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MOUNT OLIVE, NJ, AUGUST 3, 2011 – Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems serving the Broadcast, Sports & Entertainment and MAG (Military, Aerospace & Government) markets, today announced that it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management certification for its Mt. Olive, New Jersey production facility.

The ISO 9001:2008 standard is a set of international quality practices that ensures the use of effective processes that are consistently monitored and continually improved. The certification validates a quality management system that promises customer satisfaction from effective implementation of the system and confirms an organization’s solid foundation for consistent improvement through data use and analysis.

IMT consolidated and expanded its production capabilities in November 2010. The new 65,000-square-foot facility in Mt. Olive is home to IMT’s research and development, application engineering, manufacturing assembly, electronic testing and customer technical support services. IMT’s range of products for commercial and government customers include wireless camera systems, portable video transmit and receive systems, airborne video downlinks, and central and diversity receivers.

“IMT continually strives for excellence and we are thrilled that the hard work and dedication of our employees has earned us this highly respected industry achievement,” says Integrated Microwave Technologies President Stephen Shpock. “While we have received this certification, it does not mean our ISO journey ends here. IMT will continue to operate with a set of principles that ensure a common sense approach to the management of our business activities to consistently achieve customer satisfaction.”

About Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC
Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT) is a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division. The company comprises the leading microwave brands Nucomm, RF Central and Microwave Service Company (MSC), offering broadcasters worldwide complete broadcast solutions. Nucomm is a premium brand of digital microwave video systems (including COFDM and VSB) for portable and fixed link applications. RF Central is an innovative brand of compact microwave video equipment for licensed and license free broadcast applications. MSC is a premier provider of engineering, integration, technical support, installation and commissioning services. IMT is an ISO 9001:2008 certified QMS organization and recipient of multiple industry awards for design and innovations.

More information can be found at www.imt-broadcast.com.

A Snapshot of The Vitec Group
Vitec is an international Group principally serving customers in the broadcast, photographic and military, aerospace and government (MAG) markets. Listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2010 revenue of £310 million, Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers worldwide rely. Vitec is organised in three divisions: Imaging & Staging, Videocom and Services.

Imaging & Staging designs, manufactures and distributes equipment and accessories for photography, video and events.

Videocom designs and distributes systems and products used in broadcasting and live entertainment, film and video production and MAG.

Services provides equipment rental, workflow design and technical support for camera, video, audio, fibre optic and wireless technology used by TV production teams and film crews.

More information can be found at www.vitecgroup.com.
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Basingstoke, England – Hi Tech Systems, designer and manufacturer of VTR and video server remote control panels, is demonstrating its newly launched and award-winning AVITA live production control system at IBC 2011. AVITA is a unique hybrid control system designed to easily and quickly capture, edit and play out media from multiple sources. The system uses the very latest touch screen technology and modular hardware panels to allow multiple users access to multiple server ports over a network.

Tom Favell, Hi Tech’s managing director, said “AVITA takes Hi Tech’s control expertise right to the heart of production workflow, providing financial and operational benefits to our customers. Clips can be created and recorded instantly just by pressing the ‘record’ button, thereby saving vital seconds from the incoming source; an efficient alternative to traditional controllers.”

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Urbana, IL – Cobalt Digital (www.CobaltDigital.com) has released details of its IBC 2011 line-up. The manufacturer of award-winning 3G/HD/SD conversion gear will conduct technology demonstrations of loudness processing over IP, debut its 9257 1×9 MADI card-based audio distribution amplifier, and introduce +LM virtual and remote loudness metering options.

The Company also plans to introduce the European market to solutions and enhancements to their Fusion3G® and COMPASS® series of multi-functional, multi-featured cards. The ranges offer solutions to all of today’s signal processing challenges, including loudness processing, audio loudness metering, Dolby® encode and decode (and Dolby® Digital Plus), colour correction, fiber transmit and receive, and up/down/cross conversion. Fusion3G and COMPASS support openGear®, an architecture platform that handles 3G/HD/SD video and audio processing cards from multiple manufacturers in the same frame.

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Orlando, FL — FSR, manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, has singled out The Farm as “Super Rep of the Year” for outstanding performance in all three categories: Metal, Electronics, and Matrix. The annual honor was bestowed upon the Northern California firm at FSR’s Representative meeting during InfoComm 2011 in Orlando, Florida.

“Criteria for ‘Rep of the year’ is based upon performance versus quota,” explained Jan Sandri, FSR’s president. “And while all our representatives are exceptional and we are fortunate to work with all of them, this year The Farm nailed it in every category. We are very pleased to consider them an important part of the FSR family.”

