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TVLB offers UHD OB services for events taking place in China
Beijing, September 2018: Touch Video Live Broadcast (TVLB) is a major broadcast services company in China that offers UHD production facilities. It has two UHD OB vans, as well as four HD OB vans.
New to promoting its services on...
Ruptly releases 80,000 video stories on industry-disrupting subscription model
Amsterdam, September 2018: Global video news agency Ruptly has unveiled a market-breaking move to enable access to all content on its Ruptly.tv platform in a new low-cost subscription model. Developed to democratize the video news industry and support emerging and mid-sized digital publishers,...
LiveU launches LU300, a powerful compact HEVC field unit
Hackensack, NJ, September, 2018: LiveU is presenting the latest addition to its HEVC product family at IBC2018, completing the transition of all its broadcast-grade units to HEVC and putting professional HEVC encoding within a wider reach. The new LU300 HEVC field unit combines...
BS Broadcast to capitalise on used equipment in Middle East
Dubai, September 2018: BS Broadcast has established itself as the first company in the Middle East to deal in the buying and selling of quality-tested used broadcast and satellite equipment.
Strategically based in the UAE, to...
C-COM announces multi-year, US$2 million contract
Ottawa, September 2018: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, has signed a contract with one of its long-standing integrator partners pursuant to which the partner is permitted to order up to...
TV 2 Denmark invests in a new production system from Avid
Odense, September 2018: TV 2 DENMARK has signed a contract with Avid for a new production system supporting the digital transformation at TV 2 and focusing on cross-platform storytelling.
Christian Rohde, Head of...
Adtec showcases its new Afiniti dense contribution encoder at IBC
Nashville, Tennessee, September 2018: Adtec Digital, a leading manufacturer of contribution video encoders and receivers, announces the release of its afiniti line of dense encoder products designed for use in contribution broadcast applications.
Adtec’s afiniti encoders will...
MX1 to showcase at IBC cutting-edge technology and latest features for its media platform, MX1 360
Unterföhring, Germany, September 2018 : This year at IBC, MX1 will again showcase cutting-edge technology developments and latest features for its game-changing next generation media platform, MX1 360. It will also demonstrate the breadth of its leading services for content...
LiveU expands its global hybrid IP satellite and cellular service across Europe and North Africa
Hackensack, NJ, September, 2018: LiveU has announced plans to expand its affordable, hybrid global IP satellite service, which works in combination with its HEVC bonding technology.
Increasing the range of options, the new...
Barcelona-based company offers production facilities for all types of events
Barcelona, August 2018: Highvideo Storytellers prides itself on the art of storytelling by using its skills in the audiovisual media. It's equipped itself with all the necessary technical facilities in order to cover a range of events, whether they be sports, news or corporate occasions....
Russian sports channel promotes its broadcast services on TVZ
Moscow, August 2018: Match TV - which broadcasts across the whole of Russia - is now promoting its broadcast production and transmission facilities on TVZ.
The company - which has broadcasting facilities in Moscow...
Globecast and HPower provide multiple production services for Royal British Legion’s WW1 Great Pilgrimage 90 Parade and One Hundred Days ceremony
Paris, August 2018: Globecast, in partnership with event management company HPower, provided complete production and associated technical services to the Royal British Legion (RBL) for its recent Great Pilgrimage 90 Parade and One Hundred Days Ceremony....
Charlton Athletic FC deploys LiveU for multi-camera remote production live streaming
Hackensack, NJ, August 2018 : Continuing the ever-growing trend of LiveU use for professional sports of all types and levels, London-based football club Charlton Athletic FC has deployed LiveU to enhance the experience for its fans, streaming a variety of live content on its website and to...
Romantis celebrates its success at the FIFA World Cup in co-operation with RSCC
Berlin-Schönefeld, Germany, August 2018: Romantis, in association with Russian Satellite Communication Company (RSCC), supported distribution of the FIFA™ World Cup in Russia to Latin American countries (Peru, Columbia and others) via RSCC's “Express-AM8” satellite...
Globecast to debut its Digital Media Hub for sports and live events at IBC
Paris, August 2018: Globecast is launching at IBC its new Digital Media Hub suite of services for sports and live events. By aggregating multiple virtualized technologies into a single ecosystem, the Digital Media Hub allows a live feed to be treated in multiple ways to create content...
