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BEYOND the HEADLINES
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In the September 21, 2009 Issue:

Social networking helps stations increase audience
Broadcasters must transmit 3D
Smaller stations still haven't figured out archiving
IBC reflects an industry in slow recovery
Harris showcases Videotek compact monitor series at IBC
Marshall Electronics offers first HD monitors with fiber-optic video input

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 Top Story
Social networking helps stations increase audience

The growth of social networking has been impossible for broadcasters to ignore.

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Broadcasters must transmit 3D

Broadcast engineers are about to have their entire facilities challenged with the need to handle 3D programming.

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 News
Smaller stations still haven't figured out archiving

Larger organizations like the various sports leagues and the major TV networks have done a good job of figuring out how to save and repurpose their material, but local stations are lagging far behind.

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Mr. Smith goes to NAB

Gordon H. Smith, the NAB's new president, is a former two-term U.S. Senator from Oregon and is versed in technology-related issues.

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U.S. government and California to cut energy consumption for TV sets

TV set manufacturers that want to display the Energy Star logo will have to cut the power use of flat-panel television sets.

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 FCC & Industry Update
IBC reflects an industry in slow recovery

Attendance was down but enthusiasm was up.

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Virgin Media upgrades digital TV platform with Cisco IP technology

Virgin Media will deploy Cisco technology in all of its regional and central headends to enable growth in SD and HDTV.

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GSM Association endorses IMB wireless standard

IMB provides enough capacity to offer 20 television channels of excellent quality in a single 5MHz slice of spectrum.

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 New Products & Reviews
Harris showcases Videotek compact monitor series at IBC

In a half-rack of space, the new monitors are ideal for today’s space-conscious broadcast and production environments.

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Thales Angenieux shows 19 x 7.3 HD lens series

The new 19 x 7.3 AIF series lenses are suitable for both field and studio use.

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Axcera displays terrestrial TV and mobile transmitters

The new line covers terrestrial and mobile video applications.

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Telemetrics debuts Legislative Software System

The software features customized touch screens of the user’s legislative chambers for easy and accurate camera position.

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Miranda adds Linear Acoustic audio processing to automatic loudness control system

The ALC system ensures that audio is free from abrupt loudness shifts.

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Marshall Electronics offers first HD monitors with fiber-optic video input

The new monitors include triple-rate 3Gb/s and HD-SDI support.

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NDS launches VideoGuard Pre-Paid solution for pay-TV operators

The software allows operators to reach new market segments with pay-as-you-go TV services.

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Pebble Beach Systems unveils new automation systems at IBC

Marina is an enterprise-level automation system that addresses the business requirements of broadcasters who have a variety of content delivery requirements.

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Harmonic demos MediaPrism for multiscreen video delivery at IBC

MediaPrism offers live and offline content ingest, transformation, delivery and workflow management.

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As shown at IBC 2009, AJA Kumo SDI routers take up small space

The new Kumo routers will be available in two configurations.

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