Archive for October 13th, 2009

XenData and Qualstar Collaborate to Streamline Digital Video Archive Deployment

Costs are Cut by Delivering Turnkey Digital Video Archives Straight from the Factory

Walnut Creek, CA – October 13, 2009 – XenData®, the leading provider of digital video archive software to the media and entertainment industry, today announces its initiative with Qualstar® Corporation (Nasdaq: QBAK), an innovator in automated data tape storage solutions. Through their collaboration, Qualstar and XenData are greatly simplifying the deployment of digital video archives by delivering turnkey data storage solutions that run XenData software on Qualstar’s BQ Series Video Archive Systems. To complete the offering, XenData provides web based training after the system is installed on the end-user’s site.

The XenData-Qualstar solution has been widely implemented by the media and entertainment industry around the globe, with installations completed at the BBC UK, the Metropolitan Opera and Televisa Networks in Mexico. To more

London-based operation puts Vectorbox at the core of their multi-channel playout operation.

Barcelona, Spain – October 13, 2009 – Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Islam Channel has installed 2 Vectorbox 8000 HD systems and Vector configured NAS system to manage automated, multi-channel playout and production storage of three Islam Channel signature channels; Islam Channel, Islam Channel Urdu, and Noor TV. With headquarters in Central London, Islam Channel provides alternative news, current affairs and entertainment programming from an Islamic perspective. A popular and well respected channel, Islam Channel has a global viewership with simultaneous transmission to studios in South, West, and East Africa. “Our broadcast facilities will support up to 20 channels,” comments Mr Kiarash Bodouhi, Head of IT, Islam Channel. “Knowing this, we went through a rigorous qualification process to ensure the playout automation technology we installed today would support the imminent growth more

Apantac LLC, a leading designer and developer of high quality, cost effective image and signal processing equipment is featuring their line of TAHOMA Multiviewers, and MT HOOD series of 4×8 HDMI Switches and Touch-Screen Extenders at the upcoming HD world event in New York, booth no. 1315.

Tahoma-LE Series of Multiviewers with built-in CATx Extender

The Tahoma-LE series of Multiviewers currently includes three platforms (LE4, LE16, LE32) to meet a variety of customers’ multi-format visual monitoring requirements. This 3G-ready family auto-detects 4 to 32 video inputs (HD/SD-SDI/Composite), supports DVI, HDMI and VGA outputs up to 2048×1080 (incl. 1080P), and includes built-in video and audio alarm detection. The Tahoma series incorporates a built-in CATx extender, which allows digital 1080P signals to be extended up to 115 feet. The unique combination of a Multiviewer and built-in CATx extender in a single solution helps reduce overall more

National radio broadcaster implements the media asset management-based Dalet solution to facilitate an integrated enterprise production workflow across multiple sites.

Paris, France – October 13, 2009 – Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that RTP has successfully deployed Dalet Radio Suite HD to facilitate news and music program production at the main facility in Lisbon Portugal and their regional locations; Porto, Faro, Coimbra, Funchal, and Ponta Delgada. Dalet Radio Suite HD integrates the news and music production workflow across the six RTP locations; enabling all sites to better share content and produce programs. The Dalet enterprise media asset management (MAM) infrastructure with built-in audio production tools consistently tracks metadata across the entire digital workflow. With metadata embedded across production and playout, RTP can easily re-purposes content for distribution to any number of platforms including web and more.

“Dalet will enable us to unify multiple workflows, streamlining radio news more

NEW YORK, NY - 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 market, as well as the Sports & Entertainment, Government, Military and International marketplace, is featuring its RFX-PHT-II HD upgradeable portable 2 GHz digital transmitter at HD World 2009 (Booth 1008). Utilizing RF Central’s signature RFX-CMT-II camera-mounted transmitter, the PHT-II is designed to turn any “news car” into a “live broadcast vehicle” and transform any “run and shoot” car into a “run and transmit” vehicle. more

NEW YORK, NY - Nucomm, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Extreme business unit, and a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the Broadcast market, as well as the Sports & Entertainment, Government, Military and International marketplace, is showcasing its ProQ Digital IFB (Interruptible Feedback) System at HD World 2009 (Booth 1008). more

66,000 Square-Foot AJA Campus Designed to Streamline Operations and Future Product Development

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today moves into its new corporate campus, custom-built to AJA’s specifications in the heart of Grass Valley, California.

AJA, founded in 1993, worked closely with local architects Jeff Gold and Associates for two years to design a facility tailored to serve the company’s unique needs. The new purpose-built 44,000 square-foot main building comprises manufacturing on the lower floor, with corporate, sales, and administrative offices on the main floor. A second 22,000-square-foot custom building houses the engineering, QA, and technical support teams.

“Grass Valley has been a well-established hub for broadcast technology innovation for over 20 years. We are really pleased that AJA Video Systems is committed to staying more

BILLERICA, Mass. — Oct. 13, 2009 — Echolab Inc. today announced that Southeast Christian Church (SECC) in Louisville, Ky., has deployed an Overture2™ MD switcher to support live production of three high-energy student ministry services that draw more than 1,200 students each week. In fact, with Echolab’s Conductor™ touchscreen interface, the Overture switcher is so easy to use that the church now trains volunteers as young as 11 to run it during the live services. The Echolab Overture 2 is housed in SECC’s new 80,000 square foot student ministry building called “The Block,” which opened in April 2009. more

Partnership with YouTube integrates Content ID fingerprinting with encoding, streamlining workflows for content protection and monetization

October 13, 2009 — IP Media Expo 2009, New York: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — today announced that the company is working with YouTube to integrate support for Content ID, YouTube’s content identification and management system, directly into Digital Rapids’ award-winning range of media production and repurposing systems.

Digital Rapids’ encoding and transcoding systems are used by leading media organizations to transform live, tape and file-based video and audio content into the formats required for viewing on multiple platforms including broadcast, cable and satellite television; IPTV; the Web; mobile phones and personal media players. more

JACOB K. JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER, NEW YORK, N.Y., EXHIBIT #1308, OCT. 14-15, 2009 – Tapeless ENG pioneer Ikegami will demonstrate the latest advancements to its acclaimed tapeless GFCAM™ HDS-V10 Flash-RAM camcorder at the HD World Conference and Exhibition this month. Part of the GF™ Series tapeless HD ENG system, the GFCAM™ HDS-V10 Flash-RAM camcorder is an advanced yet affordable three-CCD ENG camera featuring 1080i/720p HDTV format support, full Avid NLE compatibility, and advanced features such as Bluetooth for instant export of thumbnail clips directly to laptops for fast logging, metadata insertion, and other workflow advantages. more