TVBEverywhere
Samsung and LG convert to HDR
Samsung and LG have announced that their new flagship TVs will support high dynamic range video playback
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TVBEverywhere
Sony ends Betamax tape
In a post on its website, Sony has announced that it will stop shipping its Beta videocassette format in March 2016.
Production & Post
Sony unveils XDCAM shoulder camcorder
Sony has announced the newest addition to its PXW series of shoulder-mount camcorders. The PXW-X400 promises stronger network and wireless capabilities, improved weight balance
News
Business
TVBAwards TVBEverywhere: The finalists
New to this year’s TVBAwards, the TVBEverywhere category pays homage to some of the cutting edge systems being used in programming and content provision...
Business
TVBEverywhere
Royal Opera House goes live with Romeo and Juliet
Audiences around the world got the chance last week to watch Kenneth MacMillian’s ballet masterpiece Romeo and Juliet, as part of the Royal Opera...
News
IBC
IP at the core
At IBC, Sony is showcasing how IP-based technologies are opening up new possibilities for broadcasters, and how IP helps customers create, secure and distribute...
IBC
FS5 goes north
Specialist imaging dealer Scandinavian Photo is ordering 50 units of the Sony’s new PXW-FS5 4K camcorder. “The FS5 will bring a high-end cinematographic feel...
IBC
Hawk-Eye for Rugby Smart Replay
For the first time, the Rugby World Cup (RWC), which begins this week, is making use of Sony-owned Hawk-Eye’s Smart Replay system for the...
IBC
Wireless live streaming from XDCAM
Newsgatherers can now stream live footage directly from XDCAM camcorders, via a new wireless adapter. Specifically, several of the PXW-series XDCAMs will now be...
IBC
Image matters
For all the talk of virtualisation the one thing the industry can’t yet translate into software is the physics of light hitting a sensor....
IBC
Media Navigator MAM launch
Affordable, scalable and flexible are the words used to differentiate Media Navigator from the rest of the crowded media asset management pack. It’s a...
IBC
A watertight case for cameras
New waterproof cases for low-budget 4K and HD cameras from Sony and Canon have been introduced by SKB. The iSeries case for Canon’s XC10...
IBC
Python strikes 4K in Rio
Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo is building a 4K over IP mobile unit in preparation for its unilateral coverage of the Rio Olympics 2016. Claimed...
IBC
Making the IP transition happen
Sony’s IP Live production system, a re-configuration of SMPTE 2022 that has wide support at IBC from over 20 other companies, is a hot...
IP Migration
Multi-vendor IP project goes live
The LiveIP Project, initiated by Belgian broadcaster VRT, in partnership with the EBU and 10 vendors under the VRT technology acceleration program Sandbox+, is...
Business
People on the move – August
A monthly round-up of appointments and movements in the broadcast industry
Production & Post
BT Sport prepares for National League coverage with Sony
Working with Timeline TV, BT Sport has invested in the tool to help compile and deliver content for post production, with the aim of...
News
Production & Post
Trickbox TV invests in 4K kit
Equipment includes first UK MultiDyne 4K camera fibre systems and 4K multi-camera PPU
News
Opinion
AMC and Cineplex surrender to cinema’s phoenix moment
At the end of 2014, Sony released the film The Interview simultaneously both digitally and in a select range of movie theatres. I observed...
Production & Post
Wireless live streaming capability unlocked by Sony
Sony has announced new functionality that will allow newsgatherers to wirelessly stream live footage directly from cameras as they shoot, in a move designed...
News
Features
TVBEurope 2020: A new conference for new workflows
TVBEurope’s conference season has rolled around again, but this one marked an evolution from past years, with TVBEurope’s venerable Beyond HD Masters and IT...
Business
TVPlayer Plus boosts channel line-up
TVPlayer Plus will launch this month from TVPlayer, an OTT live streaming provider for broadcast TV channels. At the core of the live-streaming and...
News
Business
European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and US film studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox...
News
News Releases
Sony Europe acquires Memnon
Sony Europe has announced the acquisition of Memnon Archiving Services, a Brussels-based company providing a service in the field of digitisation and digital archive...
Business
Production & Post
National Theatre Live’s The Beaux’ Stratagem and Hamlet to be broadcast in Sony 4K
Two new National Theatre Live productions are to be captured in Sony 4K and projected to audiences across Vue Cinemas’ 84-site estate.
News
Business
TVBEurope 2020 to deliver masterclass in UHD and IP workflows
PwC Netherlands, BBC, and Imagine Communications add to speaker line up, as masterclass sessions take shape
Production & Post
Timeline delivers UHD 4K OB truck for BT Sport
Timeline TV has designed and created the first purpose-built Ultra HD (UHD) 4K outside broadcast unit in the Europe.
News
Business
Netflix announces three European launches
Netflix has released details of its planned expansion, launching in Spain, Italy and Portugal this October.
News
Production & Post
Sony’s latest release captures UEFA final in 4K
The 2015 UEFA Champions League final in Berlin was broadcast live from the Olympiastadion in Berlin in ultra-high definition on Saturday, using Sony’s new...
News
Production & Post
Sony launches new hand-held NXCAM professional camcorder
Sony has today revealed details of HXR-NX100, the latest addition to its NXCAM range of professional camcorders.
News
Production & Post
Gearhouse Broadcast serves French Open
Gearhouse Broadcast has been contracted by sports production companies Input Media, and Japanese satellite and pay-TV broadcaster WOWOW to provide onsite broadcast facilities for...
News
Production & Post
Sony and Memnon Archiving Services partner for digital preservation
Memnon Archiving Services and Sony are joining forces to extend their digital preservation capabilities, to help clients deliver large-scale digital preservations of audio-visual content,...
News
News Releases
Italy’s RAI adds to Sony XDCAM equipment
Sony Professional Solutions Europe has signed an agreement with Italy's national public broadcasting company, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) for the further supply of over 300...
News
Business
TVBEurope 2020 welcomes Sony as Gold Sponsor
Yet another sponsor has been confirmed for the upcoming TVBEurope 2020: Sony is supporting the brand new conference event as Gold Sponsor.
Business
Production & Post
Mobile World Live TV on air with XL Video
Mobile World Live TV (MWL TV) broadcast from the recent GSMA Mobile World Congress, with XL Video supplying a package of technology.
News
Features
People on the move – March
A round-up of appointments and movements in the broadcast industry.
News
TVBEverywhere
Cobham-wearing eagle breaks world record in Dubai
The SOLO7 HD Nano TX RF from specialist company Cobham Broadcast was used to transmit live video from the highest recorded release of a...
News
Analysis
Dutch Parliament enters the future with Axon
Axon’s case study explains how the system was implemented at the Dutch Parliament, and is just one of many white papers and webinars featured...
Videos
Production & Post
Tamil Media to launch new facility with Altered Images
Technology reseller Altered Images has secured a contract win from London Tamil Media, worth over £1 million.
News
Business
Event cinema deal to deliver NT Live in 4K
Sony announced, during BVE this week, a new agreement with the National Theatre and Vue Entertainment International to screen four National Theatre Live stage...
Production & Post
Imagine Communications embraces Sony’s UHD initiative
Imagine Communications is engaged in an industry initiative with Sony to enable the transitions to UHD/4K, and from legacy SDI to IP-based network infrastructures.
Business
Third INTV conference draws global industry leaders
Keshet Media Group’s third annual international INTV conference, focused on the convergence of innovation and the television industry, returns to Israel this March.