Idol Chat, which recently premiered on Retro TV and The Family Channel, reunites some of America’s favorite film and television ensembles and variety show acts. Hosted by Susan Anton (Baywatch, The Love Boat), Idol Chat provides a nostalgic up close and personal visit with treasured stars as they share memorable moments and stories from their careers, reveal behind-the-scene secrets and bring viewers up-to-date on their life today.

Weigel Broadcasting Co. in Milwaukee, home to WDJT-TV, CBS 58, WMLW-TV, The M, WBME-CD, Me-TV and  WYTU-LD Telemundo Wisconsin, recently selected several GY-HC900 and GY-HC550 CONNECTED CAM camcorders for high-quality, flexible broadcasting. Products of JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, the cameras are part of JVC’s plug-and-play CONNECTED CAM™ series.

For Fargo, North Dakota-based ABC affiliate Forum Communications (WDAY-TV), the pandemic meant finding new ways to significantly streamline operations while maintaining regular sports and events coverage. With social distancing measures in place, the media company had to alter its workflow in order to still broadcast WDAY’s high school game of the week segment without a large crew and multiple cameras. The team found the solution they were looking for with the GY-HC500SPCU Sports Production and Coaching camera, part of the CONNECTED  CAM™ line from JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation.

When Friday Night Lights New Hampshire (FNLNHmedia / FNLNH) was created, Co-owners Stephen Beals and Nick Anastos were looking to bring live HD play-by-play coverage of the Granite State’s top high school games to the community. Not happy with their previous camera systems, the duo set out on a quest to find a solution capable of providing broadcast-quality video over the internet directly from the camera. They found what they were looking for with the GY-HC500 and GY-HC900 CONNECTED CAM™ camcorders from JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation.

A storyteller by nature, Annalisa Russell-Smith has been a video journalist for 13 years for a variety of high-profile clients and her work has appeared in media outlets around the world, including the BBC. Russell-Smith is  also a certified drone pilot, and last year became one of the first civilian Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) pilots, enabling her to fly large, work-class drones that may be in another county, or even another continent.  Her passion for flying was reignited during the COVID-19 pandemic. Always eager to share her point of view through the use of captured images, Russell-Smith combined her passions to embark on her latest project—a documentary about the world of aviation and the people who drive it. For this varied and challenging project, Russell-Smith chose the GY-HC550 CONNECTED CAM^™ from JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation.

As a premier provider of private education in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pine Crest School prides itself on its superior curriculum balanced with immersive arts and athletics. Among the many services and programs offered to students is media production, comprising Pine Crest Television (PCTV) and Pine Crest News Network (PCNN), which operate from the Fort Lauderdale-based high school and two middle schools, respectively. To ensure its production services are of the highest caliber, the school has been utilizing equipment from JVCProfessional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, for more than a decade. Most recently, the department added three JVC GY-HC900 CONNECTED CAM™ camcorders to deliver content to students and families, via Vimeo, on the school’s website and social media accounts.

JVC has unveiled three new 4K and HD PTZ remote cameras, designed for reliable remote IP production for education, corporate, live events and sport applications. The new 4K KY-PZ400N and HD KY-PZ200N cameras provide optimal streaming image quality and performance and are equipped with NDI®|HX and SRT streaming, H.265/H.264/MJPEG encoding and VITC (Vertical Interval Timecode) multi-camera synchronisation. A third model, the new HD KY-PZ200, provides an economical solution, without NDI®|HX. All three models are available in black or white variations to best match the interior of the venue or project.

This new camera line marks many firsts for JVC, since it's their first PTZ cameras to feature 4K streaming as well as the first with NDI®|HX and SRT. With the integrated NDI®|HX technology from Vizrt Group, the JVC PTZ cameras now offer a high-quality, low-latency IP video transmission standard that is ideal for streaming in an ever-evolving media landscape.

TVU Networks has partnered with JVC Professional Video to provide seamless access to TVU’s cloud-based solutions via CONNECTED CAM™ cameras using the native SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) video transport protocol. The partnership provides improved content sharing and distribution workflows for sports and news organizations that have invested in the popular line of JVC studio, shoulder-mount, and handheld camcorders. 

As the first local radio station in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, WMBS has been keeping its local community informed of news, weather and local sports since 1937. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the station recognized that in-person spectators would be limited, and entered the world of video broadcasting in order to live stream local high school and college sports games to the community and beyond. In order to accomplish this, WMBS purchased a GY-HC500SPC CONNECTED CAM™ Camcorder from JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation.

With 42 sports teams, the athletic department at Harvard University has one of the largest and most historied programs in the country. From football, basketball, hockey and rubgy, to skiing, swimming and rowing, among others, the school’s sporting events draw attention from spectators, alumni and professional scouts, alike. The university broadcasts approximately 300 live and recorded events in a typical year, the majority of which they now live stream on ESPN+, ESPN’s direct-to-consumer platform. The school also presents footage from its sports teams across its various social media channels, such as Facebook and YouTube.