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August 31
- TV Asahi Leverages TVU RPS, Public Internet For The Open Championship Signal Contribution
- Hurricane Ida Knocks Out 2 TV Stations But 15 Remain on the Air
- Tiffen Ships Blender XL LED Light
- Parasat Cable TV Upgrades Broadband Ops with Harmonic
- ESPN+ to Stream 500+ College Football Games
- PlayBox Launches AirBox Mega ICX
- Silver Trak Digital Launches Media Room 3.0
- Lyon Video Adds For-A Signal Processors To Mobile Production Unit
- `CBS Mornings’ Goes Live in a New Studio on September 7
August 30
- Anna Chauvet Joins NAB as VP of Public Policy
- NextGen TV: Gray TV Deploys Hyperlocal Targeting for TV News
- Sinclair Completes 25,000th Drone Flight
- Top Summer Films Deploy Blackmagic Design Products
- iNDemand Hires Lacy Pack As EVP and CTO
- Gateway Purchases Panasonic 4K Cameras and Robotic Systems
- NFL Adds Sports Betting Partners for 2021 Season
- Hula Post Moves to a Subscription Model for Avid’s Editing Software
- Thai Broadcaster, Playout Service Provider Chooses PlayBox Neo Playout Systems
- FuboTV Targets CONMEBOL For Free-To-Play Games, Fanview Live Stats Launch
- ATSC Annual Meeting Focuses on 3.0 Rollout
August 29
- High End TV Debuts 4K HDR Production Truck
August 27
- JamTV Shoots ‘Making Their Mark’ With Blackmagic Design Digital Cinema Cameras
- SDVI: Use of Cloud-Based Media Supply Chains Skyrockets
- NextGen TV: Fox Television Stations Tap Synamedia for Orlando ATSC 3.0 Rollout
- Allente Integrates Google Common Broadcast Stack
- Broadcasters Get a Win on FCC Regulatory Fees
- Registration Is Now Open for AIMS IP Oktoberfest 2021
- ATSC Awards Alan Stein with Its Highest Technical Honor
August 26
- NAB Show to Reflect on a Year of Adjustment and Adaptation
- U.S. FAST market to reach $4.1 billion in 2023
- Cox Media Group Taps Ann Hailer as President, CoxReps
- SBE Elects Andrea Cummis as President
- CommScope, Evoca Partner on Dual ATSC 1.0/3.0 Set Top
- CP Communications Overcomes Spectrum Shortage At Major Events Despite Repack
- Telestream's Latest Acquisition Targets Live Event Hosting
August 25
- Fox Invests in Blockchain Tech Provider Eluvio
- MultiDyne Expands SilverBack Fiber Camera Adapter Series
- Multiviewer Monitoring Market To Hit $1.55B in 2028
- FUJIFILM, Tiger Bridge Partner on Storage Solutions
- One in Three Americans Say They Have a “Screen Addiction”
- Comcast Business to Acquire Masergy
- Somoy TV Deploys Additional TVU Tools
- Streaming Gains in July TV Viewing
- Nexstar and SportsGrid Launching Sports Betting Diginet
August 24
- LG Achieves a 6G THz Band Milestone
- Vizio Ads Closes $100M+ in Upfront Deals
- NextGen TV Comes to Kansas City
- Report: ViacomCBS Plans to Sell CBS Studio Center Complex
- Peacock Promotes Will Gonzalez To Chief Data Officer
- PBS Reno Completes Station Upgrade
- #GALSNGEAR Announces Program for 2021 NAB Show
- Nevion Founder Thomas Heinzer Named CEO
- NextGen TV: Triveni Digital Launches New StreamScope XM Dashboard
- NextGen TV: Five Stations Launch 3.0 Broadcasts in Atlanta
- The OTT Upside: US OTT Subs to Hit 277 in 2026
- FCC Seeks Input on Dynamic Licensing of Drone Flights
- Broadcasters Foundation of America Announces 2021 Leadership Awards Recipients
August 23
- CBS News And Stations Launch CBSN Baltimore
- Video Content Management System Market to Hit $6.8B in 2026
- Tech, Media & Telcom Industries Seeing Higher Employee Turnover
- OOONA Integrates memoQ Translation Technologies into its Subtitling Platform
- SVT Moves to a Subscription Model for Avid’s MediaCentral
- A Look at the Tech Behind NBC’s New Washington News Bureau
- Rohde & Schwarz and Pixel Power Add New Sales Execs
- Cable TV Pioneer Nickolas Davatzes Dies at 79
- Blackbird Inks Cloud Video Production Deal with CBS Sports Digital
August 20
- Nexstar Acquires The Hill for $130M
- TiVo: SVOD Churn More Than Double the Pay TV Rate
