RTNDA joins group in urging Obama to open government to public scrutiny
The Radio Television News Directors Association and eight other press groups have sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama suggesting four specific steps to open up the workings of government to the public view...
Shotoku supports Colombia’s RCN-TV virtual studio
Several tripod and dolly systems support RCN-TV’s new Vizrt virtual set...
Beck Associates deploys RTS and Telex intercom systems at local level
In Tucson, Beck Associates integrated a pair of smaller Cronus DSP Matrices...
Polecam covers Democratic, Republican presidential race
A Polecam rig, including a Toshiba IK-HD1E 1080i camera, was used to take shots straight to air and recorded news reports from a string of campaign locations...
Vermont broadcaster kicks off HD newscasts with P2 HD camcorders
WFFF-TV selected several Panasonic P2 HD cameras in part because their solid-state recording supported its plans for HD newsroom editing...
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Trinity United Methodist Church switches with Broadcast Pix SlateVideo introductions and weekly messages summarizing the day’s services are shot, edited and loaded onto the Broadcast Pix system... |
AccuWeather.com announces new service for BlackBerry users
An icon will appear on subscribers’ home screen that displays weather conditions...
Genesis Networks gets involved in politics
The company will set up operations in Washington, D.C., during the election to provide broadcasters with live shot positions...
AccuWeather.com announces online video player
The new player allows users to more easily locate and share the videos with user-friendly functionality and flexibility...
WNBC struggles to transform news operation
The challenge is to focus on both journalism and aggregation for multiple platforms...
Local TV news is more threatened than newspapers
The former executive editor of the ‘Washington Post’ said newspapers are becoming more entrepreneurial as they explore ways to make money with their content...
NBC Universal calls for major budget cuts; Sony profits drop 59 percent
It’s still unclear how many people might eventually be affected as a 3 percent budget cut has been mandated...
Nucomm unveils ProQ DTV IFB receiver
The ProQ DTV IFB receiver features dual UHF/VHF antennas, two silicon tuners and sixth-generation VSB demodulators...
SVT enhances SNG capabilities with four new SNGstreamer systems
SNGstreamer along with two existing systems will be used to expand the Swedish broadcaster’s satellite newsgathering resources to multiple regional channels...
Focus Enhancements offers DTE recorder for Canon HDV camcorders
The recorder offers 100GB of hard drive video storage, enabling videographers to record edit-ready HDV or DV streams directly to disk...
