Los Angeles-based live entertainment and media company, De Tune, has chosen Grass Valley’s recently launched GV AMPP cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform to support completely virtual, live event broadcasts. De Tune first deployed GV’s Agile Media Processing Platform to help Public School, the creative agency owned by Czarnowski Collective, successfully – and quickly – pivot the corporate theater-style events it runs for clients to the virtual world.

24/7 Indian news channel, Swaraj Express, has deployed a range of Grass Valley solutions for its newsroom operation, leveraging greater flexibility and scalability to create a workflow that meets its needs today and tomorrow. The Hindi-language broadcaster has deployed the iTX integrated playout platform with master control for its proven future-proof features, and the ability to efficiently manage and operate multiple playout channels — across multiple platforms.

The next version of Grass Valley’s award-winning editing solution, EDIUS X, will be released in September 2020. Prior to release, the expert EDIUS teams from Grass Valley and EDIUS.NET are highlighting its top features and enhanced capabilities in three online events. The first session, presenting the new core of EDIUS, took place mid-June 2020. The recorded livestream, with more than 10,000 views, is available at www.edius.net/x. The video is in English with subtitles in Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.

Indian regional news channel, Lokshahi News, has deployed a range of Grass Valley solutions for its new playout operation. The Marathi language broadcaster has built its system around Grass Valley’s iTX integrated playout platform, leveraging its flexibility and scalability to create a future-proof set-up that supports content delivery to linear and social media outlets. The Grass Valley workflow will also ensure greater efficiency across Lokshahi News’ 24/7 production process.

Grass Valley announces the completion of its acquisition by private equity firm, Black Dragon Capital, from Belden Inc. The completion of the transaction, announced earlier this year, puts Grass Valley in an ideal position to continue driving innovation as it leads the media and entertainment industry’s transition to a cloud-based future and pay-as-you-go business models.

UAE-based 7 Production, one of the Middle East’s leading video production service providers, has chosen an end-to-end Grass Valley workflow for its latest 4K UHD outside broadcast (OB) truck – the first of its kind in the region. Grass Valley’s market-leading solutions give 7 Production the flexible, future-ready capability it needs to meet the growing demand for 4K UHD production. The sale was managed in conjunction with Grass Valley’s regional channel partner BSS.

Canada-based Dome Productions has chosen Grass Valley’s end-to-end open standards-based IP infrastructure and workflows for its latest outside broadcast (OB) truck, UHD5. Grass Valley’s market-leading IP solutions will enable the production facilities provider to seamlessly transition from SDI to IP, leveraging greater flexibility, efficiency and faster setups between events. The future-ready unit, which is slated to go live in the third quarter of 2020, will handle everything from HD to 4K UHD and HDR to support live sports production for major North American broadcasters, concerts, awards and studio shows.

Grass Valley is previewing the next generation of its award-winning, multiformat, nonlinear editing software series EDIUS. On Thursday, June 18 at 11:00 AM EDT, Grass Valley will showcase EDIUS X via livestream, highlighting its new core with intelligent background rendering for an uninterrupted workflow experience. The latest EDIUS enhancement builds further on its functionality to bring tighter integration for the user, increased flexibility and delivers more creative power. EDIUS X is scheduled to ship in September 2020.

Grass Valley underlines its leadership in driving innovation through collaboration with the launch of GV^X, a council of customers selected from the media industry’s most influential technologists and business leaders. This group of key leaders will work closely with Grass Valley executives to move media technology innovation forward in a mutually beneficial fashion, providing the industry with solutions that are perfectly matched with the increasing demands placed on content producers and distributors.

The GV^X Customer Council launches with many key influencers on board, including Dave Mazza from NBC Sports, Del Parks from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Helen Clifton from ABC Australia, Mauricio Felix from Globo, Ruba Ibrahim from Al Arabiya Network, Scott Rothenburg from NEP, and Gordon Castle from Discovery.

Grass Valley continues to support collaboration across the media production chain to strengthen deliverables for customers by welcoming several new members to the Grass Valley Technology Alliance (GVTA). Launched in April 2019, the certification program delivers key benefits to customers, such as improved purchasing confidence and access to a wide range of systems and solutions that are interoperable with Grass Valley platforms and workflow components. EcoDigital, Haivision, Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) and Vitec Group’s Vinten and Autoscript join the five existing companies already part of the GVTA.