- SpotGenie Completes Integration with WideOrbit's WO Traffic
- Streaming of High School Sports Hits Record Numbers
- Interra Systems Taps Blackmagic Design for BATON QC Platform
- Mo-Sys Launches VP Pro 4.27
- 605 Says It Offers An Alternative to Nielsen
- Adobe to Acquire Frame.io for $1.275B
August 19
- The Broadband Boom Continues: 890K New U.S. Broadband Subs Added in 2Q 2021
- Video Gaming Services in 36% of U.S. Broadband Homes
- Avid Integrates MediaCentral with CGI’s Open Media
- Sinclair Launches Tennis Channel in U.K. as a Streaming Service
- NCTC Inks Carriage Deal with Disney
- SSIMWAVE Unveils Live Monitor SRT Protocol Support
- Panasonic Announces New HD Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera
- New Data Shows YouTube Dominates Video Landscape for Kids
August 18
- New Atomos Ninja V+ Firmware Supports 8K ProRes RAW Recording From Canon EOS R5
- NAB Show Will Require Proof of Vaccinations
- OOONA Merges with GOSUB
- Sinclair Names Daniel J. Hoffman SVP of Sales Transformation
- OVBI: Gigabit Broadband Subs Doubled in Last Year
- NBCU to Stream 1,000+ Hours of the Tokyo Paralympics
- Vegas Creative Software Unveils Vegas Pro 19, New Pricing Plans
- Comcast, ViacomCBS Partner on New SVOD Service `SkyShowtime’
- Canon Launches New 8K Lens and 4K UHD Camcorder
August 17
- Christy’s Licenses 500 Seats of Avid Editing Software
- Roku and Charter End App Impasse
- Vislink Acquires Mobile Viewpoint for $18.3 Million
- Jackson Energy Authority, Harmonic Team Up On Headend Management, Streaming Solution
- Nexting Deployed Dejero for Tokyo Coverage
- Dielectric Revamps Production Floor To Meet LPTV Repack Deadline
- CTA: All CES 2022 Attendees Must Be Fully Vaccinated
- LPTV Broadcasters Association Launches
- AIMS Extends Presentation Call Deadline For IP Oktoberfest 2021
- Pay TV Subscription Losses Levelling Off
- Sinclair Stations Will Temporarily Remain on Dish
August 16
- ViacomCBS Sells Black Rock for $760M
- DigitalGlue Releases //Rogue Pro
- Utah Scientific President Dave Burland Sets Departure Date
- UEFA Euro 2020 Streaming Traffic Tops Olympics
- New 96-Acre Film & TV Studio Planned for Sydney
- Olympics: Viewing Hours up 7X on YouTube
- ESPN Digital Has Best First Half Year Ever
- Pine Crest Schools Adds JVC GY-HC900 Connected Cams
- The U.S. Ranks Sixth in the Adoption of at Least One Streaming Service
- NextGen TV: EduCast Remote Learning Service Launched in D.C.
August 13
- ARRI releases ARRI LightNet for Managing Studio Lighting
- MRC: Nielsen Has “Deep-Rooted, Ongoing” Problems
- Global TV Market to Hit $234B in 2021
- TV and Film Sectors Adds $82B to NYC Economy
- DirecTV and Dish in Terminal Orbit? Their Satellites Are About to Age Out
- Media Orgs Challenge FCC Foreign Sponsorship ID Rules
August 12
- Jennifer Mitchell & Tom Canedo Named Presidents, CBS Stations
- Disney Buys NHL’s Stake in Disney Streaming Services for $350M
- Sinclair Appoints William Bell Head Of Distribution & Network Relations
- Electric Entertainment Hires Warner Bros. Veteran Anthony Tapay
- State Broadcasters Support Reinstatement of Tax Certificate Program
- CuriosityStream Hits 20 million Paying Subs
- DoubleVerify IDs New CTV Ad Fraud Scheme
- Transmit Introduces New Approach for Monetizing Live OTT Streams
- M6 Taps Telestream for Ultra-Fast Replay Platform
- Tokyo Games Sees 400% Increase In LiveU Solutions Use Over Rio
- Nielsen Asks MRC to Put Accreditation Process on Hiatus
- Montreal Production Company Deploys Dejero GateWay For Caber-Tossing Record Attempt
August 11
- Olympics Set Streaming Records at Telemundo
- TSP Deploys Matrox Monarch EDGE
- No SVOD Fatigue: Streaming Spending Soars
- NextGen TV: Four Local TV Stations Launch Services in Indianapolis
- Globo Goes Live From Tokyo With TVU One
- VBox Communications Ships ATSC 3.0 Testbed
- SMPTE+ 'Media in the Cloud' Moves to Aug. 31
