IBC News

HISPASAT has launched a trial demonstration of Ultra HD content delivery using the HEVC compression capabilities of Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE VS7000 multi-screen encoding...

Aframe announced that the BBC had reprised its work with the company on another major production, following 2011’s work on BBC1 series ‘The Manor...

VariZoom introduced a versatile 5-in-1 support “that is like a Swiss Army knife for video”, according to VariZoom president Tom McKay.

An 8K domestic broadcast in Japan of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 is on the cards after Sony revealed it was developing 8K...

Russia's NTV+ pay-TV operator will broadcast 4K material from this winter's Sochi Olympic Games (7-16 March 2014). Oleg Kolesnikov, CTO at NTV+, speaking at...

Zeiss is showing the third and widest of its Compact Zoom lens family: the CZ.2 15-30/T2.9, which will be available for NAB.

Fischer’s latest FiberOptic Series connector “is the only fibre optic connector on the market that is IP67 when disconnected,” according to Stéphane Antonetti, Fischer’s...

Showcasing the latest developments in Ultra HD, new features of turnkey connected TV platforms and presenting its “smart LNB” in a world-first live demo...

Germany’s Earth TV is buying 70 of Ikegami’s new HDL-23 miniature PoV 1080p cameras to fit in new outdoor robotic and augmented reality systems.

Panasonic is developing a new cloud ENG system to make it simpler to preview images, add metadata and eventually stream live news.

To cater for virtual studios and augmented reality, Egripment has introduced a high-quality Encoding Package usable with a wide range of its support products,...

Telekom Austria Group has joined forces with Eutelsat to offer a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform for satellite pay-TV to broadcasters and telecoms operators as...

Ross Video is dropping the price of its Carbonite production switcher, offering existing customers a new set of features for free after selling 2000...

Quantel has unveiled a new addition to the Pablo Rio family - Pablo Rio 2KO. The new model is developed to run on a...

Qatar-based sports TV channel Al Kass is installing an Avid workflow at its soon to be completed new location, in a multimillion dollar deal...

Getting colour accurate at acquisition means less time in post, but this isn’t possible without a properly calibrated monitor, which is why Atomos is...

Showing off the company’s 3D Tile Format technology, in conjunction with several of its partners, is Sisvel, which is already planning for a forthcoming...

Germany’s TV Skyline will be using Snell's Kahuna 360 production switcher at the heart of a new-generation OB truck, including the first deployment of...

“It’s a rare opportunity – to launch a brand new company at IBC,” said Piksel’s chief commercial officer Kevin Joyce of the company formerly...

“Every new technology is a risk, and the successful adoption of Ultra HD faces many challenges,” says a study from Deloitte, released as part...

Ikegami has brought the sensor used in the Alexa to the studio and OB market in a new type of dock-cam style studio camera...

Blackmagic Design has unveiled its ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K, a new Ultra HD live production switcher with 6G-SDI technology for $2495.

Portuguese pay-TV operator and content provider ZON has selected Envivio software-based headend solutions to power a set of DVB-S and DVB-C transport streams to...

Sports media company Perform has selected Dalet Sports Factory as the end-to-end production and media asset management platform for its worldwide sports content production.

French news channel BFMTV has become the first purchaser of the new Panasonic AJ-PX270 1/3-inch handheld camcorder, which was launched at IBC yesterday.

"4K is not just ready to be deployed, it is actually happening," said Katsunori Yamanouchi, VP of Sony Professional Solutions Europe, announcing that the...

Arri has revealed its first documentary-style shoulder-mount digital camera: the Amira, which takes the sensor and many features of its Alexa, and adds such...

Early next year Europe could see certified professional usage drones from LiveU and partner Virtual Robotix hitting the skies for sports, news and homeland...

Gearhouse Broadcast has a live production OB trailer on the Hitachi stand that it claims is particularly flexible and affordable. The custom trailer can...

AMOS-4, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for Spacecom, was successfully launched just before IBC opened – and, already, it is almost completely sold...