Advanced Systems Group (ASG) today announced its Virtual Production Control Room, a remote production service powered by Google Cloud that allows real-time, broadcast-quality coverage of live events and other programming. In contrast to all-in-one solutions, ASG’s VPCR uses cloud-based production tools from several established industry vendors to deliver a more powerful and versatile virtual control room solution.

PlayBox Neo announces new additions to the operational capabilities and connectivity of its TV Channel-in-a-Box, AirBox Neo-20 and Capture Suite. PlayBox Neo Channel-in-a-Box provides all the facilities needed to create and maintain single or multiple television channels within a seamless workflow for local or remote control. Based on AirBox Neo-20 playout automation, the system can be configured to any required scale from optional elements such as Capture Suite media ingest, TitleBox Neo-20 interactive character generator and graphics, and ListBox Neo-20 scheduling. Terrestrial, satellite, cable and IP-streamed transmission are all fully supported.

The G&D Asia Business Group is expanding. The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) welcomes two new employess in Shanghai and Ghouangzou. To provide customers in China with an even better local service, Julia Zhang (Shanghai) and Alex Chen (Ghouangzou) are now supporting the G&D Asia team on site. Both are control room experts with many years of KVM experience and will be able to provide G&D's customers with even closer and more individual consulting and support.

The comprehensive portfolio of the German KVM manufacturer G&D continues to grow. With its "VisionXS", the company is launching a new high-end extender product series. Following the motto "smaller, more compact, more powerful", G&D developed a new compact multi-purpose KVM tool. The main idea: a wide range of functions in the smallest possible housing. The new VisionXS systems are high-performance KVM extenders with a bandwidth of 10G and video transmission for resolutions up to 4K. Users can expect the best video quality and an even better performance.

Signiant to Enable NBC Olympics to Streamline Remote Production During its Coverage of Tokyo Olympics

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Signiant to provide intelligent file transfer software for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23 – August 8. The announcement was made today by Darryl Jefferson, VP Post Production & Digital Workflow, NBC Sports & Olympics, and Margaret Craig, CEO, Signiant.With Signiant’s software, NBC Olympics will be able to move petabytes of footage from Tokyo back to its International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., immediately upon capture. Signiant’s patented network optimization technology enables seamless transfer of the footage over standard IP networks, eliminating latency and packet loss, so that editors in Stamford can begin creating highlights almost immediately as the action is happening thousands of miles away.

LynTec, a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, is the power control solutions provider of choice for Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky. After successfully installing LynTec lighting control panels in other buildings on campus, integration firm JCA Media chose and installed LynTec's RPC Remote Control Breaker Panel to provide easy-to-operate, circuit-level zoned control of the AVL systems for the school's broadcast studios inside the university's new mass communication center.

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A US State Broadcaster has chosen to upgrade to PlayBox Technology's Channel in a Box solution. The service provides both live and VoD streams of government business and events.

Arvato Systems has announced the immediate availability of VidiEditor, a browser-based desktop editor that belongs to the company’s Vidispine brand. VidiEditor offers a powerful cloud-based solution to the increasing demand for remote editing workflows.

Bitcentral Inc., a well-known provider of efficient media workflows in the U.S. and Latin America, has completed centralizing operations for Entravision Communications Corporation, the leading global media and marketing technology company, through its Central Control product, a comprehensive and fully integrated master control and automation system.

Bitcentral Inc., the leading provider of media workflow solutions, announces a strategic partnership with Veset. Bitcentral will market, sell and support Veset Nimbus, a cloud-based playout solution which provides greater flexibility to broadcast playout, in the Americas. Veset Nimbus will be represented alongside Bitcentral’s own on-premises Central Control playout system and will allow the launch of playout services in the cloud. This will enable broadcast customers to easily create new services quickly and efficiently.