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NY1 Taps Omneon to Manage Field Production at Conventions
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8.22.2008
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NY1 will use the Spectrum to provide a single storage platform for ingest, editing and final transfer of finished material to its New York headquarters.
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Optimum Lightpath Launches High Speed Video Service for Professional Media
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8.22.2008
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The service is optimized for file-based media and content transfers, using the advantages of carrier-class Ethernet to prevent packet loss and jitter. The service also does not require any transport protocol conversions.
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WV Media Selects Nverzion for Content Sharing
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8.22.2008
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West Virginia Media Group, a Charleston, W.V.-based station group has chosen turnkey hardware and software automation technology from Nverzion to fully automate the acquisition, transmission, near-line storage and sharing of content between its stations.
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Florida High School Seeks Television Equipment
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8.22.2008
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A high school in Florida had built a studio in which to teach film and television production, and even hired a teacher. Now all it needs is some equipment.
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Dielectric Key Player at Denver’s New DTV Transmission Site
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8.15.2008
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It is now on the air and home to four Denver stations—KTVD, KUSA-TV, KMGH-TV and KCNC-TV.
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WAVE Television Inaugurates HD News in Louisville
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8.15.2008
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WAVE, an NBC affiliate, installed a Snell & Wilcox Kahuna production switcher to make the HD programming possible.
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KGW Television Installs Calrec Console
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8.15.2008
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The installation of the console took place as part of the station’s transition to digital audio and was part of the larger plan to convert to high-definition production this past January.
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Roanoke’s WDBJ Television Adds AJA Conversion Gear
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8.15.2008
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“This year saw the purchase of a lot of new gear—studio cameras, video switcher, graphics generator and weather presentation—and AJA’s FS1 converter is the glue that keeps all of that working together,” said Carl Guffey, director of engineering at WDBJ.
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Four Points Selects Omneon Spectrum HD for Florida’s WTVX
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8.15.2008
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The Spectrum system is sited at an unmanned transmitter facility in the Everglades, which is remotely managed from master control facilities in Salt Lake City.
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Corplex Chooses Canon HD Zoom Lenses for Sports Coverage
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8.15.2008
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Among the equipment purchased were two DigiSuper100xs and five DigiSuper 86xs long-zoom HD field lenses, all with Canon’s Optical Shift Image Stabilizer (“Shift-IS”) technology.
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Wegener Pitches in at PXes
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8.15.2008
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The COMPEL network controls distribution of HD and SD video along with feeds to over 100 AAFES retail facilities, often called PXes, around the world.
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Thomson Grass Valley Gear Covers the PGA
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8.08.2008
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This weekend’s PGA Championship—the year’s final golf grand slam event—is being captured by NEP SuperShooters, using Thomson Grass Valley gear.
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Turner Taps Nvision for Master Control
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8.08.2008
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Turner developed a master control model that could be replicated for its numerous channels.
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Quincy Newspapers Standardizes on Volicon Observer
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8.08.2008
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Now station personnel can access the Observer at any time and from any computer in the network via the system's Web browser interface.
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Little Bay Broadcast Services Becomes New Ikegami Dealer
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8.08.2008
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As part of the agreement, Little Bay’s inventory will include a wide range of Ikegami products, including its line of multiformat LCD HD video monitors, CRT monitors, and Ikegami’s HD cameras, ranging from small, box-style models to the latest in studio, field and ENG cameras.
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NESCom Selects Nvision Routers for TV Production Truck
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8.08.2008
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The mobile unit contains several Nvision Compact Router products, including a 32x32 SD-SDI router for the internal and external video routing, a 32x32 AES digital audio router, and nine 32x32 remote control panels.
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Spanish Broadcasting System Shifts to HD
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8.08.2008
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SBS is basing its HD operations around a Sony equipment package including MVS-8000G switchers, HDC-1400 studio cameras and BEC-H700 robotic cameras.
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Scripps Taking News HD With 100 Fujinon Lenses
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8.01.2008
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“We approached several manufacturers around the time of NAB in 2006 asking them to consider creating a high-quality lens for the JVC camera,” said Michael Doback, Scripps vice president of engineering.
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Calrec Delivers Indy Audio
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8.01.2008
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Productions is using a Calrec Sigma with Bluefin console in its new 53-foot expando used to cover major auto races nationwide this summer.
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NEP Sharpshooters Provides Coverage of ESPN Summer X-Games
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8.01.2008
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NEP Sharpshooters has dispatched three high-definition production trucks for the event coverage and will be using a variety of Thomson Grass Valley gear to air the games in 720p video.
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