ATEME has announced that WRAL-TV, NBC Universal and NAB has selected its TITAN compression solution to help enable the first ever public demonstration of the ATSC 3.0 broadcast television standard.

Six out of seven national broadcasters have chosen to deploy the Rohde & Schwarz R&S®THU9evo digital transmitter for their primary broadcasts from One World Trade Center in New York City. Two of the stations will soon share the largest solid-state digital transmitter in the world, an R&S®THU9evo that began broadcasting in June 2017. Five additional stations will be relocating to 1WTC in the coming weeks and rely on their own Rohde & Schwarz transmitters to serve the New York market (DMA #1).

Based on the success of its daily live news feed operations, Serbian media company TV Prva/B92/02(B92), with headquarters in Belgrade, has added two TVU One mobile IP transmitters with HEVC compression to its TVU Networks newsgathering equipment arsenal, bringing the total number of TVU transmitters at B92 Television to six.

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, announces the appointment of Juliet Walker as Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, Walker is focused on enhancing Globecasts customer value proposition and driving profitable revenue growth. She will help diversify the companys product and services portfolio, innovate into new territories and reinforce the Globecast brand within its various markets. She reports to Globecast CEO Philippe Bernard.

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, announces it is providing iN DEMAND, the leading distributor of transactional entertainment to MVPDs, with fiber and uplink disaster recovery (DR) services, including playout and Pay-Per-View (PPV) services for iN DEMANDs live content and event channels.

At the IBC Show, Satmission, a global supplier of live broadcast and satellite communication products and services based in Sweden, will debut a new solution integration with TVU Networks the global technology and innovation leader in live IP video solutions based in Mountain View, California USA. Satmission is one of Europes leading designers and manufacturers of mobile satellite communication systems, and will showcase TVU Networks product integration in its IP vehicle throughout IBC. The IBC show runs from September 15-19 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, where Satmission will exhibit in Hall 5, Stand A19. TVU will showcase its complete line of IP video solutions in Hall 2, Stand B28.

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) today published guidance and advice for producers and suppliers delivering close to transmission in the UK by either file or lines. Titled Delivering Close to TX Without Tape: What UK Producers Need to Know the guide aims to provide greater clarity on how producers can manage the close to transmission deliveries as the deadline for completely tapeless 1 October 2017 exactly three years after when file-based delivery became the preferred method of programme delivery to UK broadcasters BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Sky and UKTV will cease to accept delivery on videotape of programmes commissioned after this date.

GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for television and radio broadcasters, announced today that Phil Argyris is retiring as Chief Executive Officer. Industry veteran Bruce D. Swail has been appointed as the company's next Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. 

 ATEME today announced that Russian sport broadcaster TV Start, which specializes in the live transmission of various sport events, has deployed ATEMEs Kyrion encoders and decoders to upgrade its mobile television units.  

Screen Subtitling Systems has announced the appointment of Colin France as Head of Research.

France, who previously led the Grass Valley development team responsible for the maintenance and support of Publitronic Software has joined the team at Screen to explore new markets, help extend the product portfolio and consequent reach of the company.

LiveU today presented its HEVC Pro Card, offering a powerful addition to LiveUs LU600 portable transmission unit for global newsgathering and events coverage. Integrating the LU600 with the new 4K HEVC/H.265 hardware-based encoder allows professional broadcasters and content creators to benefit from unparalleled video performance with extreme bandwidth efficiency. LiveU is adopting the HEVC standard across its entire product portfolio from its smallest uplink units to hybrid truck solutions, delivering the highest compression and lowest power consumption.