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Aug. 1, 2012

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Storage: Picking a bit bucket: SAN and NAS

Whether you are managing operations at a call-letter station with a half-dozen edit stations, or at a broadcast giant with hundreds of editors, architecting the storage supporting your facility’s file-based workflows is a business-critical task. Video editing places higher demands on storage than any other file-based application, requiring streaming performance for large files starting at 3.5MB/s for SD to 165MB/s per stream for uncompressed HD....More
Aug. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

AJA’s Io XT, Ki Pro Quad

WORLD EDITION EXCLUSIVE: Thunderbolt technology has been around for a year and a half now, and it is still difficult to overstate its importance for broadcast professionals. Since it came to market on Macs in February 2011, legions of video editors have relied on Thunderbolt to efficiently power greater speed and data transfer capabilities. With the recent announcement that Thunderbolt is now coming to Windows as well, its adoption is about to become even more widespread....More
Aug. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Mobile video delivery

WORLD EDITION EXCLUSIVE: There are signs of convergence toward common standards shared by fixed networks for mobile video. But, for now, operators have to blend an array of technologies to deploy rich media services on any scale. For mobile video, there are also different sections of the delivery chain to consider, with an obvious distinction between the radio access network, the backhaul serving the cell towers and the core fixed line network behind that....More
Jul. 26, 2012

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Aveco to feature new ASTRA Studio 2 news, studio production automation system

The company also will display its new standalone media asset management tools that can run in any environment....More
Jul. 25, 2012

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Pixel Power to highlight Gallium scheduling, asset management, automation

Gallium maximizes sharing across multiple channels, reducing workload and resource requirements....More
Jul. 20, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Mosart Medialab to showcase Newscast Automation 3.0 at IBC2012

Among the latest enhancements are interfaces with Harris Nexio and Grass Valley K2 video servers....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Utah Scientific to highlight UTAH-100/UDS Universal Distribution System at IBC2012

The UTAH-100 combines the flexibility of a multi-rate digital routing switcher with the economy of simple distribution amplifiers....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

New for IBC2012: Thomson Video Networks Flextream 2.0

The new version provides an intensified statistical multiplexing solution....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Sencore furthers support of PBS' WARN Act project

Message encapsulator works in coordination with Sencore-provided MRD 3187B receivers and TDI 3000 transport data injectors....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Myers installs 50th ProTrack MAM system at KOCE-TV

Station Provides PBS to the Greater Los Angeles Market....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

PlayBox technology equips Mongolian News Channel

24-hour HD news channel uses PlayBox platform to air mix of live news and documentaries....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

VDS delivers Streamliner to worldwide media company for TV Everywhere

Provides for real time content replacement in streaming media for ad replacement or program substitution....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

XOR Media helps WJCT lead the way for PBS NRT file delivery

Jacksonville PBS station has aired over 1,400 PBS non-realtime AS-03 files natively on their XOR Media Play-to-Air System....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

NVerzion to demonstrate automation advancements at Texas Association of Broadcasters show

Company to showcase Component Level Automation System Solutions (CLASS)....More
Jul. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

NBC uses workflow orchestration for online Games coverage

Sony Media Backbone provides orchestration engine to power NBC Highlights Factory, delivering multiple formats across multiple platforms....More
Jul. 16, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Snell to show TV Everywhere products at IBC2012

Products on display include ICE, Morpheus and Momentum....More
Jul. 9, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Wohler’s ContentProbe provides compliance recording

ContentProbe provides compliance recording with FaultTracker signal fault monitoring for audio, video, captions and loudness....More
Jul. 6, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

New version of Rascular Helm adds Snell RollCall compatibility

Helm allows users to pick best-of-breed systems and have a single, integrated PC-based control/monitoring surface for operators....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

PBS Guam installs Myers ProTrack TV

The station transitioned from manual, paper-based scheduling to the software-based system....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Radio Televizija Bosnia installs Cinegy Workflow

The new Cinegy system provides RTVBN with media preparation, playout and archive facilities....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Miranda provides total control, visibility at WNJU Telemundo 47

The New Jersey-based Spanish-language station added Miranda routing and monitoring as part of an upgrade to HD....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

New Delhi Television migrates to HD file-based workflows with Grass Valley K2 Summit Server

NDTV updated its master control with Summit servers, controlled by Miranda automation....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Outdoor Channel amplifies ingest, playout efficiencies with Harris NEXIO Farad

The upgrades enable simple crossconversion between SD and HD....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Ericsson closes acquisition of Technicolor's broadcast services division

Playout operations in France, UK and Netherlands add to Nordic operations....More
Jul. 3, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

End of the line for the BNC?

The EBU Network Technology Seminar looked at the rise of IP networking....More