Miranda Technologies (SU2807) concluded the purchase of NVISION near the end of 2008. At NAB, the company is highlighting its new series of routers with the NV5100MC multichannel, master control switching and branding system (HD/SD). The series of routers offer a cost-effective modular design, a wide choice of control panels and tight router integration. It also provides multichannel audio control with Dolby E decoding and a full preview. It can be integrated with the Intuition XG co-processor for advanced graphics.

Another router platform is the Miranda NVISION 8500 / 8256 / 7512 / 5256 Enterprise Class routers (3Gbps/HD/SD). These are large facility routers, providing the highest level of dependability. The routers provide full power supply, controller, and crosspoint redundancy so you’ll never be without a house router. The routers also are fully scalable to very large sized, up to 1152 x 1152, using 3Gbps 1080p/3D) and HD/SD/ASI.

The NVISION division was acquired just after the first of this year. The acquisition of NVISION provides Miranda a full line of products. Speaking with Michel Proulx in January, he said that their research showed that customers typically needed to buy both routers and facility conversion time simultaneously. Now Miranda is perfectly position to meet that sweet spot he said.

The Omneon (SU7217) MediaDeck GX is a complete channel playout solution that combines proven video server playout, world-class graphics and advanced audio processing, all under control of the user’s preferred automation system. Offering rich branding and master control functionality, MediaDeck GX makes it faster, easier and more affordable for broadcasters to launch new services, make incremental additions to their channel lineup, or implement disaster recovery. more

Previewed at IBC 2008 and now shipping, Telecast’s (SU8517) new CopperHead INF id s camera-mounted fiber optic transceiver for the Thomson Grass Valley Infinity camcorder. This enables the Infinity to be used as both a camcorder and an HD-SDI multi-cam production camera. more

There was no shortage of new products in the Snell booth, (SU1917, SU1717). Heading the parade of highlights was the IQ Modular intelligent infrastructure range, which includes more than 400 intelligent component building blocks, and 26 new 3Gbps-capable modules. Available in 76 variants, IQ Modular gives customers great flexibility in tailoring a broadcast facility to the demands of HDTV and other services.. Compatible with emerging 3Gbps standards and metadata-rich infrastructures, as well as current analog, SD, and HD standards, an IQ Modular infrastructure serves as a unified, flexible, and future-proof system for digital broadcasting. more

The new Slate 100 optional control p provides users with a traditional switcher interface.

The Slate 100 Control Panel features a classic preview/program switcher layout including a next transition section for managing the system’s three keyers. There are also controls for the Slate 100’s built-in CG, clip store, graphics, and camera control systems, including a bank of buttons that corresponds to thumbnails on the multi-view for easy selection of digital assets and device controls. While the Slate 100 can be controlled by one operator, the new panel also enables a separate graphics operator to use the system’s keyboard and mouse for especially fast-paced live productions like sports.

Broadcast Engineering has announced the winners of its Pick Hits awards for NAB2009. A panel of independent judges toured the show floor for three days, looking for innovative products and technology. The judges then met to make their selections based on several criteria, including the technical and financial improvements the product can bring to a facility’s operation. Our editors and publishers have no vote in the selection process. more

LARCAN sees a strong interest on the part of broadcasters in rolling out mobile DTV service and is approaching the market with an integrated solution to make it easy to deploy, according to Scott Barella, the company’s VP technology and business development.

The company is building a mobile DTV ecosystem consisting of partners like Envivio, Triveni Digital and UDcast to offer an integrated solution. The last piece in the puzzle is the mobile DTV modulator, and LARCAN anticipates the availability that piece later in the year. more

The idea behind AJA Video Systems’ new KI Pro digital video recorder/converter is to allow producers to move straight from the camera lens to post production, said company product marketing manager Bryce Button.

Introduced at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, the KI Pro can be used with a wide variety of cameras, accepting HD-SDI, SD-SDI, component, HDMI 1.3a and after performing the necessary up, down or cross conversion records to a 250GB hard drive, which comes as part of the standard configuration, or optionally to larger and even solid state drives, as Apple ProRes HQ files or in other standard file formats. more