Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - intoPIX – the leading provider of JPEG 2000 compression solutions – announced today that Astrodesign (Japan) has licensed and integrated intoPIX JPEG 2000 IP-cores into their new 4K Codec, called “HC7504”.
The intoPIX technology enables Astrodesign to support higher-definition video and increased recording by the combination of the 4K JPEG 2000 based codec system with the uncompressed 2K SSD recorder “HR-7502A”.
“We’re extremely pleased to work with a partner such as Astrodesign, Inc,” said intoPIX Chief Strategic Officer, Jean-François Nivart. “The JPEG 2000 compression allows them to significantly increase their storage capacity and record 4K image with a visually lossless quality.”
The new 4K Codec system will be presented at the Astrodesign booth at InterBEE 2011, Japan’s premier broadcast exhibition, held at Makuhari Messe, November 16th to 18th.
BURBANK, CA, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 – Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, announced it has named John Mills as business development manager. In his new position, Mills will manage Bexel’s business development for its rental and services companies from Chicago to Seattle and San Francisco. more
CHIBA-CITY, JAPAN, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 — Sound Devices (Tech Trust Japan Co., LTD. – Hall 4, Booth 4106), experts in production sound audio, highlights its newest product introductions at Inter BEE 2011 (International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition), including the PIX line of video recorders, MixPre-D portable audio mixer and Mix Assist™, a new feature for Sound Devices 788T digital audio recorder. 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
PARIS, NOVEMBER 8, 2011—At this year’s SATIS, Anton/Bauer® (Stand D29), a brand of The Vitec Group, and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will demonstrate the company’s latest power solutions for broadcast and film professionals. more
SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA, NOVEMBER 3, 2011—For the fifth consecutive year, Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, provided on-site engineering support, portable solutions and fiber for the 2011 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. To meet the complex production requirements in remote Southampton, Bermuda, and ensure a seamless broadcast, Turner Sports relied on Bexel’s customizable Hercules Flypack. more
BURBANK, CA, NOVEMBER 2, 2011—Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will feature its latest suite of advanced power solutions for content creators at the Createasphere Entertainment Technology Expo (Booth 509). more
By combining innovative architecture and audiovisual technology with the growing needs of one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities; Vaughan’s new 180,000-square-foot City Hall easily meets the needs of Vaughan’s growing population and enhances the delivery of municipal services. Vaddio cameras are buried throughout the city council chamber and committee rooms, in walls, above ceilings and in half-walls so they are unobtrusive – all part of the architect’s aesthetic that Canadian-based systems integrator, Duocom, had to work with.
Why a New building?
Because the original City Hall building wasn’t large enough to house everyone, committee members were meeting all over the city. Nobody was under the same roof and there was no centralized place for people to meet. Old touch-to-talk microphones were daisy-chained along the table; the request-to-queue and voting system never worked. An analog recorder was used to record audio, but there were no more
Encore Partyline Intercom Systems Keep Thousands of Citizens Informed
GREENSBURG, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 ─ Clear-Com, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, has partnered with the Kiowa County Media Center, a ground-breaking, sustainable media outlet in Greensburg Kansas, to dramatically transform community communications. Following the EF5 tornado, one of the worst U.S. natural disasters of 2007, which destroyed Kiowa County, Clear-Com provided the community with five Encore partyline intercom systems to facilitate rich collaboration within the broadcast team and promote the rapid rebuilding of their communications infrastructure. Four years after that tragedy, the construction of the Kiowa County Media Center is now complete, with the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening scheduled for November 1.
With 95 percent of all homes and buildings completely obliterated by the EF5 tornado, Kiowa County was left without a means to relay important more
KILDARE, IRELAND, OCTOBER 31, 2011—Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, supplied a state-of-the-art equipment package for the 16th season of the Golf Channel’s reality show, Big Break. Held in Kildare, Ireland, this season, the large, overseas reality production also took advantage of Bexel’s expert engineering support and technical services. Bexel has been providing equipment and services for Big Break since season four. more
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Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - intoPIX – the leading provider of JPEG 2000 compression solutions – announced today that Astrodesign (Japan) has licensed and integrated intoPIX JPEG 2000 IP-cores into their new 4K Codec, called “HC7504”.
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