Archive of the Infrastructure Category

Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist, AXON Digital Design, has been selected by ABC Productions in Greece to provide Synapse modular processing equipment for their new 10-camera HD OB van. ABC’s OB vehicle fleet standardizes on AXON’s Synapse modular equipment, which is supplied through AXON’s Greek dealer PTS. more

Dimension Data announced that it has implemented a new end-to-end IT infrastructure environment for Accessible Media (AMI) that upholds the unique requirements of their broadcasting environment and supports the limited resources of a non-profit.

The deployment improved a wide range of AMI’s broadcast and internal business operations, spanning network performance, availability, security and remote and wireless access. By leveraging best practices across the entire project, it also increased AMI’s IT efficiency, reducing day-to-day troubleshooting and laying an infrastructure foundation that supports future expansion.

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Canadian Broadcaster Works with Dimension Data for Complete Network Refresh

NEW YORK – October 12, 2011 – Dimension Data, a $4.7 billion global IT services and solutions more

Nevion to showcase managed video services solutions at HD World

VideoIPath solutions for IP and optical networks lower the cost of video transport

New York, NY, October 12, 2011 – Nevion, a leading provider of managed video services for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, will showcase its new VideoIPath solution for IP networks for the first time in North America at HD World, part of Content & Communications World, taking place on October 12 – 13 at booth #801 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. VideoIPath’s managed video services for broadcasters’ and service providers’ IP and optical networks are designed to easily facilitate remote production, a key capability in the current climate of increasing, global live broadcasting.

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‘Emmerdale’ upgrades its infrastructure to leverage EditShare’s fast, tapeless HD production, shared storage and playout technology

Basingstoke, UK - EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, announced that ITV Studios, the UK’s largest commercial production company, is using EditShare’s advanced broadcast and post-production technology to produce the award-winning ‘Emmerdale’ series. The large-scale upgrade, part of the soaps’ move from its Burley road base to the main building, moved the ‘Emmerdale’ production team off a tape-based, SD infrastructure to an integrated, tapeless HD workflow comprising of the latest EditShare broadcast technology; EditShare Flow for asset management; Geevs for multichannel Studio ingest and playout; and Ark for backup and archiving. EditShare’s flagship XStream storage servers are at the heart of the new ‘Emmerdale’ production workflow, centralizing content access for all departments and distribution channels.

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High Performance Data Solutions Via Quantum StorNext and Active Storage

Pictured is the new Smoke Bay at LA’s Nomad Editing Company.



Integrated Media Technologies Inc. (IMT) has completed a new 120TB SAN storage system and expanded fiber networking for LA’s Nomad Editing Company. The project was designed specifically by IMT to satisfy the considerable needs of a high volume, editorial, sound and graphics services company that caters to major television commercials, advertising and feature films. At the heart of the Nomad installation is Quantum’s StorNext filesystem, ActiveRAID ES Storage and QLogic Fibre Switches serving as a primary tier #1 storage feeding multiple Final Cut Pro on Mac and Autodesk Smoke on Linux workstations.

“IMT works differently than other vendors who just sell products,” explained Scott Carleton, VP at Nomad, whose clients include Pepsi, Visa, TD Bank, Chevy, Nike, more

High Five Entertainment chooses TNDV’s “Aspiration” multi-camera SD/HD/3D truck for production services

NASHVILLE, October 11, 2011 – Two Emmy-award winning production companies have joined forces to help bring live performances from the venerable Grand Ole Opry performance stage to televisions around the country.

Through the fall, the Scripps-owned country music entertainment network Great American Country (GAC) will broadcast six “Opry Live” episodes featuring live performances from country music stars. Nashville-based production companies High Five Entertainment and TNDV will come together for the project.

The Grand Ole Opry contracted High Five Entertainment, the Emmy-award winning entertainment production company, to produce the live shows. High Five Entertainment has contracted mobile production company TNDV, owned by Nic Dugger, to provide the HD mobile production systems and technical crew needed to produce the events. The SD shows will go live via more

Prism Sound has appointed two new representatives in the USA to help promote sales for its range of class-leading audio test and measurement instruments, which includes the revolutionary dScope Series III audio analyzer.

The new arrangement will see TFM Inc handling all Prism Sound Test & Measurement sales in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

In the south, Spectra Sales will be responsible for sales in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.

With Prism Sound’s years of sustained growth in export sales and its recent receipt of the coveted UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade, the company recognised a need for dedicated sales partners to ensure better coverage and support for audio test and measurement clients throughout the USA.

Graham Boswell, Prism Sound’s Sales Director, says: “Both TFM and Spectra Sales have extensive experience more

Korean Broadcasting Systems (KBS) selected LYNX Technik modular solutions to boost its coverage of the 2011 IAAF World Championship in Daegu, Korea. Broadcast Solutions managed the project as systems integrator and general contractor alongside its local partner, Dong Yang Digital Co., Ltd in Seoul, Korea.

To meet the growing demand for HD entertainment and sports programming, Broadcast solutions was brought on board to aid KBS with the design and development of the new 16-camera high definition OB van. The project was completed over an eight month period. The new truck has been partitioned into four production rooms – video, audio, camera control / shading room, and equipment and was delivered to KBS on June 30th 2011. Its inaugural production was for the 2011 IAAF World Championship.

The World Championship in Athletics is a bi-annual event organized by the International Association of Athletics more

Media Links Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Global Links will demonstrate a tightly integrated video & data delivery and transport solution with software provider, Dimetis at HD World, Booth 1018.

Broadcasters and network service providers will have the opportunity to review an example of a fully managed video & data transport solution that is currently being deployed by a large-scale Telco in various broadcasting facilities and sporting venues throughout the United States. The demonstrations will illustrate an adaptable, affordable and flexible solution for transporting uncompressed or JPEG2000 compressed HD-SDI, SD-SDI and DVB-ASI video protocols, as well as providing dedicated native Ethernet services. It will reflect an efficient and robust transport offering that can be deployed in a variety of network applications that require high quality pixel-perfect content delivery.

Content & Communications World includes HD World, SATCON, and 3D World, more

Broadcast sound specialist Red TX generated plenty of interest when it officially unveiled its new RED II mobile recording unit at Pinewood Studios before an audience of invited guests from various music and broadcast industry trade associations.

The new truck, which is designed to cater for 3D and 7.1 surround sound productions, enables Red TX to tackle more high quality broadcast productions without the need to outsource. Its innovative design also makes it much easier to mix surround sound audio in a live environment – and it’s a lot more comfortable for the people working on-board.

Ian Dyckhoff, managing director of Red TX, says: “We were hamstrung by only having one truck and were often forced to lease other vehicles to fulfil our obligations. Having a second truck will allow us to increase workflow and offer clients the latest technology on the more