Today’s satellite operators and broadcasters require cost-effective solutions for independent high-definition content contribution and global newsgathering, as well as for event coverage and transmission. The need for advanced yet cost-effective compression and modulation techniques has become critical to facilitate a smooth migration from MPEG2 to H.264 compression, simplifying the distribution of HD digital feeds via satellite and IP networks. In booth 254 at the 2009 Satellite Conference, Scopus Video Networks, soon to be acquired by Harmonic Inc., will address these challenges. more
KHON-2, Honolulu’s local FOX television station, reported live Election Day reactions from previously inaccessible locations via AirNow!, a portable news production solution that allows field reporters to stream video live to air via cellular data networks.
On November 4, KHON-2 used AirNow! to present live video from Honolulu’s busiest mall, the Ala Moana Center, to cover shoppers’ Election Day opinions. Extremely simple to use – the AirNow! remote unit easily connected to a broadcast camera, turned on, and content streamed directly to the station for immediate broadcast.
“Joe McNamara, the station’s general manager, was excited to be the first station to use AirNow!,” said Ken Lee, Bitcentral’s more
NEW YORK — Oct. 27, 2008 — Genesis Networks, a leading provider of high-quality global transmission services, today announced that it has expanded its broadcasting package for media organizations covering the U.S. presidential elections in November. In addition to providing turnkey production and transmission services at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C., Genesis Networks will offer playout over its worldwide fiber and satellite network from strategic locations in Chicago and Phoenix, the presidential candidates’ home cities. more
NEW YORK — Oct. 14, 2008 — Genesis Networks today announced that ION Media Networks Inc., owner and operator of the nation’s largest broadcast television station group, has chosen the Genesis Networks fiber infrastructure to provide reliable and permanent connectivity between WPXN, ION Media’s television station serving the New York market, and the ION network operations center (NOC) in Clearwater, Fla. ION Media Networks is also using the fiber network to distribute to stations in Southern Florida. more
File-based Newsroom & Associated Studios Up & Running, Innovative New DSNGs Delivered
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, 11th September 2008: Independent UK systems integrator Megahertz Broadcast Systems (MHz) has completed work on the server-based infrastructure and broadcast systems for a new 24-hour news channel at South African broadcaster e.TV. Alongside the state-of-the-art file-based facility and workflow for the startup news channel, the project also included two new DSNG vehicles for current affairs coverage in and around Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. These were built at MHz’s UK headquarters and incorporated an innovative satellite remote-control system, M2RC, developed by MHz engineers at e.TV’s request. more
Work On Nova TV News-gathering Vehicle Is Completed Within Eight Weeks
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, 11th September 2008: Dominating the new-look MHz stand at this year’s IBC show is a brand-new DSNG vehicle, only completed at MHz’s factory and head office in the first week of September 2008. The vehicle was commissioned by Nova TV, one of Bulgaria’s largest private national TV companies, and was required by the Bulgarian broadcaster as quickly as possible to supplement their single existing DSNG van, also built by MHz back in early 2006.
The Nova vehicle provides an excellent example of how quickly the MHz team can turn a design into a finished vehicle. Plans were finalised in June, the basic chassis — a nearly new VW Transporter — arrived at the MHz factory at the end of the same month, and the vehicle was completed just in time for shipping to Amsterdam and inclusion on MHz’s stand at IBC. more
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 8, 2008. EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the video, broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, announced that it will be showcasing the new Optiva® L-band satellite signal transport system at IBC 2008. The high dynamic range, optically isolated DFB lasers and “smart gain” technology, make the Optiva® L-band one of the most innovative products on the market. more
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 8, 2008. EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the video, broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, will be demonstrating the OTP-1DVI2A1D1KDM dual-link DVI Optiva® video transport module at IBC 2008. DVI or analog VGA may be input to the transmitter, and DVI or analog VGA may be output at the receiver. In addition to supporting DVI resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz, the module also supports VGA resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz. more
MHz To Unveil New DSNG Control Technology In Amsterdam
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, 14 July 2008: Megahertz Broadcast Systems Ltd (MHz), the respected UK-based independent broadcast and digital media systems integrator, will be returning to the RAI Centre in Amsterdam in the Autumn for the IBC show, the European broadcast community’s most important exhibition. From 12th to 16th September, 2008, representatives from MHz and its North American parent AZCAR will be welcoming IBC attendees to the company’s distinctive two-tier stand at location F20, by the entrance to Hall 11.
This year, MHz’s specialists will be showcasing a new solution they have developed in-house for the remote control of outside broadcast vehicles via satellite. With the aid of a recently completed DSNG vehicle on the stand, the team will be demonstrating the application live at the show, controlling the internal systems of the vehicle from a remote laptop. more
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 30, 2008 – Nucomm, Inc., a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military and international marketplace, is introducing its upgraded Analog CoderTM 2 modulator at IBC 2008 (Stand 1.A30). Expanding on its original Analog Coder TM that saw its debut in 2001, which had a max data rate of 19.39 Mbps, the Analog Coder 2 is capable of accepting input data rates from 1 to 25 Mbps plus a T1 Data Pack. more
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