Film and Broadcast News for Media Experts

Sigma Ships Its 28mm T1.5 Full-Frame Cine Lens

Sigma Corporation of America, a leading still photo and cinema lens, camera, flash and accessory manufacturer, today announced one of its newest additions to the cine prime lens lineup, Sigma 28mm T1.5 FF, will be available in mid March 2019 for $3,499.00 for the regular version and $4,499.00 for the fully luminous (FL) version. [Read more]

News: Business

Brightcove is acquiring Ooyala´s OVP business

Brightcove Inc., a global provider of cloud services for video, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the online video platform (OVP) business of Ooyala, a provider of cloud video technology. The deal includes video content management and publishing platform Backlot, Analytics, Live, and its underlying IP and associated patents. [Read more]

News: Production

Clear-Com wireless intercom supports car racing in Australia

In Australia, Gravity Media’s Gearhouse Broadcast Pty Limited (Gearhouse) and Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Pty Ltd (Triple Eight) have entered into a four-year service partnership for communications systems, with Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II digital wireless intercom system providing communications between car controllers and their support staff. [Read more]

News: Job + Career

Reksten becomes new VP of Marketing at Vitec

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that Bryan Reksten has joined the company as vice president of marketing. With over 20 years of marketing experience in the technology industry, Reksten will oversee and broaden VITEC's market presence. [Read more]

News: Technology

Lawo´s VSM at Australia´s Sky Racing

Professional Audio & Television in close co-operation with Sky Racing Australia (Tabcorp) announced today the successful role out of Lawo’s Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) in Sky Racing’s Sydney and Melbourne sites. [Read more]

pictured: Lindsey Vonn (USA) races during during downhill trainings for the last competition in her Carreer at FIS World Ski Championships – being held in Åre, Sweden. ©Erich Spiess/ASP/Red Bull Content Pool

News: Production

Largest Remote IP Production at World Ski Championships

Sweden’s national public broadcaster Sveriges Televison (SVT) and media solutions provider Net Insight have partnered with Belden company Grass Valley to undertake remote IP production for the broadcast of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – being held in Åre, Sweden, from February 4-17, 2019. [Read more]

News: Technology

Facilis to Unveil New Products at NAB 2019

At NAB 2019, Facilis (Booth SL6321), a supplier of high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production, will debut new products raising the price-performance bar for content creators and media organizations. The latest shipping version of the Facilis Shared Storage (7.2) will be on display alongside several new version 8 features currently in development. [Read more]

News: Events

White House Correspondents at NAB 2019

Prominent White House correspondents from ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS will participate in an in-depth discussion on covering the Presidency during an NAB Show session entitled “Beyond the Briefing Room: Tales From the White House Beat.” The session will take place Tuesday, April 9 on the Main Stage at the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas. [Read more]

News: Job + Career

McManus rejoins Avid

Avid has appointed media technology services expert Kathy-Anne “KAM” McManus as Senior Vice President of Global Customer Solutions and Services. Prior to rejoining Avid in January 2019, KAM held senior leadership roles in the services and support organizations of several media technology providers including Adobe, Amdocs, Ericsson and Telstra. [Read more]