Costa Rican broadcaster enhances election results reporting with Chyron graphics
Teletica relied on the company’s HyperX graphics system and Lyric PRO to produce graphics for its coverage of Costa Rican presidential and local elections....
GSU prepares for HD transition with new video production system
Georgia Southern University has added a Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 for production of news and other original student programming as it prepares for a future move to HDTV production....
Fleischmann succeeds Vohrer at Rohde & Schwarz
Manfred Fleischmann has taken on the role of company president and CEO, effective July 1....
Backpack journalism success hinges on training, not cost-savings quest, Gentile says
Veteran journalist Bill Gentile says news managers should adopt backpack journalism because it’s more effective, not because it’s cheaper....
Media 100 ships latest version
The latest features allow Media 100 Suite editors to open MXF files directly, import and play back AVC-Intra media and play back media created in the DVCPRO codec....
Inmarsat rolls out IsatPhone Pro satellite phone
The new offering, Inmarsat’s first global handheld, provides up to eight hours of talk time and up to 100 hours on standby....
EVS unveils GX graphics server
The new HD/SD fill-and-key playout server was designed to meet the broadcast industry’s needs for a highly efficient and reliable speed-to-air control system....
WNET.ORG builds new program production infrastructure
The flagship public broadcaster is using Dalet Enterprise Edition as its media asset management system....
CopterStudios shoots aerial HD from remote-control helicopters
The Santa Rosa, CA-based production company is relying on remote-controlled helicopters equipped with JVC GY-HM100 ProHD camcorders....
NAB to hold satellite operator training event
The four-day seminar in October will be taught by Sidney Skjei of Skjei Telecom....
NBC News wins five Edward R. Murrow Awards
CBS News received four in the network TV category, while the Associated Press dominated a new category for online audio and video news. ...
SBE president blasts Genachowski over Broadcast Engineering Forum
A letter sent last week from the Society of Broadcast Engineers President Vincent Lopez to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski raises several objections to this week’s Broadcast Engineering Forum where DTV spectrum issues will be discussed....
Telestream releases Vantage workflow management software
Vantage combines video capture, transcoding, analysis, quality control, metadata processing and clip management in a single, flexible workflow framework....
Pacific Television Center boosts fiber capacity to Australia, New Zealand
The commissioning of the OC48 to Sydney and the OC12 to Auckland basically completes the current upgrade to its primary fiber network....
WTVD-TV rolls out Baron SAF-T-Net e-mail, text weather alerts
If the system detects a storm cell moving toward the subscriber’s specified location, a station-branded automatic alert from WTVD-TV is sent out....
