PSSI Global Services has welcomed Jason Caldwell to its team as a project manager in the company’s Strategic Television division. As a Strategic project manager, he will work closely with each client to understand their needs, and then coordinate with PSSI’s engineering team, vendors, partners and venues to develop bespoke transmission plans that ensure all project goals are met successfully.

Ikegami reports ongoing broadcast and professional media innovation throughout 2022 including the Unicam UHK-X750 IP-capable UHD HDR HFR camera plus the R2 Real Remote production system.

"UHD-HDR has replaced UHD-SDR as the default standard for consumer TV displays," says Michael Lätzsch, Broadcast & Professional Video Division Manager at Ikegami Electronics (Europe) GmbH. "This in turn has encouraged broadcast-focused production companies to invest in UHD-HDR camera systems. UHD-HDR content is becoming increasingly available online from dedicated streaming channels. A growing number of broadcasters are also supplementing their HD-SDR terrestrial and satellite transmissions with online UHD-SDR content."

Big Pic Media announces its partnership with Venera Technologies, a leading developer of automated quality control software.

"This partnership is more than a simple reseller/vendor agreement," comments Big Pic Media Managing Director Adam Welsh. "Our focus will be on helping Venera meet the evolving QC needs of the UK customer base in their ever-growing media content process for audio/video/subtitle issues. Demand for content is greater than ever and our clients are working hard to maintain quality and throughput. The only way to achieve this cost-effectively is by increasing efficiency.

New and existing operators can now benefit from managed device support of Android TV certified set-top boxes from Amino. Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, today announced a long-term partnership with Xperi to support its operator customers on the TiVo Managed IPTV Service (formerly MobiTV). Amino has integrated its certified Android TV operator tier set-top box with the TiVo service to offer a managed device alternative and world-class support for its North American customers.

Ikegami announces the integration of eight UHK-430 camera systems at Thai Parliament Television (TPTV), the national assembly radio and television broadcasting station of Thailand. The cameras are now in full use at the recently completed Sappaya-Sapasathan parliament house in Bangkok, allowing 4K broadcast quality coverage of legislative proceedings.

MultiChoice, operator of Africa’s premier sports broadcaster, SuperSport, took UHD channels to air for the first time using a hybrid SDI-IP playout and infrastructure foundation from Imagine Communications. A long-established user of Imagine playout and automation technology, MultiChoice added two UHD channels based on the Versio™ integrated playout platform to provide sports fans with comprehensive, premium-quality coverage of the championship football tournament in Qatar.

Little Bay Broadcast Services, one of New Hampshire's leading broadcast system integrators, has chosen Ikegami UHK-X700 cameras for a television studio upgrade on behalf of a major corporate client. Three cameras plus control equipment, viewfinders, lenses and teleprompters have been ordered for use in broadcast-grade content production and webcasting.

Global video solutions provider,Accedo, has worked with ITV to develop its brand new integrated advertising and subscription funded platform, ITVX.

Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, today announced the launch of its new BkS450 high-performance video streaming software, which brings outstanding cost savings and energy efficiency to video streaming infrastructures. When running on a 3rd gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor, the BkS450 software enables video service providers to deliver low-latency 4K and 8K video streaming services, VR content, and other bandwidth-intensive offerings at a reduced cost while consuming significantly less power than traditional video servers.

EditShare®, the technology leader that enables storytellers to create and manage collaborative media workflows, has provided a content storage platform to De Telegraaf, the largest daily newspaper in the Netherlands, and part of Mediahuis Nederland BV. The new system provides journalist-driven editing for the paper’s online video services.