Newsgathering

‘Ground zero’ for ENG appears to be ‘on-the-scene’ coverage in August 1928 of New York Gov. Al Smith announcing his candidacy for U.S. president. The event was televised over General Electric’s Schenectady station, WGY. Ernst Alexanderson (right), who headed up GE’s early television research and was responsible for the live event coverage, is seen here with assistant Ray Kell, examining a 48-line mechanical scanner used in his TV broadcasting initiative. — The Origins of Electronic Newsgathering Tracing the beginnings of television news’ most essential ingredient

Sinclair Accelerates Newsgathering With Avid, Sony and Marquis Fundamental to Sony’s C3 Portal news workflow is the automatic preservation and enrichment of metadata from the point of origination

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EnGo 3 and EnGo 3x feature a completely redesigned RF and antenna architecture to unlock the full potential of 5G connections

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What’s in Store for News Production at the 2022 NAB Show

By Bob Kovacs published 3 March 22

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Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband Coming to 100M People in Jan. 2022

By George Winslow published 4 January 22

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By George Winslow published 25 August 21

The 24-hour news channel in Bangladesh has added new cloud-based newsgathering tools from TVU Networks for its remotes and country-wide coverage

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Drones Now an Essential Part of TV Broadcasting

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AWARN Alliance Looks to Leverage Newsgathering for Emergency Info

By Phil Kurz published 28 March 19

The alliance’s executive director sees an opportunity to better inform the public.

Aviwest, V-Nova Show Next-Gen Newsgathering Proof of Concept at IBC 2019

By Phil Kurz published 16 September 19

The product combines V-Nova’s P+ AI-powered streaming and Aviwest’s HE4000 HEVC encoder.

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ABC Owned Stations Hiring Community Journalists

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More than 20 reporters to provide local content.

Derana TV Selects LiveU Technology for its Entire Newsgathering Operations

By Joss Armitage published 12 November 19

Multiple LU600 HEVC units will be used to cover the country’s upcoming presidential election

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CBS Newspath Deploys LiveU Matrix Content Management Service Across CBS News Bureaus & Affiliates

By Jump published 8 April 19

Efficient combination of IP live video management and LiveU hardware-based HEVC encoding

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