By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 4:05 pm
ChyronHego announced the launch of an expanded graphics-services portfolio to be highlighted during presentations in its booth, SL1110, April 7-8, at 2 p.m. The company also announced that it has signed agreements to acquire majority stakes in two Norwegian companies: ZXY Sport Tracking AS, a provider of sports-tracking solutions, and WeatherOne AS, a provider of […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 3:57 pm
Revealing a new strategy for the Americas, ONE CONNXT has announced alliances with Why Complain Media (Canada) and CSTN Ltd, Trinidad, for sales representation in the Americas and the Caribbean. Said ONE CONNXT CEO Dave Almstead in making the announcement, “We are proud to be expanding our sales efforts and presence in this hemisphere. Our […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 3:42 pm
Dalet Digital Media Systems has signed a definitive agreement with Advent Venture Partners to acquire AmberFin, a UK-based specialist in video ingest, complex media manipulation, transcoding and quality control (QC) solutions. The acquisition significantly broadens the Dalet media-asset–management (MAM) offerings, which are built around an open, IT-centric technology framework. It affirms the company’s position in […]
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By Fergal Ringrose, SVG Europe | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 1:59 pm
At NAB 2014, Harmonic has announced VOS for virtualised media processing from a single software platform, encompassing historically discrete functions from ingest to playout, graphics, branding, compression, packaging, and delivery for broadcast and multiscreen applications. The company’s Krish Padmanathan, senior VP for video products, told an NAB Show press conference, “We’re betting our company on […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 1:55 pm
Avid paved the trail for its Avid Everywhere philosophy this weekend at its NAB 2014 press conference by introducing the new Avid MediaCentral Platform and a set of modular application suites intended to transform the company’s place in the media and entertainment sector. “The media industry is going through a period of unprecedented change and […]
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By Fergal Ringrose, SVG Europe | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 1:20 pm
In launching what he calls “a new industry category, software-defined video,” Elemental founder and CEO Sam Blackman has told Sports Video Group that in a fragmenting consumption market “our customers cannot keep up with consumer demand – they have to move to our software-based” approach. “I believe our engineering team is unparalleled in the industry,” […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 3:14 pm
Vizrt has made virtual graphics for live sports a top priority at this year’s NAB, taking the opportunity at its press conference on Saturday to unveil a completely new sensorless live virtual graphics, Viz Arena, and a major new version of its established Viz Libero sports analysis/graphics system, which includes heightened live player tracking and […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 3:12 pm
Adobe will unveil a series of sweeping updates to its Adobe Creative Cloud video applications this week at NAB, headlined by major new features for Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe After Effects CC, as well as new features for the company’s virtualized-collaborative-workflow platform Adobe Anywhere. The latest Creative Cloud release, which is expected to […]
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By SVG Staff | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 2:35 pm
Image Video will be launching its fourth-generation Tally, UMD, and GPI controller at this year’s NAB show. Image Video will have a number of products on display at the 2014 NAB Show – Central Hall Booth C6649 – including the TSI-4000, TXI, TXP line of GPI Control Frames as well as its industry-standard Under Monitor […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 1:26 pm
The three divisions Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division, will be on hand at NAB next week promoting new capabilities, services, and product offering. The three divisions include Bexel Engineered Systems & Solutions (ESS) with end-to-end solutions, including systems integration, fiber and infrastructure support; Bexel Technical Sales & Solutions (TSS), a leading […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 1:20 pm
Clearleap and iStreamPlanet are now partnering to provide a complete solution ensuring smooth transitions of premium, linear live content to connected multiscreen devices. The integration helps premium content owners like leading sports leagues, TV networks, and broadcasters quickly activate and execute their overall multiscreen strategy and swiftly distribute live event and live linear content across […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 11:59 am
At the 2014 NAB Show Fraunhofer IIS is demonstrating its new TV audio system’s interactivity by presenting excerpts from field tests at live broadcast events. Fraunhofer’s Interactive 3D Audio System for TV allows viewers to personalize sound broadcasts to suit their personal preference. With a click of the remote, viewers can boost otherwise hard-to-understand dialogue or […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 11:54 am
Adobe’s Creative Cloud is getting a lift at NAB with milestone feature additions and major updates to Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe After Effects CC as well as Adobe Anywhere. “Customers who have switched to Adobe Creative Cloud from alternative offerings tell us that Adobe apps and solutions give them a significant advantage,” says […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 11:40 am
Imagine Communications has launched Selenio X100, supporting hybrid, next-generation television and production systems by offering a unique architecture future-proofed for uncompressed baseband over IP and Ultra HD (UHD). The dual-channel 1RU Selenio X100 frame synchronizer and converter delivers a broad range of processing capability for video, audio, data and metadata. From ingest and outbound processing […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, April 4, 2014 - 11:35 am
Multidyne has introduced LightningSwitch, a 48×48 optical-to-optical routing switch that simplifies the routing of fiber-optic signals within broadcast infrastructures by eliminating the need for fiber patch panels. Relying on highly reliable piezoelectric beam-steering technology, LightningSwitch minimizes optical connection loss and maximizes optical performance from a high-density, compact 1-RU chassis, enabling cost-effective, trouble-free optical routing of […]
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