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Thanks for being a present to us

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Thanks for being a present to us : Happy Season's Greetings When friends become presents, it's like receiving the most precious gift imaginable. They bring warmth, joy, and a unique kind of connection that goes beyond material offerings. The best part about friends as presents is that they don't come with a price tag. and their presence in our lives is a

Case studies Xpresso Communications - Awarded Content Creation & Marketi...

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WebClip2Go to Launch ‘hardware-lite’ Video Production System at OEB 2023

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WebClip2Go to Launch ‘hardware-lite’ Video Production System at OEB 2023 : it integrates the entire system into a single ‘working desk’ for education Veenendaal, The Netherlands _ 6 November, 2023 WebClip2Go will be using their attendance at OEB in Berlin (Booth C13) to unveil the radical new redesign of their WebClip2Go DIY studio, which now eliminates almost all of the

Astera to Welcome New Group CEO

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Astera to Welcome New Group CEO : Carl-Johan Sköld will join the German lighting firm Press Release Munich, Germany — 2nd October, 2023 Astera - a leading developer of innovative lighting solutions for film and events – today announces that Carl-Johan Sköld will be joining the Astera team as Group CEO. Having acted as a

Securepoint Launch Customer-centric Security Consultancy

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Securepoint Launch Customer-centric Security Consultancy : Company will use NAB NY 2023 to discuss customized solutions with new clients Press Release New York _ 2nd October, 2023 Securepoint – a newly launched security and protection consultant and solutions provider – will be using NAB New York 2023 to establish themselves as a key player in the broadcast

NOA to Sponsor and Speak at Upcoming FIAT IFTA Conference

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NOA to Sponsor and Speak at Upcoming FIAT IFTA Conference : about their contribution on both present and future practice of archiving Press Release Vienna, Austria — 2nd October, 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialist NOA GmbH today announce that they will be attending this year’s FIAT/IFTA conference not only as guests, but as speakers, with managing director Jean-Christophe Kummer delivering a

Hands-on with the AtomOne Mini: A tiny camera with big dreams

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Sparkup Joins the Accelerator Innovation Program at IBC 2023

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Sparkup Joins the Accelerator Innovation Program at IBC 2023 : Vincent Bruneau

Bridge Technologies Adds Multichannel Audio Generation to VB440

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Bridge Technologies Adds Multichannel Audio Generation to VB440 : 64 channel signal generation facilitates complex remote broadcast setups Press Release OSLO, Norway — September 6, 2023 Building upon the existing signal generation function which was added to Bridge Technologies’ VB440 probe in 2022, the company today announces that the probe can now also generate up to 64 channels of audio

Astera Lights Used in Biggest Hits of 2023

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Astera Lights Used in Biggest Hits of 2023 : Astera Lights Used in Biggest Hits of 2023 FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInBloggerPinterestTumblr         Interview with gaffer Wayne Shields highlights the power of wire-free lighting setup

NOA to Take Part in IASA Istanbul

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NOA to Take Part in IASA Istanbul : Will highlight the need for preserving metadata in audio archiving projects Press Release Vienna, Austria— 4 September, 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialist NOA GmbH will participate in the 54th International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) and International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conference that takes

Dream Chip AtomOne mini AIR Cameras Utilised in Formula E

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Dream Chip AtomOne mini AIR Cameras Utilised in Formula E : Multiple AtomOne mini AIR units in each car Press Release Garbsen, Germany — 28 August 2023 Dream Chip – a leading provider of miniature broadcast cameras – announce the recent sale of more than fifty AtomOne mini AIR units for use onboard the full fleet of competitor vehicles in

Bridge Technologies Introduce Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards to VB440

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Bridge Technologies Introduce Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards to VB440 : to help even non-technicians understand complex network metrics Press Release OSLO, Norway — 24 August 2023 Bridge Technologies has recently developed a unique new addition to its production-orientated VB440; a comprehensive series of Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards which give in-depth but intuitively understandable information about each metric to its user. The aim of

Bridge Technologies’ VB440 New Event Logging Capacity

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Bridge Technologies’ VB440 New Event Logging Capacity : signal setting detection and logging aid network troubleshooting Press Release OSLO, Norway — 14 August 2023 Bridge Technologies – a leading IP monitoring and analytics solutions provider - has extended the event logging capabilities of its award winning, multifunction production probe – the VB440. The more extensive recording of network events over

Bridge Technologies Release New Audio Panel for the VB440

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Bridge Technologies Release New Audio Panel for the VB440 : In a sweeping host of advancements that Bridge Technologies will be announcing for its VB440 production probe in the run-up to IBC2023 (Booth 1.A71), the expansion of its audio panel, which facilitates virtually unlimited audio monitoring across an unrestricted number of flows, and which now additionally allows for single channel solo isolation to pinpoint audio issues. The expansions represent Bridge Technologies’ positioning of the probe as a single appliance that gives creatives and technicians alike access to the in-depth information they need to complete their work, whilst at the same time eliminating as much as five rack units’ worth of space, equipment and associated energy draw.

