Hebden Bridge, 12th November 2020 — South African community radio station Bosveld Stereo, which broadcasts in Afrikaans across the North West Province, is the first station in South Africa to deploy Calrec’s IP-based Type R for Radio. The installation was overseen by Calrec’s recently appointed South African partner, Wild and Marr. Wild and Marr used ...
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Paris, 20th October 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that AMC Networks International – UK (AMCNI UK), based in London, UK, has selected Globecast to provide comprehensive playout and distribution services for its EMEA roster of 21 channels. AMCNI UK is a new customer for Globecast. Juliet Bayliss, Sales Director, ...
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Paris, 23rd September 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced Antoine Guilbaud as Chief Financial Officer, effective from September 1st. He replaces Nathalie Krick, who is taking up a new role in Globecast’s sister company, Orange Cyberdefense. Guilbaud’s duties include providing the CEO and management board with financial and management information ...
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Paris, 17th September 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that long-term customer Euronews has selected the company to provide distribution services for the launch of its new HD version of Euronews English HD, covering Asia and Oceania. Yann Madeleine, Globecast, said, “We’ve worked with Euronews for many years, providing a ...
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As an accomplished A1 for almost 20 years now, Canada-based Patrick Castonguay loves the challenge of being creative with every live mix he produces. He’s worked on high-profile sports events including the Olympics (every year since 2002) and NHL and CFL games in Canada, as well as the JUNO Awards. The first Calrec console he ...
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London, 14th July 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that Virgin Media, an existing customer, has turned to the company to provide a robust and flexible playout solution for its ‘pop-up’ HD exercise channel Get Moving. During these ongoing difficult Covid times, online and TV-based exercise classes and workout recommendation ...
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Farmingdale, NJ, July 8th 2020— Group One Ltd., professional audio and lighting distributor, has today announced that it has incorporated SCI’s – Studio Consultants Inc. – operations of Calrec business to create a nationwide distribution network for Calrec’s complete range of market-leading professional audio solutions. The deal was completed on July 1st. SCI, which is based ...
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A freelance audio engineer (A1) for Dome Productions in Canada, John Hunterfirst discovered his passion for audio with live music. Eventually, his path led him to sports and he (in normal times) mixes every Toronto Raptors home game on TSN and Sportsnet and has travelled with the production team to work every playoff game, including ...
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Los Angeles, CA, June 24th 2020 —Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced Chris Pulis as new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Americas, effective immediately. As CTO, Pulis is responsible for all technical aspects for the Americas including establishing Globecast’s vision and growth through the use of technical resources. Pulis has 25 years ...
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Rascular, designers of software-based powerful, customisable control and monitoring applications for third-party, professional video technologies, has today announced a significant upgrade to its powerful RouteMaster router control application, expanding its virtual routing capabilities for NewTek’s NDI® streams alongside a brand new user interface. RouteMaster now benefits from market-leading NDI ultra-fast switching capabilities, providing users with ...
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Polygon Labs, an innovative studio pushing the boundaries of interactive data applications and visual branding, is today announcing the launch of its centralized web-based weather data management and curation solution, Ipsum Weather. This announcement follows the recent release of Ipsum 2.0, the company’s data aggregation and visualization platform for broadcast news, sports, weather and branding. ...
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Hebden Bridge, 17th June 2020 — Calrec has invested in further expansion of its R&D department with the appointment of Andrew Munt as Software Manager. In this role, Munt will oversee all Calrec’s software expertise from architecting, design and development of all new and existing products, continuing to drive and expand Calrec’s renowned R&D output. ...
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Calrec continues to expand its global coverage with the appointment of Wild & Marr in South Africa who will supply and service Calrec’s TV and radio product range across the region and install them in its forthcoming Experience Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Gary Furman, Managing Director at Wild & Marr, said, “We are very ...
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Paris, 3rd June 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that Denis Genevois and Olivier Zankel are moving into new marketing roles. Genevois, who joined Globecast in 2001, is now VP Marketing Group and Zankel, who joined Globecast in 2011, is now VP Communications Group. They will both report to Philippe ...
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New York, USA – 26th May 2020 – Polygon Labs, an innovative studio pushing the boundaries of interactive data applications and visual branding, has today announced the latest version of its data aggregation and visualization platform for broadcast news, sports, weather and branding, Ipsum 2.0. This significant update includes integration with Epic Games’ powerful real-time ...
