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US Elections: Behind the scenes with Reuters-TIMA - Donald Trump’s HQ Ahead of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration, our team at Reuters-TIMA share their 2016 US elections broadcast stories. New York, Washington DC, January 2017: Reuters-TIMA Location Services set up broadcast facilities at many locations in New York and Washington DC. This gave clients...
TRT World -Turkey's first English-language news platform - uses Globecast to extend its international reach  Paris, January 2017 : TRT has announced that it has signed a new agreement to launch its international news platform TRT World on 10 additional satellites and expand its reach and viewership. This multi-year agreement was signed with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, and...
Avid and Al Jazeera announce cloud-based newsroom project  Massachusetts, USA, January 2017 : Avid® has announced it has signed a major framework agreement with Al Jazeera Media Network including a Global Services Agreement and Global Product Call-off Agreement. These agreements further cement the companies’ ongoing strategic...
C-COM to invest millions in developing next generation intelligent mobile antenna technology Ottawa, January 2017–: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has announced that it is co-funding an Industrial Research Chair in Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems for the next Generation Millimeter Wave Mobile...
Holger Hass is appointed the new manager of rt1.tv production Augsburg, Germany, January 2017: Effective January 1, 2017, the shareholders of rt1.tv production GmbH appointed Mr. Holger Haas (44) as new Managing Director. The native of Regensburg has already been active since 1 July 2016 within the management of the TV...
EBU appeals to Bosnia and Herzegovina government to save public service broadcasting Geneva, December 2016: The EBU has issued a last-ditch appeal to the Bosnian and Herzegovinian authorities to save public service broadcasting in their country. As the Government has been unable to solve the funding crisis for BHRT to date, the EBU has reluctantly been forced to place the...
AP expands entertainment content through collaboration with The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard New York, December 2016 : The Associated Press has announced a content collaboration with sister publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard that will offer AP clients a greater selection of video entertainment news, including archive footage....
NRK places major order to upgrade LiveU fleet to the recently-launched flagship LU600  Hackensack, N.J., December 2016: Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, which has been a LiveU customer for the past four years, has placed an order for over 60 LU600 units in order to upgrade its fleet to the latest, most powerful, robust and flexible cellular bonding unit on the market. The...
Canal 9 engages viewers during Swiss election with AVIWEST solutions Saint-Grégoire, December 2016: AVIWEST, a global provider of video contribution systems, has announced that Canal 9, the TV broadcaster in Switzerland, deployed AVIWEST’s DMNG PRO180 video uplink system and the DMNG APPs mobile application for coverage of the recent local elections...
AFPTV journalist Will Vassilopoulos wins Rory Peck award for migrant coverage London, December 2016: AFPTV correspondent Will Vassilopoulos has won an award for his coverage of the migrant crisis in his native Greece from Britain's Rory Peck Trust which supports freelancers globally. Greek-Canadian...
ITN signs deal to provide UK news feed to The Associated Press London, December 2016 :  ITN has announced that The Associated Press will license ITN's UK news coverage for inclusion in AP’s news services, which are sold to media organisations throughout the world. The five-year deal will start from 1 January 2017 for use in AP’s global news...
MX1 facilitates satellite transmission for Eurosport 1HD on HD+ Munich, December 2016: MX1, the global media service provider, has been selected by Discovery Networks Germany to handle technical services and satellite transmission of the Eurosport 1 HD channel for all HD+ subscribers. The multi-year contract was signed by Discovery Networks Germany,...
BNN offers live transmission services in the Highlands of Scotland Tain, Scotland, December 2016 : BNN Media operates in one of the most beautiful regions of the UK, supplying its clients with broadcast production and live transmission services. Located in the Scottish Highlands, BNN can provide a single...
Globecast and Imagina France partner for first demonstration of Live Remote Production solution Paris, December 2016: On 30th November, for the first time Globecast and Imagina France demonstrated Live Remote Production service. This Remote Production offering turns the concept of the traditional supply of a ready-to-broadcast feed from venues on its head. This demonstration brought...
