Multiplying Options News Today

Tech executives from Fox News, WTFX, WPVI and LiveU are shifting away from traditional microwave and satellite technology and finding other IP-native paths to send live and edited video, they told an audience at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum last week. Above (l-r): LiveU’s Mike Savello, Fox News’ Scott Wilder, Dejero’s Elizabeth Plyler and Fox Television Stations’ Erik Smith (Alyssa Wesley photo). Read a full report here and/or watch the video above.

TVNewsCheck will prsesent its ninth annual NewsTECHForum conference to an in-person and live-streamed audience on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The conference, themed, “Reimagining the News and How It’s Made,” will open at 9 a.m. ET at the New York Hilton, where it will be co-located with the Sports Video Summit. Register to attend in person or via live stream here.

TVNewsCheck will prsesent its ninth annual NewsTECHForum conference to an in-person and live-streamed audience on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The conference, themed, “Reimagining the News and How It’s Made,” will open at 9 a.m. ET at the New York Hilton, where it will be co-located with the Sports Video Summit. Register to attend in person or via live stream here.

Technology executives from Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, WCBS New York and Avid share how they’re rethinking approaches to reporting, editing, production and multimedia distribution in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event at the New York Hilton on Dec. 13. Register here.

Anchors and news executives from The Weather Channel, Newsy/Scripps News and Gray Television’s Hawaii News Now look at the changing role of the news presenter and presentation technology in a multimedia ecosystem in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 13 at the New York Hilton. Register here.

Low earth orbit satellites, 5G, LAN, WAN, internet gateways and other technologies offer new options for news operations chiefs looking to expand their connectivity tool chest while allowing reporters and videographers to shoot more stories and producers to reversion them for many media. How that’s coming together is the subject of a panel, Field and […]

Television newscasts have long held value in a media ecosystem awash in social, mobile, streamed and online news. But most news leaders concede the form will need major changes to find and stick with younger audiences, and those on the cutting edge of that overhaul will share their progress in a panel, Blowing Up the […]

Executives from ABC News, CBS Television Stations, WTTG Washington and Amagi will discuss the technology reshaping news studios, control rooms and production workflows in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event at the New York Hilton on Dec. 13. Register here.

TV news organizations are under tremendous pressure to produce more content for their expanded hours of linear news and their digital and streaming channels. Leading executives tasked with doing so share how they’re managing it while avoiding burnout and keeping the budget under control in a panel, Creating More Content for a Multimedia Audience, at […]

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. took no half measures when it came to overhauling its approach to TV news, so it started with a top-to-bottom reboot of its flagship national broadcast, The National. That reboot prompted heavy blowback from viewers and taught the legacy public broadcaster valuable lessons on audiences’ threshold for change. It didn’t dampen […]