Black Box, an industry-leading provider of IT connectivity solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with global technology provider Hypertec Ltd. Through this new agreement, Hypertec resellers and integrators across the United Kingdom and Ireland will gain access to the complete array of Black Box solutions, as well as technical training, support resources and optimized delivery times.

"The Black Box portfolio fully supports and complements our current product ranges by providing the infrastructure products that can wrap around them," said Lianne Denness, managing director at Hypertec. "This is an exciting opportunity for our resellers and system integrators. The agreement between the two companies provides them with access to the full range of Black Box products and services, which can be deployed in a multitude of vertical markets."

Hypertec is a leading distributor of global brands as well as the company's own product portfolio, which includes memory, storage, connectivity, USBC docks, accessories and assistive technology. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Hungerford, Berkshire, UK, Hypertec offers a wide range of technology products and services that are trusted by global IT resellers and their customer bases within financial services, media and entertainment, public sector and health services industries, and other industries in which cutting-edge technology solutions are critical to success.

V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced the 3rd generation of its multi award-winning portfolio of video distribution enhancement technologies, called P+ (previously PERSEUS Plus). The solution will be demonstrated at IBC 2019 on Stand 14.A07 in Amsterdam (September 13-17).

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that Telkomsel, Indonesia’s most popular mobile network operator, is powering its new MAXstream OTT service using Harmonic’s VOS®360 Video SaaS. Harmonic’s VOS360 solution provides exceptional scalability and flexibility for the operator, enabling the delivery of high-quality streaming content, including live sports events, to a rapidly growing subscriber base. During the 2018 premiere soccer tournament in Russia recently, VOS360 Video SaaS enabled Telkomsel to successfully serve 550,000 concurrent viewers and achieve excellent QoE.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that a new UHD service featuring NASA UHD content, remotely produced by Harmonic in cooperation with NASA, is now available in high dynamic range (HDR) on the Roku® platform. Roku users with a 4K-capable streaming player or Roku TV™ can download the channel from the Roku channel store. The new UHD HDR channel is delivered over the top as an app utilizing a cloud-based end-to-end video streaming solution from Harmonic, Accedo, and CenturyLink. As the world’s first 24/7 UHD HDR video streaming service, the channel will provide viewers with access to VOD and linear content for an amazing experience.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery technology and services, today announced that M7 Group, one of Europe’s largest operators of satellite and IP-based TV platforms, has deployed an Ultra HD (UHD) video processing solution from Harmonic for live video distribution of the world’s largest soccer competition, taking place June 14 to July 15 in Russia.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery technology and services, today announced that Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), a leading television station in Japan, has deployed a cloud playout solution from Harmonic for its SMART OTT service. Using Harmonic’s cloud-native VOS™ media processing software, Fuji TV is performing channel playout directly from a public cloud platform to simplify workflow and increase monetization opportunities. System integrator EVC Inc. provided expertise in large-scale video distribution services and an advanced traffic system, helping to ensure a successful deployment.

SpherePlay, developer of the leading VR platform for publishers and broadcasters, today introduced the new Dual-X tool for the company’s Launcher VR media player. The first tool to enable broadcasters to incorporate two simultaneous video feeds — one 360 and one 2D feed — into the VR environment, Dual-X allows users to complement their VR experience with video from a conventional television feed. In so doing, Dual-X significantly reduces broadcasters’ up-front production costs while allowing them to offer all of their available content to all users.

Crystal Vision has released two video distribution amplifiers for its new Vision frame system, both with more outputs than the company has ever offered before and including remote control as standard. The 3GDA-VF is a very flexible video distribution amplifier: it can be configured as reclocking or non-reclocking, it will distribute any digital video (3Gb/s, HD and SD) as well as being DVB-ASI compatible, and it is not even limited to video with its ability to distribute MADI audio. Including useful gain, equalisation and clamp adjustments, the VDA-VF analogue video distribution amplifier has been designed to distribute SD Black and Burst or HD tri-level syncs reference, and can also be used to create multiple copies of analogue video. Those using the Vision DAs have discovered that their systems work out cheaper compared to using the company's traditional Indigo range.

PESA, a leading designer and manufacturer of streaming solutions as well as professional audio and video distribution products, will have customer service personnel assigned to the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Rio de Janeiro to support the setup and configuration of PESAs Cheetah 864XR digital video routing switcher for use during the Summer Games in Brazil.

PESA, a leading designer and manufacturer of streaming solutions as well as professional audio and video distribution products, won two Best of Show Awards from NewBay Media publications Sound & Video Contractor and TV Technology during the 2016 NAB convention, held this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center.