Imagine Communications has implemented a disaster recovery solution for Sharjah Broadcasting Authority (SBA, formerly known as Sharjah Media Corporation) at its backup center in Al Thaid, UAE, using software-defined technology in a primarily IP-connected environment. The hybrid disaster recovery site will provide full cover for SBA’s four television channels, which are delivered by a primary playout system also implemented by Imagine.

PlayBox Neo (www.playboxneo.com) announces the completion of a broadcast-quality playout system for Northwestern University at its main campus in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, Media & Marketing Communications is a leading producer of Academy Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and Pulitzer Award-winning writers.

Tedial, the leading independent MAM technology solutions specialist, is showing a line up at NAB that provides measurable financial advantages and operational efficiencies. The company is showcasing SMARTLIVE, its cutting edge AI powered automated live sports solution; HYPER IMF MAM, the world’s only certified end-to-end IMF workflow, with an enhanced feature-set; an upgraded version of its globally embraced Version Factory automated single workflow for multiple platform delivery; and upgrades to the Evolution aSTORM hybrid content management solution. Demonstrations will be held in South Upper Hall on Booth SU 1924.

PlayBox Neo (www.playboxneo.com) announces the completion of a playout solution for BTES Tennessee, one of the USA's leading IPTV service providers. At the core of the system are Neo-series channel-in-a-box servers which are now being used for the management and playout of BTES Power 7 at the broadcaster's headquarters in Bristol, Tennessee.

PlayBox Neo (www.playboxneo.com) will demonstrate the latest enhancements to its Channel in a Box range of modular channel branding and playout products during the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 8th-11th. Exhibiting at booth SL11216 PlayBox Neo will be represented by Pavlin Rahnev (CEO), Van Duke (US Director of Operations) and colleagues from the company's sales and support offices around the globe.

Artmotion, one of Kosovo's largest telecommunication and cable-TV service providers, has chosen PlayBox Neo AirBox Channel in a Box and Cloud2TV as the core playout solution for its new multi-channel broadcast television platform. The new system was installed at Artmotion's headquarters in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, by broadcast systems integrator DV Group.

Tedial’s big news for NAB 2019 is that SMARTLIVE, its cutting edge automated live sports solution, is shipping! Tedial, the leading independent MAM technology solutions specialist, gave NAB 2018 attendees a peek at SMARTLIVE’s power, and now it is ready for delivery. Tedial will also be demonstrating an enhanced feature-set for its Hyper-IMF MAM, the world’s only end-to-end IMF workflow; Version Factory 2019, an upgraded version of its globally embraced automating single workflow for multiple platform delivery; and improvements to the Evolution aSTORM hybrid content management solution. Demonstrations will be held in South Upper Hall on Booth SU 1924.

PlayBox Neo, a globally active leader in the development and manufacture of broadcast playout and channel branding solutions, announces a major addition to its product range. Based on the concept of virtual channel playout, Cloud2TV is IP-based and totally software-centric.

Marquis Broadcast, specialist software manufacturer of media storage management tools, disaster recovery solutions and large complex enterprise middleware integrations, has expanded its team with the appointment of Serena Harris as Sales Director for North America. Serena’s responsibility will be driving Marquis’s direct and indirect sales within the United States and Canada. Serena joins Marquis from Avid Technology and brings with her over two decades of international sales management experience within the media and entertainment industry.

For the first time at a European trade show, Tedial the leading independent MAM technology solutions specialist, is showcasing its cutting-edge live sport solution and a major revolution in sports production, SMARTLIVE. The solution, which marries Artificial Intelligence (AI) to an innovative metadata engine to bring the back office and archives closer to live than ever before, now includes fully integrated Speechmatics, speech-to-text capability and a new auto-logging tool. The company is showing its HYPER IMF solution, which now includes a host of new tools that significantly improve the content delivery and management to non-linear platforms by providing assembly-on-the-fly. Tedial is also demonstrating new cloud storage support capability for its future-proof, hybrid content management solution, Evolution aSTORM.