October 20, 2009 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — today announced that the company’s award-winning TouchStream appliance powered live Internet streaming of the prestigious “The Digital Chiefs” event for the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) last month. Part of the HRTS Newsmaker Luncheon Series and presented in association with National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), “The Digital Chiefs: A Special Conversation on the Future of Media in the Digital Age” featured an all-star lineup of top executives in the digital entertainment industry.
Moderated by Bob Iger, President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, the panel provided an engaging discussion of the monetization of digital media, the impact and future of social networking, and the need for even the most successful digital entertainment companies to continually 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
Partnership with YouTube integrates Content ID fingerprinting with encoding, streamlining workflows for content protection and monetization
October 13, 2009 — IP Media Expo 2009, New York: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — today announced that the company is working with YouTube to integrate support for Content ID, YouTube’s content identification and management system, directly into Digital Rapids’ award-winning range of media production and repurposing systems.
Digital Rapids’ encoding and transcoding systems are used by leading media organizations to transform live, tape and file-based video and audio content into the formats required for viewing on multiple platforms including broadcast, cable and satellite television; IPTV; the Web; mobile phones and personal media players. more
New time-saving tool offers quick visual display of image degradation
Montreal, Quebec (October 7, 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 Signal Conformity Monitor, which will be showcased at HD World on October 14th and 15th in New York city, at booth #1040.
Montreal, Quebec (September 30, 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 Color Temperature Converter, which will be showcased at HD World on October 14th and 15th in New York city, at booth #1040. Visitors to SBE 22 in Verona, NY will be able to preview the product at booth #B5.
“With the number of TV screens and monitors used in Newsrooms today, broadcasters need a cost effective solution that will allow them to display TV and monitor colors properly during live broadcasts,” said Jacques Patry, Director of Product Development at Algolith Inc. “The color conversion applied to the on-set displays will compensate the color more
PRINCETON, N.J. — Sept. 28, 2009 — Triveni Digital today announced that it has further extended its Latin American presence with the addition of Buenos Aires-based VEC to the company’s worldwide reseller network. VEC will be representing the full line of Triveni Digital products in Argentina, offering broadcasters advanced solutions for managing data and metadata in DTV streams, complemented by localized support and service. more
KLRU joins growing number of PBS stations looking for cost-effective solutions
Montreal, Quebec (September 22, 2009) — Algolith Inc, a leader in advanced world-class video processing solutions for broadcast, cable, satellite, and IPTV providers, today announced Austin PBS has selected the Algogear Downconverter XVC-1001-DC solution to downconvert its incoming HD feeds to SD while maintaining the highest possible video image quality for its viewers. For over 40 years, Austin PBS (KLRU-TV) has been proudly providing exceptional educational television to the Central Texas community.
Ensuring reliable HD to SD downconversion while preserving image integrity
Austin PBS, like many broadcasters today, needed to convert their 16:9 video images to a 4:3 coded frame without experiencing significant image loss. Faced with the challenge of how to best format and deliver content in SD while receiving feeds in both HD and SD formats, Austin PBS needed to more
- by Aaron Cullers, Manager, Convention Marketing, National Association of Broadcasters
For the 2009 NAB Show, the interactive and marketing teams at NAB set out to significantly expand our online video coverage of the event, increasing both the quantity and quality of content available on our website at www.nabshow.com. In essence, our goal was to serve as a web 2.0 newsroom, while also creating unique and dynamic content for consumption by the entire lifecycle.
In addition to our usual daily show highlights packages, we also produced feature segments from the exhibition floor hosted by ‘on-air’ talent; segments from NAB sessions, luncheons and keynotes; interviews; and after-hours and off-site clips to help convey the overall atmosphere of the NAB Show and its positive effects on not only Las Vegas, but the industry as a whole. more
AMSTERDAM — Sept. 11, 2009 — IBC 2009 Stands 7.J11 and 1.C61 — Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced it has teamed up with German audio specialists Jünger Audio Studiotechnik GmbH to bring Jünger’s Level Magic automated audio level control technology to its broadcast, cable, satellite and telco customers through a unique integration with Harmonic’s DiviCom Electra® and Ion™ encoders and ProStream™ 1000 stream processing platform with ACE™ technology. This solution addresses a critical issue plaguing program suppliers, broadcasters and subscribers alike — annoying audio level changes within a channel (during commercial breaks, for example) and when switching from one channel to another. more
AMSTERDAM — Sept. 11, 2009 — IBC 2009 Stand 1.C61 — Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that Altibox (formerly Lyse Tele), a telecommunications service provider based in Norway, has deployed Harmonic’s StreamLiner® video servers, Armada® intelligent asset management, and ProStream™ 8000 digital mosaic solution. This deployment enables advanced IPTV video-on-demand (VOD) services and multi-channel mosaic viewing for Altibox subscribers across Norway and Denmark. Altibox is initially introducing this advanced IPTV offering for Norwegian Elite Series football programming with plans to expand to additional sporting events in the future. more
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