributed buildings, upgraded its technical facilities, including the implementation of video gateways to transport uncompressed signals between locations over its private network. Talpa is the owner of prominent TV channels such as SBS6, Net5, and Veronica, as well as popular radio channels including Radio 10, 538 and Sky Radio. Talpa Network is owned by John de Mol, is a multimedia...
Cox Media Group Promotes Brad Smith to Chief Financial Officer
ATLANTA—Cox Media Group (CMG) has promoted Brad Smith to chief financial officer.Smith joined CMG in 2020 as the senior vice president of finance & FP&A and has been the interim co-CFO for the last six months. His promotion reflects his success in helping CMG develop its corporate vision and business strategy while evolving the finance team to be more effective and efficient, the company said. “Brad brings a unique skillset and perspective to the role of CFO,” said Dan York, CMG’s president & CEO. “He’s committed to maximizing company performance and efficiency and has been invaluable in helping CMG win in...
Ikegami To Introduce Two New Broadcast Monitors at 2024 IBC Show
NEUSS, Germany—Ikegami will make the European debut of the 24-inch HLM-2460WA and 18.5-inch HLM-1860WR broadcast-quality monitors at 2024IBC, Sept. 13-16, at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center.“Both monitors are optimized for 1920 x 1080 HD, which continues to be the most popular resolution for routine broadcast production and transmission,” said Gisbert Hochguertel, Ikegami Europe product specialist.“Building on the features and performance of its HLM-2460W predecessor, the 24-inch HLM-2460WA reproduces more accurate dynamics of the source images thanks to a 1920 x 1200 native pixel in-plane switching (IPS) LCD panel with 1,800:1 contrast ratio and 400 nits peak brightness," Hochguertel continued. "It is designed for...
Charter Launches ViX’s ‘Premium with Ads’ App
STAMFORD, Conn. & MIAMI—Charter Communications, Inc., and TelevisaUnivision have announced that the new ad-supported premium subscription version of ViX, “Premium with Ads,” is now available at no additional cost to Spectrum customers who have access to Univision as part of their Spectrum TV Select or Mi Plan Latino packages. The new multi-year agreement provides those customers with streaming access to 17,000 hours of premium original series, movies and live sports currently available on ViX – including this week’s CONMEBOL Copa América and UEFA Euro 2024 semifinals and title games – with limited ad load, in addition to the full library of...
BBC's Election Coverage Relied on TVU’s Cloud Production Workflows
LONDON—TVU Network has announced that the BBC’s 2024 U.K. General Election coverage used TVU's cutting-edge cloud platform to manage 369 live feeds from vote counting locations across the UK. All the feeds were captured using the TVU Anywhere mobile app. The feeds were streamed on BBC iPlayer, the BBC News website, and transmitted to a giant virtual mosaic screen at the BBC’s London studio headquarters London Broadcasting House, providing audiences across the U.K. and around the world with an unprecedented, immersive experience. The broadcast reached a peak audience of 4.6 million viewers in the U.K.A BBC custom created tripod and smartphone...
Intercoms Adapt to Changing Production Demands
Broadcasting is all about communicating to and with the viewing audience. A big part of making this happen is the ability for production teams, technical crew and on-air talent to communicate with each other. Which is why intercom has always been a key technology, albeit one with fairly humble beginnings. But from relatively simple systems for studio communications, with facilities to talk to incoming sources, it has grown into both a continually developing technical area and a substantial business sector.Part of this can be attributed to the expanding scale of TV production, not just bigger and more elaborate shows but...
MobileFuse, iSpot.tv Strengthen CTV and Video Measurement Capabilities
NEW YORK—MobileFuse has announced an agreement with cross-platform measurement company iSpot.tv that will make iSpot.tv MobileFuse's preferred measurement solution. The use of iSpot’s Unified Measurement platform ensures MobileFuse clients can accurately measure the effectiveness of CTV and OLV campaigns at scale, the two companies said. The partnership will also help MobileFuse account for additional CTV audiences that brands can't access when running a linear-only strategy. With the partnership brands can use the iSpot and MobileFuse platforms to bridge the gap between linear and CTV, with iSpot measuring linear TV impressions for 30,000+ brands using their proprietary ad catalog, airing data and industry-leading...
NEP Group Deploys Sony NXL-ME80 Media Edge Processors
SYDNEY—NEP Group has purchased several Sony NXL-ME80 media edge processors with Sony’s new HEVC ultra-low latency encoding technology combining a high compression ratio, very low latency and maintenance of the highest picture quality for remote and distributed live productions.“The NXL-ME80 media edge processors are high-quality, multi-channel encoders utilizing Sony’s ultra-low latency compression which makes them ideal for live production applications. They work with both ST-2110 and SDI interfaces and we are successfully using them on a current remote hub project,” said Sam Scally, NEP New Zealand technology manager.For the project, NEP is transferring 16 streams from its main live cameras using...
Canal+ Deploys Ateme Solutions for New OTT Service
PARIS—Ateme has announced that Canal+ has deployed Ateme's NEA solution to power TV+, its new streaming offering. The offering allows users to access more than 80 live and catch-up TV channels, a selection of Canal+ SVOD content, and 8 digital channels all in one app. For the new service, Canal+ leveraged Ateme’s NEA solution for manifest manipulation and dynamic ad Insertion in live streaming and VOD-to-Live workflow. With the solution, Canal+ can aggregate linear and VOD content from the various channels of the group, and repurpose them in the new streaming offering. “With the launch of this new service, Canal+ is positioning...
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