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Calrec Golf Craft Interview with A1s Florian Brown and Ja...

Golf is gaining popularity; the 2025 Ryder Cup achieved record-breaking viewing figures in the UK specifically, with five million fans tuning in – a 45 percent average viewership increase on the 2023 event. Last year's US Open and Ryder Cup tournaments also smashed records on digital platforms. The US Open was the most streamed golf event in NBC Sp...

Submitted by Kate Ford

Published 28 April 2026

Kiloview Cradle Series RF02 Enables Jinhua Media Group to...

The shift toward IP-based production is reshaping broadcast workflows worldwide, as live production handles more signals, higher resolutions, and increasingly complex setups in limited space. Jinhua Media Group, a municipal-level broadcaster in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, delivers television, radio, and digital content across news, public aff...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 10 April 2026

Calrec Craft Interview with Senior Broadcast Audio A1 Eng...

In this craft interview, Rick Bernier reflects on a career that has taken him to the very top of live broadcast audio. As a Senior Broadcast Audio A1 Engineer and Music Director, he has mixed some of the world's most watched events - from the Winter Games to Football Night in America (FNIA). What is your background and how did you get into br...

Submitted by Kate Ford

Published 18 March 2026

Hawk-Woods releases Mini 26v G-Lok Battery to join its Ra...

There are some product launches that feel like a box-ticking exercise, and then there are the ones you know will genuinely make a difference on set. For us, the release of our new Mini 26V G-Lok battery is firmly the latter. We’re proud to be introducing a long-awaited addition to the Hawk-Woods battery range: the Mini 26V G-Lok, available init...

Submitted by Hawk-Woods

Published 04 March 2026

Kiloview Brings Remote Patagonia Festival Live to the Wor...

Music, culture, and community come alive each year at the Festival de la Canción Ranchera in Patagonia. Local artists perform, singing competitions unfold, and audiences celebrate the region’s rich folk traditions. In 2025, the festival reached Tierra del Fuego, a remote corner of the world, bringing Patagonia’s vibrant culture to viewers near and...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 15 January 2026

A Voice Controlled Talkback System Built for Modern Produ...

Identifying the Core Industry Challenge Production teams rely heavily on talkback systems for coordination, yet these systems have remained largely manual. Operators must navigate buttons, switches and web interfaces while managing fast moving audio based workflows. This creates friction, particularly when hands and attention are already occupied...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 08 December 2025

From Peaks to Screens - Kiloview P3 Mini Drives Live Stre...

Held in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain, at the heart of the majestic Pyrenees—Europe’s second highest mountain range—the 2025 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) marked the first time this world-class event was hosted in the region. From September 25 to 28, more than 1,700 elite athletes from 80 countries competed across five demanding r...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 17 November 2025

Kiloview Empowers Xining TV Station with NDI Master Contr...

Located in Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province in northwestern China, Xining TV Station is the city’s leading broadcast network and a major regional media hub, operating multiple TV and radio channels that deliver news, cultural, and public service programming across the province. As the station moves toward converged media, integrating tra...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 28 October 2025

Kiloview Powers the 71st Macau Grand Prix with NDI AV-ove...

The Macau Grand Prix, one of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events, returned in 2024 with a thrilling showcase of Formula 3, GT, and touring car races. This year, the iconic Guia Circuit underwent a transformative AV upgrade, thanks to Kiloview’s state-of-the-art NDI AV-over-IP solution. Collaborating closely with the Macau SAR Government...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 24 September 2025

Kiloview P3 Mini Conquers the Mountain - Delivering Relia...

In June 2025, the 61st Course de Côte de Vuillafans-Échevanne took place in France. One of the most challenging events in the French Hillclimb Championship, the 4.8 km course featured steep inclines, sharp turns, and varied terrain, testing both drivers and vehicles to their limits. PILOTES.tv, a motorsport media company, was tasked with stream...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 04 September 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

Live at the Edge of the World - Kiloview Powers the First...

On May 3rd, 2025, the sixth Patagonia Running Festival took place inside Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. One of South America’s most iconic races, the event featured multiple distances—from 5K and 11K to half marathon (21K), full marathon (42K), and a 50K ultra—attracting nearly 500 participants from around the world. The park...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 18 July 2025

Kiloview P3 Overcomes Stadium Signal Challenges at WVU Sp...

Background: A New Challenge for an Academic Institution West Virginia University (WVU), known for its excellence in both academics and athletics, faced a modern video transmission challenge in one of its sports facilities. The school's production team had long relied on unreliable SDI transmission solutions for live video transmission. However,...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 18 June 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