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BEYOND the HEADLINES
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In the September 14, 2009 Issue:

Acquisition fever spreads at IBC2009
Capturing tomorrow's audience
Community Broadcasters Association closes doors; some LPTV stations look to cellular alternative
FCC gears up for massive broadband initiative
Omneon unveils Media Application Server for centralized clip management

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 Top Story
Acquisition fever spreads at IBC2009

A flurry of acquisitions is signaling industry consolidation and confidence in the business going forward.

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Capturing tomorrow's audience

I’ve written previously about social networking and how tomorrow’s audiences will be vastly different from those we serve today. One goal may then be to build and adapt our facilities to move as expeditiously into that arena as possible. Let’s review some research on social networking and those who compose these general groups to better attract them to our stations.

A research project titled “Creating & Connecting/Research and Guidelines on Online Social — and Educational — Networking,” by the National School Boards Association and funded by Microsoft, Verizon and News Corp., revealed some astonishing facts about young viewers.

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 News
Community Broadcasters Association closes doors; some LPTV stations look to cellular alternative

Many LPTV stations could no longer pay dues to the CBA, which contributed to the organization’s demise.

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 FCC & Industry Update
FCC gears up for massive broadband initiative

With a newly hired staff and a complete FCC membership roster, the commission is gearing up to tackle broadband issues in a major way.

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 New Products & Reviews
Omneon unveils Media Application Server for centralized clip management

The new server is designed to allow third-party developers and customers to create new workflow tools for Omneon’s expanding Media Server platform.

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Anton/Bauer shows modular battery system

The Tandem 150 is a small, lightweight charger and on-camera power supply package.

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Avid advances Interplay asset management platform

New collaboration tools in Version 2.0 allow single users and remotely located workgroups to seamlessly share media and streamline workflows.

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Digieffects debuts 3D Camera Mapper plug-in for After Effects

Camera Mapper was developed in close collaboration with visual effects expert Mark Christiansen.

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Grass Valley offers K2 Dyno Director for live HD replay production

The K2 Dyno Director software allows fewer people to perform all the required replay tasks usually requiring many more when using conventional replay systems.

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Cisco demonstrates Medianet technologies at IBC2009

Medianets are next-generation, media-aware IP networks built specifically for video and rich media applications.

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DVEO launches new version of time delay system

TS-TimeShifter receives and immediately recognizes DVB-ASI signals from satellite feeds or other sources.

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Chyron Lyric PRO Version 7.1 now includes enhanced language support

The advanced text renderer enables vector display of virtually any font set.

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Telestream, Wowza team up for 'anywhere' video

The combined offering simplifies high-quality streaming of live content to mobile, desktop and TV screens and lets consumers view video on the screen of their choice.

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Harmonic introduces new Carbon Server, Carbon QC software

Carbon Server 4.0 provides dynamic load-balancing and failover protection.

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