2011 Excellence Awards

PBS

The PBS Technology Center in Alexandria, VA, is responsible for continuous delivery of transmissions — four HD channels and eight SD channels — to member stations across the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Samoa. ...

ESPN transmission facility

ESPN’s continued rapid growth was the catalyst for a new transmission facility, which opened on July 15, 2010, and was designed with a 10-year vision of growth....

ABC's central switching center

ABC’s new HD central switching center (CSC) is designed to simplify and improve routing, signal distribution and transmission operations, while remaining format-agnostic (SD, HD, 1080p/60 and possibly full-res 3-D). ...

FedEx Field

When the Washington Redskins kicked off the 2010 regular season against the Dallas Cowboys, its fans were treated to a completely new stadium experience thanks to a comprehensive HD upgrade to the FedExField video control room and infrastructure by Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI)....

Comcast Media Center

With the launch of its latest control room, Comcast Media Center (CMC) developed a new solution for multichannel program origination that improves program uptime while simultaneously reducing operator workload. ...

Starz Entertainment

At the beginning of 2008, Starz Entertainment processed around 26,000 assets, rising to more than 80,000 in 2009, with a projection of 200,000 in 2010....

CNN

At its Atlanta headquarters, CNN undertook the replacement of its aging SD feed-ingest, edit and playout infrastructure with new HD equipment. ...

MSG Media

For decades, the MSG Network was housed within the famous Madison Square Garden arena, in the heart of midtown Manhattan. As part of Madison Square Garden’s ongoing transformation, MSG Media had the unique opportunity to build a first-class, state-of-the-art television facility. ...


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