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How Astera lights have helped Robert DeChellis to become master of the rig

  Astera: “A Titan in the LED and Film world” article covered by PLSN magazine   With his remarkable technological expertise and affable, personable manner, it’s no wonder that Robert DeChellis has swiftly progressed through the ranks to become the go-to […]

Astera Launches ProjectionLens for its PlutoFresnel

              Battery-powered, LED-based Fresnel light now has dual functionality    Press Release   Munich, Germany — 8 February, 2024 Building upon the success of the recently introduced PlutoFresnel, Astera today announces the launch of […]

Why national context still matters in the globalized world of IP

    We’re not quite One World yet Whilst general talk about the rise of IP and OTT can make it seem like the global broadcast market is already fully mature in terms of internet-based services, there is still some […]

WebClip2Go Install ‘State Room’ Recording System For Utrecht University

  Moves The System Beyond DIY Studio To Full, Any-Context, Automated Production Facility   Press Release Veenendaal, The Netherlands _10 January, 2024   Utrecht University has selected WebClip2Go to provide an automated recording system, installed in-situ in their grand ‘State Room’, where […]

The Astera Ecosystem Continues to Grow at ISE 2024

  Extensions to the range include projection capabilities       Munich, Germany — 9 January  2024   Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film, event and TV markets – will be using their attendance at […]

Innomedia and Dream Chip Supply 56 Cameras to Deutsche Eishockey Liga

    In-goal and over-goal mini cameras immerse audiences and aid referee decision making     Press Release Garbsen, Germany — 8 January 2024   On behalf of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Innomedia – specialists in sports video installations […]

How to position your company in the new year

Is your technology unique? Are you looking to develop a unique business proposition? Are you looking to position yourself as a ground-breaking solution?   Companies in tech industries as well as in any B2B industry, need to lead with personality […]

Thanks for being a present to us

Happy Season’s Greetings   When friends become presents, it’s like receiving the most precious gift imaginable. They bring warmth, joy, and a unique kind of connection that goes beyond material offerings. The best part about friends as presents is that […]

Why IP and Sports are a match, game, event made in heaven

        Last week, Bridge Technologies completed its membership application to join SVG (the Sports Video Group) to increase their visibility in the sports sector, and tap into a community of sports broadcast-related expertise. But why does this […]

Sencore Unveils AG 2700

A Revolutionary Solution for Future-Proof Retransmission Reception Infrastructure   Press Release_ Dec 6, 2023 Sencore, an innovator in broadcast solutions, is thrilled to introduce the AG 2700, a versatile and dense solution engineered for receiving ATSC  RF signals, transforming them […]

Astera Release New ‘White Remote’

        Adds futher flexibility and efficiency to potential Astera workflows     Press Release Munich, Germany — 29 November 2023   Furthering their commitment to both the streamlining and flexibility of lighting workflows, Astera – a leading […]

What are the latest developments in Test and Monitor?

Test & Monitor: Look Closely Advanced Television interviewed Simen K. Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies Q. Have lockdown-enforced working practices required a change of approach to T&M? A. Lockdown may have constituted a pivotal and concrete moment of ‘shift’ in terms […]

The Hybrid Heaven in Broadcast

Best of both worlds, or an unfulfilling compromise? We’re most used to seeing the term ‘hybrid’ in the automotive industry, and to say it’s a contentious term would be an understatement. Whilst some see it as harnessing the advantages of […]

How to Leverage Technology Benefits 

On Sencore’s ‘Afiniti’ for the Caveman’s dilemma Back in the days of the cavemen the wheel was invented, and there was much rejoicing. People started to stick wheels on everything. You couldn’t go to the annual IBC tradeshow (International Brave […]

Networks are complex but learning about networks doesn’t have to be complex

What’s your learning style? In the field of education, increasing focus has been paid to the concept of ‘learner types’. For many decades, schools across the world pursued a fairly singular paradigm of teaching and learning, focused on textbooks, exams […]

More, more, more at IBC2023

Bridge Technologies Growth for us is good for all Reporting on IBC each year is becoming a bit of a challenge, because really, how many more ways can we say that things were bigger, better and more exciting than ever […]

Astera to Welcome New Group CEO

        Carl-Johan Sköld will join the German lighting firm      Press Release Munich, Germany — 2nd October, 2023   Astera – a leading developer of innovative lighting solutions for film and events – today announces that […]

