Carlisle, PA, January 15, 2008 - RF Central, a leading digital microwave technology provider, has set a new standard for customer service within the broadcast industry with the launch of its new ExtremeCare™ 24/7 support program. more
RENO, NV, January 8, 2008 - New Years revelers who rang in 2008 from the comfort of their own homes received a larger-than-life perspective of Nevada‘s annual “New Year’s Eve Celebrations” party as KRNV-TV News 4 took its decade long history of live coverage to new heights by broadcasting it in full HD using an array of RF Central microwave equipment. more
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 7, 2008 - As the demand for HDTV program content continues to increase, production companies of all sizes are faced with the challenge of delivering the increased quality of high-definition, widescreen video at competitive rates. Washington DC-based Télécam Films, a full-service television and video production company, reports that it is meeting this challenge by outfitting each of its Sony XDCAM HD tapeless cameras with two of Canon U.S.A. Inc.‘s new cost-effective HDgc portable broadcast lenses. Télécam purchased two Canon U.S.A. KH16ex5.7 IRSE ENG/EFP HDgc zoom lenses and two Canon U.S.A. KH10ex3.6 IRSE wide-angle HDgc lenses. Both lens models include Canon U.S.A.‘s exclusive eDrive technologies, which provide features originally developed for Canon U.S.A.‘s higher-end portable HD lenses. more
Bitcentral‘s Precis end-to-end digital newsroom solution goes live at three television news stations in a single day; complete installations in three weeks
IRVINE, CALIF. - January 3, 2007 - Bitcentral Inc., a leading provider of news production, archiving and distribution solutions to local television stations, has fully installed and gone live with its groundbreaking Precis end-to-end digital news production solution at three television news stations in a single day. The complete personnel training, installation, logistics and conversion of the broadcast stations from tape to complete digital workflows were done in a mere three weeks according to the specific needs of the respective stations. The following stations went live with the Precis solution on Friday, December 14:
• KSEE in Fresno, CA
• KMTV in Omaha, NE
• KTVM in Bozeman, MT
The three Precis installations were scheduled for the same date in efforts to complete full conversion in the small window of opportunity between the November ratings and end of year holiday periods. Adhering to the specific needs of each station, Bitcentral‘s staff compressed the installation and training projects, which usually span across eight to six weeks, into a short three week turnaround according to station schedules. These swift, yet smooth projects set a record time in system configuration, installation and commissioning. more
MAYWOOD, NEW JERSEY, December 17, 2007–The excitement of the NFL has risen even further at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, the home of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Equipped with advanced Ikegami portable cameras, including five HL-65W full-digital broadcasting cameras and one tapeless DNS-33W Editcam3 for nonlinear acquisition, the Jaguars‘ video production team is bringing its fans even closer to the on-field action. more
rlisle, PA, November 27, 2007 - RF Central, a leading digital microwave technology provider, is now delivering its new RFX-RMR-II 5.8GHz rack-mounted receiver. Designed for live sports stadium and arena coverage as well as ENG news remotes, the unit offers complete HD upgradeability with the latest in high-quality, low-delay, HD decoding technology. more
Bitcentral‘s Precis delivers a fully integrated, end-to-end, open architecture news production solution that is now integrated with all national news providers.
IRVINE, CALIF. - November 15, 2007 - Bitcentral, Inc., a leading provider of news production, archiving and distribution solutions to local television stations, announced that it has completed integration of its premier news production system, Precis, with all major national news services.
This latest acceptance from the broadcast news community is a validation and testament to Bitcentral’s technological vision and ongoing commitment to streamline newsroom workflows to help bring efficiencies to the editorial and production processes used by television stations. The Precis integration allows users seamless access to file based content provided to the station by their national news providers. more
AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, has installed multiple FS1 converters at Nashville‘s Sommet Center to enable the arena‘s conversion to an all-digital broadcast infrastructure. The FS1 is a universal HD and SD, audio and video frame synchronizer and converter supporting virtually any input or output format.
The Sommet Center serves as home base for the National Hockey League‘s Nashville Predators and was built in 1996 with control room facilities designed for analog broadcast requirements. The facility secured funding to convert to digital in the summer of 2007 and awarded the design contract to M/BITS, a local leading broadcast system integrator. more
THE WASHINGTON D.C. CONVENTION CENTER, BOOTH # 430, NOVEMBER 14-16–Ikegami, the world-leading manufacturer of high-quality broadcast production solutions, is exhibiting a wide range of leading-edge products and technologies vital to the needs of public-sector video and television professionals at Government Video Technology Expo (“GV Tech Expo”) 2007, at the Washington DC Convention Center. more
Enitre Series Broadcast Using MRC Airborne & Ground Links
North Billerica, Massachusetts- Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) today announced that its Link High Definition (HD) Wireless Diversity camera systems powered FOX-TV Sports‘ state-of-the-art, high resolution coverage of baseball‘s American League Championship Series, and the Boston Red Sox World Series sweep of the Colorado Rockies. The Link HD Wireless Diversity system provided true HD transmission without down/up conversion, complete freedom of camera movement, and elimination of the latency issues often found in competing systems. FOX-TV production crews could inter-cut camera shots seamlessly with no vision or sound delay problems. more
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