From new starters to acquisitions, partnerships to opening academies, a lot has happened in the past few months – and we’ve got the inside track BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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In June, LiveU and Blackbird revealed that their newly pre-integrated live news solution had been selected by Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, in order to enhance the live coverage of regional elections. Managed by CBC, the project provided round-the-clock local support by LiveU and Blackbird’s German partner, Netorium AG. Blackbird CEO Ian McDonough says: “This was an excellent opportunity for Blackbird and LiveU to successfully showcase our new live news solution for a high-profile event, with one of Europe’s most prestigious media companies.”
received feeds directly into Matrix’s cloud channels, with all of them recorded in real time, within the cloud. Following this, selected feeds were distributed to multiple receivers and broadcasted on national news. Working in parallel, the files were accessed via Blackbird’s cloud native editing platform. Functioning remotely in safe and convenient locations, editors were able to clip and publish highlights of events. The platform in turn delivered both short and long form digital assets to multiple channels simultaneously – including social and broadcast media.
A longstanding customer of CBC, LiveU used its Matrix IP cloud-based management and distribution platform for live news content sharing. During the elections, Berlin and Magdeburg
INTEGRATING WITH THE CLOUD NEW FACES
Indielab has appointed Beverley McMillan to a newly created position: programme producer. She is charged with overseeing the expansion of Indielab in the UK’s nations and regions, as well as into the games sector. The appointment comes as Indielab West Yorks was launched in July – a program delivered in partnership with Leeds City Region Expertise Partnership, to support the production industry in West Yorkshire. With 20 years of experience in the film, TV and games industries, McMillan’s expertise spans skills
A partnership has been announced between Dejero and Grabyo, to provide broadcasters, publishers and content owners with a simplified end-to-end solution for remote productions. Dejero has now integrated its mobile transmitters and video transport solutions into Grabyo’s cloud video platform, which in turn offers live production, clipping, editing and distribution tools. Mike Kelley, president of Americas at Grabyo, explains: “By partnering with Dejero, we are able to remove the limitations that come with fixed-location productions.” Using Dejero’s solutions and LivePlus app, video can be reliably transported to Grabyo’s platform wirelessly – thanks to Dejero’s Smart Blending Technology.
development to events. She comes from BAFTA Scotland, where her responsibilities included developing a dynamic learning strategy.
Panasonic’s Kairos has gone from strength to strength, with training academies opening across Europe. Designed to train operators in how to get the best from its next-generation live production platform, the academies have SCHOOL OF PANASONIC
been created at Panasonic Broadcast and Pro-AV partners. The first centres in the line-up include Creative Technology (UK and Sweden), AED (Belgium), KST Moschkau (Germany) and VMB (Spain).
“Kairos is a game-changer. The creative opportunities for live video productions and video streaming services for broadcasters and event producers, is immense,” says Thierry Heldenbergh, AED Display MD.
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