Monthly Archives: April 2016
NAB Perspectives: At 45, For-A Charts Path for Future — for Its Customers and the Industry
Written on April 29, 2016 at 18:47, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
For-A is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and, at NAB 2016 last week, the company’s executive team honored the past by introducing a number of products and technologies designed to move the industry forward. Like many manufacturers at the show, the company has customers struggling with which way to go in technology, but For-A […] More
NAB Perspectives: JVC Camcorder Integrates Sports Graphics
Written on April 29, 2016 at 18:22, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
JVC’s GY-HM200SP made its debut last week at NAB 2016 and could arguably be the most “sports-centric” camera ever to hit the market: it can overlay score, team names, game clock, and even team logos without the need for an external switcher or character generator. “The original concept was two-fold,” says Ian Scott, VP, Professional […] More
NAB Perspectives: At 45, For-A Charts Path for Future — for Its Customers and the Industry
Written on April 29, 2016 at 14:47, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
For-A is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and, at NAB 2016 last week, the company’s executive team honored the past by introducing a number of products and technologies designed to move the industry forward. Like many manufacturers at the show, the company has customers struggling with which way to go in technology, but For-A […] More
NAB 2016: JVC Camcorder Integrates Sports Graphics
Written on April 29, 2016 at 14:22, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
JVC’s GY-HM200SP made its debut last week at NAB 2016 and could arguably be the most “sports-centric” camera ever to hit the market: it can overlay score, team names, game clock, and even team logos without the need for an external switcher or character generator. “The original concept was two-fold,” says Ian Scott, VP, Professional […] More
SES, Eurovision Partner to Broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Worldwide
Written on April 29, 2016 at 11:38, by SVG Staff
SES has signed a capacity agreement with Eurovision to broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympics to sports fans around the world. As part of the agreement, Eurovision will lease several transponders on the NSS-806 satellite between July and August 2016 to enable broadcasters across the globe to provide extensive coverage of the Olympics in Rio and distribution […] More
Météo-France upgrades weather graphics with ChyronHego’ Metacast
Written on April 29, 2016 at 11:11, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Météo-France, the French national meteorological and climatological institute, has chosen ChyronHego’s Metacast weather graphics solution. Metacast replaces a proprietary system for generating weather graphics content for distribution to media clients […] More
New appointments boost Forscene presence in key market sectors
Written on April 29, 2016 at 11:05, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Forbidden Technologies has announced three new additions to the Forscene management team. The new appointments provide significant industry expertise in Forscene’s key markets; broadcast, news and sport video post-production. Max […] More
NAB 2016: Blackmagic Design, Ikegami, Panasonic and more join TICO Alliance
Written on April 29, 2016 at 11:01, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Blackmagic Design, B&M Modern Media, Bluefish444, Cobalt Digital, Ikegami, Leader, Net Insight, Panasonic, Pesa, Telestream and Village Island joined the TICO Alliance in Las Vegas. The addition of the new […] More
SVG Europe heads to Milan for Sky Italia Innovation Summit 2016
Written on April 29, 2016 at 10:43, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
SVG Europe is delighted to announce an association with our Italian colleagues to produce ‘Sky Italia Innovation Summit’ in Milan May 25. This will be an Italy-focused, Italian-language, Platinum-only event […] More
SVG Europe Q&A: Andy Hayford and Haydn Parnell, Fletcher London
Written on April 29, 2016 at 10:11, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Fletcher is a company with a 25-year plus history, headquartered in Chicago, with a rental and service business focused on the supply of specialist cameras for sports broadcasting across North […] More