NOA Unveils NOARecord 4.0 at IBC2023

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NOA Unveils NOARecord 4.0 at IBC2023 : Boasts enhanced features to streamline archiving workflows Vienna, Austria— 7 August 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialist NOA GmbH is excited to announce the launch of NOA Record 4.0 at IBC2023 (Booth 7.C18). During the international event, which takes place Sept. 15–18 in Amsterdam at the RAI convention center,

Proactive Network Troubleshooting

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Proactive Network Troubleshooting : Why is there nothing scarier than an unidentified beep in the night? It's night, and you wake up to a low beeping sound. It occurs only once every minute or so, but in the middle of the night, it's incessant enough to be annoying. Grumbling, you limp out of bed, careful not to

Astera Shows The Way to the Film Industry at IBC

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Astera Shows The Way to the Film Industry at IBC : New LED Fresnels further enhance creative potential of Astera range Press Release Munich, Germany — 24 July 2023 Building on their success at global tradeshows throughout the year, Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film and event markets – will be using their presence at IBC (Booth 12.G44)

Why and how Bridge Technologies Celebrates Business Partners

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Why and how Bridge Technologies Celebrates Business Partners : Recognising success with real intent The annual Bridge Awards have come and gone. Usually, in our post-awards blog, we engage a run down of all the excitement and enjoyment we had the opportunity to indulge in. And certainly, there was the usual amount of champagne, cigars, showmanship and shenanigans – all embodied in our live YouTube

How to communicate about the Cloud

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How to communicate about the Cloud : Get your head out of the Clouds Everything is so black and white these days. Binary. And with it, a tendency to push to the extreme outer edges of any given debate. Right or wrong, with nothing in between. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all just get along and agree? Well… no.

WebClip2Go Introduces AI-driven Chat Show Workflow

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WebClip2Go Introduces AI-driven Chat Show Workflow : AI reacts to the speaker and switches camera or shot type as required Press Release Veenendaal, The Netherlands _ 10 July 2023 WebClip2Go – innovators in the field of crewless, editless production solutions – today announces release of its AI-driven Chat Show feature, which harnesses AI technology to manage the full

How Bridge Technologies deliver monitoring and analysis of thousands of streams

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How Bridge Technologies deliver monitoring and analysis of thousands of streams : The new VB330 website Website design has evolved a long way. Technology and design have mutually informed each other, bringing with them not just possibilities (who remembers the clunky JavaScript animations of the 90s?), but also driving what we require from our design. In particular, the rise of phone browsing means that where menu-driven websites

AETA Audio Systems Partners With QUANTEEC

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AETA Audio Systems Partners With QUANTEEC : to address the broadcast industry with unique scalable and sustainable streaming solutions Press Release LE PLESSIS ROBINSON, France — 30 June 2023 AETA Audio Systems, a leading manufacturer of innovative audio and IP codecs, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with QUANTEEC, a groundbreaking technology company specializing in advanced streaming solutions.

How to facilitate the efficient movement of video-based data

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How to facilitate the efficient movement of video-based data : Blog Putting Pressure on the Internet Pipes “The Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s

WebClip2Go Installs New System at University of Granada

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WebClip2Go Installs New System at University of Granada : Installation sees addition of Spanish language to teleprompter speed control Press Release Veenendaal, The Netherlands _ 20 June 2023 WebClip2Go today announces completion of the sale of their innovative production studio system to the University of Granada. Installation of the new system will enable the academic staff at

WebClip2Go to Launch Version 2.3 Release

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WebClip2Go to Launch Version 2.3 Release : Brings host of improvements to innovative production studio Press Release Veenendaal, The Netherlands _ 15 June 2023 WebClip2Go – innovators of a unique DIY studio hardware and software solution – today announce the upcoming release of version 2.3 of the WebClip2Go integrated system. The new release will build upon the exceptional

Why Cloud-based broadcast is the future

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Why Cloud-based broadcast is the future : And why it isn’t. Blog When blue sky thinking gets cloudy We have talked before in a previous blog about the endless acronyms that appear in technology markets. One you might not have heard much about is IPoAC . Developed in 1990 by D. Waitzman, it represented a significant advancement over existing protocols, and had the potential

