FOR-A Corporation played a key role in the $15 million dollar upgrade of Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. The extensive improvements by owner Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) focus on technological enhancements to the in-arena viewing experience for fans of professional sports teams NBA Wizards and NHL Capitals, as well as college basketball, including the Georgetown Hoyas plus the NCAA, ACC and Big Ten tournaments.
While LED monitors are increasingly showing up in news studios large and small, in many cases replacing the green screen studios of old, make no mistake that virtual sets are advancing and, in tandem with augmented reality graphics, are changing the way stories are told on air.
Riedel Communications has announced that Richard Kraemer and Josh Yagjian have joined the company as regional sales representatives for North America. Kraemer, who is based in Toronto, will oversee sales in Canada, while Boston-based Yagjian will help cover accounts in the Northeastern region of the U.S.
South Korean cable TV broadcaster MBN (Maeil Broadcasting Network) recently completed their second large-scale project with Lawo, upgrading their new broadcast production facility in Seoul with mc²56 consoles, A_UHD Core audio engine and multiple A__line AoIP stageboxes.
Whether we think of it as virtual production, or just a particularly sophisticated variation on the back projection techniques that have been used for years, direct-view LED video displays have gained a hugely positive reputation in film and television effects work.
Visitors to NAB will be amongst the first to see TAG Video Systems’ new game-changing Media Control System (MCS) in action. TAG will be demonstrating the MCS and showing attendees how the system is matchless in its ability to provide insights based on the open-source tools broadcasters need to extract REALTIME information and use it to enable improved operational performance.
Responding to broadcasters’ requirements for cost-effective, networked audio monitoring, TSL expands its renowned SAM-Q Audio Monitor offerings with the new SAM-Q-NET and SAM-Q-EDIT tools.
After two years of virtual gathering, broadcasters convening in person for this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas will see a lot of new faces due to management and staff changes at the various vendors. One notable “new” figure will be Dr. Andrew Cross, formerly with NewTek, Vizrt and now the new CEO of Grass Valley (GV).
