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Today's round up of tech and product news from Amino, 24i, Arti, and ChyronHego
playout
Media Management
Red Bee adds points of presence in London, Paris
Red Bee already has points of presence in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Germany
Media Management
Globecast helps Virgin Media to Get Moving
Globecast is providing playout, scheduling, 24-hour monitoring and fibre delivery services
Media Management
A&E Networks UK heads to the Cloud with Amagi, AWS
Playout and service delivery for 30 channels moved to the Cloud
Media Management
EVS overhauls Canal Plus’ infrastructure
French broadcaster is deploying Cerebrum to centralise and streamline its broadcast operations
Media Management
SES to provide playout, IP distribution for BBC Studios
Technical playout infrastructure provided from SES’s new Stockley Park facility in London
IP Migration
Can the future of playout be software-only?
Cinegy, Pixel Power and nxtedition continue the discussion around the future of playout
Media Management
Greece’s ERT upgrades playout with Pebble Beach Systems
Broadcaster is upgrading its 10-year-old playout system
IP Migration
Is the future of playout software-only?
Red Bee's playout experts discuss the "uberisation" of the playout market and what the future holds
Media Management
LTN Global joins AWS Advanced Technology Partner programme
Will leverage AWS across its video production, advance live feed management and advertising solutions
Technology
Riedel launches new MediorNet devices, Red Bee plays out BBC News Arabic and Persian, and more…
TVBEurope rounds up the latest tech news from Riedel, Red Bee and LiveU
Live Production
Delivering One World: Together At Home to a global audience
How The Switch delivered the US and international feeds for the global fundraiser
Media Management
Globecast deploys Infrastructure as Code
"A gamechanger for the media entertainment industry"
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design doubles Teleclub capacity
Swiss network expanded its output to more than 83 channels
Data Centre
Playout solutions market ‘will be worth $1.2 billion by 2027’
Europe predicted to be the second biggest area in terms of revenue share
Business
Arqiva reports full-year revenue growth, but Satellite and Media division sees a drop
Decision to reduce focus on playout leads to drop
Business
Red Bee Media deploys Pixit Media’s PixStor
At playout centres in Sweden and the UK with other sites to follow
Technology
Pixel Power adds uncompressed IP playout to StreamMaster
SMTPE ST 2110 will be supported as software solutions
Technology
Red Bee Media, Channel 4 extend playout contract
Will employ Red Bee's new software-only playout platform
Production & Post
Pebble Beach Systems integrates Adobe After Effects for playout graphics
Incorporates a plugin and pre-render workflow, designed to simplify graphics and promo production
Technology
Pebble Beach integrates Viz Engine into playout solution
Works with Dolphin and Orca solutions
Technology
Dalet Brio supports SMPTE ST 2110
Ingest and playout platform now supports SMPTE ST 2110 and SDI workflows
Technology
NEP Netherlands expands Data Security certification
Certification now includes centralised production and virtualised editing
TVBEverywhere
Amagi sets UHD Playout on AWS
Cloudport UHD playout platform was first showcased at NAB
Business
MX1, Sky Deutschland extend service agreement
Includes content management, playout and uplink services
Technology
Evertz integrates RIST to Mediator-X and Overture Playout
Enables Overture to transmit and receive reliable video transport streams across unmanaged networks
Technology
Evertz integrates Nielsen watermarking technology
Also confirmed official certification of the technology
Technology
Pixel Power brings playout and automation systems to Qvest.Cloud
Pixel Power enables automated creation of VoD assets
TVBEverywhere
Discovery Deutschland, MX1 to distribute HGTV
MX1 handling playout for eighth German Discovery channel
Production & Post
Veset Nimbus now interoperable with AWS services
Allows content owners to deliver linear channels to vMVPD and OTT platforms
Technology
GINX selects Zixi for live delivery over IP
Zixi links the esports channel's two international feeds
Business
Imagine Communications appoints UKISA senior director of sales
Aims to expand playout and networking business
Technology
Red Bee Media opens new London-based R&D Lab
Red Lab houses a private Cloud platform for remote testing, as well as meeting and collaboration space
TVBEverywhere
DOGTV moves rover to Amagi cloud platform
Channel will employ cloud playout platform, Cloudport
Technology
Russia’s NTV selects Imagine Communications for transition to IP playout
New playout platform runs on COTS hardware and uses SMPTE ST 2022-6 to carry media as uncompressed video signals
IP Migration
Switzerland’s tpc selects Pebble Beach Systems tech for new IP-based facility
Will employ Marina automation and Dolphin integrated channel technology
Business
Pebble Beach Systems wins two £1 million orders
One from 'large European commercial broadcaster', the other from service provider
Technology
The Box Plus Network hits up Globecast for distribution
Globecast takes feeds from the playout centre to Brookman’s Park to be uplinked to Astra 2G
Technology
Red Bee Media creates world’s first software only uncompressed playout deployment
Solution is first in the world to use uncompressed video over IP, without requiring any dedicated infrastructure
Videos
Technology
Grass Valley launches T2 4K Series digital recorder/player solution
Handles playout in any format from SD to 4K DCI