NOA Shares an Archiving Project During ASBU

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NOA Shares an Archiving Project During ASBU : will highlight the Sharjah use case to encourage best practice archiving strategy Press Release Vienna, Austria— 12 June, 2023 Following on the heels of the AV digitizing and archiving specialist’s participation in the International Conference on Audio-visual Archiving and Preservation in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 7–8, NOA Archive is now heading

Astera Launches LED-based Fresnel Range

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Astera Launches LED-based Fresnel Range : Astera today announces the introduction of their new Fresnel series of lights; the compact PlutoFresnel and the larger LeoFresnel. These two offerings serve to plug a significant gap in the market: namely, the current dearth of effective LED-based Fresnel lighting. By developing LED lights specifically for integration with a Fresnel lens, Astera aims to provide all of the benefits of LED – including lower power draw, higher output strength, precise colour control, lightweight profile and full installation/application flexibility – whilst still providing lighting technicians with the specific creative qualities associated with Fresnel lighting, particularly in relation to portrait work and the replication of daylight settings.

ATSC 3.0 and the Future of Digital Broadcasting

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ATSC 3.0 and the Future of Digital Broadcasting : Déjà vu: Are we back to Betamax? Predicting the rate and direction of technology adoption often seems to be as much of an art (indeed, perhaps a dark art) as it is a science. It was nearly half a century ago (!) that one of the first real format wars emerged – where Sony and JVC

NOA to Participate in 2023 AES International Archiving Event

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NOA to Participate in 2023 AES International Archiving Event : Manuel Corn will discuss the crucial role metadata plays in audio archiving Press Release Vienna, Austria— 26 May 2023 The 2023 AES International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration is set to get under way June 1–3, at the US Library of Congress National Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia.

Inspirational Women in Telecommmunications

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Inspirational Women in Telecommmunications : How is the future looking like for women in Telecommunications in 10 years’ time? Fiorenza Mella, Maria Tyrrell and Dr Gillian Kendrik talked to Broadband Journal about their achievements, how they got started in this sector and what motivates them now. By Melissa Cogavin, Managing Editor SCTE. Interview with Fiorenza Mella, CEO at Xpresso Communications

ANGACOM Where Technology Inspires Our Content

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ANGACOM Where Technology Inspires Our Content : When B2B brands, especially in individual technology markets, do have the capacity for relationship building, encounters with each other tend to be meaningful and in-depth. We focus on building relationships both with and for our clients. We look forward to meeting innovative companies that also invest in creating meaningful relationships and look for us to

Nuestro sistema de monitoreo broadcast comprobó su efectividad en Qatar

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Nuestro sistema de monitoreo broadcast comprobó su efectividad en Qatar : Carmen Pizano entrevistó a Rodolfo Wong, director de Ventas para Latinoamérica de Bridge Technologies Bridge Technologies ha detectado el requerimiento de los broadcasters de una solución de monitoreo remoto que sea robusta y que abarque todas las fases de la transmisión de un evento, por ello han diseñado su propia solución integrada por la tecnología de este

NOA Signs Major Deal With Abu Dhabi Media

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NOA Signs Major Deal With Abu Dhabi Media : for the digitization of the organization’s complete national audio and video archive Press Release Vienna, Austria — 9 May 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialist NOA GmbH has won a major contract with United Arab Emirates-based public service broadcaster and media company Abu Dhabi Media. Systems integrator Broadcast Solutions

The Media Production and Technology 2023

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The Media Production and Technology 2023 : How do we extend the life of your Content Creation? We need to go back to the time when two of us were working in broadcast production and post. A passion that still inspires our daily writing. Whenever we write about different manufacturers, tools, platforms and trends, both our experience and knowledge play a key role. See you at The Media Production and Technology Show in London! Related

NAB 2023 - DAY 1

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Bridge Technologies Broadened Horizons at the 2023 NABShow

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Bridge Technologies Broadened Horizons at the 2023 NABShow : Blog On our first day at the NABShow, during our Bridge Show interview with the always-engaging Stan Moote, CTO of IABM, we asked him ‘how is it that NAB keeps getting better every year?’. And it really wasn’t just flattery or rhetoric; we truly felt this was the best NAB to date. Much of that

NAB Show 2023: APB+ Interview with Sencore

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NAB Show 2023: APB+ Interview with Bridge Technologies

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NOA Showcases Archiving Projects at CABSAT 2023

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NOA Showcases Archiving Projects at CABSAT 2023 : Will highlight in-house process for archive preservation Press Release Vienna, Austria — 2nd May 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialist NOA GmbH is gearing up to attend CABSAT, May 16–18 (Booth S3-C21) at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Demand for multiple-scale AV archiving projects continues to grow rapidly

Grateful for a successful and pleasant NABShow.

