Archive for January, 2009

With 10,000 units already sold, the HHB FlashMic is now established as the portable recorder of choice with journalists and news organizations worldwide. Recognizing the growing demand for information about the groundbreaking digital recording microphone, HHB has developed a dedicated FlashMic website packed with product details, user information, technical information, software downloads and video content.

Accessible at www.flashmic.info, the site is updated regularly with FlashMic user news from around the world, recent examples of which include the acquisition of more than three- more

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 2009: Effective January 1, 2009 TransAudio Group will handle the U.S. and Canadian distribution for TUBE-TECH, a Denmark-based engineering and manufacturing firm with a thirty-year history of building world-class tube compressors, equalizers, and mic pres of uncompromised fidelity and reliability. TransAudio Group will bring its core strength of business and personal relationships to bear for TUBE-TECH, increasing exposure and sales in the high-end markets of U.S. recording, mastering and touring sound.

TUBE-TECH long-time owner and chief designer, John Petersen, builds modern classics by more

OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT - DECEMBER 2008: Sennheiser Electronic Corporation has introduced a rebate program in preparation for the imminent ruling by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) that will restrict the use of wireless mics operating in the so-called 700 MHz band. To receive a rebate, users must purchase new Sennheiser systems and components in an alternate range and trade-in an equal number of old wireless systems or components, including non-Sennheiser brands, that currently operate in frequencies between 698 - 806 MHz. The twelve-month program includes tiered rebates of up to $1,400 or a simple flat rebate. more

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 2008: As the professional recording industry continues its decades-long transition from a centralized oligarchy dominated by big studios and big session professionals to a diffuse democracy peopled by home studios and musicians, songwriters, engineers, and producers, a new technology has arrived that arguably captures the best aspects of both worlds: eSession.com.

For a modest fee, eSession.com connects professionals in all aspects of the recording industry from around the world and uses high-speed internet to stand in place of the few more

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 2009: Symetrix is proud to announce that the latest in its distinguished line of voice processors for the broadcast market is now shipping. The AirTools Voice Processor 2x features two independent channels of ultra-low latency digital signal processing that are completely customizable from an easy-to-use computer software program. The AirTools 2x includes the processing necessary to make the voices of on-air talent rich, articulated, and attention-grabbing, and up to fifty customized programs may be saved and instantly recalled to make everyone in the station’s lineup sound their best. Perhaps best of all, the AirTools Voice Processor 2x delivers all this power and flexibility at a more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 30, 2009 — NBC Sports is using the Omneon ProCast CDN™ high-performance content distribution platform during its broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII to move large HD graphics and audio files from NBC’s facilities in New York to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fla. for on-air production on game day. Leading up to and during the game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers on Feb. 1, NBC Sports will use ProCast CDN technology to deliver graphics files in a small fraction of the time normally required for such transfers. ProCast also allows NBC Sports to realize significant efficiencies in managing its resources, as the Omneon solution allows the graphics team and equipment to remain in New York rather than move to Tampa Bay for the game. more

Washington DC Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States this month. With a record-shattering 1.8 million spectators in attendance, Washington DC and the surrounding community was virtually shut down for the event. An additional 38 million Americans watched the inauguration on television, and overwhelming demand for streaming video brought some news websites to their knees. How did broadcasters cope with this unprecedented viewership? They stayed connected with RTS Intercom Systems. more

SAN DIEGO — Jan. 29, 2009 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic has engineered and installed an HD video control room and production system at Saddleback Church, which serves Southern Calif. through 200 ministries and worship at eight venues. Led by Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback offers members services in a variety of worship and musical styles. By modernizing the church’s control room technology, the installation improves production quality for video delivered both internally and to regional venues, and also supports the future rollout of additional worship sites. more

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20, 2009: In one of the most anticipated speeches in modern American history, President Barack Obama delivered his eighteen-minute inaugural address on the west portico of the U.S. Capitol Building before a global television audience estimated in the billions. On the very stage upon which Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” and John F. Kennedy urged a nation to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” Sennheiser’s MKH microphones stood at the ready as America’s first African-American commander-in-chief placed his hand on Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural Bible more

Nevada City, Calif., January 29, 2009 – For several years running, the Grass Valley™ Kalypso™ HD Video Production Center switcher has been the right choice for the highest profile live sporting event in North America. This year’s Super Bowl® XLIII telecast on Sunday, February 1 is no exception. It will be broadcast live from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., in the 1080i high-definition (HD) format for the NFL world feed using a Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher, on board an all-HD NEP Supershooters’ production truck. NEP will also provide a Kalypso-based truck to NBC for the production of the Super Bowl halftime show.

The proven Grass Valley HD switcher will work in tandem with other HD production equipment to handle the more than 75 cameras to be used for the game action and other activities in more