The Colonie editor Tom Pastorelle recently partnered with Merge on a broadcast and web campaign for Advocate Aurora Health, one of the largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country. The Chicago-based company’s editorial, motion design, animation and finishing services were tapped for a trio of spots by the marketing and advertising agency, which executed a large media buy for the campaign that included local airing during this year’s Super Bowl. All of the commercials are set to the melody of ‘C’mon, Get Happy,’ the nostalgic theme song from the ‘70’s TV Show, ‘The Partridge Family.’ The lyrics are switched ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Feb. 22, 2019 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that LMT, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Latvia and the first in the world to introduce Smart TV delivery over a mobile network, has deployed HarmonicXCHARXs EyeQ™ content-aware encoding solution for its live OTT service, delivered to TVs via 4G set-top boxes. Using HarmonicXCHARXs award-winning EyeQ technology, LMT can deliver a consistent, superior video experience for live channels to TVs, with up to a 40 percent reduction in bandwidth and without having to perform a massive infrastructure upgrade. HarmonicXCHARXs reseller Hannu Pro ensured a smooth deployment ...

Westwood, Massachusetts, February 21st, 2019 –– Telestream, a leading provider of workflow automation, processing and quality monitoring and management solutions for the production and distribution of video, has announced the appointment of Osman Salah as Regional Sales Manager, serving the Middle East, Africa and Turkey region. Based in Dubai, UAE, Salah brings a wealth of local market experience, commercial expertise and technical knowledge to Telestream’s MENA team. During a 13-year career in the media & broadcast industry, Osman Salah has worked for a number of industry leading vendors: most recently, he worked as Regional Sales Manager for Imagine Communications. ...

Broadcast Solutions GmbH, one of Europe’s largest System Integrators and with roots in Germany starts a new company in the UK. The newly established entity Broadcast Solutions (BS) UK Ltd. will be located in Basingstoke, Hampshire and the team will be present at BVE Show in London, from February 26 to 28. With a dedicated team of broadcast experts, Broadcast Solutions (BS) UK will plunge into the UK market and will offer the full system integration and products portfolio of the Broadcast Solutions group. Broadcast Solutions has more than 15 years of experience in planning and developing over 300 broadcast ...

CRANBURY, N.J. — Feb. 21, 2019 — IHSE USA today introduced Draco compact ultra, a new, prepackaged KVM matrix solution for HDMI 2.0. Supporting configurations offered as 16 x 8 to 32 x 16, the Draco compact ultra enables lightning-fast switching of HDMI 2.0 computer video with embedded stereo audio and USB-HID for keyboard and mouse connections. Draco compact ultra features IHSEXCHARXs exclusive Flex-Port technology, saving systems installers tremendous time preconfiguring ports to specific I/O requirements. The new solution is ideal for command and control, broadcast and postproduction, energy management, air traffic control, simulation and visualization, and other advanced deployments ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Feb. 21, 2019 — Videon, a cutting-edge developer of 4K and HD streaming products that enable users to move media from any source to any screen, today announced that its new EdgeCaster edge compute encoder earned a Best of Show award at ISE 2019 from AV Technology Europe. Recognized by the magazine as one of the yearXCHARXs latest and greatest products, VideonXCHARXs EdgeCaster addresses professional and prosumer demand for lower-cost, lower-latency live streaming by reducing latency to less than four seconds from camera to playback and by cutting the average userXCHARXs streaming costs by 50 percent. ...

Accelerating Producer-Driven News Workflows Accelerating Producer-Driven News WorkflowsStaying on top in today’s highly competitive and rapidly changing broadcast world is an ongoing challenge for news producers everywhere. The key success factor is the ability to produce more stories faster and as cost-effectively as possible, with robust and easy-to-use tools that don’t require specialized staff. ChyronHego‘s solution is the CAMIO Universe, an end-to-end, all-software ecosystem for multiplatform news delivery. The CAMIO Universe drives template-based, unified news workflows and places the industry’s most powerful storytelling tools at producers’ fingertips. The heart of the CAMIO Universe is ChyronHego‘s award-winning CAMIO graphic asset management ...

