MIAMI DOLPHINS TURN TO JVC PROFESSIONAL FOR HD PRODUCTION OF ITS SHOW ‘GAME DAY LIVE’

The Miami Dolphins purchased JVC’s ProHD GY-HD250s for HD production of its Game Day Live show and JVC’s HD100 Series cameras to capture fan action in the parking lots and throughout the stadium. The Dolphins also purchased JVC’s DM-JV600 video encoders to provide 720p HD video to its internal TV network of over 850 video monitors in the stadium.

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Avid Technology Announces Gary Greenfield as New Chairman and CEO

Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that Gary Greenfield has been named chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO) effective immediately. Greenfield succeeds Nancy Hawthorne, who has served as interim CEO since August 1 and will assume the role of lead director on the company’s Board.

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CHRISTIE SELECTED BY AT&T TO POWER GLOBAL NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER

Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is pleased to announce it has once again been selected by AT&T as the display solution for the company’s Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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ViewCast Names Peter Still as Sales Director of Europe, Middle East, and Africa

ViewCast Corporation, a leading global provider of audio and video encoding communication products, today announced that Peter Still will join the company as sales director, EMEA, effective Jan. 2, 2008. Still will have responsibility for developing and enhancing sales of ViewCast products and creating new business opportunities throughout the region.

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Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Deploys Everstream Video-On-Demand Operational Intelligence™ Solution

Everstream, a Concurrent (NASDAQ: CCUR) company and industry leader of software for broadband network usage measurement, today announced that Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd., a subsidiary of Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA), has deployed key operations intelligence solutions across its footprint. The deployment enables utilization of near real-time data to proactively manage system performance, capacity and usage trends for over 90,000 subscribers through scorecards, reports and dashboard-style views. In addition, the announcement marks Everstream’s entry into the growing Latin American cable sector.

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Zaxcom Introduces Deva Software Version 4.0 for Greater Functionality and Ease of Use

Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment for the television and film industries, today announced that it has released an upgrade of the software package that supports the company’s popular Deva family of multitrack recorders. The latest software version is designed for use with the company’s Deva IV, Deva V, and Deva 5.8 systems.

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‘ANYWHERE, U.S.A,’ DEBUT FEATURE SHOT WITH AG-HVX200 P2 HD CAMCORDER, SELECTED FOR DRAMATIC COMPETITION AT 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

When choosing a camera for his debut feature, Anywhere, U.S.A., filmmaker Anthony (Chusy) Haney-Jardine selected Panasonic’s AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorder, as “the project just might be seen somewhere.” That “somewhere” for Anywhere has turned out to be one of the film industry’s most coveted stages, the Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT, January 17 – 27), where the movie will have its world premiere as one of 16 entrants in the 2008 Dramatic Competition.

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WEGENER Receives Two U.S. Patents

Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of equipment for television, audio, and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced it has been granted two U.S. patents for innovative techniques designed to improve the quality and efficiency of satellite media distribution networks.

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TUS TELEKOM Selects Envivio Convergence Encoding Solution to Deliver IPTV Services

Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend for TUŠ TELEKOM’s live standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) IPTV services in Slovenia. TUŠ TELEKOM will expand its existing SD IPTV service to 108 channels, add 6 channels of HD content, and migrate from MPEG-2 to a more efficient Envivio® MPEG-4 AVC ( H.264) encoding solution.

An Array of FOR-A Equipment Tackles Rugby World Cup for Japanese Broadcaster

Japanese sports broadcaster, J SPORTS Broadcasting Corporation, selected FOR-A frame rate converters, signal processors and switchers to transmit coverage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup to viewers in Japan.

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