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New Dolby® E monitoring for Bridge Technologies at 2023 NABShow...

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Bridge Technologies Add Dolby E monitoring to VB440

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Bridge Technologies Add Dolby E monitoring to VB440 : compression solution now accommodated by the production probe Press Release OSLO, Norway — 15 April 2023 Bridge Technologies will be using NAB 2023 (Booth C4939) to demonstrate the enhanced audio functionalities that they have brought to their leading production probe, the VB440. Of particular focus will be the addition of Dolby® E

Centenary Celebration of Broadcast Technology at NAB2023

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Centenary Celebration of Broadcast Technology at NAB2023 : Meet Technology Content Marketing Experts at the NABShow We love technology, write about technology and enjoy any time we can meet industry peers at events where all novelties are unveiled. The centenary celebration of NAB Show 2023 will provide a great opportunity to see how far the Broadcast industry has evolved and will be evolving

Bridge Technologies and the Magic of Las Vegas

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Bridge Technologies and the Magic of Las Vegas : The Magic of Las Vegas David Copperfield. Sigfried and Roy. Penn and Teller. There’s no doubt, Las Vegas is the home of magic. But you don’t have to spend a fortune at one of the big name shows to be impressed and astounded by a bit of mind-bending magic – we promise you’ll find some

Dream Chip to Launch IP Control for AtomOne at NAB 2023

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Dream Chip to Launch IP Control for AtomOne at NAB 2023 : New addition augments flexibility for the super-slow motion camera Press Release Garbsen, Germany — 4 April, 2023 Dream Chip will be using NAB 2023 (Booth C3338) to demonstrate the addition of IP control functionality to its AtomOne SSM500 super slow-motion miniature camera. Measuring just 190mm x 60mm x 60mm and capable of recording 500fps

Henri Vander Stichele to Join VP Media Solutions as Sole Shareholder

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Henri Vander Stichele to Join VP Media Solutions as Sole Shareholder : Press Release Brussels, Belgium — 5 April, 2023 VP Media Solutions (VPMS) is pleased and proud to announce that Henri Vander Stichele, a veteran of procurement and purchasing for some of Europe’s leading technical, telecom and media companies, will be joining VP Media Solutions as the sole shareholder of the
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Astera to Demonstrate Creative Flexibility of Full Range at NAB 2023 https://www.xpressocommunications.com/client-news/astera-to-demonstrate-creative-flexibility-of-full-range-at-nab-2023/

Bridge Technologies Integrate SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 Visual Log Recording Feature

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Bridge Technologies Integrate SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 Visual Log Recording Feature : Upgrade expands commercial monitoring ability of the VB330 OSLO, Norway — 27 March 2023 Furthering the 2022 incorporation of SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 marker monitoring into their suite of broadcast monitoring probes - including the flagship VB330, Bridge Technologies today announce the addition of a continuous log record feature that

Sencore services, steeped in years of expertise

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Sencore services, steeped in years of expertise : In a crowded marketplace, what differentiates one vendor from another? Some might say it’s the quality of the swag given away at tradeshows. And at Sencore, we know we’re at the top of our game on that front – we’ve evolved far past branded pens and stress balls. If you don’t believe us, just

How Bridge probes are integral to effective OTT delivery

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How Bridge probes are integral to effective OTT delivery : Technological stability in a volatile OTT market An Over the Top reaction to OTT changes? (We’re sorry, it’s practically copywriting law that you include an OTT pun when you’re writing about OTT services. We promise there won’t be any more). Market fragility demands technical stability Just when viewers had started to take OTT for granted

The Japanese Broadcast Media Landscape

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The Japanese Broadcast Media Landscape : How do you tend your garden? article by Simen K. Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies It’s interesting that we refer to the broadcast media ‘landscape’ of different countries. In general, business loves a good nature metaphor, whether it’s ‘organic growth’ or ‘seismic change’, but sometimes those tired clichés are adopted to cover-up a murky

NOA Helps Broadcasters Stay on Top of Advancing Technology

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NOA Helps Broadcasters Stay on Top of Advancing Technology : Maintenance Agreement vital for Vanilla IT Vienna, Austria — 6 March, 2023 AV digitizing and archiving specialists NOA GmbH continues to assist its partners worldwide in benefiting from continually evolving technology, such as transitioning towards next-gen IT hardware, virtualized environments, most recent and stable operating systems as well as adapting to changing regulations.

Why do we love sports?

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Why do we love sports? : Everybody in broadcast (actually, everybody in the world…) knows that sports is big business. In 2022, SportBusiness identified in their Global Media Report