The Federation of Radio and Television Stations from the Autonomous Communities in Spain (FORTA according to its initials in Spanish) has awarded VSN for its supply, installation, administration and maintenance of its system for digital management and exchange of audiovisual content. The project, based on the system VSNExplorer Media Asset Management (MAM), will allow the Production Centres of all the TV Stations from the Autonomous Communities (TVAS) and FORTA headquarters to transfer and exchange between them all types of media files (news, sports, advertising, programs, films and TV series, or any other type of content). This new solution will also allow FORTA to manage programming lists, forecasts and content subscriptions, as well as automating processes and tasks of the TVAs daily operations. This workflow will be done remotely and from a web platform, without having to install any additional application to carry it out.
 

Simplylive announces the release of the ViBox Micro, offering the most compact and cost-effective solution in the ViBox production family. Expanding on the ViBox range, the Micro will fit the single camera production tier with the same powerful and innovative capabilities the full ViBox offers.
 

Imagine Communications has appointed Stephan Heimbecher as its new international director of consulting services, based out of Munich, Germany. Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland, where he spent the last 16 years at the helm of innovation and standards for the German media company.

An important cog in the restructuring of Martin Audio’s sales team, following its successful MBO this summer, has been the appointment of highly experienced audio professional, Peter Codron as new UK Sales Manager.
 

Cobalt Digital is one of the recipients of the 70th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards that will take place in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), at the NAB Show at the Wynn Encore Hotel and Spa on Sunday, April 7th, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV.
 

Hans Peitsman is not generally a man who does things by halves … unless the half precedes “a million euros” of course, which is approximately how much he has recently invested in new Robe lighting fixtures.
 

Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK – ATG Danmon reports continuing growth in demand for systems integration services throughout the broadcast industry as well as associated sectors such as corporate, educational and governmental video production.

Gearhouse Broadcast, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, has appointed Ollie Bianchi as its Lead Audio Engineer in the UK. Ollie will oversee the many audio projects that Gearhouse is involved in, which include primetime TV series like The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
 

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, has launched a range of new features within its cloud-based management system, Dejero Control. The expanded capabilities of Control further simplify the workflows of broadcasters and content providers enabling expanded device sharing and metadata generation.

zweiB GmbH, a Munich-based company specializing in cinema and event engineering as well as in media and post production, boosts the performance of its equipment with the R&S CLIPSTER mastering station from Rohde & Schwarz. zweiB uses R&S CLIPSTER for DCI and IMF mastering during post production. R&S CLIPSTER supports a wide range of workflows and provides outstanding efficiency and investment protection. Customers from TV and film production and distribution particularly value the system's reliability.
 

System integrator ARET, Lawo’s partner in Italy, presented at this year’s IBC a radio OB van with a brand-new concept for this category, making this truck the first of its kind. For this technologically sophisticated OB unit with Lawo IP installation, ARET recently won the “Outstanding Innovation in OB Engineering Award” of the BroadcastPro Middle East Awards 2018.

AURUS platinum, flagship console from Berlin-based manufacturer Stage Tec, continues to offer new features in the fourth product generation. At Interbee in Tokyo, parallel compression (New York compression) was introduced for the first time as a brand new feature. Previously, AURUS platinum offered two types of compression, but now parallel compression has been added as a further operating mode for the existing compressor. It is used mainly for recording and post production. Parallel compression will be delivered with software release 4.7 and will then also be available in CRESCENDO platinum.
 

Seven of Sony’s flagship cameras have joined Netflix’s Post Technology Alliance, a programme designed to give filmmakers confidence that equipment meets Netflix’s technical and workflow requirements, while also offering the highest level of innovation, support and customer service.
 

Grammy Award-winning artist, Imogen Heap, has taken to the road for the first time in eight years on a 40-week long ‘MYCELIA’ world tour, accompanied by an Allen & Heath dLive system and frequently partnering with a d&b audiotechnik Soundscape, to provide an immersive 3D audio experience for concertgoers.
 

AJA Video Systems today released v1.1 firmware for its IPR-10G-HDMI Mini-Converter, which enables SMPTE ST 2110 IP video/audio to HDMI. Available as a free download, the update adds support for UltraHD up to 30p and integrates new improvements for discovery, registration and control.