Archive for June 8th, 2010

A commercial comes on and is suddenly so loud that the viewer scrambles for the TV remote to turn down or mute the audio. Television viewers are all too familiar with audio level changes that occur between various programs and commercials. A simple solution, LevelTrack is installed in the TV station and corrects mismatched audio levels based on audio history and on user settings such as attenuation and attack time.

Grass Valley, California, 8 June 2010 – Ensemble Designs is showing its LevelTrack Audio automatic level control at InfoComm on booth C4713.

Television viewers are all too familiar with audio level changes that occur between various programs and commercials. A commercial comes on and is suddenly so loud that the viewer scrambles for the TV remote to turn down or mute the audio.
A simple solution, LevelTrack is installed in the TV station and corrects mismatched audio levels based on audio history and on user settings such as attenuation and attack time. more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — June 8, 2010 — Omneon, Inc. today announced that Kazakhstan’s 7 Channel, a new national channel based in Astana, is using an Omneon media storage and processing platform to support a highly automated tapeless news production workflow. Representing one of the first applications of tapeless broadcast technologies in Kazakhstan, the deployment of the Omneon MediaGrid(TM) active storage system and the Omneon Spectrum(TM) media server systems allows 7 Channel to realize fast, reliable processing of media in a flexible model for news production and playout. more

Scan converter – Even a small part of the screen, such as a YouTubeâ„¢ video, is unconverted to full-screen HD.

Grass Valley, California, 8 June 2010 – Ensemble Designs will be featuring the award winning BrightEye Mitto scan converter at InfoComm on booth C4713. BrightEye Mitto is newly in use in television broadcast, worship and post production facilities.
BrightEye Mitto provides an elegant means for taking computer video to air. Material such as YouTube video, weather radar, viewer emails and websites can be output to SD, HD or 3 Gb/s serial digital video. The first units have shipped and are being used in broadcast television stations in the U.S., Asia and New Zealand. BrightEye Mitto received the notable Pick Hit Award from Broadcast Engineering at the IBC exhibition. more

LAS VEGAS, June 8, 2010 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, will showcase a broad range of innovative image-capture, display and output solutions at InfoComm 2010, June 9-11, booth # C5524 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Designed to address the needs of multiple professional markets and end users, Canon will showcase its award winning line of high-resolution REALiS Multimedia LCOS projectors, its acclaimed line of EOS Digital SLR cameras, Canon’s new tapeless XF305 Professional HD camcorder, PIXMA Photo and Large-Format imagePROGRAF printers, robotic remote-control HD video cameras and IP Security Cameras. more

Award-winning editor Chris Gill conquers the Roman Empire with Lightworks’ multi-camera editing and real-time synchronization capabilities

Boston, MA – June 8, 2010 – EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, announced today that award-winning editor Chris Gill utilized Lightworks to edit Neil Marshall’s latest adrenaline-fused thriller, Centurion. Released in the United Kingdom in April 2010, and scheduled for a domestic release in August 2010, Centurion relays the gripping tale of a Pict camp raided by Romans, in an effort to rescue a captured General during their 2nd century conquest of Britain. more

HD Fiber IN/OUT for Drop-and-Repeat with HD and HDMI Outputs For 1.5 and 3 G HD Feeds via Fiber and Copper

LAS VEGAS - MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, is introducing a low-cost, compact, advanced version of its HD-Multi-Link at this year’s InfoComm 2010 (Booth C4823). This new version of the HD-Multi-Link is designed for the drop-and-repeat, daisy-chain optical distribution of SD-SDI and HD-SDI signals on single-mode fiber. It offers full compatibility with SMPTE-compliant HD-SDI products such as the company’s HD-1500 and HD-3000 HD-SDI Fiber Optic Links, and is available in a 3 GB and a low-cost, 1.5 GB version. Applications for the HD-Multi-Link include production monitoring and distribution; announcer booth, event, press, pool and stadium house feeds; campus distribution; and applications that require the optical drop-and-repeat of HD-SDI with HDMI monitoring capability. more

Working in partnership with RSA Films London, Crossroads Director Stuart Rideout harnesses the unique aesthetic of San Francisco to create a memorable visual story for Tropicana via DDB London. DJ is a beautiful montage of a West Coast weekday morning, following the journey of a morning talk-show deejay as he navigates the city’s soaring bridges, meandering hilly streets, and towering skyscrapers on his daily journey to work. As an invigorated troupe of commuters sweeps through the diners, streetcars, and parks of the iconic city – a golden Tropicana invariably by their side – the deejay narrates the 7:00 a.m. sunshine, promising that “today is going to be a great day.” more

LYNX Technik AG will showcase their yellobrik®, Series 5000, and Series 3000 signal processing solutions on Daxco Digital’s stand 8M4-01 at BroadcastAsia 2010. LYNX Technik will also be at KOBA 2010 on the Huton Digital stand 3355 and Shanghai TV Festival on the EverTop stand C001.

BroadcastAsia 2010 exhibition will be held in Singapore from June 15 – 18.
KOBA 2010 will be held in Seoul, Korea from June 15 – 18.
Shanghai TV Festival will be held in Shanghai, China from June 8 – 10. more

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of multiviewers and signal processing is launching their new Conference Connect solution at InfoComm booth N1844.

Conference Connect is designed for conferences and meetings with multiple presenters. Conference Connect allows up to 120 VGA inputs (e.g. laptops) to share a single projector or display within a 1,000 foot (300 meter) range. It provides an AV extension and switching solution between presenters with a single click of a button. more

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of multiviewers and signal processing is expanding their MT HOOD series of VGA and HDMI Extenders, Splitters, and Receivers, and HDMI Matrix Switchers at InfoComm booth N1844. more