Securepoint Launch Customer-centric Security Consultancy

      Company will use NAB NY 2023 to discuss customized solutions with new clients   Press Release  New York _ 2nd October, 2023 Securepoint – a newly launched security and protection consultant and solutions provider – will be […]

intoPix to Celebrate Successful Collaboration with Bridge Technologies at IBC2023

          JPEG XS integration has delivered numerous broadcast monitoring projects   Press Release   Mont-Saint-Guilbert, Belgium — 8 September 2023   intoPIX and Bridge Technologies today announce the celebration of their technology partnership that started four […]

Bridge Technologies Adds Multichannel Audio Generation to VB440

      64 channel signal generation facilitates complex remote broadcast setups    Press Release OSLO, Norway — September 6, 2023 Building upon the existing signal generation function which was added to Bridge Technologies’ VB440 probe in 2022, the company […]

Astera Lights Used in Biggest Hits of 2023

        Interview with gaffer Wayne Shields highlights the power of wire-free lighting setup   Press Release Munich, Germany — 5 September, 2023   Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film and event markets […]

Sencore Acquires Adtec Digital’s Afiniti Platform

      to expand its Broadcast solutions portfolio     Press Release   Sioux Falls, USA —August 24,  2023   Sencore, a leading technology solutions provider in the broadcast industry, is thrilled to announce the successful acquisition of Adtec […]

Bridge Technologies Introduce Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards to VB440

    to help even non-technicians understand complex network metrics    Press Release OSLO, Norway — 24 August 2023   Bridge Technologies has recently developed a unique new addition to its production-orientated VB440; a comprehensive series of Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards which […]

Bridge Technologies’ VB440 New Event Logging Capacity

    signal setting detection and logging aid network troubleshooting   Press Release OSLO, Norway — 14 August 2023 Bridge Technologies – a leading IP monitoring and analytics solutions provider – has extended the event logging capabilities of its award […]

Sencore enhances the VideoBridge RF Monitoring System with the addition of ATSC 3.0

  and increased density, with new VB258   Press Release Sencore, a global leader in cutting-edge broadcasting and video delivery monitoring solutions, is proud to unveil the new Quad-Port RF Monitoring Blade – VB258. Designed to revolutionize RF monitoring and […]

Bridge Technologies Release New Audio Panel for the VB440

    Unlimited channel monitoring with single channel isolation over unlimited flows   Press Release OSLO, Norway — 9 August 2023 In a sweeping host of advancements that Bridge Technologies will be announcing for its VB440 production probe in the […]

How Bridge Technologies Approach Sustainability

There’s nothing sus about our approach to sustainability Did you know that in 2022, four out of every five cars sold were electric? And that Norway maintains the world’s biggest hydropower plant, and secures 60% of its energy needs from […]

Proactive Network Troubleshooting

  Why is there nothing scarier than an unidentified beep in the night? It’s night, and you wake up to a low beeping sound. It occurs only once every minute or so, but in the middle of the night, it’s […]

Astera Shows The Way to the Film Industry at IBC

  New LED Fresnels further enhance creative potential of Astera range   Press Release Munich, Germany — 24 July 2023   Building on their success at global tradeshows throughout the year, Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions […]

Why and how Bridge Technologies Celebrates Business Partners

Recognising success with real intent  The annual Bridge Awards  have come and gone. Usually, in our post-awards blog, we engage a run down of all the excitement and enjoyment we had the opportunity to indulge in. And certainly, there was the […]

How Bridge Technologies deliver monitoring and analysis of thousands of streams

The new VB330 website Website design has evolved a long way. Technology and design have mutually informed each other, bringing with them not just possibilities (who remembers the clunky JavaScript animations of the 90s?), but also driving what we require […]

How to facilitate the efficient movement of video-based data

Blog Putting Pressure on the Internet Pipes “The Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if […]

Why Cloud-based broadcast is the future

And why it isn’t. Blog When blue sky thinking gets cloudy We have talked before in a previous blog about the endless acronyms that appear in technology markets. One you might not have heard much about is IPoAC . Developed in 1990 […]

