Archive of the 2010 InfoComm Newslink Category

Chatsworth, CA (February 22, 2011) — Alteran Technologies will present its enhanced ViTaDi product suite at NAB 2011 in booth N5537 to offer a series of low-cost, mobile and modular solutions for videotape ingest. Built around the company’s AutoPack- the world’s first low-cost 4-channel videotape capture flypack that operates in both automatic (robotic) and semi-automatic modes, ViTaDi’s scalable systems facilitate migration of all library sizes on location.

Update ViTaDi AutoPack
Alteran’s ViTaDi AutoPack – the world’s first low-cost 4-channel mobile videotape ingest flypack – forms the core of the Company’s Media Migration series. This updated version features revised master control which organizes and monitors the entire workflow process, broken down into logically delineated steps facilitating ease of use. Productivity is enhanced by flexible features including multi-clip capture mode and timecode break mode. Native file formats include Quicktime, MXF and more

The readers of ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International magazine have chosen DiGiCo‘s SD8 console as its favorite Large Format Console in the 2nd annual Readers Choice Product Awards. In last year’s competition, the newly launched SD8 also scooped the LSI award for New Console Mixer Digital Large Format.

“We are again honored to receive this award,” offered DiGiCo Marketing Director, Dave Webster, “which is all the more poignant as it comes from the readers of Live Sound International and ProSoundWeb—who are among the daily in-the-trenches users of our consoles. DiGiCo intentionally creates our products to meet the demands of the market, keeping the targeted users always at the forefront and for that reason, the SD series consoles have become a rider standard. To be recognized by these people is truly a mark of distinction.”

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When the tech staff of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church in Matthews, North Carolina was searching for the best digital console to replace an aging and inadequate mid-level analog desk, the worship facility’s missive was to secure a system that would meet all of their technical requirements yet include a logical and intuitive user interface, which would not intimidate its inexperienced, volunteer operators. Christ Covenant’s technical director, Jim Deal—also a veteran audio consultant in the area—took control of the project, specifying a DiGiCo SD8 system, coupled with a 56-input DigiRack. Hudson-Seymour, an integrator based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area specializing in house of worship installs, handled the installation.

“The system that was in place was installed when the church was first built in 1998,” Deal explained. “And as is always the case, technical systems are rarely more

March 8, 2011 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming encoder as a recipient of the 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY(r) Product of the Year Award.

StreamZHD Live ABR

StreamZHD Live ABR encodes and streams live HD and SD content with superior quality and performance for delivery through the latest generation of adaptive streaming technologies. Adaptive bit rate streaming enables higher-quality viewing experiences with television-like continuity and reliability on the Web, over-the-top (OTT) services and mobile devices. As content is delivered to each viewer, the chosen adaptive delivery technology automatically switches between multiple output streams based on the viewer’s current network and playback conditions, delivering the best possible quality at any given time even under dramatically changing conditions. Building on Digital Rapids’ long-standing simultaneous output abilities, StreamZHD Live ABR can create all of the output streams required for adaptive bit rate delivery — including outputs for multiple target devices — in a single system. more

Altman Rentals is pleased to welcome Jason Perry as a Rental Sales Agent to its staff. “We are very happy to have Jason join our team,� says Randy Altman, owner of Altman Rentals. “His focus will be working with our growing number of film & television rental clients. With our location, inventory and customer support we have been growing in theatre and events as well, but television & film has been very busy. Our customer service is a high priority for us and I know that Jason will be able to offer Altman Rentals’ first rate support to our customers.�
Prior to joining Altman Rentals, Perry handled technical support and customer service for Rosco Laboratories in Stamford, spent 10 years with High Output in Boston and has worked as a freelance Production Electrician. Perry is looking more

Main Light Industries, who manufacture and rent a wide variety of fiber optic-based products, introduces the LED-powered LightStar™ fiber optic illuminator, part of DiCon Lighting’s FiberLamp product line. LightStar uses an innovative LED light engine comprised of Red, Green, Blue, and White LEDs for a broad spectrum of color choices as well as reducing the more

Twenty of the user-friendly encoding and streaming appliances record and stream clinical activities from multiple locations

February 25, 2011 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — announced today that the University of Guelph has purchased 20 TouchStream live streaming appliances for video capture, archiving and live streaming at the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Primary Healthcare Centre at the Ontario Veterinary College. The TouchStream units stream and record medical procedures, interviews and other clinical activities from multiple locations within the Centre.

TouchStream units in rack at University of Guelph

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Primary Healthcare Centre is a state of the art experiential learning facility where students develop enhanced skills, competence and confidence in providing veterinary healthcare. To support their educational goals, the Centre sought a user-friendly solution to capture video and audio from multiple patient care and procedure rooms, stream it live for immediate remote observation and store it for subsequent on-demand review.

The TouchStream appliances receive source video signals from a variety of locations throughout the Centre and encode them into digital formats for live streaming and on-demand viewing on the Web and other devices. Supplied and deployed by systems integrator Design Electronics, the TouchStream units are integrated with a Crestron control system, allowing recording and streaming to be remotely activated from each location. TouchStream’s flexible concurrent streaming and archiving capabilities and its ability to integrate with third-party components were key considerations for the project, and contribute significantly to the overall system’s ease-of-use. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 23, 2011) – Just because you’re based in a small town doesn’t mean you can’t have big-city ambition. Husband and wife team, Doug and Beth Voss, run the audiovisual system at Grace United Methodist Church in Paynesville, a rural Minnesota town with a population of 2,200. Looking for a unique way to reach the extended Paynesville community they hired Intermedia Systems Group of Burnsville, Minn. to install a complete AV system featuring high definition video displays, a Vaddio HD PTZ remotely controlled camera system and a digital audio sound reinforcement system to back it all up.

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“Being ahead of the game was our goal,� explained Doug Voss. “We saw what other churches were doing with broadcasts and we didn’t want to do a substandard job. Should we use standard definition cameras because that’s what everyone else is using or should we plan for more

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 2011: Ben Arthur is a charismatic, self-made singer/songwriter who has released four critically-lauded albums and opened for such acts as Tori Amos, Bruce Hornsby, and the Dave Matthews Band. His knack for successful collaborations has earned him the friendship of many very talented musicians who tend to fly just under the radar of the mass media. That knack and those friendships will be put to the dramatic test on Dubway Days, a web-TV show – and possible Network TV show – that will air its pilot episode on February 14, 2011 at www.breakthruradio.com. It so happens that Ben Arthur is also an ardent Metric Halo user.

The tagline for Dubway Days, “Two Artists… One Day… One Song,” sums up the mechanics of the show, but its drama hinges on the immensity of that task. Ben Arthur and a guest begin a day of more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 17, 2011) – Vaddio, the global leader in robotic PTZ cameras and camera control systems has officially launched the Squiggle Video Whiteboard Kit designed for videoconferencing, educational and corporate training facilities.

Capable of being installed alongside almost any existing whiteboard, the Squiggle converts whiteboard notes into and an HD or SD video signal. Because no dedicated PC is required, the video signal can then be connected to any videoconferencing, TelePresence, distance education or video media distribution system. In addition to HD/SD outputs, data can be captured and stored as a JPEG image onto any USB flash drive.

“There are so many educational institutions who want video output capabilities on their existing whiteboards. We had to come up with a solution,� explained President of Vaddio Rob Sheeley. “The Squiggle is a simple way to convert all of those whiteboards into a video output source.�

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