Broadcasting & Cable News

Legendary Windmill Lane Post Facility Opts for EditShare EFS Tiered Storage

September 09, 2018

Basingstoke, UK — September 6, 2018 - EditShare a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, announced today that end-to-end full service post production facility Windmill Lane has invested in the XStream EFS scale out storage platform and Flow media ...

‘Doctor Who’ Starts on BBC America Oct. 7

September 09, 2018

Doctor Who debuts on BBC America Sunday, Oct. 7, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The British show’s U.S. premiere is the same as its U.K. debut. The first episode is called “The Woman Who Fell to Earth.” With a new Doctor (Whittaker) and new friends Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yasmin (Mandip Gill) ...

Dorsey: Twitter Guidelines Are Effectively Indecipherable

September 09, 2018

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was refreshingly candid this week about the difficulty of deciphering his social media site's rules or terms of service, a common complaint about various online sites and services, to be fair. That came in a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday (Sept. 5) ...

Survey: Just Do It Campaign Deflates Nike Image

September 09, 2018

Nike's Just Do It ad campaign featuring former San Francisco 49rs quarterback Colin Kaepernick appears to be affecting the company's image, bottom line, and potentially NFL viewership. That is according to a new poll by Morning Consult, which surveyed 8,000 adults. Before the Sept. 4 announcement ...

Autoscript Introduces iPad Prompting For WinPlus-IP

September 09, 2018

LONDON — Sept. 6, 2018 — Autoscript, the world's leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, today launched iEVO — a unique application that allows one or more iPads to be connected directly to WinPlus-IP prompting software and used as teleprompter monitors, additional reference ...

Kavanaugh Open to Cameras in Court

September 09, 2018

Judge Brett Kavanaugh says he will keep an open mind about allowing cameras or microphones into the Supreme Court, but signaled he might be more receptive to televising the reading of decisions than oral arguments. That came during a third day of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...

Andorra Telecom to Expand IPTV Offering With Viaccess-Orca

September 09, 2018

PARIS — Sept. 6, 2018 — Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Andorra Telecom, the leading telecom operator in the Principality of Andorra, will expand the footprint of its IPTV service and launch a ...

WOWOW EXPANDS REACH IN JAPAN; WILL OFFER SIMULSTREAM OF CHANNEL ON OWN PLATFORM AS WELL AS NEW PARAVI SVOD PLATFORM

September 09, 2018

WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, announced that it will begin internet simulstreaming of its three channels on its own platform, WOWOW Menbers On Demand (WMOD) and Paravi, the new SVOD platform for premium content in Japan. The announcement was made today by WOWOW President and ...

M6 Group Transitions to an All-IP Workflow With Harmonic

September 09, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 6, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that M6 Group, leading operator of multiple TV channels in France, will upgrade its ingest, playout and storage infrastructure to a media-over-IP solution from Harmonic. Offering support for the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of ...