Washington, DC - Apr 16, 2009 - A survey conducted by the National Association of Broadcasters shows that nearly 80 percent of NAB Show preregistered conference and exhibition attendees plan to buy products or services exhibited on the convention floor. In line with that, 79 percent of survey respondents said they plan to purchase products or services on-site or within 12 months of the show

Past NAB Show research has shown that exhibitors generate more than $50 billion in sales as a direct result of the show each year.

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From the Briefing Room…

April 16, 2009 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — continues to set higher standards for versatile, multi-format encoding with the launch of a powerful new version of the Stream software for Digital Rapids’ ingest, encoding and streaming systems. New features in version 3.0 include significantly expanded compression and container format support (including Avid DNxHD(r), enhanced H.264 and more); new audio plug-in capabilities and third-party plug-in compatibility; enhanced Closed Caption support and more. more…

From the Briefing Room…

Montreal, Canada – April 9, 2009 – Matrox Video Products Group today announced that release 1.3.1 for the Matrox MXO2 product line is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users. This release implements important new features including HD-SDI closed captioning support and RED workflow support. more