CALM Act, Suppliers Give Broadcasters the Tools To Manage Loudness
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Last year was the first full year of implementation for the ATSC Recommended Practices (RP) from the subgroup on Loudness Issues (Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television, or RP-A/85), a hefty document that sets guidelines and methods for addressing audio loudness across television programming. RP-A/85 brought television broadcasters an agreed-upon scheme [...]
DiGiCo SD9 Deployed for Soundbound Music Counference In India
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In November, the Soundbound music conference, held in Mumbai, featured a range of performances for participants to enjoy after the business of the day. The first two nights featured gigs by Shaa’ir + Func, one of India’s most successful indie bands, mixed on a DiGiCo SD9, the first to be deployed on the Indian sub-continent. [...]
WDRB-Louisville Utilizes Utah Scientific Graphics Station for Live Election Coverage
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
WDRB Fox 41 in Louisville, KY, installed a Utah Scientific GS-4000 graphics station then deployed it just two weeks later to enable continual, up-to-the-minute display of HD results for more than 80 closely watched races in the most recent elections. The new GS-4000 works with Utah Scientific’s MC-4000 master control switcher to support graphics, including [...]
BBC Taps Quantel Enterprise sQ for Editing and Playout Needs
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The BBC has ordered a Quantel Enterprise sQ system for its flagship Broadcasting House, London, W1 project. The deal covers both video editing and playout. Broadcasting House, W1 is currently home to National Public Service Radio, Arabic and Persian Services and London local broadcasting. It is undergoing a major refurbishment and re-equipment program and will [...]
Texas A&M Transports HD Video Over IP with Streambox
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
KAMU, a public broadcasting station operated by Texas A&M University, has chosen the Streambox SBT3-9300 video transport solution to serve as primary production backhaul for covering live events throughout the campus. KAMU, a PBS affiliate and the official broadcast arm of the university, relies on the Streambox system as a method of transmitting high-quality HD-SDI [...]
CABSAT 2011: Axon Demos To Include Synapse, SynView, Cortex, TRACS2
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This will mark the 12th year Axon will be exhibiting at CABSAT, held this year at the Dubai World Trade Center, Feb. 8–10. Axon will showcase live presentations and demonstrations from the range of Synapse modular interfaces, SynView multiviewer, Cortex monitoring and control software, and third generation video air check/compliance recording system TRACS2. The Synapse [...]
CABSAT 2011: Chyron to Showcase AXIS Graphics Platfrom
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
At CABSAT 2011, Chyron will highlight its AXIS graphics platform, a cloud-based service that provides on-demand graphics. The world’s only cloud-computing graphics creator designed specifically for broadcasters, AXIS facilitates the graphics creation workload across many users in a broadcast operation — from reporters to production assistants to news producers. AXIS integrates into the broadcaster’s existing [...]
CABSAT 2011: GlobeCast, NETIA Focus on Mutliplatform Delivery
January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
GlobeCast and NETIA will be co-exhibiting at CABSAT at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Feb. 8-10 (hall Sheikh Saeed 1, stand S1 A11). The theme of the booth will be technologies for multiplatform delivery. Together the two companies will introduce technologies that reach the whole broadcast chain from contribution to playout and delivery. Demonstrations of [...]
















