OCTOPUS Newsroom part of the most important investment in Turkish private TV sector in 2010
Prague, Czech Republic – November 8th, 2010 – TV8, Turkish private television channel broadcasting from Istanbul, started its news production with OCTOPUS6 newsroom computer system. The Turkish infotainment channel decided to replace its previous newsroom infrastructure components including its initial NRCS to bring their newsroom up to date.
After a thorough comparison of available systems offering various levels of quality and prices, TV8 selected OCTOPUS6 for its unique combination of latest technologies and high reliability.
‘TV8 is a very important project for us from both business and strategic point of view. It is a great result of our long term partnership with Avkom, system integrator in Turkey. We hope that after 2 successful projects in Turkey in 2010, we can look forward to more more
Fans racing to be among the first visitors to the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina will discover some of the most cutting-edge AV technology supporting the interactive motor sports attraction. Working with an aggressive schedule, Electrosonic provided AV systems for the Belk High Octane Theater and more than 100 exhibits as well as interior and exterior giant video displays and supporting sound systems.
Designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the 150,000 square-foot NASCAR Hall of Fame opened May 11 to honor the history and heritage of NASCAR. Designed to educate and entertain race fans and non-fans alike, it features numerous interactive exhibits, artifacts, a Hall of Honor, 278-seat Belk High Octane Theater and NASCAR Media Group-operated broadcast studio.
The Electrosonic contribution to the NASCAR Hall of Fame helps bring fans closer to the sights and more
New York, US - 27 October 2010 - Broadcast equipment hire company HotCam is making the custom studio rig that it devised for Talkback Thames and The X Factor available to other television producers.
The Mobile Broadcast System (MBS) has been designed for multi-camera location and venue-based factual, reality, comedy and music programming shoots and is being offered as a cost-effective alternative to an outside broadcast truck.
HotCam’s MBS uses temporary vision and lighting galleries and rack-mounted fibre connectivity with either tape-based or tapeless PSC camcorders to offer several advantages over a truck including fast rig and de-rig times, the ability to quickly switch between PSC and fixed studio camera rigs and easy access to otherwise difficult-to-film venues and locations. more
LANCASTER, Pa. — Nov. 4, 2010 — Linear Acoustic(R), the world leader in television audio control from production to transmission, was selected by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to receive a prestigious Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering/Technical Development. The company is being recognized for pioneering development of a real-time audio/metadata processor for conforming audio to the ATSC standard. more
Design Powerhouse is Chiller’s Go-to-Shop for All Things Horror
NEW YORK, NY, November 4, 2010 -MOTIVE, a creative services company specializing in identity, branding, interactive, creative development and live action production for television, online, radio and print that transcends multiple media platforms, has recently zipped up a fearsome, feisty promo package for the Chiller network’s syndication of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. more
The only charts made for, endorsed and sold by RED®, DSC Labs’ RED CamBook™ provides cinematographers with an incomparable precision tool to complement the high-end workflows of the RED One® and RED Epic™ cameras
Toronto, Canada –DSC Labs, developer of innovative products for image quality improvement, has recently announced the addition of the RED CamBook to their popular CamBook chart series to complement the high-end workflows of both the RED One and the highly anticipated RED Epic cameras. The RED One, most recently used to shoot the critically acclaimed motion picture The Social Network, has increased its resolution to 4.5K as well as boosted dynamic range and low-light performance. The RED Epic, which has not yet been released, is said to bring a completely new generation of technology to the market. At one-third the size of the RED One more
NEW YORK – A recent study of leading cable and broadcast TV companies indicates that many of them are leaving 3-15% of advertising revenues on the table. The study also found that the companies could recover their loss though the strategic use of yield optimization technologies for their advertisements and programming content. The study was conducted by RSG Media Systems (www.rsgmedia.com), a leading provider of software applications for the media & entertainment industry and digital publishers.
Yield optimization is the interaction of technology, people, and business processes towards a common goal - the application of disciplined tactics that predict consumer behavior at the micro-market level and optimize product availability and price to maximize revenue growth. Though the travel and transportation industries have used yield optimization tools for many years, it is only with recent breakthroughs in technology that the media and entertainment sector has been able to more
VSN includes native support for ProRes 422 codec on all ingest and playout modules running on Matrox platform
Moving forward in Mac workflow support, VSN now offers native integration of Final Cut Pro codec ProRes 422, across all its workflow. This feature, along with the possibility of having client versions running on Windows and Apple in the same broadcast automation system, will suppose a step ahead towards the seamless interoperability of Windows and Apple systems.
ProRes 422 (HQ, LT and Proxy) will be included in the long list of VSN’s already supported codecs: DV, DVCPRO, MPEG2 Long GOP 420/422, MPEG2 I-Frame 422, IMX, DVCPRO 100, MPEG2 Long GOP 422, 5-300 Mbps, XDCAMHD 422 1920×1080 50 Mbps (CBR) and H.264.
The new versions allow content producers and broadcasters to build end-to-end ProRes 422 workflows, from ingest to playout, based on VSN’s architecture.
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 3, 2010 – Building on the success of its remote-control HD pan-tilt camera systems, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has introduced two new models with additional features to serve a wide range of broadcast and professional users. Canon’s new BU-46H outdoor and BU-51H indoor remote-control cameras deliver the exceptional HD video imagery, versatile performance, and non-proprietary control protocol of previous models while also adding new features that enhance their performance in locations where remote-control operation is essential.
“Television and video content creation of nearly every kind has transitioned to widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio HD,” observed Larry Thorpe, national marketing executive, Broadcast and Communications division, Canon U.S.A. “Specialized applications requiring versatile and cost-effective remote-controlled HD pan-tilt cameras are no exception. These applications include POV (point-of-view) cameras more
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 3, 2010 – Easter 2011 will be a very special time for the Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church congregation in Augusta, Georgia. In addition to the season’s religious importance, it will also mark the completion of the total renovation of the church’s 50-year-old building. When worshippers enter the new church they will see a beautifully appointed new sanctuary, a new exposed-truss ceiling under a new roof, a new choir loft, and original stained-glass windows. What the congregation won’t see will be five strategically placed BU-50H remote-control PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) 16:9 aspect ratio HD cameras from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging. The cameras will be used for inconspicuous, high-quality HD capture of church services for broadcast, cable, and Internet distribution, as well as for image magnification and wedding videography.
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OCTOPUS Newsroom part of the most important investment in Turkish private TV sector in 2010
