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In the October 28, 2009 Issue:

Technology, workflow offer solutions to shrinking TV news resources Part III
ATSC adoption of mobile DTV standard to usher in new broadcast era
Rural Virginia community taps TV white spaces for broadband network
Spanish broadcaster deploys dynamic news, program workflow
Sony announces two new XDCAM EX camcorders

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 Top Story
Technology, workflow offer solutions to shrinking TV news resources Part III

File-based workflows are the backbone of today’s efficient news operations and will only grow in importance as other organizational steps are taken to reduce costs.

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Introducing the HP SkyRoom visual collaboration software

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 E-News
ATSC adoption of mobile DTV standard to usher in new broadcast era

The Advanced Television Systems Committee adopted the A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV standard in mid October.

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Rural Virginia community taps TV white spaces for broadband network

Residents of Claudville, VA, are enjoying broadband connectivity due in part to connectivity provided by a TV white space link.

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Spanish broadcaster deploys dynamic news, program workflow

The new workflow at Antena 3 in Madrid and at two regional locations on the Canary Islands is based on Dalet Enterprise Edition.

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 ENG Products
Sony announces two new XDCAM EX camcorders

The shoulder-mount PMW-350 camcorder has three 2/3in Exmor HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS imagers and a sensitivity of F12.

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Matrox announces availability of MXO 2 LE

The Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros.

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South African OB company acquires Vislink HD wireless camera systems

Dimension TV is purchasing four complete, high-end LINK L1500 wireless camera systems with 1W amplifiers.

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NGC Group adds VectorBox playout system at KBNC facility

KBNC-TV uses the VectorBox system to manage ingest and playout of prerecorded programs transmitted from MBC in Korea and for live playout of programs produced at its U.S. facility.

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New 16x9 lens converter offers quality, economy

Featuring a two-element design, the compact, lightweight EXII 0.8X converter increases wide-angle coverage by 20 percent.

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Rich Chernock, chief technology officer of Triveni Digital, discusses the anticipated adoption by ATSC members of the mobile DTV standard, why DTV monitoring is so important and how the upcoming IEEE event came about... Click here.
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