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In the November 15, 2011 Issue:

• Broadcast organizations pledge closer cooperation in Shanghai
• Dish Network reportedly exploring a pay Internet TV offering
• Sky New Zealand delivers HD coverage of world rugby championship
• With deadline quickly approaching, Super Committee decision on auctions up remains unclear, says Hyman
• One-third of consumers plan to buy HDTVs, but buying a 3DTV appears far less certain, survey finds
• Canon announces full entry into motion picture production market

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 TOP STORY
Broadcast organizations pledge closer cooperation in Shanghai

Thirteen broadcast organizations, including ATSC, signed the Future of Broadcast Television Shanghai Declaration on Nov. 11, which among other things calls for exploring unified terrestrial broadcast standards.

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 NEWS
Dish Network reportedly exploring a pay Internet TV offering

A report in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal is reporting the DTH satellite provider is investigating the launch of a pay over-the-top service that could include a TV antenna as a way of reducing its program licensing expense.

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 HD SHOWCASE
Sky New Zealand delivers HD coverage of world rugby championship

SKY TV New Zealand productions opted for a complete EVS technology-based architecture for all recordings and fast turnaround editing operations.

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Sky Racing to expand extensive HD mobile production fleet

Australia's Sky Racing has entered into a contract for three new HD OB vans to be built by Grass Valley.

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 SOUND OFF
With deadline quickly approaching, Super Committee decision on auctions up remains unclear, says Hyman

Mark Hyman, the Washington, D.C., counsel for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, discusses where the Super Committee stands on incentive auctions and previews his luncheon keynote Nov. 17 at the Broadcast Engineering/OMVC Mobile DTV engineering event in Burbank, CA.

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 STATS & STUDIES
One-third of consumers plan to buy HDTVs, but buying a 3DTV appears far less certain, survey finds

A new Retrevo Pulse study finds that 55 percent of those who say they will buy an HDTV within the next year reject the notion of purchasing a 3DTV.

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15 million U.S. households watch online content via game consoles, says report

A new report from Strategy Analytics finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now use game consoles to watch online content.

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 HD PRODUCTS & REVIEWS
Canon announces full entry into motion picture production market

Canon's new Cinema EOS System spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.

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Cinedeck EX v2.5 offers rewritten playback engine

The new engine lets users take advantage of Cinedeck Controller, a free Windows-based desktop application to control the Cinedeck EX multiformat recorder.

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AJA ships KONA LHe Plus, v9.1 software for KONA, Io Express, Io HD

Version 9.1 software for KONA, Io Express and Io HD adds 4K and quad HD capture to the KONA 3G's 4K playback features.

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SeaChange introduces flash memory-based MediaServer 1200XD

The MediaServer 1200XD features up to 26 percent lower power consumption and up to 30 times lower failure rate in a standalone unit.

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Panasonic ships BT300 reference monitors

The professional 42in and 50in plasma displays are for production and post production as well as content creation.

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