NEW NORMAL POSES NEW DILEMMAS FOR NEWSROOMS
In the first of the ‘CEO Dialogues’ at Asiavision’s June Editors-in-Chief Meeting, ABU Vice President and CEO of Prasar Bharati, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, discusses the measures DDI has taken to develop its news coverage during the immense challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2017, Mr
Mediacorp providing wide coverage of Tokyo Summer Olympics
Singapore sports fans are in for a treat, as Mediacorp will be broadcasting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games across multiple platforms, including 14 channels of dedicated content on the video-on-demand (VoD) streaming service meWATCH. As Singapore’s Olympics Network, Mediacorp will offer viewers broad-ranging live and on-demand coverage of the Games – including blue-ribbon Olympic Games […]
Astro Streams 4K HDR Live Sports with Harmonic
Sports fans in Malaysia are enjoying premium sports content in 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) with pay-TV operator Astro employing Harmonic’s XOS software-based advanced media processing solution to deliver outstanding streaming experiences. Astro has teamed up with Harmonic to offer HDR video in stunning colour and contrast during the year’s biggest sports events – including […]
IABM launches BaM Zone
IABM, the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology, has launched the BaM Zone, a digital engagement platform and meeting place for the broadcast, media and entertainment industry. The BaM Zone is designed to be a destination where all IABM members, partners, stakeholders and subscribers can meet, exchange ideas, discuss trends and technologies, collaborate, […]
DRM Releases Energy Efficiency Calculator
The DRM Consortium has developed a comprehensive calculator tool to determine how much energy can be saved by switching transmitters from analogue to digital DRM operation. The DRM Energy Efficiency Calculator (https://energyefficiency.drm.org) has been created using typical performance data from transmitter manufacturers. It then calculates total expected energy usage for up to 10 transmitters by […]
Mr Sunil of Prasar Bharati elected BES President
Mr Sunil of India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has been elected President of the country’s Broadcast Engineering Society (BES) for 2021 to 2023. Mr Sunil is Prasar Bharati’s Additional Director General (Global Outreach). He was elected to the BES position unopposed. Established in 1987, BES has its headquarters in New Delhi and 12 local chapters […]
G&D launches VisionXS
The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) has launched a new high-end extender product series, VisionXS. G&D has developed this compact multi-purpose KVM tool following the motto “smaller, more compact, more powerful”. It provides a wide range of functions in the smallest possible housing. The new VisionXS systems are high-performance KVM extenders with a bandwidth […]
G&D Asia Business Group Expands
The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) has expanded its Asia Business Group. The group has two new employees, Julia Zhang in Shanghai and Alex Chen in Guangzhou, to provide customers in China with even better local service. Both are control room experts with many years of KVM experience and will be able to provide […]
NHK STRL Open House underway
The NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (NHK STRL) are holding their annual Open House from 1 to 30 June to showcase their latest research results. This year it is being held online at https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/english/open2021/ The Open House gives visitors a close look at broadcast technology research that they would not ordinarily be exposed to. […]
Senior Nepalese broadcaster passes away
The President of the Broadcasting Association of Nepal (BAN), Chandra Neupane, had died of Covid-19 at the age of 50. Mr Neupane died on 28 May at Birat Medical College in Biratnagar, where he was being treated for the virus, a spokesperson for the Federation of Nepali Journalists said. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on […]
