SES announced today that it has signed multi-year capacity agreements totaling over EUR 66 million in backlog with multiple public broadcasters in Europe throughout 2020, enabling millions of satellite TV households across Europe to continue watching SD and HD…

The UK’s 5G rollout is progressing well, with average speeds boosted nearly five times in areas where 5G is available, according to mobile network benchmarking firm Global Wireless Solutions (GWS). Its latest nationwide test assessed the mobile network performance…

Infront Productions will use a full network-based set-up, coupled with a remote production concept to deliver the coverage of the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) Nordic World Ski Championship taking place in Oberstdorf, Germany, starting on 23 February. The set-up, implemented in…

Increasing consumer demand for high-fidelity video and audio content is raising the bar for commercial advertising. While legacy 3G-SDI infrastructures are adequate for HD production and delivery, commercial post facilities like Tokyo-based ATELIER ARTE are seeking the latest 4K/UltraHD and 12G-SDI…

Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM Mini Extreme, a new massively larger model of our ATEM Mini live production switcher. This new model is our most advanced 1 M/E switcher that features 8 inputs, 4 ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyers, a total of…

Crowds of up to 35,000 have traditionally gathered weekly in houses of worship (HOW) for religious services across the U.S., but with the emergence of a global pandemic, this practice came to an abrupt halt. Lockdowns across the country…

Global online video advertising revenue will grow from $70 billion (€57.7bn) in 2020 to $120 billion by the end of 2024 according to Omdia’s latest Global Online Video Advertising report. Driven by the post-Covid-19 online video consumption surge that…

With the electric off-road racing championship just weeks away, Extreme E has confirmed Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), the public broadcasting organisation of the French Community of Belgium, as the latest addition to its broadcasting portfolio. Extreme E is…

Vizrt, the world’s leading provider of software-defined visual storytelling tools (#SDVS) for media content creators, today announced Vizrt XR (Extended Reality) to give in-studio and outdoor broadcasters the ultimate creative potential in visual storytelling capabilities and sports analysis including…

On February 1, 2021, China Central TV (CCTV), supported by China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Radio and Television broadcast its first live 8K Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) TV channel broadcast test signals over a 5G network from the…

WOWOW uses LiveU to follow leading Japanese players across the Women’s Open Golf tournament employing a seamless remote production workflow. Japanese broadcaster WOWOW, which operates both satellite channels as well as streaming services, deployed LiveU technology to provide innovative, player-following coverage…

The German pay-TV broadcaster and Vodafone deployed the LiveU LU800 solution to enable faster time-to-air and greater flexibility for Tier 1 sports coverage LiveU played a central role in a successful 5G test with pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland and Vodafone, trialling…

CP’s Red House Streaming solutions reduce crew and infrastructure in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines, and help B Live deliver an exceptional quality of experience for OTT audiences. CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for live event productions, partnered with video production…

South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. (MBC), the nation’s second largest broadcaster, relied on three integrated remote production technologies from TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, to bring in 64 guests via remotes…

Grass Valley has introduced the GV K-Frame on AMPP application suite, which delivers a SaaS version of its K-Frame switchers engine for its Agile Media Processing Platform. This is part of GV’s range of AMPP-connected systems designed to assist…

With nine television stations, 18 radio stations, and a multi-faceted website, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) strives to educate, entertain, and enrich the lives of its audience with programming that includes statewide radio news, current affairs, and educational resources. Already using the…

Seeking a solution that would up level the quality of its productions and provide greater flexibility, Live X purchased Panasonic’s KAIROS, a next generation IT/IP live production platform. The full-service production and broadcast company, whose previous work includes the Democratic National Convention…

Dejero is now offering a LivePlus app for Windows that is designed to help journalists with remote news delivery. Part of Dejero’s LivePlus family of mobile news apps, LivePlus for Windows enables journalists working from home or any remote…

Partnership unlocks the power of IP contribution from anywhere with the MediaCentral platform Avid today announced a partnership with Haivision (TSX: HAI), a leading provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions, to enable the ingest of incoming IP streams…