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Live Truck Takes North KC Students’ Broadcast Skills to the Next Level

By Jim Bask 0 Comment April 17, 2019

The North Kansas City School District is now operating the first student-run live production truck in the country. Primarily based at Staley High School, the 33-foot long truck is also […]

NewTek’s Andrew Cross Discusses Acquisition, NAB Show Plans

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment April 17, 2019

The NewTek president and CTO offers details on Vizrt’s acquisition of NewTek and NAB Show plans.

BirdDog NAB 2019 – the next generation of NDI has landed

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment April 8, 2019

NAB Booth C6330- Today is a truly exciting day in the history of BirdDog, at NAB 2019 with the companies biggest and most comprehensive booth in it’s history, biggest product announcement to date and are showcasing workflows of all kinds which allow anyone from the smallest production through to the largest broadcaster or AV installation to simplify their workflow. BirdDog’s motto has been ‘Live Production. Simplified’, and this NAB they are not only talking about it but living this mantra.

NewTek Video-Over-IP Technology, NDI® Is Adopted By Sony’s Latest 4K Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment April 8, 2019

NAB BOOTH #SL5016, LAS VEGAS, NV—April 7, 2019 — NewTek announced today it is collaborating with Sony to bring the BRC-X400, Sony’s latest 4K Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Camera to market with support for NDI®|HX, the key technology behind the world’s largest and fastest growing community of IP video products. Sony is a clear leader in the global transition to IP-based technologies with decades of experience building revolutionary broadcast systems. Customer demand for NDI led to a close cooperation between Sony and NewTek to add NDI|HX capability to its latest BRC-X400, Sony’s first IP 4K PTZ camera delivering 4K30p high picture quality, powerful 80x zoom in FHD with Clear Image Zoom, Tele Convert Mode and support vast range of camera control protocols including 700 Protocol, CGI as well as VISCA/VISCA over IP. The model comes with broadcast-friendly features such as tally lamps and genlock supports and ensure efficient live production set-up by power supply, image output, camera controls, all over a single Ethernet cable.

Vizrt Purchases NewTek, Looks To Become Major Driving Force in IP Workflows

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment April 2, 2019

Vizrt has acquired NewTek, a move the two companies expect to result in an entity that will be a driving force in the transition to IP video for live production with NDI and SMPTE 2110, with each serving different needs. The company will deliver flexible end-to-end workflows for all levels of production and software-based products and services for media, sports, entertainment, education, enterprise, and esports.

Vizrt Buys NewTek to Become A Global Powerhouse In Advanced Video Systems

By Jim Bask 0 Comment April 2, 2019

SAN ANTONIO, USA and BERGEN, NORWAY — April 1, 2019 — Vizrt, the world’s leading provider of visual storytelling tools for media content creators, has acquired NewTek, world leader in […]

VideoPepper Helps Tilburg Trappers Ice Hockey Team Monetize Live Streams with BirdDog Powered NDI

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment March 22, 2019

Tilburg Trappers are a professional Ice Hockey team based out of Tilburg, The Netherlands who plays across the border in German league Oberliga. VideoPepper, a production company out of Tilburg founded by Guido Hoogsteder in 1997 first started recording The Trappers back in 2013 as a side project to help his local club.

BirdDog Studio NDI Powers ESPN Billboard 13 Day Continuous Live Stream

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment March 21, 2019

When tasked with the ambitious project of a 24 hour a day livestream for 13 continuous days, Jay Kopelman of B Live turned to BirdDog Studio NDI to encode baseband video to NDI® and also decode NDI® back out to live screens. The ESPN Billboard involved four College Football super fans living on top of a billboard in San Diego some 80 feet off the ground in a knockout style competition.

Using Skype, NewTek NDI and Wirecast

By Jim Bask 0 Comment March 21, 2019

Skype for Content Creators: Easy Guest Integration with Wirecast — Skype’s new platform for content creators enables you to bring guest interviews from into Wirecast, OBS, vMix, Xsplit, OvrStream, Newtek […]

REVIEW of the NewTek NDI HX-PTZ1 : The simple solution for video transmission

By Jim Bask 0 Comment January 25, 2019

The NewTek NDI HX-PTZ1 is no ordinary pan tilt zoom camera. Sure, it can shoot 1080 60p and has a 20 times optical zoom, but this PTZ camera also has […]