Old Lyme, Conn. – November 30, 2011 – On Monday night, NBC presented the “Live Finale: Top 3 Finalists” of its hit show The Sing Off featuring not only the final three group contestants, but over 100 Sennheiser microphones on stage. The Pentatonix were elected champions of season 3, and music mixer Randy Faustino was on hand to ensure the audio quality was outstanding until the very end.
Faustino, a multiple Emmy award-winning music mixer and CEO/President of Creative Sound Solutions, has been responsible for mixing not only The Sing Off, but other top national prime time programs including The Voice, American Idol and others. Whether he is faced with a live broadcast more
SALT LAKE CITY — Nov. 30, 2011 — Utah Scientific, the worldwide leader in routing and master control switchers, today announced that the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) has installed Utah Scientific routing equipment to anchor the infrastructure for its new Tulsa studio and office facility. OETA is the regional PBS program provider serving 1.8 million viewers a week across Oklahoma and in surrounding states. more
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 30, 2011 – In response to the ever-evolving requirements of live sports and other popular mobile-location HD productions, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has developed a series of long-zoom field lenses designed for some of the most demanding HDTV sports and outside-broadcast applications, including the popular XJ100×9.3B and XJ86×9.3B/13.5B lenses. Now, answering the need for an ever-diversifying range of creative HD production uses, Canon has developed a totally new-generation super-telephoto XJ95×8.6B lens, which provides an unprecedented combination of the widest angle of view of any HD field lens presently in the broadcasting industry with an augmented 95x focal range.
“Canon’s XJ95×8.6B super-telephoto HD field lens is based upon a totally new design intended to deliver enhanced optical performance and extended operational flexibilities,” noted Larry Thorpe, senior director of sales, Broadcast and Communications division of more
SAN FRANCISCO, CA ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that Director Bruce Towne from Persistent Image, Inc., a full service film, video and digital image production company based in Langley, WA, and MediaOne, San Francisco’s leading digital media production company, employed Clear-Com’s unmatched intercom systems to efficiently manage the webcast production of the 2011 Magic: The Gathering World Championships, the world’s premier trading card competition. They utilized Clear-Com’s Eclipse-Omega digital matrix, V-Series user control panels, Tempest®2400 digital wireless intercom, CellCom® Integra wireless solution and Encore partyline system. more
HD News station Puthiya Thalaimurai leads the way in Indian broadcasting with Quantel’s Enterprise sQ system
Newbury, UK, 29th November 2011: Quantel is proud to be associated with the amazing success of India’s newest HD News Channel, Puthiya Thalaimurai.
Within three months of launch on August 24th 2011, the first independent news channel in the state of Tamil Nadu has been rated as number one in the market, according to figures released by AC Nielson.
The channel is based in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, home to 74 million people, where Tamil is their first language. The state is India’s seventh most populous but with its highly urbanised population is the fourth largest contributor to India’s GDP.
The station motto is ‘unmai udanuk udan’, or ‘truth as it happens’. News Director, Mr S more
Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are gaining in popularity for television production in the U.S. with extensive exposure on Simon Cowell’s new “The X Factor” music reality show for FOX and on the recent MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) telecast.
Already one of the most in-demand moving heads on the touring market - Sharpy is currently on tour with Usher, the Foo Fighters, Peter Gabriel, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Bruno Mars and others - Sharpy is now being recognized by the TV production community for its small footprint, fast response and bright, narrow beam, a hat trick of attributes that TV lighting designers look for in today’s moving fixtures.
The much-anticipated “X Factor,” whose franchise originated in the UK, marks the return of Simon Cowell who created the high-stakes singing competition’s format and is one of four judges who each mentor more
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Old Lyme, Conn. – November 30, 2011 – On Monday night, NBC presented the “Live Finale: Top 3 Finalists” of its hit show The Sing Off featuring not only the final three group contestants, but over 100 Sennheiser microphones on stage. The Pentatonix were elected champions of season 3, and music mixer Randy Faustino was on hand to ensure the audio quality was outstanding until the very end. 
