UNLV students benefit from seeing first-hand how actual programming is produced. Dan Grimes, UNLV manager of instructional production and engineering, explains that an important goal of the project was to create a professional learning environment for the students. “The whole facility is centered on education, but more
Enterprise sQ chosen for speed, resilience, extensibility, openness and ease of use
Newbury, UK, 1 March 2010: The BBC has awarded Quantel a framework contract as supplier for video editing systems for its news output. The contract, which lasts until 2014 with an option for a further year’s extension, is potentially worth in excess of £10 million over the next four years. Quantel has also been awarded a framework contract to supply playout servers over the same period.
Quantel won the contract following a year-long bidding process and exhaustive technical and operational reviews. Key system attributes required by the broadcaster and met by Quantel’s Enterprise sQ technology include:
• Improved integration across all platforms - TV, mobile, web etc
• 3rd party integration including Final Cut Pro
• Complete integration between editing clients and video storage
• Intelligent technology that reduces overall system complexity and costs
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 1, 2010) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems, provided Sound Hill Technologies with a multifunctional camera setup for use in Baton Rouge, LA-based United Christian Faith Ministries.
United Christian Faith’s general contractor, Mid-South Construction, contacted Tim Hill of Sound Hill Technologies to help with the audiovisual design and integration for the new facility. Hill opted for a Vaddio standard definition camera system with remote functionality. The camera design includes a ProductionVIEW FX camera controller/switcher, a PreVIEW Triple 5.6 Rack Mount Monitor, two WallVIEW 50i PTZ cameras, a Quick-Connect 4 power, video and control wiring center and the Add-A-Cam PRO with Canon XL-2 Pro Camcorder. All of the rack equipment is housed in Vaddio’s ProductionVIEW Rack Console.
The WallVIEW 50i PTZ cameras are wall-mounted on the left and right sides of the parish for more
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 1, 2010) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems, provided Sound Hill Technologies with a multifunctional camera setup for use in Baton Rouge, LA-based United Christian Faith Ministries.
United Christian Faith’s general contractor, Mid-South Construction, contacted Tim Hill of Sound Hill Technologies to help with the audiovisual design and integration for the new facility. Hill opted for a Vaddio standard definition camera system with remote functionality. The camera design includes a ProductionVIEW FX camera controller/switcher, a PreVIEW Triple 5.6 Rack Mount Monitor, two WallVIEW 50i PTZ cameras, a Quick-Connect 4 power, video and control wiring center and the Add-A-Cam PRO with Canon XL-2 Pro Camcorder. All of the rack equipment is housed in Vaddio’s ProductionVIEW Rack Console.
The WallVIEW 50i PTZ cameras are wall-mounted on the left and right sides of the parish for more
New approach to standards conversion, transcoding and rewrapping for file based workflows
AmberFin has announced the launch of the new iCR Standards Converter, joining its award-winning iCR software range.
Standards Conversion is a key tool for monetizing existing content in markets with different frame rates; as companies migrate towards file-based working, there is increasing demand for file based standards conversion that does not require costly videotape layback.
With a worldwide audience of approximately three billion spectators, Australian production company David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) pulled out all the stops to make sure the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver were both spectacular and hitch free.
Despite a small glitch with the fourth leg of the indoor cauldron, which failed to rise during the opening ceremony, the two shows were deemed a huge success when they took place at the 55,000-seat BC Place Stadium on February 12 and February 28 respectively.
Behind the scenes, it was Fairlight technology that once again played a vital role. Already being used to edit the broadcast sound provided to German audiences by ARD and ZDF, Fairlight technology was now also a central part of DAE’s technical infrastructure.
DAE relied on four Fairlight Xynergi systems to deliver equally faultless audio for the two ceremonies. A more
With a worldwide audience of approximately three billion spectators, Australian production company David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) pulled out all the stops to make sure the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver were both spectacular and hitch free.
Despite a small glitch with the fourth leg of the indoor cauldron, which failed to rise during the opening ceremony, the two shows were deemed a huge success when they took place at the 55,000-seat BC Place Stadium on February 12 and February 28 respectively.
Behind the scenes, it was Fairlight technology that once again played a vital role. Already being used to edit the broadcast sound provided to German audiences by ARD and ZDF, Fairlight technology was now also a central part of DAE’s technical infrastructure.
DAE relied on four Fairlight Xynergi systems to deliver equally faultless audio for the two ceremonies. A more
Iroquois, ON, Canada – March 1, 2010 – Eagle Brook Church invested in Ross Video once again with a Vision 3 QMD Multi-Definition Production Switcher and SoftMetal 3000 Series Video Server for their main campus in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. more
Iroquois, ON, Canada – March 1, 2010 – Eagle Brook Church invested in Ross Video once again with a Vision 3 QMD Multi-Definition Production Switcher and SoftMetal 3000 Series Video Server for their main campus in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. more
Offering video system integration, music production and digital cinema production work, Japan-based Musetex System was in need of a workflow solution as dynamic as the company.
Featuring four Mac Pro Suites equipped with Matrox MX02, MOTU V4HD and HDX-SDI, Bluefish444 Epoch and Red Rocket, Musetex recently installed a GraniteSTOR shared storage system from Small Tree, designer of simple-to-install, inexpensive networking and shared storage products for professional video and audio editors using Mac OS X.
Working with 4K footage in HD output, Musetex required an upgrade from its existing 1Gb connectivity to 10Gb connectivity to facilitate workflow on feature films, TV commercials and major music video projects. With Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR ST-RAID, a robust direct attached shared storage system designed specifically for Final Cut users, Musetex editors can copy footage, work on annotation, edit with R3D proxies, color grade more
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Students in journalism and media studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) don’t have to go far to gain experience in cutting-edge television and radio stations. They have working broadcast studios right on campus, in a new building featuring technical facilities designed by Russ Berger Design Group (RBDG). The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs has settled into its newly-completed home, Greenspun Hall, and both the facility and the technology inside it rival the most sophisticated broadcast stations. 
