Los Angeles, CA - March 12, 2008… Unquestionably one of country music‘s most successful artists, Garth Brooks–in conjunction with AEG (the owners of Staples Center), presented a live televised concert on the CBS network this past January 25th to benefit F.I.R.E. (Fire Intervention Relief Effort) in California and the many victims of last fall‘s Southern California wildfires. AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC–the show‘s producers– contracted MTV Networks‘ Remote Unit 8 audio truck to handle music mixing responsibilities for the broadcast event, and at the heart of the truck‘s mixing facilities resides not one, but two Lawo mc²66 digital audio consoles. more
NEW YORK — March 12, 2008 – For the second consecutive year, broadcasts of the recent Australian Open tennis tournament were transmitted to U.S. viewers via a transoceanic fiber link provided by Genesis Networks. The Australian Open marks one of the first examples of a major international sporting event that has chosen a fiber infrastructure over satellite communications for global transmission of broadcasts. more
LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER, BOOTH C-4228, APRIL 14-17, 2008–Ikegami, which introduced the industry‘s first tapeless camcorder at NAB 1995, will debut its revolutionary Flash-based system at NAB 2008 in response to industry demand for a lower-cost tapeless HD ENG solution. Developed in cooperation with Toshiba (a world leader in Flash memory), the GFCAM system includes the GFCAM HDS-V10 tapeless camcorder, the GFSTATION GFS-V10 studio deck, and GFPAK high-capacity Flash media to record more than two hours of HD video. The GFCAM tapeless HD ENG system–which features an open-codec HD/SD architecture, proxy video, and metadata convenience–leverages the increasing integration of IT networking in the broadcast industry and delivers unprecedented file-based HD workflow efficiencies extending from digital video capture, to non-linear editing, to content delivery. more
Iroquois, ON, Canada - March 12, 2008 - Ross Video will introduce version 7 software of the industry leading OverDrive® Automated Live Production Control System at NAB 2008 (Booth SU6010). more
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — March 12, 2008 — Channel 4, a major public television channel serving all areas of the U.K., has expanded its implementation of ScheduALL operations management to streamline all satellite bookings, feeds, and shift planning for the channel’s live broadcasts. more
Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2008–Spotlighting its signature products, Clear-Com Communication Systems®, a global leading provider of communications systems, will be exhibiting the Encore™ Party-line Communication System, the compact Eclipse Median Digital Matrix for mid-size to large applications, Eclipse Easi-PiCo Digital Matrix for smaller applications, and the flexible FreeSpeak®10. A new offering this year is Eclipse V-Series Desktop, the latest addition to the company‘s line of sophisticated V-Series products that provides cutting-edge Digital Signal Processing technology in an acoustically controlled contemporary design. more
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