- FOX Sports ‘MLB At Field of Dreams’ Production To Advance Drone-based Sports Coverage
August 10
- APT, PBS To Expand Programming on PBS Passport
- NPD Increases U.S. Consumer Tech Revenue Forecast
- Olympics: CBC Saw Record Digital Audiences
- Integral Ad Science Acquires Publica
- Sony Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T
- Meredith Renews Local TV Audience Measurement Pact with Nielsen
- PBS Digital Studios Receives $3M CPB Grant
- Older Viewers are Fastest Growing AVOD Segment
- Wheatstone Launches New Blade 4 and GSX Programmable AoIP Console
- U.S. Ratings for the Olympics Hit Record Lows
- NBCU Telemundo Enterprises Launches New Streaming Division
- HPA Announces 2021 Awards for Engineering Excellence
August 9
- SeaChange Enhances Collaboration With AWS
- Synamedia acquires ContentArmor
- Dish Slams Sinclair For Demanding Nearly Half a Billion in Fees
- Red House Streaming Adds Full-Sized Chromakey Studio
- NBC Sports Launches New Division to Drive Sports Tech Innovation
- Newsy Appoints Eric Ludgood to Lead Newsy
- Reminder Issued for National August 11 EAS Test
- Sinclair Warns That Dish “Expected” to Drop 108 Stations
- YouTube and Google TV Tap Into Insights From Parrot Analytics
- Amazon Updates Video Segment Detection Software
August 6
- Teradici Launches Remote Access Software for the Mac
- FCC Proposes a $20K Fine for ESPN for Illegal EAS Tone
- AI Tech Market to Hit $342 Billion in 2021
- SN Now Taps Firstlight Media and Deltatre to Relaunch Streaming Service
- Sencore MRD 7000 Release Reduces Decoding, Monitoring Cost Per Channel
- Cord-cutting Can be Costly: Average HH Spends $85 a Month on OTT
- Gravity Media Appoints ESPN Veteran to Focus on U.S. Expansion
- Dalet Announces New Hires to its Leadership Team
August 5
- FCC Seeks Comments on Foreign Sponsorship ID Requirements
- Disruptive Pandemic TV Trends Continue
- ViacomCBS Streaming Revenues Spike as Global Subs Hit 42M
- Demand for Ad-Free Streaming Tech Boosts Amagi's Revenues
- NextGen TV Backers Seek Answers at Conferences
- EditShare Announces FLOW, EFS Technology Update For Q3
- Ross Video Breaks Ground On Iroquois Manufacturing Expansion
- Nielsen to Deploy New Wearable People Meters
August 4
- eSports Production Center Selects TSL Products’ TallyMan
- WideOrbit Releases WO Traffic v21.0
- Unified Origin Software Now Available in Microsoft Azure
- Tokyo Olympics Coming to Thailand Via Cinegy Air
- Telestream Unveils New Lightspeed Live Capture Functions
- NextGen TV: APTS and NAB Oppose Microsoft’s Petition To Revise FCC’s DTS Rules
- NAB Supports Wideband Multichannel Audio System, With Restrictions
- At the Olympics, Live TV Production Achieves a New Aesthetic Standard
- NBA Selects RISE with SAP
August 3
- NEP Launches NEP Virtual Studios
- HBO Max App Launches On LG Smart TVs In U.S.
- Tinuiti Launches Streaming+
- Pudding.ai, Nielsen Collaborate on Data Analytics
- BET+, discovery+ Coming to Vizio SmartCast
- Fandango Unites Its Streaming Services On Vudu
- Aviwest Integrates Contribution Solutions With Grabyo Cloud Production
- ViacomCBS Inks Distribution Agreements with Cox Communications
- NBC Olympics Turns to Comcast Technology Solutions For Multiscreen Video Delivery
- AT&T & TPG Close DirecTV Deal
- Byron Allen Completes Acquisition of Gray TV Stations
August 2
- Diversified Acquires HB Communications
- Going Wild for Sony’s PXW-Z450/Z750 Shoulder-Mount Camera
- Post House Fifty Fifty Adds Leader Waveform Monitor
- CFN Upgrades Studio Acquisition With Hitachi HDTV Cameras
- PFL Blow-by-Blow Action Captured With Panasonic
- Matrox Video Announces the Passing David Chiappini
- NTC Announces Ndox Platform to Consolidate Media System Documentation
- MDotti Deploys Cinegy Capture PRO
- UEFA Deployed Aviwest for UEFA EURO 2020
- AIMS Issues Paper Call For IP Oktoberfest 2021
- Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony ‘first mainstream 8K rip on pirate sites’