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Television The Shared Story of Our Time

Contributed article by André Tejo, Marketing Manager, AgileTV for World Television Day Since its invention, television has been more than a window to the world. It has been a mirror of our collective experience, a medium that captured our joys, fears and milestones in real time. It brought families together in front of the same screen, gave voic...

Submitted by Supplied Article

Published 21 November 2025

Calrec Craft Interview with Ken Wilkinson

Ken Wilkinson is an Emmy Awards nominated New York audio engineer who specialises in production sound mixing for film, commercial, episodic and documentary work as well as news, sports and entertainment television. Tell us about your path into professional broadcast audio; how did you get started and what drew you in? And who do you work for?...

Submitted by Kate Ford

Published 22 August 2025

Clear-Com Gen-IC - Flexible Cloud Intercom with Stream De...

What kind of challenge does Gen-IC help resolve? Production teams need fast, scalable communications tools that can be deployed without heavy hardware or permanent installs. This is especially important in scenarios like short-term shoots, live concerts, or distributed teams where setting up a traditional intercom system would be impractical or co...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 09 June 2025

Vitec Launches Compact OpenGear Chassis for Scalable Enco...

What industry requirement does this product address? Broadcasters and video system integrators often face space and budget constraints when deploying encoding and decoding solutions. Traditional openGear frames are powerful but can be oversized for smaller operations or remote sites. Vitec’s new Diamond C1 chassis addresses this challenge by provi...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

TelyCam Brings Affordable Virtual Production to Corporate...

What challenge does this virtual solution aim to resolve? Virtual production has historically been a complex and costly undertaking, often requiring multiple high-end cameras, tracking systems, and specialist rigs to deliver a convincing on-screen result. TelyCam’s streamlined setup aims to make virtual production more accessible by offering a sim...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

TelyCam Vision Series Offers Compact 4K PTZ and Box Camer...

What production need does this camera series address? In live production and streaming environments, there is a growing demand for compact, high-quality cameras that are easy to transport and deploy. TelyCam’s Vision Series responds to this by offering 4K-capable PTZ and box cameras designed for portability without sacrificing professional-grade p...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

TelyCam Explore Series Bridges Broadcast and AV with Scal...

What production need does this camera range address? The convergence of professional AV and broadcast workflows has created demand for PTZ cameras that deliver both visual quality and operational flexibility. TelyCam’s Explore series addresses this gap by offering a scalable family of PTZ cameras that support high-end video production features whi...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

NETGEAR Engage Simplifies Switch Configuration for Broadc...

What setup challenges is this solution built to solve? Configuring network switches for professional AV and broadcast environments has traditionally required deep technical knowledge, command-line interfaces, and time-consuming manual setups. NETGEAR's Engage software platform tackles this issue head-on by delivering intuitive, profile-based confi...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

NETGEAR Pro AV Design Team Brings Expert Human Support to...

What installation barrier is this service meant to overcome? For many AV professionals, moving into IP-based systems introduces complexity they haven’t had to manage before. Choosing the right switch, designing the network, and deploying it correctly can be daunting — especially for those coming from video or audio backgrounds rather than IT. NETG...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

Meptik Equips Miami University with State-of-the-Art XR S...

In a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly constructed Richard M. McVey Data Science Building, Miami University proudly revealed its latest technological marvel — an extended reality (XR) stage for the education of students in real-time workflows. Meptik, the leader in creative and technical services for virtual and immersive productions, spea...

Submitted by Liaison PR

Published 18 March 2024

Where Are You in Your Cloud Adoption Strategy

By Chris McCarthy, VP Media Solutions at TMT Insights The Media and Entertainment technology industry continues to evolve in its journey from on-premises infrastructure and workflows to the cloud-native landscape notably described in MovieLabs’ 2030 Vision whitepaper. Most major studios and content creators have adopted the cloud for some portio...

Submitted by Chris McCarthy

Published 27 February 2024

Calrec Craft Interview: Florian Brown, A1

Craft Interview: Florian Brown, A1 Summary: Last year, veteran A1 Florian Brown spent a full day at Florida-based Full Sail University talking to students about what it’s like to work as an A1 and the benefits of working in the broadcast audio. His talk covered many of the different freelance possibilities in audio, video, EVS, editing and...

Submitted by Alicia Root

Published 06 April 2023

Spotlight on James Gilbert, Director of Product and Solut...

What vision do you have of the broadcast technology business beyond 2030?Over the next eight years we are going to be in transition, and within that there will be vastly different rates of change among content owners and media organisations. As a technology provider the onus is on us to be flexible and adaptable to meet this wide range of requirem...

Submitted by James Gilbert

Published 25 July 2022

AJA Video Systems - Ki Pro GO User Review with Spellbinde...

For most of us 2020 enforced a step change in the way we work and the kind of productions that our businesses have been delivering. Back in March as the pandemic struck, I took a leap of faith and invested in some switching and streaming kit, in the form of a Tricaster Mini, encoding and NDI kit and some extra cameras. Fast forward nine months and...

Submitted by Ben Sherriff

Published 22 December 2020

ERA IaaS at University of Salford

Seagate Storage Arrays form basis of ERA designed Storage, Edit Management and MAM system for the University of Salford's media and production coursesBACKGROUNDThe University of Salford (UoS) is widely recognised in both academic and professional circles as a leading educational establishment in acoustics and media production. In 2011 the Universit...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 21 December 2020