LiveU breaks its global transmission record with 500 simultaneous live streams
Hackensack, NJ, August 2018: The highly publicized Mexico Presidential Elections reached global audiences and broke records for voter turnout and media coverage. To keep a country informed and provide up-to-the-minute updates and results, the media relied on LiveU and its Mexican partner,...
NEP and Tata Communications complete the remote production of VIVO Indian Premier League 2018 for Star Sports
London, UK 2018: NEP Broadcast Solutions and Tata Communications have successfully completed the remote production and broadcast of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) for Star Sports, the number one sports broadcaster in India and subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
The 2018 VIVO IPL...
Overon supplied leading broadcasters with live services at the Trump-Putin Summit and the World Cup
Madrid, July 2018: Overon deployed its own broadcast equipment for its coverage of two key world events this month: the final of the World Cup and the Trump Putin Summit in Helsinki.
Getting ready for the World...
LiveU delivers 15,000 hours of flawless transmission at the FIFA World Cup in Russia
Hackensack, NJ, July 2018: LiveU released its live broadcasting figures during the FIFA World Cup™ in Russia with 485 units onsite used by customers from over 40 countries. The numbers have doubled, and even tripled, since the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ – including over 15,000...
World Nomad Games to be marketed to international audience
London, July 2018: Organisers of this year’s World Nomad Games – the planet’s greatest celebration of traditional nomadic sports and culture – are planning to take the spectacular event to a global audience....
C-COM announces successful test of Ka-band phased array mobile satellite antenna
Ottawa, June 2018: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has announced that it has successfully tested its 16x16 subarray phased array antenna using 4x4 Transmit and Receive building blockmodules. The panels...
Eutelsat to broadcast 5,500 hours of HD content during the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Paris, June 2018: Eutelsat has announced that capacity equivalent to 5,500 hours of High Definition (HD) transmissions has been booked by several TV channels and service providers for the global event to be held from 14 June to 15 July....
UK-based Links Broadcast enhances its services by offering 4K UHD
Harlow, UK, June 2018: Links Broadcast is one of the UK’s leading facilities providers to broadcasters, offering a range of transmission and production services and facilities to major broadcasters, production companies and video content producers in the UK and abroad....
LiveU provides live coverage of global annual “Wings for Life World Run”
Hackensack, NJ, June 2018: LiveU was the key live streaming provider for the Wings for Life World Run production this year, one of the most challenging live sports productions in Europe. LiveU deployed almost 100 transmitters including LU600 HEVC portable transmission units and LU-Smart...
Ruptly deploys a 5-camera UHD OB van in World Cup Coverage
Berlin, Germany, June 2018: Ruptly provided original multi-camera live transmission of the pre-World Cup match with FIFA and Russian football legends in five different languages.
The friendly game took place in Kaliningrad on...
Sky News uses LiveU for Royal Wedding UHD/4K broadcast
Hackensack, NJ, May 2018: With royal watchers around the world already captivated in the weeks leading up to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the event itself was a huge television spectacle.
Sky News wanted to...
The Switch transmits more than 200 hours of Royal Wedding content
London, May 2018: Saturday, May 19, marked a historic occasion as Britain’s Prince Harry and American Meghan Markle wed in a ceremony at St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle. By transmitting more than 200 hours of content over the course of the weekend, The...
The Switch connects to Cactus Film & Video in Mexico
Mexico City, May 2018: The Switch® and Cactus Film & Video® have announced the addition of connectivity between Cactus Film & Video’s Mexico City facilities and The Switch’s global network. The new connections extend The Switch’s network into Mexico via...
ANI Media embraces LiveU’s LU600 HEVC to boost their platform for live newsgathering
Hackensack, NJ, May 2018: Asia’s premier news agency Asian News International (ANI) is upgrading its entire LiveU fleet with LiveU’s flagship LU600 HEVC units for global newsgathering and live sports coverage. ANI’s newsgathering fleet, which is spread all over India,...
Hotwire Communications partners with Globecast Americas to distribute seven new Arabic channels
Los Angeles, May 2018: Globecast has partnered with Hotwire Communications to deliver seven new Arabic language channels. The channels include Alaraby, Dubai TV, Sama Dubai, Kuwait TV, Panorama Films, Panorama Drama and Sky News Arabia.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Hotwire is the...
