Modern sports venues have to do it all – host major sports contests one night and top-selling music artists the next. That’s an economic imperative at a time when teams and promoters are competing for the consumer entertainment spend. The venue with great sound that can do it all wins, and that’s why Toyota Center, the arena home of the NBA Houston Rockets, comes out on top.

At the Integrated Systems Europe 2019 tradeshow next week, NewTek will display more than a dozen selections from the world’s largest ecosystem of AV over IP products. The common factor among the products on display is NDI®, NewTek’s royalty-free video over IP standard allowing these and thousands of other NDI-enabled products to autodetect each other over a standard 1GB Ethernet network. More than a thousand NDI-enabled solutions are in the hands of millions of customers today, making NDI the world’s largest IP video ecosystem.

Proton Camera Innovations will unveil the world’s smallest slow-motion mini camera at NAB2025 (Booth N314): the Proton High Frame Rate (HFR) camera. Designed to meet the growing demand for high-speed capture in sports broadcasting, the Proton HFR is the first global shutter minicam in Proton’s range and the first to feature a C-mount lens system. 

 

Wowza Media Systems®, the media server software company, today announced that its Wowza Media Server® 2 has won two top European Readers' Choice Awards from Streaming Media magazine. For the third year in a row, the company's unified media server software was voted the best streaming server software/hardware, and it was awarded the best innovation honors for the second year running. As in prior years, Wowza's media server software bested products from larger name-brand companies in the industry.

Wowza Media Systems® today announced that its Wowza Media Server 2® software was a key component in supporting the first-ever commercial company to launch and recover a spacecraft from orbit successfully. On Dec. 8, 2010, American space exploration company SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft into the Earth's orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft twice orbited the Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean only a few hours later. Thousands watched the historic event unfold on SpaceX's live webcast.

Wowza Media Systems® today announced the IBC2010 preview of three upcoming capabilities for its highly popular Wowza Media Server® 2 product. These capabilities — on-the-fly DRM encryption, automated multicast push, and WebM live streaming — help unify users' streaming infrastructure while expanding reach to more media platforms and more screens. Wowza has previously announced IBC2010 previews for two other Wowza Media Server 2 features: enhanced monitoring currently offered in the Wowza for Amazon EC2 license edition, and upcoming support for Adobe® Flash® HTTP dynamic streaming.

VidOvation today announced that WPSD, an NBC affiliate station based in Paducah, Kentucky, has expanded its field newsgathering capabilities with the AVIWEST DMNG PRO 180 3G/4G bonded cellular video transmission system. An ultra-compact and highly portable camera-mounted device, the DMNG PRO enables WPSD news teams to transmit live, high-quality video from the source of breaking news and other live events without having to deploy bulky and costly microwave equipment. In addition, WPSD has deployed the AVIWEST DMNG APP iOS to the news team, enabling team members to use their iOS®-based smartphones to transmit video content instantly from the phone's front or rear camera.

Stagelight, one of Switzerland’s leading production rental houses, recently provided a Green-GO event comms solution as part of the full technical production package for a high-profile professional wrestling show at Zurich’s multi-purpose Hallenstadion. The event was another success for Green-GO’s award-winning digital intercom over Ethernet technology, which has become a firm favourite in the events industry, as a dependable, high quality yet cost-effective crew comms solution.

WRN Broadcast is enabling the US based broadcaster Blackbelt TV to reach its audiences in Europe and the Caribbean. We provide full media management of Blackbelt TVs content which is played out in multiple formats for delivery by fibre and cloud to the Netherlands and five Caribbean receive sites.

FX Design Group designs state-of-the-art studio for WRTV 6 in Indianapolis. The studio has an up-to-the-minute look with multiple working areas including a modern weather center for Storm Team 6, new showcasing for The Now, and a set and desk that are versatile and flexible for the entire RTV6 team.

WTS, a global broadcast equipment supplier and systems integrator, has appointed Dave Cheesman as its first Product Channel Manager. Mr Cheesman will oversee the new product distribution division of WTS, with the aim of building a worldwide network for innovative products for the broadcast market.

Panasonic Professional Camera Solutions announced today that it has formed a partnership with WTS Broadcast, a major supplier of broadcast solutions, to resell Panasonic professional broadcast equipment. Through the partnership WTS will leverage its expertise in the international market place to broaden Panasonic presence to a number of key vertical markets including broadcast systems integration and live events.

Broadcast systems integrator and equipment supplier WTS has delivered Video Europe’s latest outside broadcast vehicle – OB5, an eight-camera rigid HD truck equipped with Sony HDC-2500 camera channels and two eight-channel EVS XT3 replay systems.

Global technology solutions provider WTS Group has today announced plans to open a new office in Lagos, Nigeria, under the company’s systems integration brand, C2S.  C2S Nigeria will introduce WTS’s full range of technology services and solutions to the region: Equipment supply and hire, training, technical support and product advice as well as systems integration solutions and financing.

The change in name would reinforce WTS’ reputation in the market place by bringing to the fore the group’s wide range of expertise in equipment supply and systems integration, said Ben Murphy, Sales Director for WTS Group.