Iroquois, ON, Canada-December 5, 2007-TV Bandeirantes Group has again invested in Ross, purchasing a Vision 3 Video Production Switcher and an OverDrive Production Control System. One of Brazil‘s largest networks, TV Bandeirantes will use the switcher and automation system for TV Bandeirantes News, interconnected with their existing AP ENPS news system. more
SEATTLE — Nov. 28, 2007 — Streambox, Inc. today announced that it was honored with a Government Video Salute award for product innovation at the GVExpo conference and exhibition, held in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14 -16. The award, presented by the editors of NewBay Media‘s Government Video magazine, recognizes products that demonstrate particular appeal in the government video marketplace. Award-winning products will be featured in the December issue of Government Video. more
Judges Commend Scalability, Energy-Efficiency and Integration of Features for the Gear of the Year Award
LONDON — Nov 28, 2007 – OmniBus Systems, the innovative provider of comprehensive broadcast automation and content management solutions today announced that OmniBus iTX won the 2007 “Gear of the Year” award presented by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) at its Media Excellence Awards in London. The awards celebrate technology and productions that demonstrate excellence in broadcasting across national boundaries. more
Genesis Networks Also Facilitating Occasional-Use Live Feeds From Jerusalem and New York
NEW YORK — Nov. 28, 2007 — FRANCE 24, a French 24-hour cable news network, has selected the Genesis Networks fiber infrastructure to provide a permanent video link between FRANCE 24‘s U.S. news bureau at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the channel‘s Paris headquarters for broadcast of North American news content to the European viewing audience. In addition, Genesis Networks is facilitating occasional-use transmissions of live news shots from Jerusalem and New York. The links provide FRANCE 24 with a turnkey and highly dependable solution for its U.S. coverage, and enable Genesis Networks to further extend its presence among the European broadcasting community. more
Affordable Point-and-Shoot HD Camcorder Offers Benefits of SD Card, Solid-State Recording, and Professional Audio Flexibility
WIESBADEN, Germany — 29 Nov. 2007 — Panasonic announced the expansion of its professional AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) product line with the introduction of the AG-HMC71 AVCHD camcorder. As the industry‘s first shoulder-mount AVCHD camcorder, the AG-HMC71 records high-quality 1080i images onto readily available SD/SDHC memory cards. more
December 4, 2007 — Passfield, UK: MTV Italia, the Italian affiliate of international media powerhouse MTV, has purchased a range of Digital Rapids DRC-Stream media encoding and streaming solutions. The Digital Rapids hardware and software combinations were selected by MTV Italia for encoding and streaming live content on QOOB TV, MTV Italia‘s interactive website.
QOOB TV explores new ways of producing and distributing content. Users are also allowed to upload and comment on content, which is monitored and edited by MTV. MTV was looking for a reliable and flexible way to encode live feeds into the On2 VP6 format for live streaming to viewers using Adobe Flash Player. more
New Version of Abaltat Muse Packed With New Feature; Comes Bundled With Seven Abaltat Bands
SPIDDAL, COUNTY GALWAY, Ireland — Dec. 3, 2007 — Abaltat, a provider of radical music software solutions, today announced the release of Version 1.1 of its innovative Abaltat Muse™ video-driven soundtrack composer. Abaltat Muse is a professional software application for video editors that creates original, royalty-free, broadcast-quality soundtracks in minutes. A free 14-day full trial version of Abaltat Muse (3.11GB) is now available for download or shipping. more
“Big Brother” TV Series and Jerry Lewis Telethon Are Two Recent RBN Clients Who Depend on Niagara for High-Performance Streaming
PLANO, Texas — Dec. 4, 2007 — ViewCast Corporation (OTCBB: VCST), a leading global provider of audio and video encoding communication products, today announced that Real Broadcast Networks (RBN) is using ViewCast‘s Niagara® PowerStream Pro encoders to deliver state-of-the-art video streaming solutions to RBN customers. In a recent example, Niagara encoders provided high-quality and high-availability online streaming for the “24/7 Live Feed” feature of the popular “Big Brother” reality TV series. The encoders were also in action during the Labor Day weekend‘s Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Telethon, establishing a new benchmark for image quality of the production‘s live streaming video. more
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Dec. 4, 2007 — da Vinci Systems, a leading provider of color grading, image enhancement, and image restoration products used in post-production facilities worldwide, today announced the appointment of Geoff Parker as regional field service engineer for the northeastern United States. Parker, a 25-year engineering veteran in the video industry, will cover the tri-state territory of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for da Vinci. more
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Dec. 4, 2007 – Volicon, a leading provider of media monitoring, recording, archiving, and streaming solutions, today announced that the Defense Media Center (DMC) of the American Forces Network (AFN) has purchased the Observer® desktop monitoring system to log and monitor all of the facility‘s broadcasts. Observer will be the first broadcast system linked into the DMC‘s local area network (LAN) and will allow the center to review logging content over its IT infrastructure for the first time. more
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