Barco Brings Interactive Touch-screen Technology to Studio Backdrop Applications

Barco, a leader in professional display and visualization solutions, announces the availability of its OVTS-70 70” SMART DViT technology Display Wall Touch System, an ideal solution for interactive backdrop applications in news, sports and entertainment studios and network operations rooms.

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John Johnston Named NYPA Executive Director

The New York Production Alliance (NYPA) has appointed John Johnston to the newly created position of executive director. The announcement was made by Terry Lawler, who serves as NYPA executive VP, and New York Women in Film & Television’s executive director.

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RTR Selects Dalet Enterprise Edition to Digitize its News Production and Archiving Workflows

Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that the national broadcaster Russian Television and Radio (RTR) has selected Dalet Enterprise Edition to digitalize news
production and archiving workflows for its Moscow based headquarters, as well as for its 86 regional stations. RTR (which is also known as VGTRK) is Russia’s largest state run television organization offering news, sports, entertainment and culture type programming.

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Digital Rapids’ Comprehensive Solutions Bring Malaysian Television Online for Media Prima

Digital Rapids — a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection, streaming and delivery — announced today that Media Prima Berhad, the leading media group in Malaysia, is using a complete range of Digital Rapids systems to power Catch-Up TV, their new online TV-on-demand service.
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PANASONIC ANNOUNCES AV-HS400 MULTI-FORMAT HD/SD LIVE SWITCHER WITH BUILT-IN MULTIVIEWER IMAGE PREVIEW

 

 

Panasonic has announced the newest addition to its line of multi-format video switchers – the AV-HS400. Available in December, the high-performance HS400 easily integrates into existing HD/SD workflows, flawlessly mixing HD and SD video sources. The new switcher also includes a built-in MultiViewer preview, an expandable HD/SD architecture, 3D Digital Effects, chroma key, and a multitude of other advanced features.

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New Extension System from Gefen Splits One VGA Video Signal and Distributes It Up To 1000 Feet

When you need to generate the same video for two displays located in a remote location, Gefen’s new 2X VGA Extender can deliver. This sender/receiver system does double duty, offering a clean split and the ability to extend two displays up to 1000 feet.

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Barco to Install Six Additional LED Screens for Live Broadcasting of 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions, has been contracted to install LED screens for the second phase of the Beijing Olympic Cultural Square project. This new order brings the total number of displays provided during phases I and II of the program to 14, with a total contract value of 6.5 million euro. The LED screens, strategically located throughout Beijing, will be used for live broadcasting of the 2008 Olympic games.

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CRYSTAL VISION’S BIGGEST ORDER OF 2007 COMES FROM DOORDARSHAN

406 was the number of interface boards that Doordarshan Kendra purchased in September, making this not only the first ever sale to India’s national broadcaster but also Crystal Vision’s largest order of 2007.

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MediaTek Announced to Acquire K-WILL Corporation

MediaTek Inc., (TWSE: 2454, “MediaTek”) a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, today announced that K-WILL Corporation, leading provider of video quality monitoring and video quality measurement, has become one of MediaTek’s subsidiaries through the purchase of K-WILL’s Japanese parent company’s shares.

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ANDREW JACKSON, PANASONIC VARICAM SHOOT, AIRS ON HISTORY CHANNEL

 

History buffs and video mavens, take note! ANDREW JACKSON will be broadcast on The History Channel, on Sunday November 18, at the following times: 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time 7:00 p.m. Central Time, 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time, 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

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