WALLINGFORD, CT – June 1, 2011 - Discover Video, LLC (www.discovervideo.com), a leader in video streaming and conferencing products and solutions, today announced that the State of Oregon has enlisted Discover Video to stream its legislative meetings on the Internet to viewers with iPhones®, iPads®, Blackberry’s, Androids and other smart phones and tablets. Discover Video is transcoding up to 13 simultaneous live Windows Media streams to H.264 Flash and mobile compatible live streams.
WALLINGFORD, CT – June 1, 2011 - Discover Video, LLC (www.discovervideo.com), a leader in video streaming and conferencing products and solutions, today announced that the State of Oregon has enlisted Discover Video to stream its legislative meetings on the Internet to viewers with iPhones®, iPads®, Blackberry’s, Androids and other smart phones and tablets. Discover Video is transcoding up to 13 simultaneous live Windows Media streams to H.264 Flash and mobile compatible live streams.
CATHOLIC STATION TO ADD STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAFFIC & SCHEDULING
Northampton, MA – Myers Information Systems – a leading developer of broadcast traffic, business, and content management software – today announced a contract to implement the company’s flagship ProTrack Radio management suite for Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Ave Maria Radio. The Catholic Church affiliated station broadcasts a mix of news, analysis, teaching, devotions and music over-the-air and via alternative platforms such as the Internet.
“The move to ProTrack Radio means that each of our audio platforms will have a full range of operating tools and management controls,” said Michael Jones, vice president and general manager of Ave Maria Radio. “As we increase the number of audio streams and added value programs, ProTrack will grow with us, maximizing revenue and efficiency with the tools needed to achieve a disciplined approach to our advertising more
CATHOLIC STATION TO ADD STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAFFIC & SCHEDULING
Northampton, MA – Myers Information Systems – a leading developer of broadcast traffic, business, and content management software – today announced a contract to implement the company’s flagship ProTrack Radio management suite for Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Ave Maria Radio. The Catholic Church affiliated station broadcasts a mix of news, analysis, teaching, devotions and music over-the-air and via alternative platforms such as the Internet.
“The move to ProTrack Radio means that each of our audio platforms will have a full range of operating tools and management controls,” said Michael Jones, vice president and general manager of Ave Maria Radio. “As we increase the number of audio streams and added value programs, ProTrack will grow with us, maximizing revenue and efficiency with the tools needed to achieve a disciplined approach to our advertising more
LOS ANGELES, CA — Offering the Los Angeles creative community a facility with true 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound mixing, Astound Studios recently opened its doors on LA’s Westside. Featuring a high-end mixing/multimedia room, the full-service music recording, mixing and audio post facility provides post production packages for feature films, trailers, broadcast and most other media. Clients include leaders from the film and music industry, such as the Regal Entertainment Group, Equilibrium Entertainment, Real D, NCM Media Networks, Concord Music Group and recording artist Slayer. more
Woodland Park, NJ — FSR will sponsor the InfoComm concert that promises to rock the house. The charity event, to be held on June 16th from 9-11 at B.B. King’s Restaurant and Blues Club, will feature the industry’s own blues band - Drunk Unkles - and will raise money for the NSCA Education Foundation. FSR, long time patron of both the band and the cause, is demonstrating its support by serving as a Bronze Sponsor.
“I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with the Unkles as an individual and as a representative of FSR for over two decades,” stated Jan Sandri, FSR president. “They’re not only a hugely talented group, but their generosity has helped escalate the industry’s level of quality.”
The Vista Spyder X20 0808 video processor is helping save lives and train surgeons in the TelePresence Conference Room at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Managing up to 18 sources, including feeds from cameras and monitoring equipment in the operating theaters, the Spyder is delivering images, interactivity and PowerPoint presentations onto screens and laptops for the benefit of tomorrow’s surgeons. Moreover, with Cisco (Tandberg) codecs, participants from around the world can view the proceedings.
“About six years ago, the doctors saw a teleconference room and wanted something similar for a surgical teaching theater at the Barrow,” said Gabriel Arnn, TelePresence Producer of Barrow’s Eller TelePresence Conference Room. “The original design was very limited with low-resolution, low-brightness images and no picture-in-picture capabilities. We saw a need for high-definition images with as many sources on the more
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 1, 2011 – Mobile Television Group, operator of one of the nation’s largest fleets of HDTV production vehicles, has purchased ten more XJ72×9.3B long-zoom HD field lenses from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging. These newest Canon “DIGISUPER 72xs” lenses join the 150 already owned by Mobile Television Group, and will be used for the company’s exclusive Ultra-Mo system, which also employs special high-speed HD cameras and other equipment for super-slow-motion instant video replays of sports action.
“Canon’s DIGISUPER 72xs long-zoom HD lenses are very powerful and they do a fine job,” noted Philip Garvin, President, COO and GM of Mobile Television Group. “We own more than 150 of these HD telephoto lenses, so it made sense that when we added new high-speed HD cameras we also put the same kind of lenses on them more
NEW YORK, New York - In an illustration of how HARMAN’s remarkable Studer Vista 8 Digital Live Production Console can add tremendous value for broadcasters, the Titan truck from All Mobile Video (AMV) is fitted with a Vista 8 that has dramatically accelerated the workflow for projects ranging from professional sporting events and internationally viewed awards shows to all Metropolitan Opera live broadcasts throughout the year, to live documentaries, corporate communication events and daily television broadcasts. With a triple Expando layout that configures it at 66 feet long by 21 feet wide when fully expanded, Titan is aptly described as the largest and most powerful production truck on the road and it won Television Broadcast’s coveted “Top Innovation at the 2006 National Association of Broadcasters convention. Only the Studio Vista 8 Digital Live Production Console could keep up with a truck like Titan.
ROCHESTER, New York – Leading IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) provider and design resource Lab X Technologies proudly celebrates 15 years of business with a strong presence at InfoComm 2011. Lab X has transformed from a one-person operation focused on embedded hardware, firmware and software engineering design firm to a 14-strong AV networking design resource team for some of the largest and most highly renowned technology manufacturers around the world.
As the ‘behind-the-scenes’ partner for the growing number of global AV engineering companies, Lab X’s Ethernet-based media connectivity provides a plug-in solution for manufacturers looking to save time, money and resources in the research and design phases by offering an OEM switch solution for media and data transport.
“We really embraced the potential of networked AV equipment at an early stage in the industry and have been able to more
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