Granite, Barrington announce joint sales, shared services agreement
The broadcasters will jointly operate TV stations in Syracuse, NY, and Peoria, IL...
ENG-style HD lenses reach far and wide for sports production
Lens manufacturers are working hard to develop the right tools for the job...
Flat-panel TV revenues decline as consumers rein in discretionary spending
A new report from DisplaySearch finds combined flat-panel TV revenues posted the first annual decline in a given quarter in the fourth quarter of 2008...
Progress continues on household DTV preparations
The number of totally unprepared U.S. homes dropped 800,000 as of mid-February compared to figures released by The Nielsen Company at the beginning of the month...
Saddleback Church upgrades main worship facility to HD
As part of the HD upgrade, the Southern California church has added a variety of Fujinon HD lenses...
WINDOWSEAT Pictures shoots Vans Triple Crown of Surfing with P2 HD camcorders
The El Segundo, CA-based production company shot the surfing event from Oahu’s North Shore with Panasonic AG-HPX170 and AG-HVX200 handhelds and AG-HPX500 camcorders...
FCC moves to tie up multiple DTV rule loose ends
The change in the DTV transition deadline to June 12 has raised a wide variety of issues for the FCC, and the commission has taken steps to adapt its rules to the new date...
HDTV lifts spirits, says UK psychologist
The psychologist, Donna Dawson, has identified visual stimuli to the brain that increase endorphin levels and release serotonin, which will improve one’s general outlook...
Five percent of U.S. households unprepared for DTV
The latest figures from The Nielsen Company show that 5.1 percent have done nothing to prepare as of Feb. 1...
CineAlta F23 camera racks up cinema, TV successes
The Sony camera was used to shoot several major movie and TV projects last year and was used for ‘Final Destination 4,’ an upcoming digital 3-D action movie...
NEP Supershooters capture Super Bowl with Canon lens complement
The company provided production services for game coverage using Canon DIGISUPER 100xs, DIGISUPER 86xs and portable HD lenses...
Obama signs DTV delay
President Barack Obama last week signed into law a measure postponing the DTV transition until June 12...
FCC gives 368 stations nod to shutoff analog Feb. 17; denies 123 requests
The commission gave stations it previously denied the chance to cease analog transmission if they certify they meet an extensive list of criteria...
Streambox rolls out SBT-9500 HD/SD video transport encoder
With the SBT3-9500 encoder, broadcasters can get more HD and SD video back to the studio over a variety of low data-rate networks...
Super Bowl adds greatly to expected record-breaking ’09 HDTV sales
Prior to the game Feb. 1, the Consumer Electronics Association projected the event would be responsible for the sale of about 2.6 million HDTVs...