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LiveU has helped customers captivate audiences using live video for over a decade. Now the company is launching a series of original live programs under the LiveU TV umbrella to educate, inspire, and engage with viewers at home. The shows, presented on LiveU’s official Facebook page, are produced remotely using the latest LiveU innovations including ...
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Hebden Bridge, 20ththMay 2020— Expanding upon its online demonstration offers, Calrec is hosting virtual demonstrations of its Assist UI, a browser-based virtual console environment with multiple versions available for a variety of Calrec technologies. Calrec’s Assist Web UI provides users with a virtual desk, available on any device running Chrome as a browser, wherever in ...
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How did you get into professional audio and what led you into this field? In high school I was going to be an auto mechanic. All my life I loved assembling things, and I loved cars. In high school I helped a friend restore his ‘64 Stingray and helped another friend restore his old ...
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The foreign news channel Deutsche Welle, headquartered in Germany, is relying more than ever on LiveU’s mobile IP broadcasting technology to maintain and expand its global live coverage during the current coronavirus crisis. While the delivery of trustworthy news in real-time remains the first priority, Deutsche Welle’s worldwide reporters and correspondents are working under difficult ...
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Polygon Labs, an innovative creative studio pushing the boundaries of interactive data applications and visual branding, has today launched two work at home service initiatives, Creative Hub and Training Lab. Every day global media companies are faced with the challenge of quickly producing graphic content across a variety of platforms. This requires large teams that ...
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LiveU technology has been selected by NTT DOCOMO, INC. for live video streaming as part of its value-added customer services offered over its newly-launched 5G network. Japan’s number one mobile operator will be promoting a variety of LiveU’s HEVC bonding transmission products in a combined bundle using DOCOMO’s 5G and 4G connectivity. The solution offers ...
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SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System), a leading national South Korean television and radio network, turned to LiveU’s integrated 5G technology for its live election day coverage in South Korea last week, utilizing the advantages of KT’s (Korea Telecom’s) premium live broadcasting solution with its 5G network. SBS chose LiveU for its field-proven video transmission quality and ...
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“I haven’t changed the way I produce a broadcast because of the internet. The quality of what I stream at home is as good, if not better, than what the local stations are transmitting. I make sure the mix sounds good at low volume and in stereo or mono, which is an old music mix ...
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Shine TV, part of the Endemol Shine Group, has created an innovative documentary about these difficult times using LiveU’s LU-Smart mobile app to do so, fully adhering to current COVID-19 lockdown rules in the UK. Called A Very British Lockdown: Diaries from the Frontline, which aired on April 21st on ITV, one of the UK’s ...
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Rascular, designers of software-based powerful, customisable control and monitoring applications for third-party, professional video technologies, has today announced the launch of three new versions of its RouteMaster Lite virtual routing for Newtek NDI® application: RouteMaster Lite Solo; RouteMaster Lite One; and RouteMaster Lite Four. RouteMaster Lite – a Windows PC application – brings familiar video ...
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Paris, 31st March 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it has successfully received security assessment from Trusted Partner Network (TPN) for its Digital Cinema business to address video piracy and content redistribution. Formed in 2018 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA), the ...
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Following the International Skating Union (ISU)’s postponement of the 2020 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in South Korea, the China Short Track Speed Skating team decided to go ahead and organize a ‘Simulation Game of the ISU Championships’ in Beijing. Tencent Sports, the main broadcaster responsible for the live production and public broadcast, turned ...
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Rascular, designers of software-based powerful, customisable control and monitoring applications for third-party, professional video technologies, has today announced the availability of comprehensive software control of Ross’ MC1 family of Channel Branding and Master Control Switchers via its flagship control and monitoring system Helm. Responding to considerable customer interest, Rascular, using Ross’ powerful and flexible openGear® ...
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Los Angeles, CA, March 25th, 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced a multi-year partnership with United Kingdom/Netherlands-based Outdoor Sport Channel for the worldwide distribution of its HD and 4K content to MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) and as the exclusive distributor in the US. The deal includes the distribution of ...
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Switch Media, a world leader in online video technology, has partnered with SpringServe, a leading US-based independent ad platform provider whose technology is purpose-built for video and OTT. Switch Media’s server-side ad insertion (SSAI) technology has been fully integrated with SpringServe’s ad platform to provide value-added services to OTT providers. OTT companies that require dynamic ...
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