Two RF rivals reorganize approach to ENG market
Last week’s announcement that the Vitec Group would group Nucomm, RF Central and Microwave Services under the new RF Extreme business unit follows a January move by Vislink Group to consolidate Link Research, Microwave Radio Communications and Advent Communications...
Michael Degitz discusses 2GHz BAS relocation status
Sprint Nextel’s VP of spectrum talks about the challenges the company has faced in relocating Broadcast Auxiliary Service channels used for ENG and how the project is progressing...
TV Brussel to launch new look with Chyron LEX²
The broadcaster will rely on LEX² to create the graphic look of various news, sports, entertainment and cultural magazine shows...
Inmarsat completes I-4 satellite repositioning project
The repositioning optimizes the company’s constellation of I-4 satellites to provide worldwide broadband global area network coverage...
Pilot failure likely caused ’07 collision of two Phoenix ENG copters
The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots of news choppers from KTVK-TV and KNXV-TV that collided and crashed July 27, 2007, were occupied with their reporting duties as they covered a police pursuit and failed to see each other...
WNET.ORG adds HVS-1500HS production switcher for ‘Worldfocus’ newscast
The production switcher is part of a new production facility for ‘Worldfocus,’ which is distributed in SD but will be offered to PBS member stations in HD in spring 2009...
Hyperlocal may be overhyped
Hyperlocalism is one way that local stations can combat national news coverage, but questions still remain about whether it’s the answer...
NTSB recommends new safety rules for ENG helicopters
The agency has called for new restrictions on helicopter pilots who report for television and fly at the same time...
WBAL-TV relies on DNF Controls USP systems
The two Universal Switch Panel systems installed at the Hearst-Argyle-owned station in Baltimore are situated to either side of WBAL’s switcher and multiviewer wall...
Senate votes to delay DTV deadline; House to move this week
The Senate has voted to postpone the transition till June, and the House of Representatives is expected to do likewise this week...
Two Florida stations combine news operations with Oasis
WFLX and WPEC have added Bitcentral Oasis to share news resources and increase revenue...
KTLA relies on JPEG2000, H.264 compressed HD backhaul for Rose Parade
While the station’s primary Rose Parade backhaul was encoded in the JPEG2000 format, KTLA also chose to use H.264 contribution encoded with the Telairity BH8100 encoder...
‘Klyde’ takes Bay News 9 weather to next level
The 24-hour cable news channel in Tampa, FL, is using a Baron Services million-watt dual-polarization radar system to give viewers a faster, more accurate view of threatening weather conditions...
WBAL goes live with local HD news
To produce five HD local newscasts per day, the station undertook a modernization and upgrade project led by Communications Engineering of Newington, VA...
TBN equips New York studio with Ikegami HDK-79EXIII field cameras
Trinity Broadcasting Network has added six of the full-digital HDTV field cameras configured for studio use in its new Union Square facility...
