Broadcast Pix today announced the City of Mankato, Minn., has installed a BPswitch™ FX integrated production switcher as part of an upgrade to HD production for its city council and school district meetings. Installed in mid-April, the new system has simplified the production workflow and improved the quality of meeting coverage.

Broadcast Pix today announced CFM-TV, the government channel for the City of Fort Myers, Fla., installed a Mica™ 1000 integrated production switcher in late January as part of an overall refresh of the council chambers at City Hall.

ioGates, a Broadcast Pix™ company, today announced it offers integrated support for the new EditShare QScan automated quality control family of products. Announced in March, QScan offers file-based video and audio AQC that simplifies compliance and delivery requirements. With its single-pass analysis technology, which shows errors almost instantly without the need for retesting when users change test parameters, QScan ROI can be measured in days not weeks.

Broadcast Pix™ today announced Royal Caribbean International upgraded two of its cruise ships last year with Mica™ integrated production switchers. The new systems are used during cruises to produce multi-camera coverage of various events, which are broadcast live across the ship and replayed throughout the voyage.

Broadcast Pix today announced Newton Media Center (NewTV), the Emmy Award-winning community media center serving Newton, Mass., upgraded its City Hall meeting coverage last spring with a new Mica 500 integrated production switcher. The PEG (public, education, government) operation was recently provided with three HD channels by RCN, and now provides full HD coverage of its city council meetings.

Broadcast Pix will demonstrate its live production systems with Digital Garage during BVE 2017 (Stand K52), which runs Feb. 28 March 2 at ExCeL London. In addition to its integrated production switchers, Broadcast Pix will demonstrate the new Broadcast Pix Commander¢ series of live production systems with a streamlined touchscreen interface and BPNet¢ cloud-based video workflow service.

Chelmsford, Massachusetts  As part of a unique partnership, students from Canadore Colleges Broadcasting and Video Production program in North Bay, Ontario, use a Broadcast Pix¢ Granite¢ 2000 integrated production switcher to provide scoreboard video coverage of the North Bay Battalion hockey team at the North Bay Memorial Gardens Sports Arena. The city owns the arena, but the Canadore staff built the control room and provides engineering services for its video equipment.

Broadcast Pix today announced it has completed its acquisition of ioGates, a leading innovator in cloud-based video production. Prior to the acquisition, the two companies partnered to develop the new BPNet¢ cloud-based IP media workflow and storage system, which will be demonstrated at IBC 2016 (Stand 7.B21) Sept. 9-13 at RAI Amsterdam.

With a custom mobile production unit built around a Broadcast Pix¢ Mica 1000 integrated production switcher, Mac AV produces live coverage of several sports for the Gaelic Athletic Association that are specific to Ireland, such as Gaelic football, as well as other contests with an international following, including handball matches. A live production company based in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, Mac AV also produces training and promotional videos, documentaries, and live concerts for its other clients.

Broadcast Pix today announced the City of Burnsville, Minn., has upgraded to a Mica 1000 integrated production switcher in its control room at City Hall to provide HD coverage of City Council meetings for its cable and online viewers. According to Marty Doll, communications coordinator, the upgrade was prompted by a desire to move to HD production as well as the need to replace the control rooms aging analog equipment.

Broadcast Pix today announced it has joined the ASPEN Community, a collaborative effort of more than 30 broadcast industry leaders, to develop a robust transport format for video, audio, and associated metadata over IP networks. ASPEN, short for Adaptive Sample Picture ENcapsulation, is a standards-based, open format that moves uncompressed Ultra HD, 3G, HD, and SD signals over MPEG-2 transport streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1).

Broadcast Pix today announced the availability of its Version 5.0 software for its Granite¢ and Mica¢ integrated production switchers. The software debuts the new Virtual Studios high-end virtual set platform, adds expanded support for third-party IP-based cameras and streaming appliances, and includes the ability to correct content issues with Source Controls in real time.

Broadcast Pix today announced Mark Bachmore has joined the company as director of sales, effective Jan. 4. Based in New York, he will manage the worldwide sales team and dealer channel.

In an effort to promote healthy eating for its patients and their families, Boston Childrens Hospital has recently introduced its own take on dinner and a show. About three times a month, the hospital produces a live, multi-camera cooking demonstration anchored by a Broadcast Pix¢ Mica¢ 1000 integrated production switcher.