Tencent China uses LiveU to stream live new format reality show  Hackensack, N.J., December 2016: Tencent, one of China’s top Internet value-added services providers, is using LiveU’s portable transmission technology to stream live its innovative new reality series called “See where you are going”. The live online programme...
dpa partners with Reuters to distribute international content to its clients  Berlin, December 2016: Reuters and dpa, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the largest news agency in Germany, have announced that they are partnering to distribute dpa’s international content to their clients using the Reuters Connect platform....
MX1 brings Sky Sport News to free-to-air TV in Germany and Austria  Munich/London, December 2016: MX1, the Global media service provider, has signed a multi-year contract to support pay-tv broadcaster Sky in taking its first steps into free-to-air TV in Germany and Austria. Starting from 1 December 2016 – and for the first time – the...
ACTAMEDYA promotes its services at the Global Satshow in Istanbul Istanbul, December 2016: The broadcast services company, ACTAMEDYA, along with its solution partners, Kamera Teknik, Skynet Stream, Zero Density and OttoMam, promoted their facilities at this week's Global Satshow in Istanbul. The...
Reuters celebrates 20 years of Reuters German News Service  Berlin, December 2016: Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, has announced that it is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Reuters German News Service. From the Kohl years to the Merkel years,...
11TH News Assembly explores changing face of journalism Copenhagen, November 2016:  The 11th Eurovision News Assembly, held in Copenhagen, wrapped up on Tuesday (29 November) after exploring the state of journalism, digital transformation and, in a “post-fact" age, the challenges public service media (PSM) faces in reaching and...
News channel in Afghanistan wins AFP Kate Webb Prize  Paris, November 2016:  Independent Afghan TV news station Tolo has won the 2016 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for its consistently fearless work reporting in one of the world's most dangerous countries. The prize,...
AP and TVN Agency to collaborate on news content distribution in Poland London, November 2016:  The Associated Press and TVN Agency, part of Poland’s leading media group, have signed an agreement for the distribution of AP video news content in the Polish digital market. The agreement will...
NEP Europe standardizes on Grass Valley 4K cameras for all new mobile production units Montreal, November 2016: NEP Europe has announced its commitment to purchase all Grass Valley native 4K cameras for its new trucks that are currently under construction. NEP Europe has been relying on cameras from Grass Valley for...
TVC supplies two DSNG trucks to Kuwait Television Šiauliai, Lithuania, November 2016 : TVC has worked with Cogent Technologies to build two DSNG trucks for Kuwait TV to strengthen the broadcaster’s news-gathering facilities. Lithuanian systems integrator TVC in...
LiveU proves mission critical for record-breaking US election coverage Hackensack, N.J., November 2016: LiveU covered every mile of the road to U.S. Election Day 2016 culminating with record-breaking numbers for the company on Election Day: 1,800 portable transmission packs in use, nearly 8,000 hours of streaming, and 212 equipment rentals. LiveU played a central...
SABC chooses Satcom-On-The-Move technology for its SNG trucks Johannesburg, November 2016: Subsequent to an enduring technology evaluation for its needs for contribution of news from any corner of South Africa, SABC has settled on the latest Satcom-On-The-Move (SOTM) technology for its Satellite News Gathering (SNG) Vehicles available on the market....
ACTAMEDYA produces live broadcast of the 38th Intercontinental Istanbul Marathon  Istanbul, November 2016: Thousands of runners took part in last weekend's 38th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon which was produced for television by ACTAMEDYA. Both TRT and NTV Sport broadcast the live signal. In order to...
Tata Communications joins forces with Constantin Medien AG to create a media hub in Germany  London, UK, November 2016: Tata Communications and Constantin Medien, an international media company specialising in sports, entertainment and event marketing have announced the creation of a new media hub in Germany. It will offer content delivery, management, storage and computing...
ITN and Getty Images announce exclusive global distribution partnership  London, November, 2016 : ITN, the UK’s leading supplier of independent broadcast news has agreed a multi-year partnership with Getty Images, a world leader in visual communication, to license and distribute its award-winning news archive around the world from mid-2017. The...
C-COM files second patent for phased array antenna technology Ottawa, November 2016: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has announced that it has developed a patent pending technology to be used with its next generation in-motion phased array antennas....
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