Linear Acoustic, a Telos company, develops innovative, customer-centric solutions for managing multichannel surround sound audio and loudness issues in digital broadcast. The company designs and manufactures the AERO range of audio processing solutions, StreamStacker-HD™, and MetaMAX™ line of products and licenses key technologies to OEM partners. Linear Acoustic has been involved worldwide in projects with all major U.S. terrestrial networks, multiple local stations, and companies including Dolby® Laboratories, Sirius Satellite Radio, Microsoft, HBO, Viacom (Showtime, MTV, etc.), Disney (ABC, ESPN), Sony Studios, and others. The company is also actively involved in the ATSC and other industry organizations, is a member of the AES and IEEE, and is a sustaining member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. More information is available at www.linearacoustic.com. more
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 11, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, exceeded its goals at InfoComm 2008 in Las Vegas, Nev., June 18 - 20, 2008. Nearly 35,000 industry professionals attended the event, making it the largest InfoComm in history.
Attracted to Vaddio’s new HD solutions, dealers and integrators voiced their enthusiasm for the recently debuted Quick-Connect CCU and the first appearance of ProductionVIEW HD — both revolutionary new additions to the camera control industry. The Vaddio booth also drew in the crowds with the ever-popular Quick-Connect PRO, CeilingVIEW HD document cameras, the new IN-WALL enclosures, and the completely automated tracking system, TrackVIEW. more
Erlanger, KY, July 10, 2008 – TV One has announced the release of three new audio products in the A2-7000 Series consisting of the A2-7302, A2-7312 and the A2-7342. They are primarily designed to provide maximum format flexibility for the C2-7310 HD Audio/Video Processor’s audio inputs and outputs. The C2-7310 provides AES3-id audio I/O via two HD-44 Connectors. Additionally, the A2-7300 units may be used in conjunction with one another, without the C2-7310, to provide bi-directional analog/digital or AES3/AES3-id conversion.
The A2-7302 provides an HD-44 interface to 16 AES (8-in/8-out) on XLR connectors and a DARS reference input on a BNC connector. This unit contains eight balanced AES to AES3-id converters, plus eight AES3-id to balanced AES converters to provide AES I/O. more
ERLANGER, KY, July 8, 2008 –TV One’s 2008-09 Product Catalog is now available. The catalog format features all TV One and TVOne-task products combined into one full-color easy to use catalog. It is broken down in product sections with detailed graphics and specifications. To request a copy please visit www.tvone.com and go to Request Info located on the menu bar.
The catalog features an entire section explaining the history of TV One and its proprietary CORIO technology. Some of the newer products featured include the all new C2-7310 and A2-7300 Series. The new C2-7310 multi-format, dual channel HD video and audio processor follows the award winning C2-7200 adding full HD-SDI multi-channel audio processing. The A2-7302, A2-7312 and the A2-7342 are audio format converters that are primarily designed to provide maximum format flexibility for the C2-7310 HD Audio/Video Processor’s audio inputs and outputs. more
ERLANGER, KY, July 2, 2008— TVOne-task’s newest pair of professional format converters, the 1T-FC-524 and 1T-FC-425, tackles format conversion when dealing with analog to digital and digital to analog conversion. The 1T-FC-524 converts analog RGBHV or Component YPbPr inputs to DVI signals, enabling their display on DVI or HDTV monitors or other devices. The 1T-FC-425 converts DVI to RGBHV or Component YPbPr, enabling viewing on analog displays or other devices. Both units are now shipping.
These units are Format Converters only and no video scaling takes place. The 1T-FC-524 will convert to several other formats if DVI is not available. An analog YPbPr input can be converted to either digital YPbPr or RGBHV. An analog RGBHV input can be converted to digital RGBHV. more
Crystal Vision brings its affordable space-saving technology to High Definition color correction and legalization for the first time with CoCo HD. Working with all common HD formats as well as SD, CoCo HD allows flexible whole picture adjustments in both the RGB and YUV color spaces and is ideal for manipulating the colors in any digital image whenever there is a need to correct for camera or lighting problems or to standardize pictures shot at different times. more
ScheduALL is the leading provider of enterprise resource management (ERM) software for the broadcast and media industry. With more than 1,200 worldwide clients within broadcast, satellite, and production facilities, ScheduALL is clearly recognized as the partner of choice for operational management software solutions.
ScheduALL’s software offers comprehensive workflow and resource management capabilities that enable clients to optimize personnel, resource, and bandwidth utilization in a way that directly translates into increased productivity and ROI. ScheduALL’s modular approach and scalable product sets provide a collaborative platform for users in the broadcast, production, post-production, satellite/network transmission, and newsroom environments. ScheduALL clients include BBC, FOX News Network, The Associated Press, IntelSat, Turner Studios, Mediaset, CBC, ABC Australia, RTL, and NewSkies Satellites. more
IRVINE, Calif. — July 1, 2008 — Sonnet Technologies, a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries, today announced the 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning Fusion™ F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system. The fastest storage solution of its kind, the enhanced Fusion F2 delivers remarkable performance with up to 134 MB/sec read and write sustained data transfer rates, and is bus-powered to enable its use when grid power is unavailable. The diminutive system consists of two 2.5-inch drives mounted side by side in a rugged aluminum enclosure just a bit larger than two stacked CD cases, features two eSATA data ports for maximum data throughput, and is designed for use with the Sonnet Tempo™ SATA ExpressCard/34 controller for the MacBook® Pro and Windows notebooks. more
BILLERICA, Mass. — June 25, 2008 — Echolab Corporation, a leading provider of professional video production switchers and broadcast tools, today announced the release of the SuperBox module, which enables users of the company’s advanced Overture™ series production switchers to put as many as six windows –onscreen at once. This plug-and-play solution simplifies news and sports production, allowing for simultaneous display of commentators, reporters, or program guests from different locations — all within one picture. more
ERLANGER, KY, June 23, 2008—TV One introduced four Universal Input/Output Seamless Switcher/Scalers in their booth at InfoComm. The new C2-3000 Series offers eight Universal Video inputs on HD15 connectors that can accommodate Composite Video, YC (S-Video), YUV/YPbPr Component, RGBHV, RGBS or RGsB formats. Two Universal Program outputs provide one Universal Analog via an HD15 that can be set to any analog format and resolution and the second is provided as DVI-D. The Preview output is an analog RGBHV signal that shows the selected input as a full screen image preview; CV and YC inputs are up-converted to RGBHV for viewing. The seamless switchers will start shipping in June. The basic model, the C2-3300, will have a suggested retail price of $3500. more
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