Las Vegas, NV, April 23, 2008–Globalstor Data Corporation, premier OEM Integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, unveiled its new ExtremeStor-DI REDe at the ASSIMILATE™ booth at NAB 2008, representing the latest within Globalstor‘s ExtremeStor-DI product line to offer compatibility with today‘s popular RED Digital Cinema cameras. more
Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2008 - RF Central, a leading digital microwave technology provider, presented the best of both worlds for transmission capabilities through the introduction of its RFX-ENG-II Dual Band package, which made its debut at NAB 2008. Presenting a state-of-the-art system capable of originating either 2 GHz or 7 GHz COFDM digital transmissions from one unit, the RFX-ENG-II is ideal for ENG news operations where broadcasters require use of both 2 GHz and 7 GHz bands. more
Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2008 - Nucomm, Inc. unveiled its new 7 Series HD and HD ready product at NAB 2008. Nucomm‘s entire ENG/OB product line is now capable of HD operation using built in encoding/decoding technology. Presenting today‘s broadcast arena with the convenience of field upgradeability, all 7 Series products can be delivered with HD capability or delivered as SD and can be easily field upgraded to HD via a software key. Prior to this announcement Nucomm‘s HD product line consisted of the CamPac 2 HD/SD wireless camera transmitter and Newscaster DR HD/SD diversity receiver that have been well received as the premier wireless camera system in the industry. The 7 Series displaces the SD product line as Nucomm‘s standard product. more
Nashville, TN, April 21, 2008–When it comes to providing its customers with effective storage solutions, Nashville‘s premier rental company, Rack-N-Roll, always chooses Avastor. more
Matrox X.mio2 - cost-effective broadcast platform delivers powerful multi-layer realtime HD compositor/scaler, single-link 3G SDI support, and up to 4-in/4-out HD from a single card.
Matrox X.AVCio - featuring a high-quality, realtime, onboard H.264 hardware codec for HD and SD as well as a full complement of professional video/audio inputs and outputs, this is an ideal card for IP video streaming and medical media server applications. more
Matrox Axio LE and Matrox Developer Products Are Integral Components of Full-Digital Broadcast Installation at South Korea-based OBS Kyung-in TV
Montreal, Canada, April 14, 2008 - Matrox Video Products Group today announced that OBS Kyung-in TV, a newly established terrestrial broadcasting company in South Korea, has chosen Matrox-based HD content creation and delivery systems for its 100% tapeless environment. OBS has recently begun transmitting full HD video signals for news, drama, sports, and entertainment programs produced by its fully networked digital production and playout system which it calls NBS (Networked Broadcast System). IBM Korea was a main contractor, providing the industry-standard IBM software, hardware, and business/technology services that enables the facility to be fully networked. Key components of the NBS include 30 Matrox Axio LE realtime HD editing systems as well as 10 Matrox-based ingest servers from D2net and 20 Matrox-based VisualCG systems from Visual Research Inc. Other broadcast equipment vendors collaborated and customized their solutions to meet OBS requirements including Sony, Quantel, and Omneon. more
NAB 2008 - Las Vegas, NV - April 14, 2008 - Matrox Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2. Designed to streamline editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Production Premium on MacBook Pros and Mac Pros, Matrox MXO2 provides broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion. Users can benefit from file-based workflows with native support for XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, and P2. In addition, they are not limited to using a single codec as with some other I/O devices on the market. more
Atlanta, GA (April 15, 2008) - Video Technics, Inc. (VT) today announced that it is showcasing at NAB2008 the second generation of NewsFlow, which is engineered for affordable high definition quality production. NewsFlow is an open architecture design based on performance and value that combines best-of-class video servers, centralized media and metadata storage, asset management, and popular editing platforms to facilitate a seamless and collaborative workflow. more
Iroquois, ON Canada - April 17, 2008 - WBRZ-TV invests in Ross‘ newest switcher platform with the purchase of a Vision Quattro 3.5 Multi-Definition Video Production Switcher, along with Ross openGear terminal equipment, to equip their HD build out. more
GLENDALE CA, April 15, 2008–National TeleConsultants (NTC), the world leader in strategic technology consulting and engineering design services for the broadcast and media industry, presented an exclusive “State of the Industry 2008® briefing this morning at the 2008 NAB Conference on a series of critical topics facing today‘s media professionals. Presented by NTC Chief Technology Officer Eric Pohl, and NTC Consultants Michael Sterling and Joey Faust, the “State of the Industry 2008® briefing examined seven specific areas, including: the transition to digital cinema, the challenge of metadata collection and usage, the importance of social networking, professional open source media software, the rise of mobile television in the United States, the explosion of digital content distribution formats and methods, and recent advances in high-resolution consumer display technologies. more
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