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Romantis to serve TV and SNG broadcasters during FIFA World Cup
Berlin, March 2018: [Source: Romantis] The soccer world is looking forward to an amazing football year with the upcoming FIFA World Cup scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July this year.
Sporting events always...
Globecast and CBTV announce innovative, event-based IP-over-satellite transport platform
Los Angeles, March 2018: Globecast has announced a technology partnership with Santa Barbara, CA-based CBTV for the launch of a groundbreaking new transport platform. This allows media, event producers and content providers to deliver streaming, file transfers, WiFi, 4K, 8K, and...
ITV Studios increases efficiency with hybrid OB cars equipped with KA-band and LiveU solutions
Hackensack, NJ, March 2018 : ITV Studios’ Daytime team – with programmes such as Good Morning Britain and This Morning – decided in 2017 that they wanted to reduce their environmental impact and after much research, opted to deploy a combination of hybrid fuel vehicles...
Trickbox TV launches state-of-the-art live streaming webcasting platform, TrickboxLive
London, March 2018: Trickbox TV, a leading supplier of equipment and services for studio and location multi-camera productions for broadcast, video production, webcasting and live events, has announced the launch of its live streaming webcasting platform, TrickboxLive. A managed hybrid...
C-COM Ka-band antennas authorised for operation on the Jupiter-powered Hughesnet Gen5 platform
Ottawa, March 2018: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has announced that its iNetVu® vehicle mount Ka-band antenna system, model Ka-98H/JUP, has received type approval from Hughes Network Systems (HUGHES), for...
The world’s premier MTB race joins forces with LiveU to provide highest quality live coverage
Cape Town, South Africa, and Hackensack, NJ, March, 2018: The world’s most televised mountain biking race, The Absa Cape Epic, has teamed up with LiveU to provide live coverage of the 8-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape....
SES optimizes events and news broadcasting with new product “OU Flex”
Luxembourg, March 2018: As video customers increasingly need to handle multiple video formats for distribution on multiple platforms and access reliable communication between locations while covering live events, SES has unveiled a new product, “OU Flex”, which is designed to...
AP expands China video news offering with CCTV+ collaboration
London, March 2018: As global interest in China continues to grow, The Associated Press has extended its existing relationship with CCTV+, the video news agency of China Central Television, to bring its comprehensive video news coverage to the online AP Video Hub platform.
AP Video Hub...
Romantis and Russia's RSCC present satellite solutions at Latin American trade exhibition
Cartagena, Colombia - March 2018 : Romantis, which provides premium satellite communication services, is partnering the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) to offer broadcasters and telecoms companies in the Latin America region solutions that use the new Russian satellite...
AFP uses the MX1 360 service to transmit its news feeds to broadcasters
Unterföhring, Germany February 2018 : MX1, a global solution provider of media services, has announced that leading global news agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP), is using its end-to-end, cloud-based MX1 360 service to securely transmit news feeds to broadcasters and publishers...
Adtec shows afiniti dense contribution encoder at BVE
February 2018, Nashville, Tennessee : Adtec Digital, a leading manufacturer of contribution video encoders and receivers, has announced the release of its afiniti line of dense encoder products designed for use in contribution broadcast applications. Adtec’s afiniti encoders will be...
SNG TV offers live transmissions almost 'anywhere, anytime' within Australia
Victoria, Australia, February 2018: The broadcast services company, SNG TV, is equipped to cover live events from almost anywhere in Australia, no matter how rugged the terrain. With its 4WD SNG vehicle and microwave link trucks, along with portable ‘Fly-Away’ SNG satellite...
NBC Olympics selects SES satellite distribution for its 4K HDR production of 2018 Olympic Games
Stamford, Connecticut, February 2018 : NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, selected SES to provide 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) satellite distribution for its production of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, which take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, from February 8 - February...
Eurovision Media Services and Eutelsat extend long-term partnership
Paris, February 2018: Eurovision Media Services – the business arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) – and Eutelsat have announced the renewal and expansion of their partnership for capacity in Ku-band via a number of contracts on the EUTELSAT 10A satellite....
Celebro Media launches first full 4K/UHD studio facilities in North America
Washington DC, February 2018 : Celebro Media has announced the launch of its new Washington DC live broadcast studio with stunning views of the White House. The multi million-dollar build will be the first US studio to be fully 4K/UHD functioning with pioneering IP technology and...
