November 18, 2009 – Across South America, Grass Valley™ continues to be the vendor of choice for live high-definition production. As the most recent example, D2 Video Produções Ltda, a premiere live production company in São Paulo, Brazil, has made a significant investment in new HD production equipment from Grass Valley to meet the growing need for high-quality sports and other types of production.
D2 is building a brand new high-definition OB van and updating its HD studio production infrastructure with new Grass Valley HD cameras, 3X SloMo cameras, slow-motion replay systems, video routers, audio routers, and HD video production switchers. The significant order also includes a comprehensive three-year service contract that will provide D2 Video with warranty extension for all Grass Valley products.
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October 28, 2009 – Grass Valley™ has completed testing of its end-to-end, fully integrated Thomson ATSC Mobile DTV transmission system and it is now ready for deployment by broadcasters developing commercial mobile TV services for their markets.
Thomson’s ATSC Mobile DTV Terrestrial Broadcast Technology from Grass Valley is based on the ATSC Mobile DTV Standard A/153 (approved October 15, 2009) and is backward compatible with legacy ATSC transmission systems, enabling stations to use their existing DTV channel and the mandated ATSC 8-VSB modulation scheme. The technology offers several significant technological advantages over other systems, including the use of M/H Block Coding to provide maximum capability for signal reception.
As the only supplier in the broadcast industry to provide equipment from image capture through RF transmission, Grass Valley leveraged years of experience and a broad product portfolio to more
Sweetwater Digital Video Productions, located in Van Nuys, Calif., continues to advance its fleet of state-of-the-art production trucks with the latest high-definition technology and systems from Grass Valley™. The company has purchased a new Grass Valley Kayenne Video Production Center for its premiere HD mobile production truck, “Cobalt.” The fully loaded, 4.5 M/E Kayenne, which replaces a Grass Valley Kalypso™ HD switcher, represents the first Kayenne currently available in the Hollywood/Los Angeles area.
As part of the large equipment order recently signed, Sweetwater has also purchased a new Grass Valley Trinix™ NXT video router as well as GeckoFlex™ HD signal conversion equipment to add to the many Grass Valley routers and GeckoFlex modules already deployed among its fleet. Sweetwater has also upgraded an existing Kalypso DUO switcher to HD to support the production of a national late night TV program that has recently converted to HD operations. and the more
Sportcast GmbH has ordered two new OB vans from Grass Valley™. The wholly owned subsidiary of DFL, Deutsche Fussball Liga GmbH, produces the basic programming of all matches of Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga in Germany as well as the DFB-Cup games of DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund). The new compact OB vans will allow Sportcast to further extend their productions.
The two OB vans are identical. Built on 12m Mercedes Benz truck bases, the completed units will provide an excellent working environment for production crews. Each will be equipped with six Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite HD cameras plus an LDK 8300 HD Live Super SloMo camera. A 3 M/E Kayenne XL™ Video Mixer package including the new Kayenne XL control panel – just recently introduced to the market by Grass Valley – provides the main production control, with another 2 M/E Kayenne XL Panel to allow simultaneous secondary production control. more
Nevada City, Calif., January 29, 2009 – For several years running, the Grass Valley™ Kalypso™ HD Video Production Center switcher has been the right choice for the highest profile live sporting event in North America. This year’s Super Bowl® XLIII telecast on Sunday, February 1 is no exception. It will be broadcast live from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., in the 1080i high-definition (HD) format for the NFL world feed using a Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher, on board an all-HD NEP Supershooters’ production truck. NEP will also provide a Kalypso-based truck to NBC for the production of the Super Bowl halftime show.
The proven Grass Valley HD switcher will work in tandem with other HD production equipment to handle the more than 75 cameras to be used for the game action and other activities in more
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) is among the winners of the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards for Science, Engineering & Technology for Television, organized during CES by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)..
Marking the 20th Emmy Award that Thomson has received, the 59th Technology Emmy Awards will be presented tonight at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Thomson‘s technology, including its Granite MPEG Monitoring equipment, has been awarded an Emmy Award in the category of “Monitoring for Compliance Standards for ATSC & DVB Transport Streams.” This year‘s Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were among the most competitive ever, with a 75 percent increase in the number of entries. more
October 25, 2007 - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has developed a faster-than-real time direct file import option with Pathfire to increase the high-definition (HD) content management capability of the Grass Valley™ K2™ Media Server platform from Thomson. The new K2 “Capture Service”™ software application enables the fast and easy handling of HD programs as digital files and eliminates the need for any third-party intermediate solutions that can slow the file-handling process considerably–in many cases to much slower-than-real time–saving organizations significant time and money. more
Four very different Thomson products won awards at IBC2007, demonstrating the breadth of the company‘s offering as well as the excellence of its solutions. It took two “Pick Hit” awards from Broadcast Engineering magazine, a “Best of IBC” award from TVB Europe plus the best content on demand prize in the Cable & Satellite International Awards.
The C&SI award recognized that Thomson, with its SmartVision service management platform and Sapphire high-bandwidth server, offers a complete video on demand package that is well integrated, simple to implement and proven by many service providers. Together they give cable and IPTV operators a swift and seamless way to deliver compelling services such as network timeshifting and catch-up television as well as video on demand.
Thomson products and technologies have been shortlisted for a number of awards to be presented at IBC2007, including IABM Design Awards, Cable & Satellite International Product of the Year Awards, and the IBC Innovation Awards.
Placed on the shortlist for the IABM Design Awards is the Grass Valley LCP 400 wireless local control panel software from Thomson. The LCP 400 software is a radical new approach to camcorder control. A software application running on a Windows Mobile device, it links to the Infinity Digital Media Camcorder via Bluetooth and, as well as offering realtime control of the camera functionality, it gives access to the metadata to allow information about the shoot to be read, written, and edited.
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November 18, 2009 – Across South America, Grass Valley™ continues to be the vendor of choice for live high-definition production. As the most recent example, D2 Video Produções Ltda, a premiere live production company in São Paulo, Brazil, has made a significant investment in new HD production equipment from Grass Valley to meet the growing need for high-quality sports and other types of production.
