KBNC TV establishes facility in San Francisco; leverages Vector 3 technology for automated playout of programs and 24/7 news.
Los Angeles- CA – October 21 - Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that the NGC Group, owner of several US-based Korean TV channels, has purchased the VectorBox integrated playout solution to broadcast live news, thematic programs, and pre-recorded shows from their newly established KBNC TV operation based in San Francisco, CA. The tapeless workflow broadcasts high-quality Korean programming 7 days a week, 24 hours a day over Digital TV. The program line-up includes a combination of popular shows produced by Korean media giant MBC with a variety of live news and thematic programs produced out of the San Francisco studio.
“After a careful evaluation period we went with VectorBox to support our new production and broadcast facility. They scored highest in price performance and more
Adds New Dimension to Audio for Chinese New Year Parade Broadcast
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — KTVU, San Francisco’s local Fox affiliate, is bringing the audio for its special events coverage — most specifically the station’s coverage of the city’s Chinese New Year Parade — to the next level with Holophone®’s H4 SuperMINI Camera-mountable surround microphone.
The largest celebration of the Chinese New Year outside of Asia, San Francisco’s parade attracts visitors from all over the world. For over 20 years it has been KTVU’s task to bring the sights and sounds of the event to viewers at home. This year, in addition to the event being broadcast in HD, Mark Metzler, Operations Supervisor of KTVU and one of the sound designers for the show, wanted to further enhance the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound mix more
London-based operation puts Vectorbox at the core of their multi-channel playout operation.
Barcelona, Spain – October 13, 2009 – Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Islam Channel has installed 2 Vectorbox 8000 HD systems and Vector configured NAS system to manage automated, multi-channel playout and production storage of three Islam Channel signature channels; Islam Channel, Islam Channel Urdu, and Noor TV. With headquarters in Central London, Islam Channel provides alternative news, current affairs and entertainment programming from an Islamic perspective. A popular and well respected channel, Islam Channel has a global viewership with simultaneous transmission to studios in South, West, and East Africa. “Our broadcast facilities will support up to 20 channels,” comments Mr Kiarash Bodouhi, Head of IT, Islam Channel. “Knowing this, we went through a rigorous qualification process to ensure the playout automation technology we installed today would support the imminent growth more
National radio broadcaster implements the media asset management-based Dalet solution to facilitate an integrated enterprise production workflow across multiple sites.
Paris, France – October 13, 2009 – Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that RTP has successfully deployed Dalet Radio Suite HD to facilitate news and music program production at the main facility in Lisbon Portugal and their regional locations; Porto, Faro, Coimbra, Funchal, and Ponta Delgada. Dalet Radio Suite HD integrates the news and music production workflow across the six RTP locations; enabling all sites to better share content and produce programs. The Dalet enterprise media asset management (MAM) infrastructure with built-in audio production tools consistently tracks metadata across the entire digital workflow. With metadata embedded across production and playout, RTP can easily re-purposes content for distribution to any number of platforms including web and more.
“Dalet will enable us to unify multiple workflows, streamlining radio news more
NEW YORK, NY — Sound Devices announces its latest 1.76 Firmware update for its best-selling 788T and 788T-SSD Digital Recorders. This new release includes numerous functional enhancements, including limiter behavior and several important upgrades.
Sound Devices 1.76 firmware makes substantial upgrades to the limiter algorithms of the 788T and 788T-SSD. These changes include new, independent pre-fade and post-fade limiters on inputs as well left/right output limiters. Limiters can be linked for stereo and surround applications or can operate independently. The firmware upgrade also allows for 20:1 limiter ratio options with both hard knee and soft knee curves. To enhance metering, a new Meter Scale menu with zoom mode offers the ability to create, name and save custom meter scales. more
Affordable 5.1 Version of the H2-PRO Now Available
NEW YORK, NY — Holophone®, the leading manufacturer of surround microphones, is now shipping its H2-5.1 surround microphone, exclusively equipped with Sennheiser’s MKE series microphone capsules. The H2-5.1 offers users the same power and audio quality of the H2-PRO in an affordable 5.1 package. Ideal for productions solely requiring a superior discrete 5.1 surround recording, Holophone’s H2-5.1 will be available immediately.
Based on the company’s flagship model, the H2-PRO, the H2-5.1 features six Sennheiser microphone capsules arranged to correspond with the typical 5.1 speaker setup found in a studio or home theater. This configuration allows the H2-5.1 to easily and effortlessly capture, from a single point, an extremely accurate 5.1 surround recording with no signal manipulation required. The mic’s six channels of audio are output to six separate XLR connectors. With the H2-5.1 retailing more
Attention Chiefs of Staff and Communications Directors:
Friday October 9th and Friday October 16th have been designated Free-Speech Fridays at TeamCreations.
Do you have an important message to communicate to your constituents? Do you need to clarify a position or make a policy statement? Or, are you simply looking for an opportunity to media train an important member of your staff?
If so, then Free-Speech Fridays is the answer you’ve been looking for. We are offering up our HD-Capable studio to record your congressperson’s important message at no cost. This complimentary service includes up to 2 hours of pre-production consulting time with the option to shoot against our seamless green screen cyc or on our adaptable set. To complete this free service, TeamCreations can produce a polished video complete with open, close and internal graphics delivered to you on DVD or as a high-quality QuickTime more
NEW YORK, NY - Gepco (Stand 151), a General Cable company and industry leader in the manufacturing of professional audio and video cables, will be featuring its complete line of fiber cable assemblies at AES 2009, October 9-12. more
REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN ― Sound Devices digital recorders recently rode shotgun for “Truth in 24,” an NFL Films production created on behalf of car manufacturer, Audi, which is centered on France’s annual 24-hour car race, 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans). Sound Mixer Kyle Hartigan chronicled Audi’s journey toward winning the trophy again, after taking the grand prize home a total of seven times. Hartigan took Sound Devices 788T and 744T recorders to the track to record effects in both surround and stereo for the project.
The full-length film was shot in high definition and features a surround sound mix of the event, which included several pre-event races in Sebring, Florida; Long Beach, California and Monza, Italy before the big day in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. In order to capture the sounds of the pre-races, more
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