Nearly one-quarter of U.S. TV households own HDTVs
According to figures released this week from Nielsen, the city with the highest percentage of HD households is the nation’s capital, while the city with the lowest is Detroit...
Camera Corps conquers jungle for ‘Get Me out of Here!’
The company is supplying Gearhouse Broadcast with 75 cameras and an extensive control system for the eighth season of the ITV reality show, which is being shot in the Australian rainforest...
FOX to eliminate parallel SD storage, distribution with new HD satellite system
The transition to all-HD distribution will let the broadcaster streamline its distribution infrastructure as it moves from the existing mix of SD and HD to a new HD architecture from Motorola...
Miranda to acquire NVISION
The acquisition, expected to be completed before the end of the year, positions Miranda to get involved in HD infrastructure projects early on in their design...
House passes bill authorizing short-term continuation of analog TV
The U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 10 passed a bill permitting the nation’s broadcasters to continue certain analog transmission for 30 days following the February 2009 DTV transition...
Omneon and Front Porch Digital join to accelerate media access
The Omneon MediaGrid active storage system and the Front Porch Digital DIVArchive content storage management (CSM) system have now been tested together...
Move Networks and iStreamPlanet join to deliver HD video
The two companies will support the creation and deployment of HD-quality video applications and webcasting of live events...
Home & Garden show employs Polecam
Polecam allows a wide range of camera heights and angles...
WETA-TV focuses on future with Fujinon HD lenses
The Fujinon lenses were chosen for their high image quality...
Gepco cabling supports Columbia’s RCN-TV digital upgrade
The upgrade at RCN-TV incorporates a full range of production for camera and mic connections...
New remote post system available from Media Distributors
The Remote Station consists of a road-ready HD editing system secured in two Anvil-style road cases...
Zaxcom promotes solid-state audio recording
The new Fusion replaces the multiple mixers and portable recorders that normally would be required to support mixing and recording of audio...
Canada’s TVA improves on-air look with Chyron graphics
TVA is the largest French language broadcast network in North America...
A DTV transition primer from Wilmington
Gary McNair, vice president and general manager of WECT-TV in Wilmington, NC, describes the experience of ceasing analog broadcasts...
CBS News partners with ‘BusinessWeek’
Both companies will co-produce segments for the ‘CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.’...
