2015 hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster film release year but SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) 2015 Symposium attendees are eternally optimistic that tomorrow’s releases will be richer, better and there will be more.

The BINORIG is lightweight and can be shoulder mounted, but is strong enough to support any broadcast camera without flexing the rig’s frame. Designed for one-man operation, the interaxial and convergence settings on the BINORIG are servo controlled, eliminating the need for a convergence puller.

Telestream®, a leading provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, announced plans to showcase support for 4K and HEVC/H.265 encoding, plus new products and multiplatform workflow solutions at the CCW Show November 13-14 in New York City. The company is also featuring new configurations for its newly-acquired closed captioning products.

For over 30 years Telegenic has embraced and developed new technology to provide their clients and audience with the most exciting Television experience, first with HD then the world’s first purpose built Stereoscopic 3D Outside Broadcast unit. With the introduction of their latest Outside Broadcast vehicle built by Sony in Basingstoke, Telegenic are again pushing the boundaries by embracing 4K picture production.

Outside Broadcast specialist, Telegenic, has taken delivery of another NVISION 8500 Hybrid digital video/embedded audio router from Miranda for its new 3D capable outside broadcast truck, called T21.

Bluebell Opticom Ltd., provider of innovative fibre optic solutions for fixed and remote applications, today announced that pioneering outside broadcast company Telegenic have installed multiple sets of Bluebell field-deployable SDI interfaces to transmit high-quality, high-bandwidth signals over fibre. The Bluebell units recently drove 4K signal transport during Telegenic's coverage of the 2016 UEFA Europa League and Champions League finals.

Telecast Fiber Systems today announced that its groundbreaking CopperHead™ 3400 fiber optic video transceiver, specifically designed for high-end 3D cinema production, has received a Best of IBC2010 award from TVBEurope Magazine and The IBC Daily. Chosen by the two publications' editorial teams, the Best of IBC2010 awards recognize the best new product innovations of last month's IBC2010 show in Amsterdam.

Telecast Fiber Systems today announced that its CopperHead™ 3400 camera-mounted fiber optic transceiver played a lead role in 3D broadcasts of two high-profile Australian sports events: the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Finals of Australian rules football, held Sept. 24, and the National Rugby League (NRL) Grand Finals held a week later. The CopperHead 3400 units provided seamless fiber optic connectivity for 3D rigs supplied by 3ality Digital, a leading provider of advanced 3D camera equipment.

Telecast Fiber Systems today introduced the CopperHead™ 3400, an innovative new fiber optic video transceiver specifically designed for high-end 3D cinema production. The CopperHead 3400 is the first product of its kind to mount directly onto a dual-camera 3D rig, allowing producers to harness the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of tactical fiber for transporting high-quality stereoscopic HD signals over long distances.

Tektronix, an industry-leading innovator of video quality monitoring solutions, today announced that its WFM8200 and WFM8300 waveform monitors and WVR8200 and WVR8300 rasterizers can now be easily upgraded via software to support 4K and UHDTV1, eliminating the need for customers to purchase costly hardware replacements in order to shoot, prepare and deliver 4K/UHDTV1 programming.

Tektronix has introduced several features for its WFM8000 Series Advanced Waveform Monitors and WVR8000 Series Advanced Waveform Rasterizers, which help 3D-production teams attempting to align the left-eye and right-eye images.

Products on display addressed today’s real-world delivery and quality challenges such as 3G-SDI, QoE, Audio Loudness, Colour Gamut, 3D and More…
For customers interested in testing for 3D, Tektronix was running 3D technology demonstrations throughout the show.

Thomson Video Networks today announced that Telecom Italia Media Broadcast (TIMB) has launched Italy's first HD Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service carrying live 3D content, through its LA7 channel brand. The broadcaster inaugurated the service in November 2010 with the coverage of various rugby matches. Using the Thomson Video Networks ViBE EM3000 to achieve the picture quality necessary for delivering the optimum 3D experience, TIMB's infrastructure for the new service also includes Thomson's NetProcessor transport stream processor and XMS™ Network Management Systems.

Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) today announced the launch of its 3D Certification program branded “Technicolor Certifi3D”. The certification program is geared towards broadcasters and network service providers with the goal of delivering quality and comfortable 3D experiences to end consumers.

Element Technica announces that cinematographer Irek Hartowicz (No Love in the City, Tremme pilot) has chosen the Quasar 3D rig to support Leopolis Films’ feature Napoleon Kaput 3D. The Marius Balchanus (No Love in the City) directed comedy, set during the 1812 war between France and Russia, is being shot on locations in Kiev and Yalta, Ukraine.