Vitec acquires Camera Corps
Vitec Group Services Division has acquired Camera Corps, the specialist company well-known for its innovative camera systems, such as the Q-Ball HD/SD minicam system, in a reported £8m deal. More
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Telekom and Sky battle for Bundesliga
Broadband TV News: The German football association DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) has opened a second bidding round for 19 packages of broadcast rights to its games. More
Swisscom transcodes burgeoning services with Harmonic
Swisscom has chosen Harmonic’s ProMedia Live real-time multiscreen transcoding platform and NMX Digital Service Manager to provide HD video streams for its rapidly expanding Web TV and mobile TV services. More
Sony sheds 10,000 staff in major reorganisation
BBC News: Electronics firm Sony is to shed 10,000 jobs as part of a major reorganisation, chief executive Kazuo Hirai has said. The cuts, which represent 6% of the global workforce, will […] More
Timeline Television upgrades EVS network for RMG
UK facilities company Timeline Television is implementing new features and plug-ins on the EVS server network it is providing for horse racing TV specialist Racecourse Media Group (RMG). Five channels […] More
BBC targets connected TVs
The BBC has today launched its new sport app for connected TVs, enabling audiences to access the BBC’s interactive coverage of major sporting events via the BBC Red Button. This is […] More
Meduza Titan set to bring full 1080p to 3D at NAB
The Meduza TITAN, billed as the first fully controllable, lightweight, 3D precision single HD camera with two 1080p CMOS sensors, will feature a 3ality Technica integrated control system when it […] More
140kph Camcat keeps pace with skiers for the ORF
The premiere of the Camcat High Speed system at the FIS Alpine Ski world cup in Schladming/ Austria has proved for Hans Peter Trost, sports manager at ORF TV, that […] More
EBU to distribute LEN events
The Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) has appointed the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as its preferred partner to distribute the worldwide media rights of the aquatic events it organises until […] More
GlobeCast to take Olympics to Asia with ATEME
Video compression specialist ATEME is setting up the first HD video head-end that will relay coverage of the London Olympics to the Asia Pacific region. ATEME’s Kyrion encoders have been […] More