Four broadcast and production houses – Gearhouse Broadcast, Hyperactive Broadcast, Input Media and Chief Entertainment – owned by Gravity Media Group will now trade under the brand name of ‘Gravity Media’. All Gravity Media companies around the world are making this transition and will go to market as a single brand with a bold new […] More
Just before IBC Gravity Media Group announced the acquisition of Chief Entertainment, a Sydney-based provider of live studio and production services, from Telstra Corporation. Gravity Media already operates in Australia under the Gearhouse Broadcast, HyperActive Broadcast and Input Media brands. The announcement said, “Chief Entertainment will continue to operate under its existing name and branding […] More
When ESPN extended its US Open contract with Gearhouse Broadcast through 2025 it gave new energy to future plans concerning the move to an all-IP infrastructure. That move, expected to be completed in time for next year, will give ESPN, the USTA, and nearly everyone else who delivers video and audio content around the grounds […] More
The 2019 tennis Grand Slam schedule is giving the Eurosport production and technical team more than just a chance to cover the world’s most important tennis tournaments. It is also allowing them to prepare for future workflows that, ultimately, will redefine the way the European sports giant approaches remote production once ETT, or the European […] More
Gravity Media Group (GMG), the owner of the production and broadcast services specialists Gearhouse Broadcast, Hyperactive Broadcast and Input Media, has appointed John Currie as its head of technology. Currie joins GMG from Magenta Broadcast, a London-based systems integrator that he co-founded in 2015 as technical director. In his new role, Currie will be responsible […] More
Gearhouse Broadcast has once again renewed its commitment to sports broadcast through its Platinum Sponsorship of SVG Europe. The company cited SVG Europe’s ability to put the company in front of its key audience as an important reason for its support. Ed Tischler, UK MD at Gearhouse Broadcast, commented: “SVG Europe gives us great exposure […] More
Gearhouse Broadcast has purchased multiple LDX 86N native 4K/3G/HD single-speed upgradeable cameras from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand. The cameras will go to its new German division, previously known as Genesis Broadcast Services before it was acquired and rebranded by Gearhouse’s parent company Gravity Media Group in March 2018. The LDX 86N is said to be one […] More
Gearhouse Broadcast has been commissioned by ITV to supply a range of facilities in Russia for its international football coverage this summer. The rights holder will broadcast live to the UK from its Gearhouse-built studio in Moscow’s Red Square and rely on the production infrastructure that Gearhouse has installed for it inside the International Broadcast […] More
International systems-integration company Gearhouse Broadcast has installed Harris signal processing and conversion technology to provide the backbone of a new mobile HD production facility being used by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) to televise the 2012 Formula 1 motor-racing championship. Amongst the Harris systems installed in this flyaway Pod system are 6800+ core processing, Harris fibre […] More
Some more details have emerged about the two new HD OB vehicles that Gearhouse Broadcast recently completed for Turkish state broadcaster TRT, which, it seems, include a complete and interoperable Harris infrastructure to give TRT a reliable and efficient technology backbone for live production. More
