The Broadcast Engineering editors are proud to bring to you the fourth Annual Excellence Awards for technology innovation and construction. These awards represent the crème de la crème of system integrators, vendors and facilities. The stations, networks and facilities you see here are some of the best examples of using technology to its highest advantage. You can learn from these entries and apply the techniques and solutions for your own needs.
What helps make the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards so special is that readers help select the winners. Here’s how you can participate — and win!
Read each of the entries below. They are broken down by technology/application category.
New studio technology - HD
Select one favorite from each category.
Go to the Voting page, click the button next to your favorite installations to vote. If you’d like to be entered into the drawing for one of 50 Broadcast Engineering T-shirts, simply provide your e-mail address. It will be used only to notify winners. It will not be used for any other purpose.
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Place your vote by Feb. 1, 2005.
Then, watch for the March 2005 issue of Broadcast Engineering to see the winning installations. Winners will receive their award plaques at the 2005 NAB convention.
Brad Dick
New studio technology - Network
New studio technology - Non-broadcast
New studio technology - Station
Newsroom technology - Network
RF Systems
Station automation
Editorial Director
WealthTV reaches out to homes with HD format
The network and satellite facility was designed, built and launched in HD, weeks ahead of schedule.
TNT unleashes programming in HD
The network implemented the all-server operation by using the same program flow and workflow processes.
Turner Studios adds HD capability
The studio added HDTV commercial integration for live programming.
HDNews automates production and control processes
To meet the needs of HD, the network stripped the old operation and rebuilt it.
HD production trucks move toward a uniform design
Two mobile production companies are behind the wheel of new technologies driving toward HDTV.
New studio technology - Network
Discovery Communications' Creative & Technology Center
The center relocated its facility to a 54,000sq ft renovated office space.
CBC centralizes presentation, branding and control
The new system was designed to bring greater control and consistency to the network's facilities.
Crawford Communications consolidates with ENCOMPASS
The enhancement unified the ingest, storage and network playout workflows of the center.
Daystar turns to a scalable infrastructure
The team installed an advanced network infrastructure to match the network's rapid growth.
CNBC's all-digital workflow model
The network's tapeless environment was custom-designed for its rapid-fire broadcasting style.
New studio technology – Non-broadcast
Elon University's communications upgrade
The new design involved an interior renovation and a 4700sq ft addition of two television studios.
KLCS-TV/DT deploys digital content distribution solution
More than one million students and teachers receive educational content from the station.
Willow Creek constructs new production facility
As the church made plans for a new auditorium, the need for a new control room became a priority.
Morgan Stanley replicates World Trade Center facility
The centerpiece of the new facility is a noise-isolated production studio.
New studio technology – Station
WCPO-TV simplifies and streamlines
The station designed and built a new facility that would give it a fully digital foundation.
KCEN-TV's long-term planning pays off
The five-phase installation upgrade has proved to be a success for the station's transition to digital.
KWTV-TV improves connections with sister station
The stations use a new digital intercom system to provide two-way communication with IP technology.
New studio technology – Station
Sahara TV's seamless automation
The majority of the network's content resources are shared from one facility.
AP improves connections to the White House
Increased flexibility of routing feeds between its Washington facilities was the network's goal.
EuroNews replaces tape-based system
The channel upgraded its aging tape-based workflow with a digital news production infrastructure.
CNBC's new facility streamlines news production
The network's 355,000sq ft building houses an improved newsroom workflow solution.
CNN NY - From downtown to way uptown
This is the first broadcast facility the network has built from the ground up.
WTTA-TV powers up with new transmitter
The network has reduced its power bills significantly with a new analog/digital transmitter.
Mt. Wilson Group builds collective DTV facility
The system design combined the analog and digital facilities of four stations into a single facility.
KVIE-TV adds a digital transmitter
The station accomplished two goals while completing its final phase to digital.
WABC-TV replaces transmitter at ESB and 4TS
The station ensured it would always have full-power service, regardless of any future catastrophe.
Media General centralizes master control
The network has minimized costs and reduced expenses with its stations' consolidation.
KVAL-TV installs modern automation
As its old server neared retirement, the station decided it was time to look closely at automation systems.
Media General deploys digital automation
The company expanded its centralized traffic operations concept that was placed in service in 2001.
KTVK-TV's station automation solution
Belo installed an automation and video server large enough to run all four of its stations.
