With fully integrated support of NDI version 3, enhanced with a new high efficiency mode, it allows users to connect Panasonic professional PTZ cameras directly to an NDI network. With automatic detection by the NewTek TriCaster® and NewTek’s IP Series of professional video switchers, the new cameras seamlessly integrate with the hundreds of other NDI-capable products, enabling NDI-based video production workflows without any additional configuration.

Chabot College, one of many college installs for Calrec Audio, has further improved its hands-on learning for broadcast students with a major upgrade of its Calrec Summa audio console. Chabot, an accredited community college in Hayward, California, installed the desk in its campus television studio in 2015 to give students experience with the same industry-standard equipment they will encounter in a professional broadcast environment.

Zhejiang Radio & TV Group (ZRTG), located in Hangzhou (China), has established a new production facility that it has named the Zhejiang International TV Center. The center comprises a 42-storey main building housing several TV studios, and additional studios for music and film production. Central to the studios’ audio infrastructure are Lawo mc²36 and mc²66 digital mixing consoles, along with Lawo DALLIS stageboxes, Nova37 and Nova73 central routers.

Snell Advanced Media (SAM) today announced that Tigo Sports, Paraguay’s first sports channel dedicated exclusively to multiple sports coverage, has purchased a range of SAM solutions including its Sirius™ 840 router, Kudos™ LC350 framerate converters and IQ Modular™ infrastructure as part of a major upgrade to its facility. The upgrade allows the simultaneous production of HD and 4K content across major sporting events in Latin America. SAM’s partnership with Paraguayan reseller MACOM was key to delivering the project for Tigo Sports.

Riedel Communications' all-new Bolero wireless intercom system and MediorNet real-time network played a key role in crew communications for the Hillsong Conference, a spiritual gathering of more than 22,000 attendees that took place July 4-7 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. With 55 Bolero belt packs distributed to production team members throughout the arena and backstage, the Hillsong Conference marked the world's largest Bolero deployment to date. In addition, 40 MediorNet nodes provided the integrated audio, video, and data communications backbone for all production spaces.

Following the remarkable success of the Genelec Experience Centre - which opened in London last summer - the concept of bringing state-of-the-art demonstration facilities direct to Genelec customers has spread to Bangalore, India, where a new Experience Centre has just been unveiled. Situated on the prestigious St Mark’s Road, the downtown showroom has been created in partnership with Genelec by regional AV specialist The Audio Video People. Inside, visitors can select their own source material and evaluate a wealth of Genelec monitors in stereo, surround and immersive audio configurations.

The amazing team from Robe’s South African distributor DWR Distribution totally excelled themselves at the 2017 Mediatech Africa exhibition last week … taking visitors on a show-stopping ‘experience’, culminating in a fully choreographed show staged at their new demo / showroom facility in Randburg, Johannesburg. The star of the show was Jeffrey, an impressive 3.2 metre high automated robot, with a real character, an expressive face and all his major body parts made / highlighted using a variety of Robe lighting fixtures.

At IBC2017 the technology leader for live video production, EVS will showcase the latest in live production technology through three key themes – IP4Live, connected and creative live ecosystem and technology & live production innovations.

With its fleet of 13 vehicles, media services and Pay-TV and production service provider Antenna Hungária is the leading OB company in Hungary. Providing services for third-party broadcasters as well as its own channels, Antenna is deploying its entire fleet as Host Broadcaster for the 2017 FINA World Championships currently taking place in Budapest and Balatonfüred, in order to produce the World Feed and additional content for local broadcasters.

Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, released the findings of its third-annual media & entertainment industry survey. The comprehensive document, Focus Forward: 2017 Media & Entertainment Industry Report, explores the tightening and dynamic relationship between technology innovation and the ability of media companies to generate additional revenue and improve competitive positioning through new business models. Key findings include a growing familiarity with microservices and Cloud-Native applications, increased comfortability with next-generation technologies and a resulting acceleration of plans to transition operations to IP-based environments, including the cloud.

British cult band Depeche Mode launched a world tour to celebrate its latest album, “Spirit”, in Stockholm on 5 May. In the first part of the tour, the band will be performing 34 shows in front of 1.5 million fans in 21 different European countries. The musicians will then continue their tour in North and South America.

 

RTW and Lawo have reinforced their partnership with the implementation of RTW’s TM9 TouchMonitor into Lawo’s fully IP-based mc² 96 Grand Production Console. The TM9 is seamlessly integrated into the surface of the console, which debuted at this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas, and is designed to provide optimal performance in IP video production environments.

Based on a strong response to its introduction at NAB 2017, zLense is offering its powerful zTrack VR Studio System in a 3-camera bundled package for only $60,000 US. The real-time keying effects made possible with this system – which typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve – brings a whole new level of creativity to smaller broadcast and production studios that was previously out of their budgetary reach.

Media Links, a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award winner and market leader in media over IP transport solutions, has announced it is to be one of the sponsors of the Sports Video Group Europe (SVG) Sports Production Summit to be held on 14 September, 2017 at the DeLaMar Theatre, Amsterdam.

The Borussia Dortmund Corso Truck drives past tens of thousands of onlookers standing by the roadside, merrily cheering their soccer club for winning the German Football Association Cup. WDR TV transmits the spectacular parade live for several hours showing pictures of the club’s truck straight from its course. This is a treat the TV audience and the outside crowds take for granted when watching from the LED screen on Friedensplatz.