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Engineering announces NAB2009 Pick Hit winners
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
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Rhozet…
I mean, Harmonic
With the acquisition of media transcoding whiz kid Rhozet,
Harmonic furthered its goal of providing for almost every step in the
broadcast workflow, from contribution and distribution to playout. But
when I spoke to VP of the now Rhozet Business Unit of Harmonic David
Trescot, he stressed that Rhozet was not completely absorbed. The
company still maintains its own offices and exists as its own entity,
but it is now Harmonic...
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MobiTV
mixes it up
Like a politician, MobiTV is a master of the art of the
possible. In the ATSC mobile TV pavillion at NAB, MobiTV showed its new
MixTV, which adds broadcast mobile TV to its unicast subscription mobile
TV service — the best of both worlds according to Cedric Fernandes,
MobiTV VP, Technology, who talks about it here...
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3Gbs
audio monitor
3G for audio? You bet!
Wohler (N1102) is introducing a 16-Channel, 3Gbs audio monitor. Say
what? A “3Gbs audio monitor”?
Key is that the AMP2-16-3G can simultaneous display for up to 16
channels of embedded audio within a single multi-rate 3Gig
signal...
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Barco
releases Grade 1 monitor
Barco (SL5008) has released its newest Grade 1 reference
video monitor, the RHDM-2301. The monitor received a 2008 Broadcast
Engineering IBC Pick Hit award with its introduction in Amsterdam and is
on display at the Barco booth.
The RHDM-2301 is a Grade 1 LCD display designed to provide production
and post-production personnel with a high level of color stability and
accuracy for video reference tasks. more...
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Dolby
DP569 encoder
Dolby (N1815) When thinking of audio, the name “Dolby”
surely must come to mind. At this year’s show, the company is
highlighting both broadcast and recording products. One veritable piece
of TV gear every station needs is an audio encoder and Dolby’s DP569
is one to see. It is designed for digital television and disc-authoring
applications, including automated broadcast installations as well as
mastering DVDs and other recorded media. more...
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HD
editing at light speed
Avid Technology (SU902) has unveiled an end-to-end HD news
solution that enables broadcasters to produce HD programming more
cost-effectively.
The HD news solution consists of the new AirSpeed Multi Stream
production server, an updated version of the NewsCutter software
(version 7.5), the Avid Interplay production asset management system
(version 1.6) and Avid Unity shared storage. more...
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The
Coolest Codec Idea You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
BlogLive @ NABSHOW: From Digital Content
Producer/millimeter
At least, I hadn’t. Broadcast International sells the patented
CodecSys encoding program that utilizes multiple H.264 codecs to
compress video more efficiently than a single H.264 codec could (at
least that’s their claim). Why multiple codecs?
According to the company, they’ve fine tuned different H.264 codecs
for different types of footage; high motion, low motion, pans to the
left, tilts downward, and so on. During encoding, the company analyzes
the footage, applies the codecs as necessary and then produces a single
standard H.264 encoded file that should be compatible with any H.264
player...
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Barco’s FSN series 3Gb/s multiformat video production
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Ikegami
HDK-77EC
The Ikegami HDK-77EC is a digital HDTV portable camera system
that features dual-format support with CMOS technology and an HD triax
system...
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Vizrt
holographic demo
During an exclusive press-only event, Vizrt and STATS conduct
a live demonstration of the holographic effect used during CNN’s
presidential election coverage...
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