At the end of last year some of the team popped over to Rio to find out how the Brazilian broadcaster Globosat uses Vizrt solutions.
Globosat aim was to produce an efficient and effective production eco-system, of which Vizrt tools are a big part.
See the video and read more about the case study here.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has invited President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on 5 February. If you’re a broadcaster and need a Washington DC studio, including a rooftop stand-up position or multicam studio overlooking the White House, AIB Member Celebro could have the answer for you.
Celebro’s facility at 1620 I Street NW is a little over 300 metres from the White House, and has been used by broadcasters around the world to anchor coverage of major US political events (of which there have been one or two over recent months…). If you need a Washington DC studio, talk to Celebro to see what they can offer including studios, stand-ups and connectivity.
Main image Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen
Viz Story is a browser-based video editing tool that was launched in 2018. It lets journalists tell world-class stories without any delay or specialist design skill, enabling them to report, create and edit in the field.
Viz Story allows all journalists the freedom to create, manage and publish content fast on multiple digital platforms.
The tool creates efficiencies within digital teams of broadcasters, cutting out the number of people needed to place content onto various platforms, allowing resource to focus on the story and on getting that story to the audience.
The tool is being used for the Welsh-language output on BBC Cymru Wales’s social media channels, predominantly Facebook. So far it has been used to create short videos with BBC branded graphics and Welsh subtitles.
Mark Pizzey, Vizrt UK Sales manager; “I’m really pleased BBC Wales have taken the initiative to use Viz Story for their daily digital publishing, I’m sure they’ll increase their number of social media stories in 2019 and make good use of the branded graphics capability and fast upload feature.”
Read the full story here.
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A grandiose festival kicked off in Berlin’s Academy of Arts on Wednesday, celebrating 100th birthday of Bauhaus. After an opening speech by the president of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, prominent composer Michael Wollny took the stage with a unique concert, offering a musical perspective inspired by the work of the world-famous design institution. 
On behalf of ZDF the event was streamed live by ARTE Concert, production company ifbbw (Institut für Bildbewegung) while director Thomas Janze contracted Ruptly’s Outside Broadcast Van to bring the concert to the screen.
A multi-camera live production, featuring Ruptly’s ARRI AMIRA ultra high-definition cameras in addition to two ALEXA Mini cameras was mounted on Blackcam systems.
The concert will be showcased at the Kino International cinema in Berlin on Sunday.
Ruptly first introduced ARRI AMIRA cameras as part of its newest lightweight Outside Broadcasting Van in June 2018 with an original live coverage of FIFA legends football match. The OB Van, equipped with Riedel’s Mediornet video router and Bolero wireless intercom, was showcased at the IBC in September 2018.
Global Multimedia Agency Ruptly is an award-winning producer of video, live events and broadcast services for international TV and online publishers worldwide. The agency covers current events in news, entertainment, sports, tech and science.
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/086298-001-A/100-jahre-bauhaus-das-eroeffnungskonzert/
DRC government spokesman Lambert Mende announced on 2 January that the accreditation of RFI correspondent Florence Morice had been withdrawn.
He also said that RFI FM broadcasts were blocked in all DRC cities.
Mende accused Morice of violating electoral law and “the code of good conduct for foreign journalists covering the elections”.
He also alleged that RFI was stirring controversy and said: “we are not going to let a radio station throw petrol on the flames at a time when we are waiting for the compilation of the provisional results.”
RFI, which has been closely covering elections in the DRC, issued a statement saying its coverage had been impartial and expressing full support for Morice.
She had been “merely working as a professional journalist,” the statement said, RFI urged the authorities to reverse their decision to withdraw her accreditation. RFI announced that Morice had left for France on 3 January.
In Madagascar a supporter of defeated presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana attacked an RFI journalist, showing her face on a giant screen and wrongly accusing her of lying.
Speaking to RFI French service, the chair of the International Press Correspondents Association Lova Rabary said that these methods by political parties were unacceptable and dangerous.
“They need to think about what they say and what they publish, because they cannot control the reaction of their supporters. The danger is obviously, people know the face of the journalist who is presented as a liar, the fact that her photo was shown is to make the journalist, who according to them, was not doing her job well, open to public scrutiny,” Rabary said. “Each time a protest occurs in Madagascar, local media often take a position in favour of the parties present and during a crisis, the people and even the media do not accept that a journalist can be neutral and not take a position in a crisis,” Rabary added.
News organisations across the world have marked the one-year anniversary of the jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted of breaching the country’s official secrets act, despite a lack of credible evidence against them and in the face of international condemnations from governments and civil society organisations.
On 12 December, fellow journalists and others working in the international news industry came together to demonstrate their solidarity with Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo as our selection of images shows.
At the AIB, we too have marked the anniversary. We have raised the issue with the Myanmar Ambassador in London – although we have yet to receive any acknowledgement or response from the Embassy. Along with other organisations involved in media freedom, we will continue to seek the release of the Reuters journalists, as well as pressing home the need for media freedom through a new collaborative venture that the AIB is developing with its Members across the world.