The Farm is a professional manufacturers representative firm specializing in technical sales and marketing of high quality commercial AV products. The Company ranks service more

Wild(child) Editorial/NY and Resident Creative Studio, its creative production/CGI sister company, have signed Isabel Echeverry for national representation in US Hispanic market. Echeverry, who heads up Kontakto Reps/Miami, will introduce the award winning Flatiron-based companies and their collaborative staff of editors, designers, directors, CGI artists, and creative directors to the national Hispanic advertising community.

With the signing of Kotakto Reps, editor Yvette Pineyro, owner and founder of both the veteran cutting house and seamless, full service creative production company, takes her open-architecture collaborative companies’ business models to the next level, marking the launch of a pro-active marketing effort focused on positioning Wild(child) as Resident as innovative, cost-effective one-stop creative resource for the US Hispanic media content on a national scale.

“Over the years Wild(child) and Resident have built reputation as both a top-caliber New York editorial house and creative production/design/CGI creative resource – both in the more

Beast, one of the nation’s top editorial facilities, recently completed work on a campaign for Febreze via agency Grey New York. The campaign involves spraying disgusting, smelly environments with Febreze and bringing in unsuspecting blindfolded people off the street and asking them to participate in a scent/fragrance experiment. Hilarity ensues when the blindfolds come off and the people realize where they truly are.

Three spots from the campaign won awards at the 2011 Cannes Lions. Two spots, “Hotel” and “Restaurant,” received Film Lions Silver Awards and “The Breathe Happy Social Experiment” came away with a Promo & Activation Bronze Award. Another spot from the campaign, “Susan and Erica,” was also shortlisted for a Film Lions.

The initial challenge this campaign posed was sorting through the sheer volume of footage that was shot. Hidden cameras were used in various locations, all set more

Studio 108 founder, director/editor Jack Hartmann, has announced that his integrated creative, FX, animation, production, post and audio company has opened the doors of its new facility in Manchester Flats, a unique building designed specifically for artists and creative companies. The multi award-winning firm has tripled its size with the move to the largest commercial space in this stunningly renovated 19th century warehouse, which is located in the heart of Richmond’s burgeoning Manchester Art + Design District. The expansion marks Studio 108’s 10th anniversary, and positions it as the city’s most comprehensive creative resource for ad agencies, corporations and filmmakers seeking a cost-effective approach to a producing innovate, high-end media content.

“Studio 108 has built a reputation as the region’s go-to creative resource for impactful and compelling commercials, corporate media, music videos and films that exceed our clients’ expectations – without going over-budget,” more

The Christie YK100 won the title of “Most Innovative New Product” at the InfoComm/Rental & Staging New Product Awards ceremony held in Orlando, Florida, June 14, 2011.

The Christie YK100 single-arm yoke system is designed for use with the Christie M Series and Christie LX1500 projectors, offering brightness levels ranging from 5700 to 15,000 ANSI lumens and a choice between 3-chip DLP and 3LCD technologies. DMX512 protocol manages projector movement and control – empowering users to integrate and control lighting equipment and video projectors easily with the same console. Another advantage of the Christie YK100 design is its quick lock system. This interchangeable head system lets users replace the video projector with another Christie projector or Xenon light – on the same yoke.

Installed at ground level or rigged to truss, Christie Nitro Solutions are ideal for video projection mapping on buildings, architectural lighting and cityscapes, houses of more

Atlanta: Artistic Image, the multi award-winning design, CGI, animation,

live-action production, and editing company, has launched The Annex @ AI, expanding its capabilities and taking its client services to the next level with the transformation of a space in a building adjacent to its main studio complex. Custom designed and rebuilt from the ground up, The Annex’s boutique work environment shares the same award-winning interior design aesthetic, while distinguishing itself with the dramatic scale of its layout. Super-sized suites and common areas provide an up-scale creative haven with the flexibility to function as an autonomous, private creative space, or an extension of AI’s main facility. The expansion offers agencies, networks, corporations and filmmakers access to the company’s full roster of multi-disciplined talent and seamless one-stop approach to taking commercials, graphic packages, web-based media, network promos, long-form films, broadcast programming and music videos from concept more

MANUFACTURER’S CB SERIES OF CEILING BOXES RECEIVES TOP HONORS IN CABINETS, FURNITURE, RACKS, MOUNTS & CASES CATEGORY

Orlando, FL – FSR’s CB series of ceiling boxes took top honors from Commercial Integrator in the publication’s inaugural CI BEST (Best Electronic Systems Technologies) Product Awards. The manufacturer received the nod in the “Cabinets, Furniture, Racks, Mounts & Cases” category at a ceremony at InfoComm 2011, the trade show that showcases the latest technologies in the information communications and systems integration industries.

“CI prides itself on helping integrators make good business decisions — like choosing products that save installation time and offer unique performance features,” states Tom LeBlanc, editor in chief, Commercial Integrator. “We think the CI BEST winners can give our readers a competitive advantage.”

A panel of judges within the commercial industry, including editors of Commercial more