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'Champion of Innovation' retires after 42 years' service at SABC
Johannesburg, July 2019: SABC is paying tribute to one of its employees who's played a key role over several decades in introducing and implementing new technology at the state broadcaster.
Peter Knevitt joined the company...
Globecast introduces Virtual Networking for high bandwidth IP-over-satellite connectivity for the enterprise market
Los Angeles, CA, June 2019 : Globecast has announced Globecast Virtual Networking (GCVN), a new service offering that brings two-way, high bandwidth, IP-over-satellite connectivity to the enterprise market. It provides fast, reliable IP connectivity anywhere and anytime where terrestrial...
TV18 Broadcast India upgrades its newsgathering operations with over 100 LiveU LU600 HEVC units
Hackensack, NJ, June 2019 : TV18 Broadcast Ltd., one of India’s most popular television broadcasting networks, has signed a multi-year lease agreement for more than a hundred units of LiveU’s flagship LU600 HEVC solution.
The units are already stationed in various...
Telstra delivers broadcasting milestone at World Relay Championships
Canberra, June 2019 : Telstra has achieved a significant milestone in sports broadcast production with the remote production and delivery of the International World Relay Championships in Japan for Independent Television News (ITN). The event marked the first use of Telstra’s...
Morocco's MAP TV becomes the newest member to join ENEX
Luxembourg, June 2019 : The ENEX partnership is growing again, with a new member joining from Morocco. MAP TV, the newly launched TV channel of Agence Marocaine de Presse (Moroccan News Agency) has set their foot squarely in the ENEX club by representing the strategically important...
Story Productions provides live satellite link-up for Al Kass during Qatari friendly in Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo, Brazil June 2019 : The world’s oldest international football tournament – The Copa América – kicked off on Friday 14th June in São Paulo, in its 46th edition, with Bolivia playing against Brazil in the opening match. This year, besides the South...
TVNZ upgrades newsgathering fleet with LiveU’s HEVC bonded solutions
Hackensack, NJ, June 2019 : New Zealand’s leading free to air broadcaster, TVNZ, is upgrading its fleet of LiveU portable transmission units to LiveU’s LU300 HEVC and LU600 HEVC, ensuring the highest-quality live video performance.
The deal has been overseen by...
Globecast further strengthens contribution and distribution teams
Paris, May 2019: Globecast has further strengthened its distribution and contribution teams. Jack Braybrook has joined the content and distribution team as Account Manager, Distribution, and James Whittaker has joined the contribution team as Business Development Manager OU Sports and...
Prause offers live IP transmissions from across Poland
Katowice, Poland May 2019: Equipped with LiveU IP solutions, Prause is providing clients the means to transmit live from Poland.
New to promoting its services on TVZ, Prause offers a range of LiveU video transmission kit as well...
LiveU announces majority investment from Francisco Partners to accelerate growth
Hackensack, NJ, May 2019 : LiveU, the leader in live IP video solutions, is pleased to announce that Francisco Partners, a global technology-focused private equity firm, together with co-investor IGP Capital, have acquired LiveU from its existing shareholders to accelerate further the...
Facebook group created to assist production companies filming in the Amazon region
Brasilia, May 2019: A production company in Brazil, Illuminati, has set up a Facebook group designed to help others wishing to cover stories about the Amazon.
The company told TVZ: "Illuminati is an audiovisual...
Alice reach partnership agreement with Global Editors Network (GEN)
Brussels, May 2019: Alice, the international broadcast division of the Lavinia Group, has become ‘video and media partner’ for the 2019 GEN Summit, the largest gathering in the world of media, which takes place from June 13 to 15 in Athens. Alice have reached an agreement with...
C-COM granted 2nd patent for phased array antenna
Ottawa, May 2019: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, has announced that it has been granted US patent No.10,211,527 for its invention of a phased array antenna calibration method and...
AT&T and LiveU team up on 5G for live news and sports broadcasts
Dallas, May 2019: Broadcasters, production crews, and sports organizations must deliver breaking news and live events quickly and efficiently. 5G offers the potential to transform behind-the-scenes video operations, expand broadcast production capabilities and deliver the next generation...
CBS Newspath deploys LiveU Matrix Content Management Service across CBS News bureaus and affiliates
Hackensack, NJ, April, 2019 : LiveU and CBS Newspath have reached an agreement on a multi-year deal for LiveU Matrix to handle contribution and delivery of live content to its 200+ affiliates and seven global news bureaus....