Digicam offers broadcast studio, crews and IP SNG services in Greece
Athens, February 2018 : New to promoting its services on TVZ, Digicam has been supplying broadcast services for more than 20 years.
It carries one of the largest ranges of broadcast video equipment in Greece and can provide clients...
LiveU to provide 4K HEVC live coverage for first time at the Winter Games
Hackensack, N.J., February 2018 : LiveU is providing 4K HEVC live video coverage for the first time at a major event at the Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. LiveU will support global broadcasters from over 40 countries with a record number of bonded cellular units and a dedicated...
Trickbox TV’s OB flyaway solution used to shoot world exclusive ITV interview with Donald Trump
London, February 2018: Trickbox TV, a leading supplier of equipment and services for studio and location multi-camera productions for broadcast, video production, webcasting and live events, has announced that its outside broadcast fly-away solution was used by ITV to record Piers...
Spocks Family expands usage of LiveU for failsafe coverage of extreme sports events
Hackensack, N.J., January 2018 : Innovative Swedish storytellers Spocks Family, a company based in Stockholm, has recently expanded its use of LiveU technology to bring three well-known sports events to life for viewers: Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon; The Ötillö Swimrun World...
Globecast increases live streaming successes with project wins across multiple sports
Paris, January 2018: Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is hailing the last year as one of streaming successes after it completed a range of projects, supplying a variety of services. These included: Ladies European Tour; The British GT Championship; Equestrian Endurance;...
Tata Communications chosen to power Ultracast's expansion of 360° video and virtual reality platform
London, January 2018: Ultracast creates live 360° video and VR content in motorsports series such as NASCAR, FIA World Endurance Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as other sporting categories such as boxing, rugby and professional bull riding.
The company will use Tata...
Cellular uplink providers in Spain promote their services on TVZ
Madrid, January 2018 : Live Audiovisual and Quality Media are two Madrid-based companies that offer companies the ability to transmit live video over the cellular networks and KA-band satellites. Both have recently begun promoting their services on TVZ.
Live Audiovisual have multiple LiveU...
Case study: how flyaway manufacturer Eversat supported TV crews and NGOs during Irma and Maria hurricanes
Paris, January 2018: [Source: Eversat] In September of last year Hurricanes Irma and Maria ravaged parts of the Caribbean islands.
On the island of Saint Martin homes and businesses were submerged by a storm that was the worst to have hit the island in a century....
Trickbox TV heads to the beach with Primal Media's exciting new game show, The Wave
London, January 2018: Trickbox TV, a leading supplier of equipment and services for studio and location multi-camera productions for broadcast, video production, webcasting and live events, has announced that UK production company Primal Media has used its fly-away, multi-camera solution to...
Saudi Arabia has plans to launch an English-language news channel
Jeddah, January 2018 : The Saudi government has said it wishes to start an English-language news channel. It proposes changing Al Ekhbariya channel in to a limited liability company, owned by the Saudi Broadcasting Corp. (SBC) and the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)....
Timeline in UK to launch second 4K UHD RF uplink truck
London, January 2018: Timeline Television, a major provider of outside-broadcast, post-production, and studio-based services for all major UK networks, is launching a second 4K UHD RF uplink truck.
Due to growing demand, a second...
All Media Baltics to deliver top-quality TV Reception via SES Video
Luxembourg, December 2017: All Media Baltics’ Pay TV subscribers will be able to enjoy the broadcaster’s channel package in HD quality, including its original premium TV channels, at 5 degrees East, following a multi-year capacity agreement announced by SES....
Celebro offers studios and live broadcast facilities in the heart of some of the world's major cities
London, December 2017: Celebro's studios are located in prime city centre locations in Washington D.C, Moscow, London and Los Angeles. As well as studios, all of the sites offer large well-equipped newsrooms, edit suites and technical excellence. Full channel playout is supplied from each of...
Links Broadcast expands LiveU offering with the purchase of LU600
Harlow, UK, December 2017 : 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.
We are...
TVK Cambodia selects LiveU to enhance its daily news coverage
Hackensack, N.J., December 2017: TVK, The National Television of Kampuchea (TVK) in Cambodia, has selected LiveU for its daily newsgathering after using the company’s LU600 HEVC solution to cover last month’s three-day Water Festival (“Bon Om Touk”). The deal is being...
