As San Jose, California-area WestGate Church expanded beyond its original Saratoga campus to multiple satellite locations, live video became a vital enabler of its ongoing growth. Looking to improve picture quality and production flexibility for its multi-site broadcasts, the church purchased two Z-HD5500 HDTV studio and field production cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai)and has been delighted with the results.

On March 17th, Global Youth Day 2018 took place. For GYD, the Seventh-day Adventist Church held a 24-hour broadcast to discuss the acts of service of young people around the world. During the livestream, 22 reporters from across Europe contributed to the event that was broadcast live on YouTube and the Global Youth Day website.

Magewell's debut of its flexible Ultra Stream HDMI standalone streaming encoder at the 2018 NAB Show garnered immediate acclaim, as the company received three significant industry accolades for the intuitive new device. Magewell was honored with a Video Innovation Award (VIA) from the British Columbia Professional Videographers Association (BCPVA) for the second consecutive year, earned a Best of Show Award from NewBay Media's Video Edge, and was named one of the "Top 5 Products for Churches from NAB 2018" by Church Production Magazine.

Founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1983, Hillsong Church is a contemporary Christian worship organization that has launched churches in some of the most influential cities around the world. With locations in 19 countries and on five continents, Hillsongs worldwide attendance approaches 100,000 people weekly. The popular global church has been relying on FOR-A®s HVS-2000 video switcher for weekly services at its Los Angeles, California, and Cape Town, South Africa, locations, as well as for production of its conferences held around the United States.

Imagen Ltd, announced today that it has been working with Dallas-based Gateway Church to create an online content library, which is now live and operational. The partnership has seen the two organisations enter into a yearlong contract, with Imagen installing a 1TB system that is likely to grow with additional content.

For churches around the globe, video has become an integral aspect of connecting with their congregants, providing a powerful medium to share their message while enabling them to expand beyond their walls. When 75-year-old Grace Church of Wooster, Ohio launched its first video initiatives last year, it selected Z-HD5000 HDTV cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to capture live services and events.