Sinclair Broadcast Group recently signed a multi-year lease agreement with LiveU that upgrades its fleet of hundreds of portable transmission units to LU600 HEVC bonded IP for its newsgathering operations. The agreement immediately upgrades Sinclair stations spanning 80 production locations in the US to LiveU’s flagship model of HEVC field units. Sinclair has been a […] More
The biggest media company in the Republic of Belarus — the National State TV and Radio Company — has selected Globecast to launch the HD variant of its international satellite channel Belarus 24. TV channel Belarus 24 is building upon its decade-long relationship with Globecast with the launch of the free-to-air channel on Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD. […] More
Clear-Com has appointed Alex Hemme as the company’s first regional sales manager solely focused on the German broadcast market. The new role cements Clear-Com’s commitment to further extending its reach in the region, enabling more local support for German customers and working closely with systems integrators across the country. Hemme has extensive experience in marketing, […] More
Broadcast, production and media technology event BVE will return to ExCeL London from 26-28 February with over 250 seminar speakers in the line-up. “Every year, BVE provides a space for our community to unite and further advance the industry. With this year’s purpose of encouraging collaboration, the show will continue to facilitate knowledge-sharing and the […] More
Genelec is set to expand its presence within the AV and home audio markets of Asia and the Middle East, following the appointment of Arun Kumar to the post of regional business manager. A respected audio industry veteran whose depth of experience stretches back more than 20 years, Kumar has already played a key role […] More
Clear-Com has announced what is believed to be its northernmost installation in the world, at the Andøya Space Center (ASC) located two degrees north of the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. There is a separate rocket launch site several hundred kilometres away at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. The new Clear-Com installation is based around the HelixNet digital […] More
Major US sports venues are successfully using a new, single-point-of-control integration solution for graphics and production switching developed in collaboration between ChyronHego and Grass Valley. Designed for complex venue productions, this integration allows a technical director (TD) to switch shows with game-in-progress graphics delivered simultaneously to multiple displays. These include LED ribbon boards, scoreboards, and […] More
Almost 150 sports professionals have already signed up to attend SVG Europe’s Football Summit on 28 February despite the event still being seven weeks away. With speakers yet to be announced, the annual conference, which is taking place in Paris, has attracted an early surge of interest with delegates signing up from a number of […] More
SVG Europe is pleased to announce key enhancements to its in-house editorial team. Executive editor Fergal Ringrose has been promoted to editorial director of SVG Europe — and has stepped down as executive eEditor of the IBC 365 editorial platform. Contributing editors Heather McLean (pictured) and Will Strauss have been promoted to the position of editor, […] More
Zixi has announced the appointment of former Aspera executive John Wastcoat to the role of senior vice president alliances and marketing. With over 20-years business development experience, Wastcoat brings valuable leadership to Zixi’s executive team as the company continues to scale to support the significant expansion the company is seeing. At Zixi he leads the […] More
