IABM launches BaM Zone
IABM, the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology, has launched the BaM Zone, a digital engagement platform and meeting place for the broadcast, media and entertainment industry. The BaM Zone is designed to be a destination where all IABM members, partners, stakeholders and subscribers can meet, exchange ideas, discuss trends and technologies, collaborate, […]
DRM Releases Energy Efficiency Calculator
The DRM Consortium has developed a comprehensive calculator tool to determine how much energy can be saved by switching transmitters from analogue to digital DRM operation. The DRM Energy Efficiency Calculator (https://energyefficiency.drm.org) has been created using typical performance data from transmitter manufacturers. It then calculates total expected energy usage for up to 10 transmitters by […]
Mr Sunil of Prasar Bharati elected BES President
Mr Sunil of India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has been elected President of the country’s Broadcast Engineering Society (BES) for 2021 to 2023. Mr Sunil is Prasar Bharati’s Additional Director General (Global Outreach). He was elected to the BES position unopposed. Established in 1987, BES has its headquarters in New Delhi and 12 local chapters […]
G&D launches VisionXS
The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) has launched a new high-end extender product series, VisionXS. G&D has developed this compact multi-purpose KVM tool following the motto “smaller, more compact, more powerful”. It provides a wide range of functions in the smallest possible housing. The new VisionXS systems are high-performance KVM extenders with a bandwidth […]
G&D Asia Business Group Expands
The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) has expanded its Asia Business Group. The group has two new employees, Julia Zhang in Shanghai and Alex Chen in Guangzhou, to provide customers in China with even better local service. Both are control room experts with many years of KVM experience and will be able to provide […]
NHK STRL Open House underway
The NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (NHK STRL) are holding their annual Open House from 1 to 30 June to showcase their latest research results. This year it is being held online at https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/english/open2021/ The Open House gives visitors a close look at broadcast technology research that they would not ordinarily be exposed to. […]
Senior Nepalese broadcaster passes away
The President of the Broadcasting Association of Nepal (BAN), Chandra Neupane, had died of Covid-19 at the age of 50. Mr Neupane died on 28 May at Birat Medical College in Biratnagar, where he was being treated for the virus, a spokesperson for the Federation of Nepali Journalists said. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on […]
WorldDAB factsheet highlights the environmental benefits of DAB
New factsheet looking at the environmental and economic factors of broadcast radio explains why DAB is the most economical and energy-efficient radio platform. As the development of DAB+ digital radio continues to progress, determining the environmental impact of DAB+ is one of WorldDAB’s key priorities. WorldDAB has published a factsheet – Understanding the environmental impact […]
Top Australian broadcast engineer Richard Barton dies
Richard Barton, former Director of Engineering at the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS), died on 21 April 2021. Mr Barton took an active role in many ABU activities and was a member of the ABU Technical Bureau for several years. He won the ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award in 2004. The award is […]
KOBA Notice of Cancellation
The KOBA 2021 Secretariat has been closely monitoring the guidelines and measures prescribed by the Korean government and Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, the number of new confirmed patients has averaged in the 400s for the month of March, showing no clear sign of a decrease in […]
