Stephen Arnold Music creates sonic branding for ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’
The SAM team created the main show theme/opening, supporting themes for bumpers and teases and other elements for the MSNBC show...
New Streambox HD/SD encoder offers newsgathering, broadcast, post solutions
The SBT3-9200 provides 1080i, 720p and 1080psf HD video at data rates from 256Kb/s to 30Mb/s and SD video from 64Kb/s to 15Mb/s...
VOA transitions to tapeless, file-based workflow
The Voice of America is using a combination of technology from Front Porch Digital, Omneon, Spectra and Dalet...
WETA equips studio cameras for ‘NewsHour’ with Fujinon lenses
The Washington, D.C.-based public broadcasting station is using six Fujinon HA27X6.5 ESM HD studio lenses with Sony HDC-1000L cameras...
Should viewers pay for local TV news?
Speaking this week at a National Press Club forum on the future of journalism, a news editor for Waterman Broadcasting raised the idea as a way to pay for newsgathering expenses in place of traditional commercial advertising....
Media companies plan huge layoffs
At Viacom, the cuts are intended to save up to $250 million in 2009...
WOFL-TV pinpoints weather forecasts for viewers with Omni
The station is using the Baron Services weather platform to add site-specific data, global-to-local zooms, HD weather flights and 3-D animations to its weathercasts...
Link Research expands Singapore operations
The expansion accommodates growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region...
Radio-Television Slovenia adds more Custom Console studio furniture
The contract includes four rectangular Module R desks and seven System 2 split-level electronically adjustable workstations...
NextComputing unveils NextDimension RVE
The briefcase-sized mobile workstation supports any Windows-based NLE but is tailored for the needs of Avid and Adobe users...
Autoscript Magno foot control overcomes compression spring limitation
The new foot control, which connects directly with the WinPlus prompter software, relies on technology inspired by automotive engineering...
Panasonic ships 64GB P2 card
The new 64GB card increases P2 storage capacity and offers a higher transfer rate...
WNYW adds HD news graphics with Chyron HyperX2 systems
To support production of its live news and events in HD, the FOX flagship station has added three Chyron HyperX2 systems...
RAI commits to XDCAM as foundation of three-year transition to HD
Radiotelevisione Italiana will use 180 PDW-700 camcorders and 180 PDW-HD1500 decks across its entire range of operations, including newsgathering...
Belo news stations air more than 200 hours of political coverage during ’08 race
On average, its 15 local news producing stations aired 140 minutes of election-related stories per station per week between Sept. 22 and Nov. 3...