Telstra Broadcast Services expands its Global Media Network
Canberra, April 2019: Telstra Broadcast Services has announced the expansion of its Global Media Network (GMN), adding new partners in the Americas and Europe and building its extensive network of partners to thirteen.
Telstra’s GMN is a media contribution and distribution network...
C-COM successfully tracks Kepler Low Earth Orbit satellites
Ottawa, April 2019: C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antennas, has announced its first successful integration with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tracking capabilities....
New TR agency launches a newsgathering and studio facilities bureau in Algiers
Algiers, March 2019: News Agency and broadcast services provider New TR has launched its Algiers bureau. Algiers becomes the 14th global news gathering and studio location of New TR, alongside those in prominent cities in Europe (London, Paris, Brussels, Moscow), America (Washington DC...
FIA World Rally Championship to use LiveU HEVC technologies across 10 events in 2019
Hackensack, NJ, March 2019 : Following on from a very successful test of LiveU’s technology at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland in Germany last August, WRC Promoter GmbH, the company that’s responsible for all commercial aspects of the FIA World Rally Championship, has signed up to...
ETN in Pakistan invests in IP systems for live studio broadcasts
Islamabad, March 2019 : Eastern TV News (ETN) - a supplier of broadcast services throughout Pakistan - has this week introduced IP live transmissions from its studio in Islamabad. Similar IP systems will shortly be installed in the company's other studios....
Broadcast services group opens new studio facilities in Brussels and Berlin
Brussels, March 2019 : A TV studio located just in front of the EU Council and EU Commission buildings in Brussels has been opened by ALICE, the international division of the Lavinia Group.
The facility is ideally located for...
SNG vehicle offered for sale by UK-based Links Broadcast
Harlow, UK, March 2019 : Links Broadcast, the Outside Broadcast facilities company, is selling one of its SNG trucks. The vehicle is an HD Ku-band Mercedes Sprinter priced at 38,000 GBP (excluding VAT). It was built in 2001 and had a mechanical refurbishment last year which included...
Telefónica presents an innovative way to broadcast and produce TV news with 5G
Madrid, March 2019 : Telefónica presented at the Mobile World Congress an innovative way of broadcasting and producing television with 5G that allows professional news coverage of any event in real time and with high quality video....
EBU hopes for swift resolution of HRT dispute in Croatia
Geneva, March 2019 : The EBU hopes to see a swift resolution to the dispute between its Croatian Member HRT and the Croatian Journalist Union HND.
Strong public service media is essential to healthy democracies and anything...
NEP Connect announces new Pro14 Rugby connectivity contract with Premier Sports
Milton Keynes, UK, February 2019: NEP Connect (formerly SIS LIVE), the UK’s fastest growing provider of media fibre connectivity with its Anylive® fibre network, has announced that it has won a contract with Premier Sports, Dublin, to provide fibre network broadcast HD connectivity...
CABSAT preview: Globecast Live - any event to any screen
Paris, February 2019 : Globecast Live is to make its show debut at next month's CABSAT held in Dubai. Globecast has combined its live content acquisition expertise with its Digital Media Hub cross-platform suite of content publishing services for sport and live events, creating a...
Global Audiovisual deploys LiveU for Spanish League 2 and 3 football coverage
Hackensack, NJ, February 2019: Global Audiovisual, a Spanish production company that specialises in bringing sporting events to screens across the country, has recently turned to LiveU for one of its most ambitious projects yet: live coverage of both second and third division football....
Tender vehicle offered for sale by UK-based Links Broadcast
Harlow, UK, January 2019: The Outside Broadcast facilities company, Links Broadcast, is selling a tender vehicle. It's priced at £3,000 (plus VAT).
The registration plate is not included in the sale.
Make/Model: Mercedes Benz Vario 814D (7.5T) LWB
Colour: Black
Owners: 3...
Purple Turtle offers Drone News Gathering in South Africa
South Africa, January 2019 : Take newsgathering to new heights with the Purple Turtle Aviation Drone Newsgathering drone (DNG). Capture news like never before with bird's eye views.
Purple Turtle Aviation and Communications SNG are...
LiveU announces $20M multi-year deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group
Hackensack, NJ, January 2019: Sinclair Broadcast Group has signed a multi-year lease agreement with LiveU that upgrades its fleet of hundreds of portable transmission units to LU600 HEVC for its newsgathering operations, ensuring the media company always has the latest bonded IP...
