New York, NY, October 6, 2008 – RF Central, a brand of The Vitec Group, and a leading provider of digital microwave technology, is showcasing its RFX-PHT-II HD upgradeable portable 2 GHz digital transmitter at HD World 2008 (Booth 714). Utilizing RF Central’s signature RFX-CMT-II camera-mounted transmitter, the PHT-II is designed to turn any “news car” into a “live broadcast car” and transform any “run and shoot” vehicle into a “run and transmit” vehicle. more…
Operators, broadcasters, and content providers face numerous challenges in today’s market that include making the transition to digital video broadcasting, handling a large variety of video formats, creating digital contribution links, migrating smoothly from MPEG-2 to HD H.264, and establishing mass delivery of HD services. more…
Echolab, Inc. is a leading provider of video production switchers and related tools that offer flexibility and on-air reliability for the production and distribution of digital media in a variety of formats. With products including its flagship Overture1™ and Overture2™ video production systems, Echolab delivers the robust functionality, reliability, and ease-of-use critical to professional-quality productions. Since its founding in 1974, the company has delivered more than 6,000 production solutions to a global client base including major broadcast networks and stations, corporations, educational institutions, houses of worship, sports arenas, entertainment venues, and military facilities. more…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, OCTOBER 3, 2008 — Sound Devices announces the latest firmware update for its best-selling 788T Digital Recorder at this year’s AES show (Booth 1231). The 1.5 firmware upgrade adds AES 42 digital microphone support, sampling rate converters, and new metadata handling to the recorder. more…
Since its inception in 1987, Wohler Technologies’ video products division, PANORAMAdtv, has been a world leader in providing in-rack audio and video monitoring solutions for the broadcast, motion picture, and professional audio/visual markets. The San Francisco Bay Area-based company offers a comprehensive range of products that simplify analog and digital source monitoring in facilities of all sizes and complexity. More information is available at www.wohler.com. more…
New System Combines Power and Flexibility with Reliability
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, OCTOBER 1, 2008 – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, introduced its new QR-EX3 Gold Mount® for the Sony PMW-EX3 video camera at this year’s IBC 2008. more…
SALT LAKE CITY — Sept. 22, 2008 — Utah Scientific today announced the appointment of Rick Bowley as technical and sales support engineer for the eastern United States. Bowley, headquartered in New York state, will provide technical support, system commissioning, and customer training. more…
LANCASTER, Pa. — Oct. 1, 2008 — Linear Acoustic, a manufacturer of customer-centric multichannel sound solutions for digital broadcast, today announced that Hal Buttermore, the company’s Midwest sales engineer, will be speaking at the 2008 Iowa DTV Symposium, to be held Oct. 7-9 at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. Buttermore will give his presentation, entitled “DTV Audio Myths and Realities,” on Oct. 7 at 4:30 p.m. more…
Atlanta, GA (October 1, 2008) – Video Technics, Inc. (VT) today announced that Raycom Media’s flagship WSFA-TV of Montgomery, Alabama is using the Apella™ HDS Media Server for ingest, asset management, and playback of high-definition news clips and animated graphics with key.
The solution includes an Apella HDS with one input and two output multi-rate HD SDI channels, VT Media Exchange software, and HD VFW video codecs installed on WSFA’s own content creation workstations. The new workflow allows WSFA’s graphics producers to take HD content provided by Raycom or created locally in Adobe® After Effects®, and drag and drop into the VT HotFolder. The VT Media Exchange software then automatically imports the 300Mb/s MPEG-2 + Alpha HD files to the Apella HDS for playout with audio, video and key. The Apella HDS supports multiple formats and native codecs, including 10 bit uncompressed video and key, and accepts VDCP automation by WSFA’s existing Snell & Wilcox Kahuna™ switcher. more…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Gepco International, Inc., an industry leader in the manufacturing and distribution of quality professional audio and video cables, will be featuring its complete line of X-Band audio cables at AES 2008 (Booth 1316). Ideal for studio, live-sound and broadcast applications, X-band cables feature an extra-flexible, low-noise design, making them ideal for critical audio applications. more…
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