SUDBURY, Mass. — Feb. 21, 2019 ― Yamaha Unified Communications is helping enterprises move toward consistent, simple, and high-quality collaboration experiences in any conference room and meeting space with its latest solutions in booth 1027 at Enterprise Connect, March 18-20 in Orlando, Florida. Phil Marechal, Yamaha UCXCHARXs vice president of business development and product management, will participate in an expert panel on huddle room trends. XCHARXIn this fast-paced world, meeting participants need to be able to feel comfortable and hear those on the far end clearly to brainstorm new ideas and accomplish goals,XCHARX said Michael Fitch, vice president of sales ...

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Feb. 20, 2019 — Bannister LakeXCHARXs industry-leading data and graphics management solution, Chameleon, will be in the spotlight at the 2019 NAB Show with a focus on the productXCHARXs new election, sponsorship, and security functionality. As broadcasters start planning for the 2020 presidential election, Chameleon boasts improvements to its election race modules, providing producers with more options to ingest and manage result data feeds, referendums, propositions, and acclaimed candidates. The latest release highlights ChameleonXCHARXs ability to drive online, mobile, and social media election experiences by feeding data to web widgets and automatically sending out tweets based on ...

At the 2019 NAB Show, DVB, an industry consortium that develops open interoperable technical specifications for the delivery of digital media, will demonstrate how it is enabling an open standards-based approach to OTT and broadband television, as well as Low Latency DASH (LL-DASH) and Multicast Adaptive Bit Rate (mABR) for video streaming applications. This marks the first time DVB has exhibited at the NAB Show since 2010. XCHARXBroadcast TV works. It just works. You turn it on, and itXCHARXs there. It works because of open standards and the reliable, robust delivery methods at the heart of broadcasting,XCHARX said Peter MacAvock, ...

In the Middle East market, todayXCHARXs satellite operators need high-performance, cost-effective satcom solutions for delivering high-quality broadcast and high-speed broadband offerings. At CABSAT 2019, WORK Microwave — a market leader with more than 30 years of experience — will demonstrate its latest satcom innovations for all frequencies, including UHF-, L-, S-, C-, X-, Ku-, K-, Ka-, Q-, and V-band. A key highlight will be WORK MicrowaveXCHARXs AX-80 modem, which is one of the only end-to-end solutions for wideband applications. Future-Proof A-Series Modems WORK Microwave will demonstrate several powerful modems from its A-Series all-IP platform at CABSAT 2019. The A-Series is ...

TV Nitrička’s TV Zobor chose PBT EU for their reliable support In a move to further extend audience outreach in HD, regional news channel TV Nitrička, with TV Zobor, acquired from PBT EU an EXEcutor HD Combo server. The solution is comprised of the PlayBox AirBox Neo for playback and Playbox TitleBox Neo for CG branding. Established in 2010 Slovakian TV Nitrička covers the entire Nitriansky territory. The channel encourages viewers’ contributions and produces shows that focus on relevant topics such as wellbeing, decorating, fashion, gardening and many others that appeal to the demographic. TV Nitrička’s founder Ján ...

Chelmsford, Mass. – Feb. 21, 2019 – Broadcast Pix today announced the upgraded Broadcast Pix Commander, which allows browser-based switching on mobile devices, is now available. The touchscreen control platform for BPswitch integrated production switchers now provides IP-based remote control of servers and robotic cameras, access to all workflow tools, and full-motion viewing of production elements through a standard internet connection. The company will demonstrate the new Commander capabilities at the 2019 NAB Show (Booth SL4210), which runs April 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nev. Using Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or other web browsers, the Commander platform allows BPswitch customers to switch ...

Data migration and new remote editing capabilities fuel large-scale media workflows Basingstoke, UK – February 21, 2019 XCHARX EditShare®, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, today announced the release of Flow 2019 Extension 2. The software-defined media asset management (MAM) solution simplifies media sharing and collaboration with embedded production tools to track, search, retrieve, and edit media across on-premise and cloud-based storage solutions. With support for storage solutions from Avid, AWS, generic S3, Microsoft and StorageDNA, Flow 2019, connects users to millions of assets across diverse storage pools providing advanced automation capabilities to facilitate complex ...

BREDA, NETHERLANDS – 8:00 CET February 21, 2019 — Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, congratulates Peter Centen on being awarded the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his significant contributions to Dutch society and the broadcast industry. Presented on behalf of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, this Order is given to only a limited amount of people each year who have distinguished themselves by exceptional artistic achievement, scientific performance, technical innovation or inventive entrepreneurship. Paul Depla, mayor of the city of Breda, awarded Centen on January 31st, 2019 a reception hosted in his honor. Centen has led the camera research and ...

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