SALT LAKE CITY — Oct. 29, 2007 — Utah Scientific, a leading provider of routing switchers for the broadcast industry, today announced that the University of Iowa has installed a UTAH-400 HD router along with an SC-4 control system and a SoftPanel-1 software panel as part of an incremental upgrade of its video facility from analog to digital. more
New Primetime Newsmagazine Show Uses POV Camera To Capture High Definition Bullfighting Footage
Santa Barbara, CA: October 22, 2007–Iconix Video, manufacturer of the world‘s smallest professional quality HD video camera, today announced the use of the Iconix HD-RH1 camera system to capture bullfighting footage for ESPN‘s new multi-themed primetime newsmagazine show, “E:60.”
“E:60,” which airs nationally on ESPN Tuesdays at 7:00PM Eastern, includes sports-focused investigative reports, personality profiles and features on emerging sports trends and innovations. The Iconix HD-RH1 was employed by veteran cameraman Bob Sloan to capture high definition footage of a bull charging the camera for a segment entitled “Baby Bullfighters.” more
October 25, 2007 - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has developed a faster-than-real time direct file import option with Pathfire to increase the high-definition (HD) content management capability of the Grass Valley™ K2™ Media Server platform from Thomson. The new K2 “Capture Service”™ software application enables the fast and easy handling of HD programs as digital files and eliminates the need for any third-party intermediate solutions that can slow the file-handling process considerably–in many cases to much slower-than-real time–saving organizations significant time and money. more
David Pavlik has joined Canon U.S.A., Inc.‘s Broadcast and Communications Division as Regional Sales Manager Responsible for the Midwest Region.
David comes to Canon with extensive experience in film and video production as well as broadcast television. His most recent position was Senior Account Manager for Fletcher Chicago, where he spent the past ten years. While at Fletcher, David worked with a wide range of clients, including media production companies, commercial advertising agencies, television stations, corporate media producers, and independent feature film producers. His responsibilities involved consulting with these customers on digital and high-definition film and television production equipment rental packages. Prior to that, he worked as an Account Manager at Chicago‘s Films Incorporated, a film distribution company, and earlier at the Florida production facility of the Anheuser-Busch Company.
Industry Expert Will Help Drive Customer Implementations in Rapidly Growing European Marketplace
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Oct. 23, 2007 — ScheduALL, a leading provider of broadcast production and operations management software, has appointed Sanjay Gooriah as implementation manager for the company‘s European operations. Based in Brussels, Gooriah will lead ScheduALL‘s implementation team to plan and execute customer deployments throughout Europe. more
PRINCETON, N.J. — Oct. 24, 2007 — Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics (LGE), today announced that Dr. Gomer Thomas, the company‘s principal scientist, will provide an overview of IPTV systems at the 2007 Denver SMPTE/SBE Technology BootCamp on Nov. 8 at Starz Entertainment in Englewood, Colo. The presentation will illuminate the similarities and differences between traditional broadcast television and IPTV, detailing how IPTV works and describing some of the new services supported by this new TV delivery model. more
GLENDALE CA, October 23, 2007–Four upcoming digital media and broadcast technology conferences have invited National TeleConsultants (NTC), the world‘s leading provider of strategic media-technology consulting and engineering-design services, to deliver presentations on new IT-based media architectures and file-based workflow solutions. John Footen, an NTC Vice President responsible for the company‘s Software Solutions Group, will present tutorials on these topics at the upcoming Digital Hollywood conference (Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in Hollywood), the Advanced Media Workflow Association/Digital TV Group MXF Summit (Nov. 13, in London), the AMWA/European Broadcast Union SOA Training and Users Meeting (Nov. 14, in London), and the Broadcast Engineering Conference at NAB 2008 (April 12, in Las Vegas).
SAN DIEGO — Oct. 22, 2007 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced that it has strengthened its New York City presence with the addition of two industry veterans, both of whom will work out of the new TV Magic offices in the New York City metro area. David Rosenberg will serve as vice president and general manager of the New York branch and will be responsible for developing TV Magic‘s systems integration sales and services, and Andrea Cummis will serve as vice president of engineering. more
AJA technology provides video ingest and monitoring solution in next generation news gathering and editing workflow for Australia‘s largest national broadcaster
Grass Valley, CA (October 22, 2007)–AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has purchased forty-six AJA KONA 3 video capture and playback solutions as part of a nationwide overhaul of the network‘s editing pipeline. more
Riedel Communications, pioneer of advanced intercom and radio technology, is providing ten stadiums throughout France and England with its state-of-the-art Artist Digital Matrix intercom and Digital Trunked Radio systems to ensure seamless communications during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Riedel‘s Rental Service Division, which is one of the world‘s largest rental service providers in the field of radio and intercom, is supplying the equipment.
The 2007 Rugby World Cup is the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations are competing for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament hosted by France from September 7th to October 20th and comprising 48 matches over 44 days. more
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