October 18, 2007 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids has worked closely with a premier U.S. telecommunications provider, along with leading content providers and post production facilities, to bring to market an advanced H.264 encoding platform meeting the provider’s demanding requirements for Video on Demand (VOD) content for its flagship IPTV video service.
Studios and facilities including Ascent Media Group, Global Digital Media Xchange, Starz Entertainment, TVN Entertainment and more are using Digital Rapids’ StreamZ encoding solutions with the new Digital Rapids Studio AVC Encoder module to encode VOD assets for the service, the first entirely Internet Protocol (IP)-based video service offered by a national U.S. provider. more
Sound Devices, a manufacturer of industry-leading portable digital audio recorders and mixers, has activated the new Sound Notes Technical Reference initiative live on the web. The information base provides users with application-specific information for Sound Devices products and general audio applications. The web activation was announced at AES 2007. more
Aviom, exclusive developer of the world‘s premier audio transport technology, will feature its new MH10f Merger Hub with Fiber at WFX 2007 (Booth # 628).
The MH10f Merger Hub is designed to merge and distribute A-Net® data streams and provide a host of professional features to make audio networking with Pro64 Series products easy to set up and configure in multiple professional audio environments. more
Aviom, maker of the popular Pro16 personal monitor mixing system, is introducing audio solutions with applications in “the Sanctuary and Beyond” at WFX 2007 (Booth #628).
Churches large and small have come to know and appreciate Aviom for its award-winning personal monitoring system, which has been responsible for solving the common problem of excess stage volume in the sanctuary and improved the worship experience at those churches as a result. Now, that same problem-solving technology has been applied to new products and solutions that can easily distribute, connect and direct audio to any location in the church facility or campus where people need to hear the message or the music. more
Female Students From Middle East University Are First to Produce a Live Television Sports Program From the United States
BILLERICA, Mass. — Oct. 17, 2007 — Echolab Corporation, a leading provider of professional video production switchers and broadcast tools, today announced that its Opera dual-format production switcher played a key role in the Webcast of the 2007 Durango High School Fall Classic Tournament, the first live sports television program produced in the United States by female students from the Middle East. more
Verona, NY, October 17, 2007 - RF Central, a leading digital microwave technology provider, introduced its RFX-CMT-II 5.8GHz camera-mounted transmitter at the Broadcast & Technology Expo 2007. Designed for live sports stadium and arena coverage, the unit offers complete HD upgradeability with the latest in high-quality, low-latency, HD encoding technology. more
NEW YORK — Oct. 16, 2007 — Genesis Networks, a provider of next-generation global video transmission services, today announced that Chinese telecommunications provider China Netcom (CNC) is now carrying a package of Chinese-language television channels to viewers in Canada via Genesis Networks‘ fiber infrastructure. The package of channels is available from Canadian cable television provider Rogers. more
NEW YORK - Sound Devices, a manufacturer of industry-leading portable digital audio recorders, introduced the Wave Agent utility software at AES 2007. Wave Agent supplies the critical link between Sound Devices 7-Series recorders — 702, 702T, 722 and 744T models — using the newly introduced FLAC data compression option and Windows-based computers. more
NEW YORK - Sound Devices, a manufacturer of industry-leading portable digital audio recorders, is pleased to announce the release of Version 2.34 firmware for all 7-Series digital audio recorders including 702, 702T, 722 and 744T models. The upgrade, which is a free download for registered users, adds several new features that encompass the implementation of FLAC lossless data compression, MP2 and MP3 format recording and multi-unit linking enhancements. Version 2.34 Firmware was officially released at AES 2007. more
Verona, NY, October 16, 2007 - Nucomm, Inc. is showcasing its GoPac2 multifunction portable COFDM transmit system at the Broadcast & Technology Expo 2007 (Booth #A15). Designed to deliver the highest quality HD or SD video for electronic news gathering (ENG) and sports coverage, the GoPac2 system is based on Nucomm‘s award winning CamPac2 wireless camera transmitter. The GoPac2 package brings the exciting new technology offered by the CamPac2 to a new level, expanding the capabilities of a broadcaster‘s news gathering or sports coverage operations. more
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