TSL Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, announces the acquisition of DNF Controls, a U.S.-based company offering a wide range of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine solutions for more than 27 years. The joining together of these two companies provides opportunity for TSL to expand its presence in the broadcast control systems market for customers worldwide, and to offer audio and power solutions locally to the Americas.

Merging is using NAB 2019 as the North American launch of a highly significant enhancement to its already popular Networked Audio Interface range. MERGING+ANUBIS is firmly aimed at the broadcast market in addition to a wide variety of other applications. This extremely compact audio interface is a standalone A/D and D/A capable of handling microphone or line level inputs and four analog line outputs, plus two high quality headphone outputs. The large rotary encoder allows for precise monitoring volume control but also makes parameter adjustment simple, while the multi-touch display and dedicated buttons provide intuitive selection of whatever needs to be controlled.  Built in talkback, cue circuits and speaker management functions make this an ideal unit in any control room.

Vislink Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:VISL), whose IMT and Vislink brands are recognized as the global leaders in the development and distribution of advanced communications solutions, announces its official global repositioning to the worldwide market. After changing the name of its corporate entity from xG Technology in late February, Vislink Technologies is now pleased to inform its clients, suppliers and other stakeholders that it has united its individual product brands under one single Vislink Technologies brand entity.

NexPlayer and Videon today announced support for the synchronization of OTT video arrival times for all end-users, featuring interoperability between NexPlayer’s Android & iOS player SDKs, AWS Elemental MediaStore and Amazon CloudFront, and Videon’s Edge Compute Encoders.

At NAB Show 2019, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, will underscore its leadership in delivering solutions that help customers build deep connections with consumers, enabling shared experiences – wherever they are – through the magic of media. Visitors to Grass Valley’s booth (#SL106) will see how its innovative, end-to-end ecosystem of reliable, open standards-based solutions enables content creators and broadcasters to develop captivating experiences and build successful media businesses.

Canadian public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada is equipping its new Montreal Broadcast Center with IP-based video, audio, networking and broadcast control systems by Lawo. The new Broadcast Center will be an end-to-end SMPTE 2110 and ST2022-7 facility—one of the biggest of its kind ever built in North America.

Lighting designer Jan Van Lindt from PRSPKTIV DESIGN has been working with one of the most hotly tipped young artists of the moment – hugely charismatic Belgian-Egyptian singer songwriter Tamino. Fresh from winning a 2019 MIA (Belgium’s top music awards) for Best Alternative Artist, the effortlessly handsome and passionate young performer has been gaining critical acclaim as fast as fans on the cusp of his career and his first album Amir which dropped at the end of 2018.
 

From bar band performances to the ‘hot-ticket’ sets, Allen & Heath was once again all over this year’s South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.

matrix4.tv are pleased to bring the latest 12G-SDI solutions to the UK and European market.  K2E, 12G-SDI UHD specialists, recently announced the partnership with matrix4.tv and the UK launch of their range of AV confidence monitors designed for broadcast and OB applications.  Taking centre stage is the new flagship ULM-1264, a high-end Audio Monitoring Unit for confidence checking and diagnostic monitoring of 12G-SDI 4K UHD signals.  The ULM-1264 also offers Dolby E, Dolby Digital(AC3) and AES/EBU audio signal I/O providing a complete monitoring workstation.  Unique to the market the ULM-1264 accepts 2 x uncompressed 12G-SDI signals and provides real-time signal analysis and audio metering. 

At NAB2019, Clear-Com® will present a broad range of IP-based products of professional intercom communication tools, including matrix, wireless and mobile IP solutions for all kinds of production workflows, including remote production.

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide Emmy® award winning video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is demonstrating a cloud-based workflow layered with the very latest in artificial intelligence (AI) at NAB. The demo shows how Microsoft Azure AI capabilities—including facial recognition, metadata tagging, and speech-to-text functionality—enhance collaboration between traditional newsroom and digital teams to produce stories faster than ever before.

While others talk about concepts for the cloud, Support Partners will be showing practical and proven hybrid cloud production workflows. Join us at NAB 2019 (8th – 11th of April) at the Microsoft booth (SL 6716) to learn more about these real world solutions.

In response to increasing demand for its solutions in the U.K., Riedel Communications today announced the appointment of Nacho Lee as Riedel's U.K. Sales Manager for Theatre and Industry. Lee joins Riedel with 15 years of experience in the pro AV and electronics industries.

Among other features snapshots are introduced for DirectOut’s ANDIAMO series, MADI.SRC, EXBOX.MD, MA2CHBOX.XL and M.1K2, allowing the user to store and recall all parameters controlled via globcon. When a snapshot is taken all current values are stored into a dataset. It is either possible to recall the whole dataset or create a so-called scope-set to only change distinct areas of the settings and leave the others untouched. Snapshots are not only supported for single devices but also on a global level, increasing automation and flexibility.

Mobile TV Group, a leading live production facilities provider, is using EVS’ latest technology to power its new 45 Flex truck. Due to be officially unveiled at the 2019 NAB Show, where it will be on display on outdoor booth OE2000, 45 Flex is described as the industry’s first end-to-end SMPTE 2110 uncompressed IP-based mobile production unit. Among its IP interconnected infrastructure are four EVS XT-VIA and one XS-VIA live production servers.