ATSC 3.0 and the Future of Digital Broadcasting

  Déjà vu: Are we back to Betamax? Predicting the rate and direction of technology adoption often seems to be as much of an art (indeed, perhaps a dark art) as it is a science. It was nearly half a century ago […]

Astera Launches LED-based Fresnel Range

  Battery powered, wireless Fresnels for full creative flexibility   Press Release  Munich, Germany — 31 May 2023 Astera today announces the introduction of their new Fresnel series of lights; the compact PlutoFresnel and the larger LeoFresnel. These two offerings […]

Inspirational Women in Telecommmunications

How is the future looking like for women in Telecommunications in 10 years’ time? Fiorenza Mella, Maria Tyrrell and Dr Gillian Kendrik talked to Broadband Journal about their achievements, how they got started in this sector and what motivates them […]

Broadening Horizons at the Most recent NABShow

Blog On our first day at the NABShow, during our Bridge Show interview with the always-engaging Stan Moote, CTO of IABM, we asked him ‘how is it that NAB keeps getting better every year?’. And it really wasn’t just flattery […]

Bridge Technologies Add Dolby E monitoring to VB440

    compression solution now accommodated by the production probe    Press Release OSLO, Norway — 15 April 2023 Bridge Technologies will be using NAB 2023 (Booth C4939) to demonstrate the enhanced audio functionalities that they have brought to their […]

Bridge Technologies and the Magic of Las Vegas 

The Magic of Las Vegas  David Copperfield. Sigfried and Roy. Penn and Teller. There’s no doubt, Las Vegas is the home of magic. But you don’t have to spend a fortune at one of the big name shows to be […]

Henri Vander Stichele to Join VP Media Solutions as Sole Shareholder

        Press Release Brussels, Belgium — 5 April, 2023   VP Media Solutions (VPMS) is pleased and proud to announce that Henri Vander Stichele, a veteran of procurement and purchasing for some of Europe’s leading technical, telecom […]

Sencore to Display its Extensive Range of Solutions at NAB 2023

  Includes new Centra platform for broadcasters  Press Release Sioux Falls, USA — 30 March 2023 Sencore – a leading broadcast equipment supplier and platform developer – will be using NAB2023 (Booth W2500) to present their range of internet delivery […]

Astera to Demonstrate Creative Flexibility of Full Range at NAB 2023

        Booth will focus on integrability of lighting solutions   Press Release Munich, Germany — March 29, 2023 Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film and event markets – will be using their […]

Bridge Technologies Integrate SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 Visual Log Recording Feature

    Upgrade expands commercial monitoring ability of the VB330     OSLO, Norway — 27 March 2023 Furthering the 2022 incorporation of SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 marker monitoring into their suite of broadcast monitoring probes – including the […]

Sencore services, steeped in years of expertise

  In a crowded marketplace, what differentiates one vendor from another? Some might say it’s the quality of the swag given away at tradeshows. And at Sencore, we know we’re at the top of our game on that front – […]

How Bridge probes are integral to effective OTT delivery

Technological stability in a volatile OTT market An Over the Top reaction to OTT changes? (We’re sorry, it’s practically copywriting law that you include an OTT pun when you’re writing about OTT services. We promise there won’t be any more).  […]

The Japanese Broadcast Media Landscape

How do you tend your garden? article by Simen K. Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies   It’s interesting that we refer to the broadcast media ‘landscape’ of different countries. In general, business loves a good nature metaphor, whether it’s ‘organic […]

Why do we love sports?

Blog Everybody in broadcast (actually, everybody in the world…) knows that sports is big business. In 2022, SportBusiness identified in their Global Media Report that the value of US sports broadcast was just over $24.5 billion, a figure which they estimated to […]

Case Study: How Bridge Technologies VB440 has become the “go to” tool for AMV

All Mobile Video case study    Challenge  To help All Mobile Video maintain the status of the OB van ‘Eclipse’ as a market-leading offering in terms of IP production technology and broadcast reliability.  Solution  Installation of a VB440 production probe.  Results  Initial […]

How Bridge Technologies delivers leading-edge technologies in challenging times

Business agility can help you respond to market changes 2023 is upon us. A time for looking forward and thinking about the year to come. We certainly have some pretty solid predictions for what we’re going to be up to internally […]

