The latest in broadcast and IT-based VECTORBOX technology to be demonstrated on stand 7G4-01
Barcelona, Spain – May 28, 2009 - Vector3™ announced today that they will exhibit the latest in VECTORBOX playout technology at the Broadcast Asia exhibition held in Singapore June 16 through June 19, 2009 on stand 7G4-01. “This year we bring to Broadcast Asia a new multi-tiered product line that gives customers much more freedom in choosing Vector3 technology. Customers can opt for the highly-popular integrated VECTORBOX 8000 HD series which delivers the full spectrum of ingest, control automation and playout capabilities or should they need something more specific such as ingest only, they can go with the VBox Recorder powered by the same outstanding VECTORBOX technology. Regardless of the need, we more
COLOGNE, Germany, ANGA Cable 2009 Stand H.21 — May 27, 2009 — Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that SK Broadband Incorporated (KOSDAQ: 033630), Korea’s leading integrated telecommunications company, has deployed Harmonic’s award-winning Direct-2-Edge (D2E) solution — encompassing Harmonic’s NSG™ 9000 universal edgeQAMs and D2E control software — for the world’s largest commercial launch of cable IPTV to date. The landmark deployment enables SK Broadband to provide a uniform broadcast IPTV service across its cable, xDSL, and FTTx access networks, providing substantial operational efficiencies and advantages. Subscribers can also receive uninterrupted, high-speed Internet access of up to 150 Mbps to the home, powered by Harmonic’s NSG 9000 using a modular CMTS (M-CMTS) architecture and delivered to a DOCSIS® 3.0 cable modem. more
COLOGNE, Germany, ANGA Cable 2009 Stand H.21 — May 27, 2009 — Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that its SUPRALink™ 1550 nm dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) transport solution has been selected by the province of Salzburg, Austria, for an upgrade to its HFC cable infrastructure. The new deployment, the first of its kind in the region, will be implemented by Normann Engineering GmbH, a longstanding Harmonic partner and reseller in the region. more
PRINCETON, N.J. — May 25, 2009 — Triveni Digital today announced that Boreal Communications will serve as the company’s reseller to the Brazilian broadcast market. Boreal will provide sales and support services, enabling continued distribution of Triveni Digital products across this important market. Founded in 1995, Boreal Communications has offices strategically located in three Brazilian cities, Campinas, São Paulo, and São José dos Campos. Boreal’s strong sales and technical force in Brazil provides equipment and solutions to South America’s broadcast and telecommunications industries. more
TORONTO, ONTARIO, MAY 28, 2009—No one is safe from the pranks pulled on the hit NBC reality show Howie Do It, which puts a new spin on TV’s ever-popular high jinks format. From Executive Producer Howie Mandel, Howie Do It turns the cameras on unsuspecting “actors” who believe they are part of, or auditioning for, a new television show. What they don’t know is that they’re really the stars of a TV prank program being screened by a studio audience whose every snicker is being captured through numerous mics connected to and controlled by an Aviom 6416m Mic Input Module. more
Contributions will assist in re-build of new Kiowa County communications project; marks two-year anniversary of tornado
Hoffman Estates, IL – May 28, 2009 - Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, has just announced the donation of their video-based training programs to the Kiowa County Media Center Project, launched after an EF5 tornado destroyed 95% of this Kansas community’s houses and businesses. Contributions of the award-winning training programs include select titles from NewTek and Sony and will play an integral part in educating community journalists. more
Award-winning product offers faster than realtime high definition H.264 file creation for mobile devices, the web, and Blu-ray discs at a breakthrough price
Montreal, Canada – May 28, 2009 – Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox CompressHD™, the first implementation of Matrox MAX™ technology in an H.264 accelerator card for the Mac, is now shipping. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and more
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has installed a DK-Technologies MSD600M++ with an SDI de-embedder card, which is being using as part of a suite of tools to help monitor and control the loudness value of television audio.
Founded in 1997, IMD is now the leading distributor of broadcast quality audio to the UK and Ireland’s commercial radio stations. It also offers a broadcast quality digital distribution service to the TV industry, providing an efficient and cost effective route through which commercials and programming can be sent to broadcasters ready for immediate broadcast. IMD maintains its own telecoms network, which enables it to deliver to over 220 national and regional radio stations and over 70 TV stations.
Broadcast host of Roland Garros tournament, France Télévisions in partnership with Microsoft, Inlet Technologies and Level 3 Communications, offers in exclusivity on france2.fr, france3.fr and france4.fr free live Web broadcasting in HD quality (720p) of the Roland Garros tennis tournament shown on the France 2, France 3 and France 4 TV channels.
For the fifth year, France Télévisions is broadcasting games from Roland Garros on the Internet using Microsoft’s Windows Media Player. This year marks the first time the video streams of seven simultaneous games will be available in Silverlight technologies free of charge. more
Sportcast GmbH has ordered two new OB vans from Grass Valley™. The wholly owned subsidiary of DFL, Deutsche Fussball Liga GmbH, produces the basic programming of all matches of Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga in Germany as well as the DFB-Cup games of DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund). The new compact OB vans will allow Sportcast to further extend their productions.
The two OB vans are identical. Built on 12m Mercedes Benz truck bases, the completed units will provide an excellent working environment for production crews. Each will be equipped with six Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite HD cameras plus an LDK 8300 HD Live Super SloMo camera. A 3 M/E Kayenne XL™ Video Mixer package including the new Kayenne XL control panel – just recently introduced to the market by Grass Valley – provides the main production control, with another 2 M/E Kayenne XL Panel to allow simultaneous secondary production control. more
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