Lightware Visual Engineering, a leading manufacturer of matrix switchers, signal extenders and accessories for the professional AV market is delighted to announce the appointments of Charlie Sullivan as Head of Business Development and Chris Brzostowski as Channel Account Manager, strengthening Lightware’s UK team and its growing position in the region.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that it will showcase next-gen broadband innovations at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022. Harmonic’s market-leading CableOS® Cloud-Native Core Platform converges DOCSIS and fiber networks with powerful core virtualization and versatile network edge devices, improving business agility, capacity expansion and sustainability for operators.

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Riedel Communications today launched the new Audio Monitoring App (AMA) for its 1200 Series SmartPanels at IBC2022, taking place Sept. 9-12 in Amsterdam. With the AMA — combined with Riedel's Intercom App and Control Panel App — the RSP-1216HL and RSP-1232HL SmartPanels offer users audio streaming monitoring, intercom, and control capabilities in a single keypanel, saving valuable rack space.

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the state-of-the-art wireless intercom system Bolero, Riedel Communications today unveiled Bolero 2.4 GHz at IBC2022. Instead of Bolero's standard DECT band, this new iteration operates on the 2.4 GHz band, allowing customers in regions where DECT carrier frequencies are either limited or unavailable — such as China, India, and South Korea — to profit from Bolero's versatility, reliability, and unrivalled feature set in navigating difficult RF environments.

Xperi Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: XPER) (“Xperi”) announced today at IBC2022 the launch of Vewd OpX for Android TV Operator Tier. With this version, Vewd OpX — a cloud-managed, operator-grade set-top box (STB) experience that integrates Pay-TV services with OTT content — is made available as a custom launcher and TV app for Android TV Operator Tier STBs. The solution has successfully been deployed by U.S. operator Evoca for the delivery of its NEXTGEN TV service, making it the first Android TV Operator Tier launcher on an ATSC 3.0 platform. Vewd OpX continues to be available for global operators and hybrid TV applications leveraging European broadcast standards such as HbbTV as well, and this latest expansion shows the continued growth of the product.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that DIRECTV GO, a Vrio company, is streaming more than 100 linear channels with Harmonic's VOS®360 cloud SaaS platform. The Harmonic SaaS platform is deployed by leading providers in the media and entertainment industry for efficiently streaming linear channels and live sports events.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Orange France is using VO’s Secure Video Player (VO Player) combined with VO’s QoE metrics dashboard system (VO QoX) to offer a unified and superior user experience across devices and identify severity and sources of poor media consumption for its video streaming service. The VO Player is deployed on smart TVs and mobile/tablets applications, enabling Orange France to gain deeper insights of how millions of end-users experience video streaming quality in real time.

Ross Video has agreed to terms to acquire Austria-based Spidercam (https://www.spidercam.tv) the global supplier of broadcast cable camera solutions. Spidercam made its television debut in 2005 and is now the market leader in cutting-edge cable camera solutions used to create unique outdoor shots for sporting events, concerts, esports, and TV shows around the globe.

Lightware Visual Engineering is expanding its line of next-generation TPX extenders designed to address the need for increasingly flexible technology solutions in a range of AV/IT commercial applications. The high-performance devices fully embrace the benefits of Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE) technology for problem-solving and room management in any type of networked environment.

Lightware names Clint Hoffman as vice president of business development to champion global customer relationships and support business development

WORK Microwave, a leading European manufacturer of advanced defence and satellite communications equipment for over 35 years, will live-demo its Xidus GNSS Simulator at ION GNSS+ 2022. The Xidus GNSS simulator provides high-fidelity, reliable RF signals with automated calibration, making it ideal for validating the performance of GNSS receivers for a wide range of applications, including spacecraft, aviation/unmanned aerial vehicles, digitalized agriculture, autonomous driving, and military drones and vehicles.

Broadpeak®, a leading provider of video streaming solutions and content delivery network (CDN) for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced today a modernized video delivery solution using Google Cloud, simplifying the deployment of advanced streaming services for network operators. At the heart of the solution is Broadpeak's BkS350 Origin Packager software running on Google Cloud, enabling operators to modernize their workflows, overcome capacity and storage limitations of on-premises infrastructure, and quickly expand their live, time-shifted, and VOD streaming offerings. Broadpeak's new solution has successfully been deployed by a tier-one network operator in North America.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced it will introduce a new Single Illumination System (SIS) offering to ensure greater interoperability and cost savings for broadcast operators with digital terrestrial television (DTT) and direct-to-home (DTH) services. Based on the DVB-SIS standard, Harmonic's new offering reduces multiplex distribution costs by about 50% compared with the double satellite illumination method and enables broadcast operators to deliver regional channels with greater efficiency.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, also known as SRG SSR, recently introduced a new card version of VO’s Conditional Access System (CAS) for the security of its satellite TV distribution. Embedded within set-top boxes, VO’s CAS features the latest, fastest chipset and new-generation smartcard security, providing Swiss Broadcasting Corporation with a best-of-breed solution for content protection and rights management.