WABE (Western Association of Broadcast Engineers) is encouraging members to consider nominating someone for its awards program, ahead of its upcoming conference in Edmonton, Sept. 23-25. The WABE Excellence in Engineering Award is given to engineers or technical teams who have made a significant contribution to their company and/or the broader engineering community; the Ambassador Award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly and are “unabashed supporters of our organization and our cause”; the Sheila R. East Award recognizes a woman whose professionalism, perseverance, and dedication has greatly benefited the broadcast industry; and the R.W. Lamb Award, recognizing an individual whose personal achievements and contributions to broadcasting over their lifetime are outstanding. WABE also would like to support and celebrate those retiring from years of service. Read more here.
Grass Valley has announced a new, multimillion-dollar strategic partnership agreement with technology solutions provider Diversified. The partnership will see Grass Valley leverage Diversified’s integration and services expertise to enhance its solutions offerings for broadcasters, content creators and media organizations. The companies say the partnership will expand their global reach with clients benefitting from enhanced support and service capabilities, including the development of new comprehensive training programs.
Blue Ant Media has chosen Blue Lucy’s BLAM platform for media supply chain automation. The multi-year contract follows a competitive discovery process involving various vendors and a rigorous proof of concept in collaboration with tech consultants, Chromata Solutions. BLAM is running a hybrid deployment model for Blue Ant Media with core database and services provided as a managed service from Blue Lucy, but a number of the BLAM Workflow Runner engines deployed on-premise, managing local resources for editing and the existing LTO library supported by XenData. Cloud storage is used for fulfillment and as the repository for browse media so that content is globally accessible. BLAM is integrated across the group’s technology stack (including Signiant Media Shuttle, Telestream Vantage and VidChecker, Adobe Premiere Pro, amongst others) to facilitate automated content delivery – so a content sale entered into the rights management system automatically triggers BLAM to pull all associated assets, transcode media where necessary and deliver files to clients without user intervention.
MovieLabs, the technology joint venture of the major Hollywood motion picture studios, has opened submissions for the 2030 Showcase Program. The program, now in its third year, recognizes case studies in the M&E industry that are applying various principles of the “2030 Vision” in real-world media creation workflows, demonstrating how they are achieving more efficient, interoperable and secure productions. This year, MovieLabs is expanding the program by accepting submissions to enable companies to submit their most current case studies as they are completed. Currently published MovieLabs case studies include those from Accenture, Adobe, Ateliere, AWS, Dreamworks Animation, Light Iron, Overcast, Prime Focus Technologies, ProductionPro, Skywalker Sound, Sony, Walt Disney Studios and Yamdu.