UK entertainment and architectural lighting control manufacturers Zero 88 and iLight have consolidated and streamlined the production facilities and processes at their shared factory in Cwmbran, Wales. This is to generally boost efficiency and ensure full compliance with the new post Covid-19 health and safety at work directives related to social distancing and general hygiene.

Johnny Strife, head of lighting and lighting designer at PNN TV in Cambodia ... has been announced as the lucky winner of Zero 88’s popular ‘In Control’ competition … and he’s chosen a Zero 88 FLX console as his prize.
 

The ZEPLAY instant replay server from ZEPLAY LLC returns to the 2019 NAB Show with its most significant design transformation to date – a 2RU server that translates to a lower upfront cost and reduced ongoing cost of ownership. The new ZEPLAY R7 server design reduces the footprint by half, returning valuable rack space to customers while reducing weight and energy consumption.

ZEPLAY has long been associated with reliability, stability and ease of use in instant replay for sports and live events in the broadcast and commercial AV markets. This is why longtime ZEPLAY instant replay server customers have been responding with excitement about the news that the two former Tightrope Media Systems executives responsible for much of the product’s success have taken ownership of ZEPLAY – and have big plans for its future.

After extensive on-air testing, leading recording and audio services provider Zen Broadcast has confirmed SSL's System T as the new tool-of-choice for its re-fitted mobile unit. The truck will feature a 48-fader  System T S500 console with two T80 Tempest Audio Engines for full redundancy, with a high capacity Dante AoIP network and additional SSL Network I/O to support external SDI, MADI, AES, and analogue as required.

LiveU, a pioneer of portable video-over-cellular solutions, has announced that Zee, India’s largest satellite TV network, is implementing LiveU’s flagship LU60 uplink technology to provide enhanced live news and entertainment content for its satellite channels. With the largest number of TV subscribers in India and a popular online entertainment portal, Zee also broadcasts internationally to other countries around Asia-Pacific, EMEA and the Americas.

Harris announced that India’s Zee News will upgrade its news production and playout facility in New Delhi using a complete integrated Harris broadcast solution.  Zee News became India’s first 24-hour news channel in 1999 and supplies content in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Asia- Pacific region.

LiveU the pioneer of portable video-over-cellular solutions, has announced that ZDF’s central news operation has successfully deployed LiveU’s LU60 cellular uplinking technology for a range of broadcast news applications.

Snell announced that Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Germany's national public television broadcaster, has deployed two Snell Kahuna 360 multi-format production switchers and a Snell Sirius 840 router as part of a technology upgrade for its two production studios in Düsseldorf and Mainz, Germany. The new Snell systems join 13 Snell Kahuna switchers that are in use in both outside broadcast and live studio environments, including Germany's leading news magazine program, "heute-journal."

Germany's ZDF television channel is using the VSM control system manufactured by L-S-B Broadcast Technologies GmbH in the new Mobile Production facility MP-6. In collaboration with the Mainz-based system integrator BFE Studio and Media Systems, L-S-B project engineers commissioned the OB truck at the end of January in Lerchenberg. The Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) takes over the control, management and supervision of the video, audio, KVM, remote and timecode routers in the OB truck. The transfer of signal names to multiviewers, monitors, video and audio consoles in the MP-6 is also carried out by the higher-level control system.

In order to further optimize the sound reproduction in three mobile control rooms, the HD OBVans MP4 and MP5 of ZDF were equipped with Trinnov Optimizer systems during November / December 2012.

EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent shared storage and media management solutions, announced today that German broadcaster ZDF has begun a large-scale update of its broadcast studio locations including Bremen, Cairo, Istanbul, New York, Saarbrücken, Tel Aviv and Warsaw to an EditShare end-to-end media management workflow featuring a tiered storage environment with integrated production asset management. Transitioning from a legacy tape-based set up, each ZDF studio location will be equipped with an EditShare XStream HT 32TB shared storage platform and Ark 24-slot LTO tape library. The integrated Flow production asset management solution will provide end-to-end media management with tools to automate complex and or repetitive workflows.

Having already successfully assisted clients in converting large studio and production buildings to an IP infrastructure, LOGIC media solutions was in charge of another IP migration process in the broadcast industry that is currently receiving particular attention. However, this time, it is a mobile and flexible flight case infrastructure for the “Mobile Produktions Einheit” (MPE) (Mobile Production Unit). The technology used jointly by German broadcasters ZDF and ARD has been upgraded to full IP functionality in essential core components. The mobile production unit comprises a wide variety of customised components to suit the individual purpose and event. It is used jointly by ZDF and ARD for events which, due to their size and complexity, cannot be handled with conventional production means (OB vans, on-site studio), e.g. European and World Cup football matches or summer and winter Olympic Games.
 

Zaxcom today announced a new addition to its line of wireless digital audio transceivers, the TRX900LT. The new TRX900LT combines wireless transmission, recording, and remote control receiving functions into a single lower-cost system for the production of episodic television, motion pictures, and live broadcast events. Designed to be extremely lightweight and durable, the TRX900LT is housed in a high-strength, impact-resistant nylon polymer casing that provides protection from both corrosion and water damage.

Zaxcom today announced that its QRX100 broadcast ENG receiver is now shipping to customers worldwide. The QRX100 can receive up to four channels of 100 percent digital audio from up to two Zaxcom stereo transmitters, enabling television production professionals to take full advantage of the four discrete audio channels available in today's latest generation of video cameras.