CHICAGO, IL ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice-communication systems, equipped WLS-TV, an ABC-owned television station, with reliable communications capability for the broadcast of the 2011 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, the country’s largest evening holiday celebration. WLS-TV used two Clear-Com Tempest®900 900 MHz digital wireless intercoms and three HME DX200 2.4 GHz digital wireless systems to coordinate its production and broadcast with improved range in coverage and unfailing wireless connections. more
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
University Sector Media College Installs Clear-Com Intercoms in New HD Broadcast Centre
LONDON, 8 NOVEMBER 2011 ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that Ravensbourne, a university sector college in London, has installed Clear-Com systems in its new state-of-the-art HD broadcast facility. Ravensbourne, renowned for its programmes in digital media and design, is relying on the Clear-Com Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix intercom, Tempest2400 wireless system, and the ConcertTM IP-based intercom software to help students learning about broadcast productions easily communicate across the university’s broadcast facility.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
PASADENA, CA ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that public radio station KPCC has installed a 48-Port Clear-Com® Eclipse Median Digital Matrix Intercom System with V-Series Panels at its new, state-of-the-art radio broadcast facility in Pasadena, California. The system has enabled communications throughout the station’s 30,000-square-foot facility. Additional V-Series Panels are in place at the station’s downtown facility for uninterrupted communication between the two locations. KPCC also employs Clear-Com’s Concert Intercom-over-IP communications solution for contact between its staff in the field and those in the studio. more
OB Van Broadcasts International Beauty Pageant with Clear-Com Intercom Systems
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, OCTOBER 5, 2011 ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that Broadcasting Televisão Ltda. a leading service provider specializing in capturing and transmitting multimedia content, utilized Clear-Com systems in its OB van to coordinate the broadcast of Miss Universe 2011, the most acclaimed international beauty competition for high-achieving women. more
WUCHANG, HUBEI ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is helping Hubei TV (HBTV), a provincial TV station in the Hubei province in the People’s Republic of China, lay the groundwork for an all-digital communications infrastructure for its brand new facility. The media outlet has recently started construction on a completely new station and the first phase of its communications plan includes the installation of an Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix and HME DX200 digital wireless intercom. more
New Offerings Provide Intercom Customers with a Full Solution to Route Audio, Control Data and Intercom Signals
AMSTERDAM, 10 SEPTEMBER, 2011 ─ Clear-Com, a global leader in critical voice communications systems, announces that it is now offering Optocore digital fibre and SANE CAT5 network interfaces for real-time audio, intercom, and data distribution. These products are a direct result of a strategic joint development partnership with Optocore GmbH, a pioneer in fibre-optic based audio and data network distribution. The first Clear-Com-Optocore devices, V3R-FX-INTERCOM for Clear-Com and the X6R-FX-INTERCOM for Clear-Com, will be featured on the Clear-Com stand at IBC 2011 (Stand 10.D29a.) more
Technology Leader Displays HME DX210 and Eclipse Digital Matrix System Version 5.2 with Optocore
LONDON, UK, 11 SEPTEMBER 2011—Clear-Com a global leader in critical voice communication systems and the chief provider of partyline intercom systems for the UK entertainment and installation sectors, will bring its HME DX210 to this year’s PLASA 2011 (Stand 1.F29). The company will also showcase its Eclipse Digital Matrix System Version 5.2 with Optocore digital fibre and Synchronous Audio Network plus Ethernet (SANE) CAT5 network interfaces. In addition, Orbital Sound, Clear-Com’s UK distributor for the theatre and event markets, will be available at the stand to address visitor queries about sound and communication for live events and performances. more
September 6, 2011—IntraCom Systems, LLC, Los Angeles, developer of VCOM, the leading software IP Matrix Intercom System, announced today that it has developed an Android version of its popular VCOM Control Panel. VCOM Control Panels for Android are now available for download from IntraCom Systems’ website – www.intracomsystem.com. VCOM Control Panels for Android can be used to add desktop or mobile clients to an existing VCOM System or used as a stand-alone wireless intercom system.
Last week IntraCom Systems launched its iOS-based Control Panel, and this week the company adds Android to the mix. “Our corporate goal over the last 18 months has been to blur the lines between Matrix and Wireless Intercom and bring it to the most widely used and popular computer platforms/hardware on the market,” says Stephen Brand, C.E.O., IntraCom Systems, LLC. “With the array of Android-based tablets available and Apple’s iPad, VCOM users more
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CHICAGO, IL ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice-communication systems, equipped WLS-TV, an ABC-owned television station, with reliable communications capability for the broadcast of the 2011 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, the country’s largest evening holiday celebration. WLS-TV used two Clear-Com Tempest®900 900 MHz digital wireless intercoms and three HME DX200 2.4 GHz digital wireless systems to coordinate its production and broadcast with improved range in coverage and unfailing wireless connections. more
