One-quarter of OTA households still haven’t applied for converter box coupons, says NTIA
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration last week advised consumers who still haven’t requested DTV converter box coupons to do so by Dec. 31, or risk not receiving their coupons before the digital transition...
Telestream’s Episode encoder now available for Windows
The new cross-platform version 5.1 also brings watch folders to Episode desktop products for both Mac and Windows users....
Avid unveils PostDeko for Editors
PostDeko for Editors offers an efficient way to create a station or program brand for on-air real-time graphics playback and pre- or post-production...
Omnimago relies on Alchemist Ph.C-HD
The Alchemist Ph.C-HD enables Omnimago to up/down/crossconvert content of the same and different frame rates...
Australian Broadcasting launches new morning show with help from Ignite HD
The new program is delivered from a new automated studio control room equipped with a Grass Valley Ignite HD system...
Rental Station unveils Remote Station post solution
The Remote Station consists of a road-ready HD editing system secured in two Anvil-style road cases...
Faster file transfer technology finding home among broadcasters
Michelle Munson, founder and president of Aspera, says broadcasters are embracing technologies that make transferring their HD files faster...
Consumers want ‘green’ TVs, electronics
A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association finds that 89 percent of households want their next television to be energy efficient...
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...
