Vauxhall-based Babcock Media has won a contract to provide channel aggregation and distribution services for Suburban FiberCo’s Nigerian television platform Legend TV. The three-year deal covers 30 HD channels and includes satellite and fi bre aggregation from around the world and delivery to Legend via ... Read More

Deluxe has acquired Sfera, a cloudbased localisation platform and distributed services firm. Following the deal, Deluxe has formed Deluxe Localization to offer language translation, accessibility, subtitling and dubbing services. Sfera’s platform and tools will provide the asset management, workflow and translation management, automated quality control ... Read More

UK broadcasters will move a step closer to being able to launch High Dynamic Range (HDR) services next week if the DVB’s Steering Board, as expected, approves an HDR content delivery specification. The DVB’s Technical ... Read More

Sony has added a new model to its range of 35mm camcorders with the launch of the FS7II. Sony said the model builds on its FS7 device and suggested that those shooting long-form documentaries and independent ... Read More

GoPro has recalled its recently-released Karma drone because some of the units have suffered from mid-flight power failures. The California-headquartered company has now urged all users to stop using the Karma, and it is offering a ... Read More

Avid has struck a deal to exclusively develop and commercialise a range of dialogue and audio analysis tools from Nexidia. Nexidia provides search and analysis products for a host of industries including financial services, healthcare and government. As a result of the licensing deal Nexidia’s ... Read More

Colorfront has launched a Mac version of its on-set daillies and transcoding application Transkoder. The software runs on a Mac Pro and has the same features as the PC version (pictured). Aimed at boutique post facilities and content service facilities, it can manipulate and master content in both ... Read More