Dollywood is a theme park jointly owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Hosting nearly three million guests in a typical season – from mid-March to the Christmas holidays – it is the biggest ticketed tourist attraction in the state. Alongside amusement park thrill rides and the traditional crafts and music of the Smoky Mountain area,…
Skateboarding fans don’t want to tune into a live webcast that does anything less than give them the look and feel of being at the skate park following their favourite athletes. Thanks to the Matrox Monarch EDGE encoder’s ability to receive multiple HD feeds and composite them into a flawless…
Some 87% of teachers, professors and lecturers who took part in a survey for Sony now use video content as part of their lectures or seminars. The survey participants included tutors, lecturers and IT/AV managers and directors working in university education across Europe. In the survey, 53% of education professionals used video…
With millions of daily visitors, YouTube has become an ideal platform for government agencies to keep the public apprised of breaking legislative developments. Content traditionally reserved for public TV or meeting rooms is now increasingly being livestreamed, as the Minnesota House of Representatives is showing. House Public Information Services, a…
The newly refurbished Institute of Physics (IoP) building in Kings Cross, London has been designed to welcome anyone with an interest in physics. IoP members, the general public, students and the local community are now able to access talks and debates, exhibitions and seminars enhanced by video content that is…
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has deployed VuWall's VuScape processor to monitor the launch of the satellites and their trajectory for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), a remote sensing Earth observation satellite programme overseen by the agency. Installed by Applied Electronics, a VuScape video wall controller shares and manages incoming…
Derbyshire Constabulary has deployed LiveU cellular bonding technology to increase its use of live video for information and evidence gathering as well as surveillance. The force worked with UK LiveU partner Garland Partners. Derbyshire Constabulary, one of 45 police forces in the UK, has trained 28 officers as drone pilots…
Cloud video editing platform vendor Blackbird has been appointed video production partners for Leaders Week London 2019. Each year, Leaders Week London brings together around 3,000 leaders in sport, technology and entertainment for a series of knowledge-sharing, experiential, networking and social events. Director-level executives from global brands, broadcasters, clubs, franchises, leagues,…
The University of Salford has invested in Panasonic camera technology to help educate the next generation of filmmakers. The students are using a range of Panasonic VariCam, Eva1 and Lumix GH5 cameras to enable them to produce their short films for the course, which aims to develop multi-disciplined filmmakers. The…
SHK-810 camera technology from Ikegami, developed in cooperation with NHK, was chosen by BT Sport for a pioneering live 8K demonstration at the 2019 International Broadcasting Convention. Viewers on the BT stand at IBC were able to watch live coverage of the Premiership Rugby 7s tournament taking place in Northampton,…
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