Streambox CEO Bob Hildeman Speaking at News Technology Summit and Gray Television President Robert Prather Comments on Streambox Technology

Streambox will be attending the 2010 Broadcasting & Cable News Technology Summit September 22-23 in Nashville, TN. Be sure to register and come by Thursday at 9:15 am to hear Streambox CEO Bob Hildeman speak on the panel titled “Transform Your News Operations with New Technologies.”

Fellow News Tech speaker and Gray Television President Robert Prather recently told Broadcasting & Cable’s Michael Malone about how he is using Streambox in their News Operations. Below is a piece from his interview:

What are some recent technological advances that have helped the Gray stations gather or share news content?
We’re looking at a lot of different things. We’re going to Ross overdrive switchers, which are helping out with automation. One thing we just ordered is Streambox technology, which allows you to do live shots using Internet Protocol as opposed to having a live truck in the field. I think this can be huge for us; I’m convinced that live trucks are obsolete and it’s just a matter of time before they’ll all be replaced. They’re too expensive to operate and too cumbersome to set up, and it looks like there’s technology out there that can virtually replace them. In the next year or two, everybody will be looking to figure out a way to get rid of their live trucks.

We continue to look at every technological advance we can. We’re spending a lot of time finding ways to gather news more efficiently, ways to automate where we can and where it makes sense. But we can’t hurt our news coverage, because news is our most valuable product and we want to make sure we keep the emphasis on being the best provider of local news in our markets.

To read the full article, click here.