Hearst Rethinks Production

09/25/09 The past year's economic meltdown has put high-definition news upgrades on hold across the country, as a number of local stations postpone capital investments in new cameras, editing systems and other production gear until 2010. In the case of station group Hearst Television, the belt-tightening didn't just cause a delay; it spurred a strategic shift in the technologies it will be..... ...Read More »

More HD Distribution for Met Opera

09/23/09 The Metropolitan Opera has expanded the distribution of its HDTV live-opera productions to nearly 500 digital cinemas and venues in the U.S. That's an increase of about 50 theaters for the effort's fourth season, which begins on Oct. 10 with Puccini's Tosca. Worldwide, more than 900 theaters in 42 countries will receive The Met: Live in H..... ...Read More »

Filling Hi-Def's Holes

09/18/09 While high-definition television production has become commonplace for U.S. broadcasters and cable programmers, it is still a relatively new phenomenon in much of the world. And although high-definition technology is now mature, vendors are still working to provide better interoperability between their products to enable content creators to take full advantage of file-based workflows. ..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: NDS Details Sky Deutschland Deal

09/15/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show NDS announced at IBC that Sky Deutschland deployed NDS' MediaHighway middleware for the new pay-TV service (a rebrand of the former Premiere) it launched in Germany and Austria this summer. As part of the deal, Sky and NDS redesigned the user interface and EPG for all MediaHighway-based satellite STBs ..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Harmonic Targets Multiple Formats, Platforms

09/15/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Compression supplier Harmonic demonstrated at IBC new products for handling a variety of formats within a multichannel operator's traditional plant and for delivering programming to new platforms such as the Web or mobile phones. The company's Agile Compression Engine (ACE), a new transcoding techn..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Tandberg Unveils Next-Generation MPEG-4 Gear

09/14/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Ericsson unit Tandberg Television introduced at IBC new MPEG-4 encoding products aimed at both backhauling high-definition signals and distributing them directly to consumers. According to Tandberg VP of technology Matthew Goldman, Tandberg is the only vendor to provide a complete MPEG-4 AVC HD 4:2:2 system ..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: AmberFin Nets Big Warner Bros. Deal

09/14/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Video processing and transcoding specialist AmberFin announced Sept. 14 at IBC that it has inked a deal with Warner Bros. to deliver a complete ingest and transcode solution based on the JPEG2000 compression standard for Warner Bros. Technical Operations' DETE (Digital End-to-End) workflow and distribution system...... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Intelsat Nets International Deals

09/13/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Satellite giant Intelsat announced three new capacity deals at the IBC show covering both full-time and occasional-use applications. TelefÓnica Servicios Audiovisuales Madrid (TSA Madrid), the broadcast unit of Spanish telco Telefonica, signed a multi-year contract for capacity on the Intelsat 905 satel..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Omneon Addresses Content-Management Challenge

09/13/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show As it seeks to grow its customer base out of the traditional playout market to further expand into production applications, server and storage supplier Omneon introduced at IBC a new software product designed to better manage the flow of content across its Spectrum servers and MediaGrid storage systems. Taki..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Chyron Snags Sky News Sales

09/13/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Chyron announced at IBC a deal with U.K. satellite programmer Sky News, which is buying 11 new HyperX graphics systems to support the launch of Sky News HD in 2010. The HyperX systems will be used in conjunction with Chyron's Camio Cluster server and Order Management System (OMS), and will be operationa..... ...Read More »

Chyron Snags Sky News Sales

09/13/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Chyron announced at IBC a deal with U.K. satellite programmer Sky News, which is buying 11 new HyperX graphics systems to support the launch of Sky News HD in 2010. The HyperX systems will be used in conjunction with Chyron's Camio Cluster server and Order Management System (OMS), and will be operationa..... ...Read More »