Oct. 28, 2019 – Cobalt Digital today announced Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co., which owns and operates stations in nine markets in addition to MeTV and other digital multicast networks, is using Cobalt’s software defined 9922-FS-DSP platform for openGear® frames to provide microservices for Emergency Alert System local insertion and CALM compliance for its terrestrial stations. Most recently, the company purchased five cards in March for KTLN, a Heroes & Icons and MeTV affiliate serving San Francisco (DMA #8).

German DoP Max Penzel lived through some eventful days in April 2013. Together with the band “WEITER”, the DP made the video clip for their new album according to their motto: Good morning Germany! Depri was yesterday, today it's WEITER.

Annika Nyberg Frankenhaeuser, the EBU’s first Media Director officially took up her position on 1 February. The new Media Department will be formed in the coming months and is a consolidation of the activities of the Television and Radio Departments, News Services, EBU Training and a new Media Lab.

Along with an increasing number of audio and video formats comes a growing number of input and output signals. Often media engineers, AV designers and integrators have to face a big challenge: classic signal management systems with fixed input and output formats simply don’t offer the required flexibility. For instance, it’s particularly desirable to also have an integrated PoH voltage supply in connection with HDBaseT interfaces. At this point the new, modular DVM-HDBT-M-F16 4K signal matrix by CARDINAL DVM steps in.

Welk Aviation has made a bold move into the professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market with the purchase of two AERIGON aerial remote camera heads (ARCH™) from Intuitive Aerial. The AERIGON, for which Welk Aviation has received an FAA 333 exemption, will provide an expanded palette of HD and UHD aerial camera capture for the helicopter company’s TV and motion picture clients. This is a significant development for Hollywood filmmakers and L.A. broadcasters, who now have access right in their backyard to the only professional ARCH capable of operating heavy broadcast and feature film-ready cameras and lenses.

Wellen+Nöthen GmbH, Germany-based specialist in innovative IT and AV solutions, and Grass Valley® – one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of video technology solutions – today announced the launch of Dyno Academy. This joint initiative will provide precisely-tailored training sessions for replay operators of sports and other live events so that they can fully master the K2 Dyno® Replay System from Grass Valley. Upon completion of the course, each attendee will receive the opportunity to join the staff database of Germany-based recruitment agency BUCH MICH GmbH, that provides professionals to internationally operating media and broadcast companies.

Based in Cardiff’s landmark Wales Millennium Centre, Welsh National Opera (WNO) is one of the most prolific operatic ensembles in the UK, with a national and international touring schedule that consists of an average of 120 performances per year. In need of a new in-house communication system, WNO recently invested in a full Riedel Bolero digital wireless intercom system, specified by Autograph Sound.

Marking ChyronHego's first win for the sport of rugby, the company today announced that the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has purchased the ChyronHego Paint telestration/visualization tool for use in a major, global rugby tournament taking place in England Sept. 18 to Oct. 31.

WELT, one of the biggest news channels in Germany with an audience of over 63 million, moved production to a new location in 2021. WELT wanted to revolutionize its entire production workflow and turned to Vizrt solutions to support the change.

Demonstrating the sonic accuracy and power of JBL PD Series loudspeakers, Panasonic’s Tech Services Group recently installed a new audio system, designed by Acoustical Design Group, at the West Virginia University Coliseum. Home to the West Virginia University men’s basketball team, the Coliseum now boasts a state-of-the-art audio system comprised of a variety of PD Series loudspeakers.

WestCom Media Group, which produces live daily content for the Northern Westfalia region of Germany, recently installed a 24+8-fader Solid State Logic C10 HD Compact Broadcast Console in its new studio facility. WestCom Media Group produces content for the private television station SAT.1, the television news channel N24, the public service channel ZDF, and the German PBS station WDR, among others. The C10 HD provides WestCom Broadcast Services GmbH with a streamlined, feature-rich and cost-effective console that is able to tackle the various projects produced at the facility.

“Mulembe” is not only the guiding principle of the Luhya communities of Western Kenya but also a traditional greeting, literally meaning “peace”. This spirit extends to radio listening as well: in the 1980s, “salamu ya radio”, where listeners used radio shows to send wishes of peace to friends and family miles away, was a national phenomenon. These popular shows helped transform Kenyans into the ardent radio listeners they have become.

Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system is currently being employed by front of house engineer Steve Pattison on Wet Wet Wet’s UK headline tour, which recently included a date at London’s O2 arena.

The WFM2200 waveform monitor is an ideal tool for field applications offering uncompromised monitoring quality with sharp CRT-like trace on a large 6.5inch LED back-lit display and a replaceable/rechargeable battery system. It weighs in at less than 4.4 lbs/2 kg.

Avid® announced that Boston public broadcaster and long-time Avid customer WGBH has expanded its investment in the MediaCentral® Platform, the industry’s most open and efficient media platform, to make its media assets more quickly and readily available to production teams. With its latest investment in Avid’s comprehensive tools and workflow solutions, WGBH, the single largest producer of television, web and mobile content for PBS, modernized its local news operations and created a fast, efficient workflow for its national debate series Point Taken.