Great Start for Astera at ISE 2023

A New Year, full of potential and big plans At the start of a New Year, there’s nothing quite as exciting as a crisp new diary, with its pristine white pages full of endless potential. Whilst you can’t beat the […]

Top Five Successful Marketing Companies to Watch in 2023

A World-class Agency Specializing in broadcast and Technology-driven Markets CIOTIMES interviewed Fiorenza Mella   As a specialist in B2B communications marketing for technology-centred markets, Fiorenza Mella, Founder, and CEO, of Xpresso Communications, aims at creating intelligible communications by making detail-heavy […]

Bridge Technologies: Satellite Monitoring in 2023

Future Look In Satellite Market published by SATNews By Simon K. Frostad, Chairman, Bridge Technologies   While Bridge Technologies has been well known within the broadcast industry as evangelists for IP, what we believe in the most is monitoring Monitoring is what matters, […]

First Chapter of our 2023 Content Marketing Creation

Our first chapter of the 2023 ‘book’! Our content creation will be inspired by existing clients, new customers, friends and our polymath mindset. Happy New Year!  

Looking back to look forward, together

Looking back to look forward, together   Growing together And so, another year comes to a close. And what a year it has been! The end of the year provides the perfect time to reflect on our progress and make […]

IP is moving the frontier of the broadcast segments ever forward

Bridge Technologies notes well that IP is moving the frontier of the broadcast segments ever forward A Monitoring Perspective Simen K, Frostad, Chairman However, as it pushes boundaries for market leaders, it opens up space for the rest of the market to move into previously occupied territory. In broadcast, we see satellite occupying both […]

How to define a unique solution for broadcast creatives and engineers

How to define a unique solution for broadcast creatives and engineers There really isn’t anything else like the VB440 on the market Making something out of nothing If you’re vaguely familiar with linguistic theory, you’ll be aware of the idea […]

A Monitoring Perspective in Broadcast and Satellite

A Monitoring Perspective in Broadcast and Satellite by Simen K. Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies Bridge Technologies notes well that IP is moving the frontier of the broadcast segments ever forward. However, as it pushes boundaries for market leaders, it […]

How much time can you gain with the RuntimeExtender?

      ASTERA LED Technologies  IN THE NEWS! How much time can you gain with the RuntimeExtender?   “Let every man be master of his time” – Shakespeare On set, there’s nothing more valuable than time. But there never […]

How to Treat Hiccups in IP-based Broadcast

How to Treat Hiccups in IP-based Broadcast   Blog What’s a hiccup? We’ve all had them. Amusing at first, they quickly move to a significant source of frustration: not only for the hiccuper, but for those around them. Whilst the […]

How was Centra received at IBC?

How was Centra Broadcast solution received at IBC?   Blog Q&A evaluating the show with Aaron Doughten, Sencore Sr. Product Manager IBC concluded a month ago today. How did you recover? Slowly but surely! IBC is intense enough as it […]

Bridge Technologies Add VB440 to New Eclipse Production Truck 

    Bridge Technologies Add VB440 to New Eclipse Production Truck  US Business Partner 2110 Solutions facilitated the sale to All Mobile Video   Press Release OSLO, Norway — 12 October, 2022 Bridge Technologies today announces completion of the sale […]

Every new acronym means yet further progress in the broadcast industry

Every new acronym means yet further progress in the broadcast industry Blog What’s in a name?  What’s the difference between an acronym and an initialization? An acronym is when the first letter of the full name or phrase is used […]

The Norwegian Broadband and Broadcast landscape

    The Norwegian Broadband and Broadcast landscape   Technology Article Television is dead, long live television ‘The King is dead, long live the King’ is a phrase that is often misunderstood. First uttered in 1422 (in French) after the […]

Why revolution and evolution are not mutually elusive in technology?

The world of business always has an appetite for business buzzwords. Two popular but polarising concepts are that of ‘disruptive innovation’ versus ‘incremental improvement’. But at Bridge Technologies, we’ve been thinking – why does it have to be one or […]

What business and/or technical challenges is JPEG XS designed to solve?

  What business and/or technical challenges is JPEG XS designed to solve?   The technical challenge for JPEG XS is one that constitutes an age-old and ongoing challenge for the industry as a whole; how to transport super-high-quality data from […]

Going beyond interoperability

  Going beyond interoperability: stepping into a world of integration The rise of the internet has brought with it some important things, perhaps the most notable is ‘convenience’. Despite the fact that it is vast and sprawling, the internet allows […]

Are broadcast engineers and IT engineers living together in harmony? 

