Archive for April, 2009

Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2009 – Nucomm, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Extreme business unit, and a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military and international marketplace, is showcasing its 7 Series HD and HD ready products at NAB 2009 (Booth 3707). Nucomm’s entire ENG/OB product line is 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 the introduction of the company’s 7 Series, 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

Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2009 – RF Central, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Extreme business unit, and a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military and international marketplace, is featuring its new family of digital fixed links, the RFX-GL Series, at NAB 2009 (Booth C3707). As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single link. more

Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2009 – RF Central, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Extreme business unit, and a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military and international marketplace, is featuring its new family of digital fixed links, the RFX-GL Series, at NAB 2009 (Booth C3707). As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single link. more

SALT LAKE CITY — March 30, 2009 — Utah Scientific Inc., a leading manufacturer of routing switchers and related products for broadcast, today announced the launch of the UTAH-100 Professional Products series of small routers, distribution amplifiers, and similar products suitable for smaller broadcasters and for non-broadcast facilities that require the routing of analog and digital video and audio signals. The UTAH-100 family offers a unique combination of features and performance at affordable prices. more

BILLERICA, Mass. — March 30, 2009 — Nigel Spratling, president of Echolab Inc., and Ankit Patel, Echolab’s senior product manager, will present a paper entitled “Efficient Production Switching in Multiformat Environments” as part of the Broadcast Engineering Conference at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The paper will be part of a session focused on television infrastructure and is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on April 23, in Room S228 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. more

BILLERICA, Mass. — March 30, 2009 — Nigel Spratling, president of Echolab Inc., and Ankit Patel, Echolab’s senior product manager, will present a paper entitled “Efficient Production Switching in Multiformat Environments” as part of the Broadcast Engineering Conference at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The paper will be part of a session focused on television infrastructure and is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on April 23, in Room S228 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. more

FRANKFURT, GERMANY April 1, 2009 — Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, further cements its reputation as Europe’s premier intercom systems provider by welcoming Shure Distribution Germany as its distributor for Germany’s live performance market. Shure Distribution Germany is the distribution arm of Shure, one of the world´s leading manufacturers of microphones and audio electronics. Combined with the strength and breadth of Clear-Com’s German distributor for the broadcast market, Studio Hamburg MCI (Media Consult International) GmbH, this gives customers in both the live performance and broadcast markets, dedicated channels to support their market sector with a high degree of market knowledge and Clear-Com product expertise. more

Rio Rancho, NM – April 1, 2009… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, has announced the introduction of an entirely new, two-way wireless microphone system based on quantum physics. The new QP1 System operates on the principal of “entanglement” between atoms. “This new system has been in development for several years,” states Larry Fisher, President of Lectrosonics, Inc., “and it has cost us millions of dollars, thus necessitating an extremely high price.” more