Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that the company will provide strategic insights on pay TV and OTT during a panel discussion at the 2022 NexTV Series MENA event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

FSR’s Glenn Collinge has been tapped to present a session at NECA (National Electrical Contractors Association) designed to deliver practical information for optimizing cabling infrastructure in intelligent buildings. The session, titled Structured Cabling for Intelligent Buildings is part of NECA’s Technology Track which is aimed at streamlining and improving the path to success for electrical contractors. Collinge is scheduled to present on Monday October 17th at 3:00PM Central time on the show floor. NECA 2022 Convention and Trade Show will take place October 15-18 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin TX.

FSR is bringing a combination of new, recently launched and legacy solutions to BICSI including the industry’s first dedicated flat panel TV project box engineered for installation in 8” block walls. Additional highlights in the FSR Booth # 510 include the Company’s award-winning Smart-Way Raceway system now featuring a wall unit, the PWB-320 - a member of FSR’s highly successful Project Wall Box (PWB) family, and its popular FL-400 Floor Box that incorporates everything you need in one unit.

Developing its presence in North America with its first office in New York, and continuing to improve content searchability and preservation with Multimodal AI Indexing R&D. Unlike traditional AI which relies on a single source for indexing, Newsbridge’s disruptive Multimodal AI merges detection results from face, text, objects, pattern and transcription to produce highly accurate metadata and search results. Supernova Invest leads the round, with continued support from VC Elaia Partners and angel investor Dominique Edelin.

Cobalt Digital, designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, has announced the promotion of Dr. Ciro Noronha to CTO and the appointment of Anthony Tan as director of sales engineering for APAC. According to Chris Shaw, Cobalt COO, the changes reflect the Company’s growth and significant global expansion, especially in the important APAC region. Shaw revealed the news just days before the beginning of IBC2022 where both Noronha and Tan will be on Stand 10.B44 to greet friends, colleagues and customers.

Cobalt Digital can be found in numerous places and at several events in and around IBC 2022. The designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, will be well represented by Dr. Ciro Noronha, the Company’s evp of engineering, at informative sessions hosted by industry organizations and vendors, and Cobalt will wrap the show by hosting a RIST cocktail reception on its Stand #10.B44

Nevion, a Sony Group Company and award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that it has provided a contribution solution to Italian telecom service provider EI Towers to support the coverage of Italy’s top football (soccer) league, Serie A. The solution connecting 17 stadiums to the new International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Lissone near Milan (Italy) was delivered in just 4 months and has now been in operation for the whole of the 2021-2022 season.

The 2022-23 season of Italy’s football Lega Serie A, which began on August 13, is broadcasting from Italian communications and broadcast transmission specialist EI Towers’ new International Broadcast Centre (IBC). Built on next-generation IP technology from Imagine Communications, the leading-edge broadcast hub provides centralized contribution and distribution of audio, video and data in Italy and around the world for broadcasters and rightsholders — ensuring significant scalability and operational efficiencies, while delivering the best viewing experience for football fans over multiple platforms.

Cobalt® Digital Inc. has revealed plans to demonstrate its Indigo 2110-DC-01 SMPTE ST 2110 solution on its 9904-UDX-4K card at IBC on Stand 10.B44. The new option offers support for high density native 4K ST 2110 audio and video processing on openGear® form factor. The Company will also be highlighting the new version of the SafeLink Gateway as a virtual machine, and a higher density solution of +MPx-DANTE-64x64, the industry’s first license-based quad-channel 3G-SDI bridge to Dante® audio. SafeLink reliably transports any audio and video content over the Internet with low latency. Dante is Audinate’s combination of software, hardware and network protocols that deliver uncompressed, multi-channel, low-latency digital audio over a standard Ethernet network. Cobalt Digital is a designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative.

Supershooter 6, the newest member of NEP Group’s U.S. Mobile Units fleet, has hit the road with twelve frames of Cobalt Digital’s signal processing, conversion and distribution gear onboard. The IP-powered, 3G, 1080p, HDR, 4K-ready next-gen NEP mobile unit is equipped with the technology required to support the demanding and evolving requirements of today’s live sports and entertainment content creators.