  Are broadcast engineers and IT engineers living together in harmony?  Blog You’re likely aware (or perhaps you aren’t, in which case time to put your school hat back on) that at the heart of ‘the internet’ lies two central […]

Bridge Technologies Integrate SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 Marker Monitoring

        Bridge Technologies Integrate SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 Marker Monitoring Upgrade responds to growing customer demand    Press Release   OSLO, Norway — 8 August, 2022   In preparation of their participation in this September’s IBC […]

How do you perceive collaboration?

Connect to become Connected How do you perceive collaboration? For us, collaboration is a mindset – one that recognizes that the process needs to be geared towards mutual benefit and enhancement, adding value at every stage and aiming for the […]

Content to increase eyeballs

Content Strategies to increase eyeballs We won’t say “content is king” but we would rather explain how content strategies are fundamental in building visibility while keeping engaged with your audience. Is your company relying on experienced content creators?    

Going beyond collaboration: A new way forward for architects

How architects can harness the power of a unique project delivery eco-system. Going beyond collaboration: A new way forward for architects.     Why projects fail, and the risk this presents architects No architect is an island. We all know […]

Proactivity versus reactivity and the biases that guide our decision making

Proactivity versus reactivity and the biases that guide our decision making How do you face failure when you’ve never failed before? Humans have a range of interesting and quite peculiar cognitive biases. Whilst economic theory and business practices are often […]

Xpresso Communications Celebrates 10 Years in Marketing Communications for Innovators

Celebrating our Tenth Birthday in Marketing Communications for Innovators We look back at what’s changed within the broadcast industry. And what hasn’t changed about the way Xpresso does business.   When mindsets evolve, so does technology That technology in the […]

In person or on screen, 2022’s Bridge Event was as grand as ever

In person or on screen, 2022’s Bridge Event was as grand as ever!   It’s that time of the year again… We know, we lead with that line a lot, but that’s because there are simply so many brilliant highlights […]

What Bridge Technologies Discovered at NAB 2022

What Bridge Technologies Discovered at NAB 2022 We came. We saw. We conquered. Yes, finally – after what seems like a very long time – the Bridge team escaped from the offices on the banks of the Akerselva river, hopped […]

From Design to Construction. From a mere dream to a key in the door

From Design to Construction. From a mere dream to a key in the door. How A Living Concept’s holistic and coordinated full-service approach delivers projects where the joy comes built in    Does struggle mean success? Convenience and excellence are […]

Foxtel Expands its Monitoring Equipment with Bridge Technologies

Foxtel Expands its Monitoring Equipment with Bridge Technologies …and finds Norwegian Superhero hiding inside Bridge Technologies’ Appliance   Written by Techtel Australia After searching the market for a content monitoring platform that has both a heart and a soul, Foxtel […]

Have you ever used an iPad to monitor your production feed?

Have you ever used an iPad to monitor your production feed? Do you know the answer? Which HTLM5-based product can satisfy both engineers and creatives in production? And… What about monitoring your feed on an IPAD? Have you tried that? […]

Bridge Technologies Integrates SR Live Metadata into VB440

Bridge Technologies Integrates SR Live Metadata into VB440  Development sees Bridge support Sony’s SR Live for HDR technology   OSLO, Norway — 3rd May, 2022   Bridge Technologies today announces the integration of a new functionality to the VB440 that […]

How to market the unremarkably remarkable?

How to market the unremarkably remarkable? Benefits and complexities of adopting a ‘continuous improvement’ mindset in a market that thrives on big announcements     Evolution or revolution? Change and progress can be found in two particular forms. The first […]

Creativity Is A Beacon That Drives Us All Forward

Creativity Is A Beacon That Drives Us All Forward   As we look back across the year that has just passed, one thing that strikes is the way that creativity has shone throughout, and continues to be a beacon that […]

How Much it Means to Share Something of Meaning

How Much it Means to Share Something of Meaning Our BridgEvent experience Technology evolves at a mile a minute. Psychology and physiology are a little slower. So what does that mean for the way that people and technology intersect? We […]