Hiltron Communications, a globally active satellite system integrator, manufacturer and distributor, announces a new addition to its management team with the appointment of Jean-Luc George van Eeckhoutte as Sales Manager for the EMEA region. He brings nearly 20 years of experience to the role and joins from RF technology company Spinner GmbH.

SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today introduced a new logo and website (smpte.org). Along with these changes, SMPTE is redefining the way it serves professionals so that the Society can be more accessible and agile in meeting its members' needs. In addition to building enhanced value into its educational offerings, standards work, and networking events, the Society is developing plans to promote greater diversity, equity, and inclusion within SMPTE and the industry as a whole.

ATG Danmon has completed a committee room video conferencing and audiovisual control system for one of Europe's longest established national legislatures. The facility is currently assigned to function as a venue in which elected representatives and their advisors can hold private discussion meetings. It is also used for seminars and as general meeting room space.

Magewell -- the award-winning developer of innovative video interface and IP workflow solutions -- is heading to Beijing for one of the professional AV industry's first in-person trade shows in many months. Exhibiting in booth FD2-01 at InfoComm China from September 28 to 30, the company will showcase both new and established offerings that address the hottest trends in today's dramatically evolving AV landscape.

ELEMENTS, provider of innovative, high-performance media storage and server systems for the post-production and broadcast industry, has announced a series of webinars between 8-11 September to introduce its new remote editing software ELEMENTS Satellite (the first remote access solution purpose built for media artists), and showcase the latest innovations in media storage workflows.

Magewell has introduced a trio of new models in its Pro Convert family of low-latency video-over-IP encoders and decoders. The Pro Convert 12G SDI Plus encoder converts 4K/60fps, 12G-SDI input signals into full-bandwidth NDI(r) streams, while the Pro Convert for NDI(r) to SDI and Pro Convert H.26x to SDI decoders transform NDI, H.264 or H.265 streams into high-quality SDI outputs for connection to monitors, projectors and legacy equipment.

With COVID-19 in the mix, this year’s Democratic National Convention brought a variety of new transmission and production challenges. To help deliver this historic event to viewers across the country, PSSI Global Services leveraged multiple modes of transmission to deliver hours of live remote content in and out of the production hub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Magewell today announced new updates for the company's Pro Convert for NDI(r) to HDMI and Pro Convert for NDI(r) to HDMI 4K standalone IP decoders that further expand the devices' support for Newtek's evolving NDI(r) media-over-IP technology. The free upgrades add compatibility with the high-efficiency, lower-bitrate NDI(r)|HX mode in NDI(r) 4, complementing the decoders' existing support for full-bandwidth NDI streams.

Magewell – the award-winning developer of innovative video interface and IP workflow solutions – today announced the sixth model in its Eco Capture family of ultra-compact, power-efficient, M.2 video capture cards. Providing input signal compatibility for older 4K source equipment, the Eco Capture QL-SDI 4K M.2 captures one channel of video – with embedded audio – up to 4096x2160 at 60 frames per second over quad-link, 3G-SDI connectivity.

The Switch, the platform for the production and global delivery of live video, has been chosen by Jockey Club of Turkey (TJK) to deliver live horse racing streams from the UK to its growing audience of racing fans. Capitalizing on The Switch’s highly reliable video distribution network, TJK is able to ensure uninterrupted live feeds from races at venues such as Newmarket and Ascot reach its 600,000 customers in Turkey.

TJK receives feeds, picked up from London’s BT Tower via The Switch Access™ service, which are then live streamed over the club’s dedicated online channel to its 2,800 betting shops around the country. The agreement with The Switch allows TJK customers to watch and place bets on live UK race broadcasts across the flat racing season, including the 1000 Guineas and 2000 Guineas.