HAYWARD, Calif. — Oct. 20, 2009 — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that captioning expert Renaud Desportes has joined the company as technical director for EMEA, a role in which the renowned software and hardware developer and solutions architect will provide local support for Wohler’s award-winning HDCC-200A caption encoder/decoder bridge for SD and HD broadcast and production applications. Desportes also will serve as Wohler’s European channel manager, acting as a daily contact for the company’s European distributors and dealers. more
Video quad split offers unparalleled image quality and flexibility of metadata views
At HD World Booth #1040
New York, NY (October 13, 2009) — Algolith Inc, a leader in advanced world-class video processing solutions for broadcast, cable, satellite, and IPTV providers, today announced the launch of their newest product, the Algogear™ Video Quad Split (VQS-1001-MD), which will be launched at HD World on October 14th and 15th in New York city, at booth #1040.
Simplifies Monitoring – delivers unsurpassed flexibility of metadata display on all 4 signals
The Algogear Video Quad Split (VQS-1001-MD) with 4 SD/HD SDI inputs and outputs offers broadcasters a quick snapshot of 4 video feeds with their respective audios as well as metadata on one single monitor. The Algogear Video Quad split simplifies monitoring and offers users a wide variety of options for viewing metadata such as Time Code more
Atlanta, GA (September 11, 2009) – Video Technics, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and OASYS (formerly ON-AIR Systems) from London, England today announce the undertaking of a joint marketing and development arrangement, under which each company will promote and support the other’s product line around the world. Video Technics and OASYS are also committed to a full integration of their respective software and systems, strengthening the talent of both organizations. The venture will mean that a product portfolio consisting of ingest, asset management, editing, shared storage, archive, news and master control playout will be available from both companies, providing the global dealer network with a complete end-to-end workflow of automation products.
The terms of the arrangement include an investment in Video Technics by Brennington Investments, the owner of OASYS. Mark Errington CEO of OASYS more
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 3, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has again advanced the acclaimed REALiS Multimedia Projector line with the introduction of two new models that provide unprecedented performance and features along with cutting-edge technology.
HAYWARD, Calif. — Sept. 13, 2008 — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced it expects to complete the acquisition of Europa Australia Pty Ltd by the end of the month. Led by Elio Deluca, one of the world’s preeminent experts in the field of closed captioning and data insertion and extraction technologies, Wohler would lay claim to the industry’s only platform-based closed captioning system capable of supporting all global standards. The Europa Australia technology is also available to other manufacturers who need to incorporate closed-captioning and extended data service solutions into their systems. more
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 8, 2008. EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the video, broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, announced that it will be showcasing the new Optiva® L-band satellite signal transport system at IBC 2008. The high dynamic range, optically isolated DFB lasers and “smart gain” technology, make the Optiva® L-band one of the most innovative products on the market. more
Republic of Serbia — From the beginning of April 2008, the Serbian 24/7 news channel B92 has been running Octopus newsroom system successfully for 24 hours a day, which surpassed the expectations of B92 representatives. According to B92 Deputy News Director, Mr.Igor Bozic, it was impossible to start 24 hours news channel without a newsroom system and the Octopus was the ideal to start with.
Having done all the implementations in February 2008 and dealing with only small issues and details, Octopus newsroom system has been running very well and not recording any crushes during its 24/7 operation.
Although Octopus was installed as the first newsroom system of B92, it was an ideal system because the installation and hardware did not require high investments and the access to the newsroom system from any computer in the building became much easier. more
Calling it a “new generation newsroom computer system“, the Octopus Newsroom company presented its new product Octopus6 capable of using independent platforms simultaneously, reaching free operating systems. According to Octopus Newsroom company CEO, Petr Stokuc, the Octopus6 is expected to find wider use among users in broadcasting, where the independancy of platforms and the fast access to information are key issues.
Octopus 6 brings a brand new Apple FCP plug-in that gives users full access to stories and scripts while editing a video footage. With this feature the users will be able to edit both video and text at the same time on one screen.
There are many new features as well as further fine-tuning from Octopus5 that can bring even more friendly working environment, detailed customisation and improved work with media to create the workflow that best meets the user’s requirements.
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About OCTOPUS Newsroom: OCTOPUS Newsroom is European Company, established
in 1998, focused mainly on Newsroom Computer System development and providing the
support for its customers. OCTOPUS is well known for its simple, yet very intuitive and
powerful user interface based on the revolutionary ideas of their users, while
implementing all the features necessary for effective and efficient day-to-day newsroom
operation. Running in newsrooms all around the world, many of which are 24/7 news
channels OCTOPUS proves to be a possible substitute for any other NRCS system on the
market. With wires, faxes, emails, web feeds, story scripting, approval statuses,
automatic rundown scheduling and many other small, but very useful features, OCTOPUS
helps more than 1000 users daily to bring their latest news on air. OCTOPUS integrates
with all widely-known automation, asset management, graphics and prompting solutions,
supporting latest MOS specifications.
Besides OCTOPUS6, additional products are available for the market: OCTOPUS FIELD
REPORTER, a platform-independent offline client; OCTOPUS VIDEO TWISTER, a videomedia management tool;
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Hayward, Calif. — May 14, 2008 — PANORAMAdtv, the video products division of Wohler Technologies Inc., today announced that Canal Overseas, a division of leading French broadcast group Canal+, is using the HDCC-200A HD/SD-SDI closed-captioning bridge to enable efficient handling and storage of World System Teletext (WST) subtitle data within an HD/SD playout infrastructure. By encoding subtitles within an HD ingest workflow and subsequently decoding those subtitles back at the time of playout, this new card supports a single cost-effective video ingest and playout workflow regardless of the availability of subtitles. It also adds to the bottom line by eliminating the need for duplication of SD and HD video storage. more
Echolab Corporation is a leading provider of video production switchers and tools that offer flexibility and on-air reliability for the production and distribution of digital media in a variety of formats. The company’s products include the Overture1™ and Overture2™ video production systems, MultiPlayMD™ multichannel instant-replay system, MegaKeyMD™ clip player/mixer/keyer, and Conductor™ control integration system, all of which provide functionality and ease of use critical to professional-quality production. Echolab is online at www.echolab.com. more
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