Archive for April 9th, 2008

ALBANY, NEW YORK, APRIL 9, 2008—Cotton Hill Studios in Albany, NY has been busy with automatic dialogue replacement (ADR) sessions for a number of high-profile clients for such television shows as “Battlestar Gallactica,� “Flash Gordon,� “Jericho�, and “The Kill Point.� In the middle of it all, making the jobs of the actors and engineers easier and more productive, is Aviom with its Pro16 Monitor Mixing System. more

Los Angeles-Based DI Facility Adopts IMAGER HSR Film Recorder for Film Projects

Los Angeles, CA (April 9, 2007)–IMAGICA Technologies Corp., the engineering solutions division company of IMAGICA Robot Holdings, Inc., announced today that post facility Hollywood Intermediate has purchased and installed the company’s IMAGER HSR Film Recorder for use on independent film projects. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 9, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributer of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, announced today the release of the new PreVIEW HD Dual 7.0 and PreVIEW HD Triple 5.7 LCD Rack Mount Monitors. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 9, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, announced today the introduction of the new Quick-Connect PRO Broadcast Camera Cabling System. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 9, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, introduces the Quick-Connect CCU. more

Christie has expanded the company’s single-chip DLP® line of projectors with the addition of the new Christie DS+305. The projector delivers outstanding video reproduction with new high bandwidth electronics including 10-bit image processing and PixelWorks™ DNX™ processing. These advancements are upgrades to the successful Christie DS+300 projector, garnering improved video de-interlacing and reduced color degradation and dithering for spectacularly smooth presentations. more

Videotek® QuiC™ Media Analysis Server Addresses Annoying Audio Jumps During Commercial to Offer Broadcasters First-of-Its-Kind Product

CINCINNATI, April 9, 2008 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, will unveil the latest version of its Videotek® QuiC™ media analysis server, which combines loudness monitoring technology from TC Electronic with the QuiC system’s automated quality control and correction tools to form a unique market offering. The new product will be introduced at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention being held April 14-17, 2008, in Las Vegas. more

CYPRESS, CA, April 9, 2008 – FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the FRC-3000 HD Frame Rate Converter at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas from April 14-17, 2008 (Booth #SU5220).

High market demand for FOR-A’s powerful flagship frame rate converter, the FRC-7000, has been proven through its use in many high-profile events such as a multi-national transmission of February’s Super Bowl XLII and the worldwide music event “Live Earth.� The FRC-3000 was developed to meet additional demand at a price range suitable for smaller operations. And its compact design, fitting into a 1RU frame, makes it ideal for news application. more

WAYNE, NJ, April 9, 2008 — Belo Corp’s NBC affiliate, KGW in Portland, Oregon, began broadcasting its daily news programming in HDTV earlier this year. For the HD transition, KGW selected six Fujinon XA22X7.5BES compact HD studio lenses. Three of those lenses are mounted on Grass Valley LDK-4000 studio cameras and are currently in use at KGW NewsChannel 8’s main studio in Portland to produce the studio portions of the station’s news broadcasts in HD. more

TV One’s C2-7310 HD Video Processor with full HD-SDI Audio embedding and extraction, supporting Up, Down and Cross Conversion is now shipping and will be showcased at NAB 2008 in Booth N1725.

ERLANGER, KY, April 9, 2008— TV One’s new C2-7310 multi-format, dual channel HD video and audio processor follows the award winning C2-7200 adding full HD-SDI multi-channel audio processing. The new C2-7310 was created to address the evolving needs of the Broadcast and Professional Video markets and supports virtually every bi-directional SDTV-to-HDTV conversion imaginable all within a compact 1 RU enclosure. more