Monthly Archives: April 2016
ATP Media and deltatre to deliver next-gen platform for tennis fans
Written on April 27, 2016 at 10:30, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour, has selected sports digital and broadcast firm deltatre for the redesign and relaunch of TennisTV, ATP Media’s direct to consumer live […] More
Sports.ru and NBA to provide content to fans in Russia
Written on April 27, 2016 at 10:26, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sports.ru, Russia’s leading sports website, have announced the launch of NBA.com Russia, the NBA’s new, official online destination in Russia. Hosted in a dedicated […] More
Ncam receives Queen’s Award for Innovation
Written on April 27, 2016 at 10:07, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Ncam, developer of augmented reality solutions, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its work in technology for film and television. The Queen’s Awards […] More
Paraguay to stage start of 2017 Dakar Rally
Written on April 27, 2016 at 08:19, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
SVG@NAB Perspectives: Brainstorm’s Montesa on New Features of the Company’s Virtual-Set Technology
Written on April 26, 2016 at 19:49, by Jason Dachman
At NAB 2016, Brainstorm Multimedia rolled out a 24-ft.-wide virtual-studio theater to showcase the latest features of its Infinity Set virtual-set application enhanced by graphics and other content created by the Aston 3D. The hands-tracking feature — which enables presenters to trigger animations and graphics with the simple hand movements — is part of Brainstorm’s […] More
SVG@NAB Perspectives: RCS’s Mike Ward Goes Inside LaunchPad Graphics for EURO 2016, COPA America
Written on April 26, 2016 at 19:37, by Jason Dachman
Stationed at Vizrt’s booth at the 2016 NAB Show, Reality Check Systems (RCS) showed off its latest LaunchPad graphics system, which will hit screens during this summer’s EURO 2016 and COPA America soccer tournaments. Mike Ward, European Managing Director at RCS gives SVG’s Jason Dachman the latest. LaunchPad facilitates plug-and-play full screen graphics and highlight […] More
SVG@NAB Perspectives: HGST’s Jeff Greenwald on New Object Storage System
Written on April 26, 2016 at 19:32, by Brandon Costa
At the 2016 NAB Show, archival specialist HGST debuted its new object storage-based HGST Active Archive System, SA-1000 model. The HGST SA-1000 enables smaller object storage footprints with easy-to-manage building blocks to scale capacity as needed. Jeff Greenwald, Senior Director of Market Development for HGST goes inside the new system with SVG’s Brandon Costa. Software enhancements have […] More
SVG@NAB Perspectives: Vizrt’s Stadler Analyzes Viz Story
Written on April 26, 2016 at 18:53, by Brandon Costa
At NAB 2016, Vizrt introduced the new Viz Story, which allows media companies to quickly create real-time, 3D graphics and distribute them online and to social media. The company also showed off the data-integration capabilities in its popular Viz Libero platform, as well as its Viz Arena live virtual-enhancement product with new tools for key-frame […] More
SVG@NAB Perspectives: Quantum’s Frederick on StorNext Upgrades and Power of Object Storage
Written on April 26, 2016 at 18:44, by Brandon Costa
As buzzwords like IP and the cloud swirled around the Las Vegas Convention Center, storage and asset management continued to be NAB stalwarts on the show floor. Addressing this steadfast market segment was Quantum, which demonstrated how the expanded capabilities of its StorNext workflow storage platform can maximize efficiencies in ever-evolving media environments. With new formats, […] More
SVG@NAB Perspectives: Aspera’s Quereuil on How FASPStream Streamlines Live Production, Cuts Costs
Written on April 26, 2016 at 18:27, by Jason Dachman
In the two-plus years since being acquired by IBM, Aspera has continued to build on its core FASP file-transfer technology, which has become popular among multisite and at-home live sports productions. At NAB 2016, that evolution was evident. Aspera unveiled FASPStream, an application-software line designed to enable live streaming of broadcast-quality video globally over commodity […] More