Blackmagic Design today announced that the 2022 Billboard Women in Music Awards was captured with Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 cameras. California and Nevada based production company Hollywood Motion Picture Experience (HMPE) supplied a 4K and 12G workflow supported by the cameras and additional Blackmagic Design gear for the live broadcast, which was also live streamed via Twitter.

PHABRIX a broadcast test & measurement innovator, is pleased to announce the inclusion of a new Dolby E decoding and metadata analysis option in the latest release (V4.6) for its Qx and QxL Series rasterizers. The latest addition to these advanced rasterizer ranges, the PHQXO-DOLBY option, allows users to decode a Dolby E or ED2 Dolby Atmos audio stream routinely used in Live Broadcast applications and obtain a clear view of Dolby E metadata.

Media Choice Group, a Dutch media and production company, relied on Dejero EnGo mobile transmitters and WayPoint receivers for its clients’ local coverage of the Dutch municipal elections on 17th March, 2022. The company delivered 32 simultaneous live broadcasts from various locations across the Netherlands.

Chyron recently announced two key promotions to further drive the vision of multifunctional, flexible, scalable platforms and seamless workflows based on robust data and asset management.

Dejero is launching its new EnGo 265 mobile transmitter for news teams and live events broadcasters that need resilient connectivity to quickly go live from any location. Reliable, simple to use, and built tough for field use, EnGo 265 will replace the industry-renowned EnGo 260 and introduce new features targeting the broadcast and media market. The new model bolsters security and provides even lower latency than the EnGo 260 at just 0.5 seconds over bonded cellular connections. It also features a new ‘GateWay mode’ for wireless broadband internet connectivity and a modified backpack with a wired remote.

The SubtitleNEXT team reports success at APTRAD and Languages and the Media virtual conferences last month. 

Highlights include machine translation, automatic speech to text and text to speech technologies, and how these innovations affect content owners, media studios, language service providers and freelance subtitlers.

Functions and capabilities that media studios require such as workflow management solutions capable of incorporating automatic transcription and translation processing are already available in NEXT -TT and SubtitleNEXT. Both solutions received positve feedback at the shows, credited as extremely useful and affordable.

Live subtitles for events and meetings was a major topic. SubtitleNEXT is  a market leader in live subtitling, offering user-friendly tools, and provides advanced offline subtitle preparation capabilities in a single application.

In response to requests, a series of free tech Friday Workshops will be held, to demonstrate how to create subtitles from scratch. The first session is on 15th October. Join here https://join.skype.com/GJn8QL88GBhT

The SubtitleNEXT team resports success from APTRAD and Languages & the Media Virtual conferences last month. With media accessibility being more urgent than ever for broadcasters and AVT professionals, the timing is vital.

Highlights at the Berlin L&M show coveredmachine translation, automatic speech to text and text to speech technologies and how these innovations affect how content owners, media studios, language service providers and freelance subtitlers achieve results as they work on key projects.

Functions and capabilities that media studios require such as workflow management solutions capable of incorporating automatic transcription and translation processing are already available in NEXT -TT and SubtitleNEXT, with both solutions receiving acknowledgement and interest at the shows, credited as extremely useful and affordable for companies to invest in, irrespective of their size.

Live subtitles for live events and meetings was another key topic on the agenda. SubtitleNEXT is clearly a market leader in the live subtitling field offering various user-friendly tools and provides advanced offline subtitle preparation capabilities in a single application.

In response to audience requests at these recent events, the team at SubtitleNEXT will be holding a series of free tech “SubtitleNEXT Friday Workshops” as of mid-October onwards, to demonstrate how to create subtitles from scratch or from source. The first session takes place 15th October. Everyon is welcome to join here https://join.skype.com/GJn8QL88GBhT

AVIWEST, a leading provider of live video contribution solutions, was appointed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to support selected off-venue events, including official team training and press conferences from Europe's biggest football show — UEFA EURO 2020 — using a bonded cellular ecosystem. With 51 matches held in 11 host cities across Europe and a difficult sanitary environment due to the COVID-19 global health crisis, this year's event was extremely challenging to prepare for and deliver.

Brazilian IT media services company, MDotti Tecnologia, has created a dedicated workflow around Cinegy Capture PRO to support ingest for São Paulo-based television network Rede Bandeirantes’ coverage of the Tokyo Games. Cinegy Capture PRO simultaneously delivers 12 channels of ingest directly to a ZBoox shared storage, allowing the production team to access and edit clips via Adobe Premiere Pro workstations while live feeds are still being ingested.

The broadcast technology experts at Visual Three in Malaysia have provided regional and international support for entertainment and sports productions since 1997. From offering state-of the-art broadcast equipment, to one-stop-shop production facilities, and streamlining delivery of live 4K/UltraHD HDR content, Visual Three is a local leader in broadcast services and production. The studio boasts a robust 4K/UltraHD HDR infrastructure equipped with a range of AJA’s powerful broadcast solutions, including the FS-HDR real-time HDR/WCG frame sync and converter, to produce pristine content for live workflows.

Hitomi Broadcast, manufacturer of MatchBox, the industry’s premier audio video alignment toolbox, has announced that Dock10, the largest studio complex in the UK, has invested in the Hitomi MatchBox system to help the Virtual Studios crew align their audio and video outputs efficiently and deliver high-quality programs without complex line-ups.

Gravity Media, the leading global provider of complex live broadcast facilities and production services to content owners, creators and distributors, has appointed Meryl McLaren as Director, Media Services and Facilities. She will oversee the post-production and broadcast rental offering within the EMEA region.

PBT EU unveils SubtitleNEXT’s enhanced Live Subtitling feature that now includes the integration of Google’s automatic Speech-to-Text engine. This notable new development in SubtitleNEXT extensively sets it apart by further enhancing and substantially speeding up the entire Live Subtitling process by allowing videos to be translated live in real time at a stunning pace.

Hamish Cameron OAM has been appointed as an Advisor to Gravity Media in Australia

Gravity Media Hamish will be working with CEO John Newton and his senior leadership team on the integration of the former Chief Entertainment business with the rest of Gravity Media’s operations both in Australia and globally. He will also be assisting with the growth of the former Chief Entertainment’s major long-term clients to ensure they can draw on the much broader range of services provided by Gravity Media.

Despite current lockdown restrictions still in place in many countries, disguise xR technology has enabled partner XR Studios to create a limitless performance environment for Grammy award winning hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas to promote their new album on primetime TV shows across the world.