Botswana state broadcaster selects OmniBus Colossus
Botswana Television is upgrading to a scalable Colossus as a central part of its multichannel strategy....
Vizrt to release Viz Quattro at NAB2008
Viz Quattro was developed as an extension to Vizrt’s Viz Content Pilot content management and Viz Trio character generator to access Vizrt’s media asset management solutions....
SeaChange unveils flash memory-based broadcast video server
With no moving parts, the Broadcast Flash Memory Library FML200 offers the reliability of flash memory and consumes 10 times less power than spinning disk-based counterparts....
India’s News X to launch with OCTOPUS-based news workflow
About 100 journalists working from newsrooms in two cities will rely on the OCTOPUS newsroom to build stories, communicate to and from the field and manage schedules....
Belgian broadcaster adds video wall to redesigned news set
VTM, the biggest commercial TV station in Flanders, is using a Barco OV-D2 series-based video wall as an integral part of its redesigned news set....
WHTM-TV goes wireless for car and boat show coverage
The Harrisburg, PA, station relied on a diversity receiver and wireless camera transmitter from RF Central to cover the 2008 Pennsylvania Auto & Boat Show....
Meredith Broadcasting to equip station news operations with P2 HD ENG cameras
The 13 Meredith Broadcasting Group stations producing news will acquire an estimated 250 Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 2/3in and AG-HPX500 2/3in P2 HD camcorders....
Lawmakers seek quarterly DTV converter coupon reporting
Two prominent members of the House of Representatives have asked the FCC and NTIA to report the demand each quarter for the coupons to determine if current funding is adequate....
Public favors Internet over TV as top news source, poll says
While a new We Media/Zogby poll finds the Internet as the No. 1 source of news and information, television still is regarded as an important source for news by three out of four Americans....
Engineering Excellence Awards
WINNER:AARP Category New studio or RF technology station Submitted by Lawson & Associates Architects AARP Winner of new studio or RF technology station...
WRGB launches HD newscasts with Ross production switcher
In 2006, the upstate New York station acquired a multidefinition Ross Video production switcher used in SD mode that it converted to HD operation for its HD launch in January....
Digital Rapids ships Broadcast Manager v1.2
Version 1.2 features a new graphical scheduling interface and a comprehensive Web services API for integrating Broadcast Manager into third-party applications....
2pad offers new online media sharing service
The service provides a user-friendly way to manage and exchange video, photos and other media in a protected environment....
DNF Controls unveils Universal Switch Panel
The multipurpose pushbutton panel offers configurable control for a variety of applications....
Hybrid MC renders graphics for France 2’s traffic reports
France 2's Point Route bulletins feature presenters giving detailed real-time analysis of traffic conditions with animated 2-D and 3-D graphics in a virtual set....
