Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in broadcast media technologies, today announces with great regret that it has withdrawn its booth participation from NAB Show 2021. This difficult decision has been taken in light of the ongoing travel embargo to the US for many of its global customers and technology staff, along with the risks presented by the continued rise in Covid cases.  

After completing many successful projects on a pair of PMC DB1S-AII monitors, Thiago Manhani has upgraded his SM Mastering facility in Brazil by investing in a pair of PMC twotwo.6 loudspeakers.

Polygon Labs, an innovative studio pushing the boundaries of interactive data applications and visual branding, has announced that News12 Networks has selected its data aggregation and visualization platform, Ipsum, which is fully integrated with Epic Games’ powerful real-time 3D creation platform, Unreal Engine. News12 Networks, consisting of seven local cable news channels in the New York area, owned by Altice USA, uses Polygon Ipsum, a cloud-based, enterprise-level application that enables streamlined management, data curation and centralized scheduling, to centralize its master control graphics solution for its seven stations.

Mo-Sys™ Engineering, (www.mo-sys.com), world leader in virtual production and image robotics, has supplied the brand-new Mo-Sys VP Pro XR extended reality server as well as StarTracker camera tracking to ARRI for its new studio in Uxbridge, west of London, making them the first user of this innovative technology.

Pixel Power, the global leader in graphics and software defined master control playout, has announced that it has joined the SRT Alliance, the open-source initiative dedicated to overcoming the challenges of low-latency video streaming. The move will support Pixel Power’s flexible solutions for master control playout with fully integrated graphics and branding.

Renowned director of photography Jeremy Benning has adopted Riedel's industry-standard Bolero wireless intercom to facilitate crew communications on the set of the popular Amazon Prime Video series "The Expanse." Bolero provides flexible, clear, and reliable multichannel communications for all members of the production crew, enabling maximum productivity from any on-set location.

Chyron today announced that Radio Television Española (RTVE), which oversees Spain's public broadcasting services, has equipped two refurbished Madrid studios with state-of-the-art video wall systems driven by a new Chyron PRIME Video Walls system, a newly refreshed CAMIO template-based graphics asset management solution, and updated LyricX CG systems. Together these Chyron solutions give RTVE the agility to adapt sophisticated studio graphics quickly from show to show and to reconfigure graphics playout across displays of any size, number, shape, or pixel count.

Chyron, Hego, and TRACAB announced today that they are working jointly with Univision's TUDN, the undisputed home of soccer in the U.S., and multimedia sports brand of Univision Communications Inc., to provide a complete solution for real-time capture and visualization of player tracking data for its broadcasts of Liga MX, the top division of Mexico's professional soccer league system. Hego is providing extensive operations and production services using TRACAB's unparalleled tracking technology along with Chyron's PRIME, Virtual Placement, and Paint solutions to create and deliver sponsored and branded data-driven graphics in real time, as well as virtual ad insertion and state-of-the-art telestration.

PFT is proud to announce the launch of a new hybrid-cloud media center in Leeds, UK employing over 70 professionals. Commenting on the investment, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “Trade and investment between the UK and India is creating good jobs and sustaining livelihoods in both of our countries. I’m very pleased that Prime Focus Technologies has decided to join the legions of Indian companies investing in the UK, boosting our media and entertainment sector, and driving economic growth.”

Pixel Power, the global leader in graphics production and master control playout automation, has delivered a configurable StreamMaster PRIME system to WFMJ, the NBC and CW affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio. The new StreamMaster PRIME is a direct replacement for an existing Pixel Power LogoVision graphics generator.