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The Art of Implementing Responsible and Effective GenAI a...

Raman Abrol CEO of Vubiquity and General Manager for Amdocs Media, a global leader in software and services for communications and media companies, is sharing his thoughts regarding the art of implementing responsible and effective GenAI and automation across media supply chains. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the modern elixir of...

Submitted by Jenni

Published 10 April 2024

Pebble and TV Anhanguera Case Study

TV Anhanguera, a television network headquartered in Goiânia, Brazil, operates 11 TV channels, all affiliated with TV Globo, the largest free-to-air television network in the country. Recently, it faced a challenge that many other broadcasters worldwide are grappling with: its legacy servers reached the end of their life. Enhancing Operational...

Submitted by Shawn Belluigi

Published 28 February 2024

Where Are You in Your Cloud Adoption Strategy

By Chris McCarthy, VP Media Solutions at TMT Insights The Media and Entertainment technology industry continues to evolve in its journey from on-premises infrastructure and workflows to the cloud-native landscape notably described in MovieLabs’ 2030 Vision whitepaper. Most major studios and content creators have adopted the cloud for some portio...

Submitted by Chris McCarthy

Published 27 February 2024

Driving Content Security Preparedness from Script to Scre...

By: Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network (TPN) According to Cybersecurity Ventures, the global annual cost of cybercrime is predicted to reach GBP 7.5 million (USD 9.5 trillion) in 2024. As we continue to navigate these trends and forecasts, I encourage you to ask yourselves, what is your company’s content security risk management st...

Submitted by Terri Davies

Published 30 January 2024

Rohde and Schwarz Offers State-of-the-Art Transmitter Tra...

Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. offers customers two free seats at their popular THU9 Operation and Maintenance Transmitter Training with a purchase of a THU9 Transmitter. The two-day course is held several times a month and led by veteran transmitter expert Glen Hurst at the Rohde & Schwarz U.S. Headquarters in Columbia, MD. Participants of this trainin...

Submitted by Robin L. Hoffman

Published 13 December 2023

Lets do the Time Warp

Time Warp is one of the biggest indoor electronic music events in Europe if not the world, and recently returned to its spiritual home in Mannheim, Germany for the first time in four years for a sold-out attendance that saw 30,000 people soaking up world-class sound. The influential festival was hosted across six floors of Maimarkthalle, a huge...

Submitted by Patrick Hussey

Published 05 July 2023

Sennheiser MKE 400 hands on review and test

Looking to buy? Click here. Sennheiser have just released two products aimed at simplifying audio on the move, the MKE400 shotgun microphone and the XS Lav Mic, in this review we’re looking at the MKE400. If you scroll down there is a video review where you can hear the actual MKE 400 sound so worth a watch. The MKE400 is the second generation with...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 29 April 2021

REVIEW - Hollyland MARS 400S PRO Digital Wireless Transmi...

HOLLYLAND MARS 400S PRODigital Wireless Video Transmission SystemBuilt by Hollyland and costing around £600 the Mars 400S is an easy-to-use wireless video transmitter/receiver system – it will be right up the alley of anyone who, like me, considers an instruction manual to be nothing more than box padding. The body is made of metal as opposed to...

Submitted by Phil Vinter

Published 12 February 2021

HOLLYLAND LARK 150 Review

HOLLYLAND Lark 150 reviewThe exponential growth of video supercharged a technological revolution that began in the early noughties with the advent of DSLR cameras. The cinematic-style shallow depth of field image video quality from DSLRs was a revelation, but, back then audio was the big drawback. As demand has grown so the technology has improve...

Submitted by Phil Vinter

Published 05 February 2021

How to successfully buy AV and Broadcast Equipment at Auc...

How to successfully buy AV and Broadcast Equipment at Auction Perhaps you wouldn't expect an auctioneer to tell you this - but yes, there are risks to buying equipment at auction; just probably not the risks that you think. Some people may dismiss buying at auction out of hand based on experiences they or friends or colleagues have had. As auctione...

Submitted by Dan Main

Published 19 January 2021

AJA Video Systems - Ki Pro GO User Review with Spellbinde...

For most of us 2020 enforced a step change in the way we work and the kind of productions that our businesses have been delivering. Back in March as the pandemic struck, I took a leap of faith and invested in some switching and streaming kit, in the form of a Tricaster Mini, encoding and NDI kit and some extra cameras. Fast forward nine months and...

Submitted by Ben Sherriff

Published 22 December 2020

ERA IaaS at University of Salford

Seagate Storage Arrays form basis of ERA designed Storage, Edit Management and MAM system for the University of Salford's media and production coursesBACKGROUNDThe University of Salford (UoS) is widely recognised in both academic and professional circles as a leading educational establishment in acoustics and media production. In 2011 the Universit...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 21 December 2020

The Value of Trade Shows

When you think of trade shows some might consider the relevance in today's digital world where, with the click of a button, you can research the latest technology and, with another click, someone will deliver said item to your door later that day. So on that note let's dispel the naysayers!It’s true that shows can come and go but those that have th...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 27 January 2020

New Year, New Decade, New Rig

Some time ago I was fortunate enough to take part in a track day at Oulton Park, driving a souped up BMW M4. It was completely insane. Literally the most powerful car I’ve ever driven. From 0-60 in 4 seconds or something like that. I’m not Jeremy Clarkson so I can’t remember the exact figure. Anyway it was a really great experience, and something I...

Submitted by Alex Macleod

Published 27 January 2020

Get Your KitPlus On - The KitPlus Show MediaCityUK 2019

A record number exhibitors, ready to demonstrate leading products, services, and technologies from more than 100 brands – many for the first time - will be on hand at the ninth annual KitPlus Show Manchester, taking place at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, on 5 November. Recognising that people are increasingly less willing or able to travel long dista...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 03 November 2019