LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. — Nov. 10, 2011 — Monroe Electronics and its Digital Alert Systems (DAS) subsidiary, leading suppliers of Emergency Alert Systems (EAS) and Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) equipment to the broadcast and cable industries, today announced the appointment of Bill Robertson as the vice president of business development for both companies. In this new role, Robertson will expand his focus to include further business development for Monroe Electronics’ other divisions, initially focusing on CATV/IPTV customers and their unique requirements. more
SAN DIEGO, California – Leading the transition for IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) networking in the professional audio space, President of Lab X Technologies and Marketing Work Chair of the AVnu Alliance, Lee Minich, is slated to discuss the latest in AVB and its importance in the recording and audio engineering industry during AES’s 44th Conference on Audio Networking. As a networking solution design resource for audio manufacturers, Minich will discuss network protocol, the design of AVB hardware and the future of AVB in the industry.
“AVB has emerged as one of the most important technologies in the professional audio industry, from recording studios to live sound applications, among many others,” stated Minich. “Working with my colleagues and peers at the AES conference, we will discuss the state of the art of networked audio, including the standards of AVB and how manufacturers more
Mobile production company rolls into Missouri to offer production services for special Veterans Day episode
NASHVILLE, November 10, 2011 – Emmy-award winning mobile production company TNDV is proud to announce its participation in a special one-hour episode of the popular ABC Series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, airing Friday, November 11 at 8pm EST.
The Veterans Day fundraising special, featuring guest appearances from Jewel, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams, will salute military families and focus on issues faced by veterans. Additional celebrity guests will request donations to groups that support military veterans.
The special episode, titled “Rise and Honor,” was shot in Waynesville, Missouri. The multi-camera shoot captures the various celebrity appearances and other on-location footage from a local school. The footage will intersperse with a storyline surrounding new home construction for families in Joplin, Missouri, the site of a more
RTW to Exhibit at Technoblitz 2011, Hosted by Sonotechnique
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 — RTW, a leading vendor of visual audio meters for professional broadcast, production, post-production and quality control, is thrilled to congratulate its distributor, Sonotechnique, on its 30th year of providing audio solutions to the Canadian market. RTW will celebrate with Sonotechnique during the distributor’s Technoblitz Conference in Montreal.
Recently recognized by RTW for its excellent sales support, Sonotechnique has secured RTW equipment for several high-profile events, including the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. During RTW’s First Annual Sales Awards session, held during IBC, Sonotechnique was presented with the “Best Ramp-Up” award for its excellent service in distributing RTW products.
“We are very happy to celebrate such a momentous occasion with Sonotechnique, our Canadian partner,” says Andreas Tweitmann, CEO, RTW. “RTW has been working with the company for quite some time and we have built a more
New York, NY November 9, 2011 – Broadcast International (BCST.OB) announces a partnership with National Datacast (NDI), the leader in nationwide wireless data broadcasting. This relationship allows Broadcast International’s Managed Media Services Division to leverage National Datacast’s vast network to affordably deliver content to a broad range of customer locations. The announcement was made from the floor of Customer Engagement Technology World as the show opened today at the Javitz Convention Center in New York.
“We are very excited to be partnering with NDI”, said Rod Tiede, CEO of Broadcast International. “Combining our Managed Services experience with NDI’s datacasting and content delivery footprint makes for a very powerful partnership.” Broadcast International’s Managed Media Services furnishes unprecedented cinema quality, low-cost video delivery to multiple screens.
New York, NY November 9, 2011 – Broadcast International (BCST.OB) announces a partnership with National Datacast (NDI), the leader in nationwide wireless data broadcasting. This relationship allows Broadcast International’s Managed Media Services Division to leverage National Datacast’s vast network to affordably deliver content to a broad range of customer locations. The announcement was made from the floor of Customer Engagement Technology World as the show opened today at the Javitz Convention Center in New York.
“We are very excited to be partnering with NDI”, said Rod Tiede, CEO of Broadcast International. “Combining our Managed Services experience with NDI’s datacasting and content delivery footprint makes for a very powerful partnership.” Broadcast International’s Managed Media Services furnishes unprecedented cinema quality, low-cost video delivery to multiple screens.
Studio and technical design consultancy White Mark Ltd has designed and installed two new audio suites at the Soho-based facility of Award-winning post production company Wave.
Established by sound designers Warren Hamilton and Johnnie Burn, Wave has a worldwide reputation for audio excellence and a client base that reads like a who’s who of advertising and film making.
Wave’s London-based facility already has seven dubbing studios, all running Soundtracs mixing consoles and 48 track Fairlight MFX3 digital workstations. However, demand for the company’s services had left these rooms at capacity and Wave needed to expand in order to meet client requirements.
Tari Singh, Wave’s General Manager, explains: “Fortunately we were able to acquire more space on the ground floor of our existing building and this gave us the opportunity to build two new audio suites, add some new offices more
Reno, USA: Bright Technologies Inc., developer of advanced technology for shared media, has announced that Screencraft GmbH, full-service post-production company in Munich, Germany, has ordered BrightDrive Astella, the BrightDrive Media File Server all-in-one solution.
“BrightDrive Astella is the ideal match for our requirements,” states Michael Hieber, Screencraft CEO. “It offers an intelligent and convenient solution loaded with features at an affordable price. We’re anxious to press it into service.” The installation is planned for mid-November.
About Bright
Bright Technologies develops highly specialized technology for shared media environments. In the mid-1990s Bright’s core team began the development of the first file system for shared media and by 1999 Bright was the first to actually address the core issues and challenges of file handling in media. Over the past 12 years Bright has earned a reputation as more
Reno, USA: Bright Technologies Inc., developer of advanced technology for shared media, has announced that Screencraft GmbH, full-service post-production company in Munich, Germany, has ordered BrightDrive Astella, the BrightDrive Media File Server all-in-one solution.
“BrightDrive Astella is the ideal match for our requirements,” states Michael Hieber, Screencraft CEO. “It offers an intelligent and convenient solution loaded with features at an affordable price. We’re anxious to press it into service.” The installation is planned for mid-November.
About Bright
Bright Technologies develops highly specialized technology for shared media environments. In the mid-1990s Bright’s core team began the development of the first file system for shared media and by 1999 Bright was the first to actually address the core issues and challenges of file handling in media. Over the past 12 years Bright has earned a reputation as more
November 9, 2011 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids announced today that Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is using a large-scale deployment of Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD multi-format encoding systems and the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated transcoding software to transform live feeds and on-demand content for delivery to multiple viewing platforms in support of Turner’s multi-screen video offerings and the pay television industry’s “TV Everywhere” initiatives.
An array of StreamZHD encoders are used by Turner’s Network Operations group for ingest and encoding of live sources, while a distributed, multi-node Digital Rapids Transcode Manager deployment transcodes high volumes of mezzanine source files into a wide range of output formats for VOD and viewing on devices from PCs to mobile phones and tablets. more
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