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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Systems Support Creative Initiative for High-Traffic Internet Video Uploads

New mobile EAS demonstrated at NAB 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:00 +0000

On display in the NAB’s Mobile TV Pavilion (booth N2638) were new applications, including geo-targeting of broadcast alerts and text-to-speech capabilities

Onex completes acquisition of Nielsen Expositions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:00 +0000

Onex Corp announced June 17 that it had completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from its parent, an affiliate of Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) (“Nielsen”), for $950 million in cash consideration.

RAIDIX Releases RAIDIX 3.2 new version

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:07:00 +0000

A RAIDIX 3.2 new version of the software release is available from 10.06.2013. A number of significant changes have affected the functionality of the product - the new version provides enhanced system capabilities for users, facilitating significant increase in productivity and work quality improvements.

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Christie to launch its first mobile app at InfoComm 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +0000

The app offers the user the ability to scan for available projectors on the local Wi-Fi network and add them to a group.

Dielectric finds new life

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:24:00 +0000

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the country’s largest owner of TV stations, has bought the company that was salted for extinction.

Sinclair has gained in-house RF engineering expertise through its ownership of Aerodyne Services.

CBS Miami O&O lights up mobile DTV service

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:00 +0000

WFOR-TV announced that it has begun offering viewers on the go in South Florida access to its local and network programming via Dyle mobile TV.

Clear-Com Highlights Latest Broadcast Intercoms at Broadcast Asia 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:25:30 +0000

MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE, JUNE17, 2013 ─ Clear-Com^® is featuring its latest range of broadcast intercomsolutions at BroadcastAsia (Stand 5D3-02). The company will display its Eclipse HX Digital Matrix System and enhanced HelixNet™ Partyline Intercom System. It is also highlighting its partnership with Optocore/BroaMan and is presenting the Seamless Roaming functionality of its Tempest^®2400 Wireless Intercom System.

Ethiopian broadcaster selects Grass Valley for new HD terrestrial TV station

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:21:00 +0000

Grass Valley systems will be used to outfit two HD studios and a master control room.

LEIGHTRONIX IncodeX delivers HD simulcast for TEDx event

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:00 +0000

At the heart of the operation was IncodeX One, a new IPTV encoder from LEIGHTRONIX.

FOR-A introduces new features for HVS-390HS production switcher

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:00 +0000

The new MINI M/E extension of the aux bus can be independently controlled or operated from a master/slave configuration.

L2Tek unveils Ultra HDTV connectors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:00 +0000

The new Ultra HD 1.0/2.3 RF coaxial cable connector range has been designed to provide enhanced performance at 6GHz.

Costs remain high for AMOLED display panels, says DisplaySearch report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:00 +0000

Current manufacturing costs for AMOLED display panels are estimated to be almost seven times more than costs for the LCD panels, the report says.

Two Portland nonprofit media centers transition to HD

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:00 +0000

MetroEast Community Media and Portland Community Media have each added eight Hitachi Z-HD5000 HD cameras as part of their HD transition.

Jones Mobile TV upgrades 51ft expanding mobile unit to HD

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:52:00 +0000

The overhaul of the North Little Rock, AR, based facilities company’s VisionHD truck includes 10 new FUJINON HD lenses.

Presidential memorandum calls for greater spectrum sharing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:44:00 +0000

President Barack Obama issued a presidential memorandum on June 14 directing the government to take steps to expedite sharing of spectrum currently allocated exclusively to federal agencies and offices.

A history of broadcast television

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:09:00 +0000

For readers interested in TV history, especially those who’ve ‘lived it’, the website ars Technica has a wonderful series on the history of our television industry.

Brad on Broadcast

TV Entertainment Console Battle: Xbox One vs. PS4

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:36:00 +0000

As much as we look at the next wave of streaming television and point to devices such as Apple TV and Roku, the real battle will take place on consoles. Streaming box sales pale in comparison to the millions who will purchase an Xbox One and/or PS4 this coming fall. The current number one device that people use to stream Netflix is actually the PS3, so scoping out the console landscape can reveal details on what streaming TV will look like in 2014. It may be too early to pick a winner...or is it? Let’s take a look.

Broadcast Engineering Blog

Is Time Warner Working to Kill Your Streaming Web Entertainment?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:35:00 +0000

Several news outlets including Bloomberg are reporting this week that Time Warner Cable is aligning content incentives that are designed to keep programming on its services and prevent programming from appearing on competing web-based entertainment services such as those from Apple, Google and Roku. Time Warner has hundreds of contracts in place with as many providers, which favor keeping shows on TWC. But how can broadcast networks ready themselves for a future of streaming TV devices?

Broadcast Engineering Blog

I Want My MTV: New iPhone/iPad features on-demand programming

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:33:00 +0000

Viacom has just launched a new on-demand app for MTV that is available for iOS, including iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Fans can now catch up on full episodes of Teen Mom, Awkward, Teen Wolf and many others directly from inside the app. Content from Ridiculousness, Real World, Nikki and Sara, Catfish and others will include sneak peeks of upcoming episodes, after the show features, bonus clips and new original content. But does anything seem to be missing?

Broadcast Engineering Blog

Adobe Release Creative Cloud

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:00 +0000

All the apps for one monthly fee, how will broadcasters adapt?

Adobe has launched its much trailed Creative Cloud (CC). As well as new features beyond CS6, CC is sold under a different business model. Instead of outright purchase, followed by the purchase of an upgrade every year or so, CC is sold on a subscription basis. Full membership to the CC includes all the Adobe applications for print and web design as well as video. Adobe also offers single application membership for those, for example, that only use Photoshop.

OASYS and Suitcase TV co-exhibiting at Broadcast Asia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:02:44 +0000

OASYS Automated Playout and Suitcase TV are excited to announce that they are co-exhibiting at Broadcast Asia in Singapore to further strengthen their presence in this fast-expanding marketplace.

Both companies have long identified that their customers have a need to provide a multi-platform delivery service, whilst managing the movement, storage and archive of all the additional media assets that are generated by these additional services.

BASSMAXX Delivers Extreme Depth with the New ZV28 Subwoofer