Vimond Media Solutions has announced support for 3D streaming through its award-winning over-the-top (OTT) platform and its suite of applications, giving broadcasters the ability to augment their 2D services with 3D content viewable on connected Blu-ray™ consoles, connected TVs, desktop computers, tablets, and other mobile devices.

Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, today announced that the Vienna State Opera, one of the world’s most famous performance institutions, will use Elemental video processing solutions to stream the world’s first live production in 4K high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) delivered via MPEG-DASH over the Internet.

Italian broadcast systems distributor and systems integrator Video Progetti has announced that it has completed the upgrade of two OB vans – VHD 24 and VHD 26 – for NEP Italy. NEP Group is a leading outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment worldwide. NEP Italy was established in the first half of 2018 under the leadership of industry veteran Sergio Cecchini, and subsequently acquired local industry leader Telerecord.

Italian broadcast systems distributor and systems integrator Video Progetti has announced that it has completed the systems integration of Zero6, the latest addition to Soul Movie’s outside broadcast fleet. With more than 10 years’ experience in production and post-production in the Italian entertainment business, Soul Movie is headquartered in Rome with offices in Milan.

Italian broadcast distributor and systems integrator Video Progetti has announced that OB7, the state-of-the-art outside broadcast van it has designed and built for production company L’Opera Broadcast Video Service, will see its first live action in the first week of September. It has been under construction since late Spring.

Italian broadcast distributor and systems integrator Video Progetti today announced that it’s working on a third project with leading outside broadcast facilities company NVP. Video Progetti had previously delivered two outside broadcast trucks to NVP, and has now been asked to consult on a third in response to the rapidly increasing demand for its services that NVP is experiencing.

French rental house, Video Plus, is the latest company to invest in EVS’ industry-leading UHD-4K live production technology, as it prepares to meet growing customer demand for UHD-4K production services. The deal, which was agreed at IBC2017 in Amsterdam, includes the purchase of multiple EVS XT4K live production servers, as well as XFile3 systems for file transfer and archiving.

Video Devices, a brand of video products developed by Sound Devices, LLC, is pleased to announce that its PIX-E5 4K recording monitor and SpeedDrive™, a recording and file-delivery accessory, are now shipping. The PIX-E5 is presently the world’s most compact 4K recording monitor. The five-inch, 1920-x1080-resolution unit comes packed with a full suite of precision-monitoring tools, SDI and HDMI I/O, plus the ability to record 4K and Apple ProRes 4444 XQ edit-ready files to affordable USB-based SpeedDrives with mSA

Video Clarity Inc., provider of market-leading audio and video quality measurement and analysis systems, today announced that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has adopted the company's ClearView Extreme 4K video quality analyzer. The EBU is using the analyzer in interactive research forums, standards projects, seminars, and working meetings to advance the use of 4K video format processing in next-generation television formats.

A joint production with our sister company Creative Technology, and our partners at Sony provided a unique opportunity to learn more about the technology and processes involved in creating 3D content in the broadcast and production markets.

Creative Technology (CT), a world leading supplier of Audio Visual and technical staging services, welcomed over 250 of their clients and friends to a series of Open Days entitled “Video Another Dimension”, held at the Riverside Studios in London on 26 and 27 January.

VIDELIO, a leading digital media systems integrator, today announced the launch of the 4K and IP ACADEMY in partnership with vendors Cisco and EVS. The training programs are specifically designed with engineers, broadcasters, and media professionals in mind. The goal is to help organizations transition from legacy Serial Digital Interface (SDI) networks to next generation IP-based broadcast infrastructure.

The Viasat Ultra HD channel will be launched after the summer in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland via an SES-5 satellite operating at 5 degrees East.

Video Equipment Rentals (“VER”), a leading, global  provider of production equipment and engineering support, today announced it has ordered 50 Sony HDC-4300 camera systems. Sony’s HDC-4300 is the world’s first camera to use three 2/3-inch native 4K image sensors. The new camera – the next generation of HDC series camera technology – lets operators use the vast array of 2/3-inch ENG and high magnification and long zoom range box lenses currently used by HD 2/3-inch systems while maintaining an angle of view and depth of field that sports producers are accustomed to. The system allows the capture of premium 4K or HD images, as well as up to 8x high frame rate.
 

V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, announced today that its innovative PERSEUS technology was deployed by Mediapro’s Overon for visually lossless contribution of the November 21 “El Clásico” match between Real Madrid and Barcelona played at the Santiago Bernabau stadium in Madrid, Spain.