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In the November 25, 2009 Issue:

• News photographer, reporter escape serious injury in ENG van accident
• New documents offer OTA viewers help with VHF DTV reception issues
• SBE, DoD reach agreement on 2GHz BAS operation near 11 military uplink sites
• University of North Carolina journalism school updates news studio to HD
• CCTV relies on CamPac2, Newscaster system for Chinese holiday festivities

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 Top Story
News photographer, reporter escape serious injury in ENG van accident

A WSB-TV ENG van was destroyed last week when its mast came into contact with high-voltage power lines near the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.

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New documents offer OTA viewers help with VHF DTV reception issues

A group made up of representatives from the broadcast industry, retailers and government have developed an advisory and consumer tips sheet to help over-the-air viewers resolve antenna-related DTV reception issues.

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SBE, DoD reach agreement on 2GHz BAS operation near 11 military uplink sites

The memorandum specifies how the Department of Defense and 2GHz BAS operators will coordinate use of the band around the 11 military uplink sites on a local basis.

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 Beyond ENG
University of North Carolina journalism school updates news studio to HD

The centerpiece of the studio at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication is the Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 integrated production system.

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 ENG Products
CCTV relies on CamPac2, Newscaster system for Chinese holiday festivities

To cover the Chinese National Day Parade, two CamPac2 transmitters and GoPac2 5W docking amplifier units were placed in cars following China’s president.

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Softel, Grab Networks partner to offer captioning solution on video server

Softel’s Swift vTX software provides efficient integration of subtitling into the file-based workflow of the Grab server.

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PAG introduces Paglight LED Dimmer option

The LED Dimmer unit takes advantage of Paglight’s design concept by allowing separate lamp holders to be plugged into the rear of the lamp head.

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Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium to acquire Winter Games with Hitachi HD cameras

The Hitachi SK-HD1000 cameras are versatile and designed for both HD studio and field applications.

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Litepanels offers factory rebate on 1 x 1 Flypak Kits

The LED light systems are available in portable kits that are small enough to store overhead in a plane or in the trunk of a car.

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