Miranda road show highlights new products from NAB

Miranda Technologies has launched a multi-city road show across the North America, which will bring its latest product launches from NAB to key clients.

“Many broadcasters weren’t able to attend NAB this year due to budget constraints, and so we’re taking our latest products directly to them”, says Spiro Plagakis, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing at Miranda

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Camera Corps partners in world’s first live 3D music webcast

Nineteen Fifteen, one of Britain’s most creative television production companies, chose Camera Corps and 3D technology specialist Inition as partners in the world’s first live 3D gig for piano rock band Keane.

Eight HD cameras, each with a dedicated Camera Corps CCU, were supplied for the performance which was televised from Abbey Road studios in London on Thursday April 2. The multicamera shoot was also viewable in 3D on the Keane website (www.keanemusic.com) where Keane aficionados could order red and cyan anaglyphic glasses.

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Sportcast Extends Bundesliga Football Coverage with Two New Trucks from Grass Valley

Sportcast GmbH has ordered two new OB vans from Grass Valley. The wholly owned subsidiary of DFL, Deutsche Fussball Liga GmbH, produces the basic programming of all matches of Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga in Germany as well as the DFB-Cup games of DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund). The new compact OB vans will allow Sportcast to further extend their productions.

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Pansonic Releases Free Downloadable Scene Files for the new AG-HPX300 P2 HD Camcorder

Panasonic Broadcast announced the availability of a wide range of scene files for the popular AG-HPX300 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder with AVC-Intra recording

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Digital Broadcast’s New MediaFire Pro Streamlines the Processing of Multiple Formats

The Automated System Handles Multiple Formats From Ingest Through Playout

Digital Broadcast, a producer of master control and newsroom automation products, has introduced its new MediaFire Pro product for automated processing of multiple formats.

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Matrox MXO2 Mini Now Shipping Affordable High Definition HDMI and Analog I/O Device for Mac and PC Available Worldwide

Matrox Video Products Group announced that Matrox MXO2 Mini1, a new version of the award-winning Matrox MXO2 I/O device is now shipping. Matrox MXO2 Mini can be used with Mac and PC laptop and desktop systems and popular applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more.

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Snell Kahuna Multiformat Switcher Selected for New State-of-the-Art Broadcasting Facility in Cambridge, UK

Snell today announced that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will install a Kahuna SD/HD multiformat production switcher as a key component in its new state-of-the-art broadcasting facility in Cambridge, U.K.

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Sachtler introduces Versatile Cine 7+7 HD Fluid Head System

Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand, introduces the Cine 7+7 HD fluid head. This 100mm system offers a host of cine-style features including a front pan bar. With a generous payload range of 4.4 to 48.5 pounds (2-22kg) the new head aptly supports a variety of packages from HDV camcorders to full-sized cameras loaded with accessories. Yet, at just 7.3 lbs (3.3kg), the location-ready Cine 7+7 HD is one of the lightest weight heads in its class.

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Barrington Standardizes on Omneon Spectrum for Master Control Rebuilds

Spectrum Server Supports Ingest and Playout in Streamlined Workflow as Broadcast Group Makes Shift to HD

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Matrox Adds Panasonic Varicam Support and More Comprehensive Closed Captioning Workflow Support to Matrox MXO2 and Matrox MXO2 Rack I/O Devices for the Mac

Matrox Video Products Group announced that release 1.4 for Matrox MXO21 and Matrox MXO2 Rack2 is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users.

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