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In the September 6, 2011 Issue:

• Shared services offers opportunity to trim $100 million in expenses annually for U.S. broadcasters, report finds
• Quake underscores weakness of wireless network, strength of OTA broadcasting, says OMVC president
• Image stabilizer proves invaluable for demanding HD shoots
• NEP remote cooling, power monitoring directs design of new HD production truck, says George Hoover
• U.S. consumers put brakes on future TV purchases, says report
• Volicon to showcase Observer TS at HD World

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 TOP STORY
Shared services offers opportunity to trim $100 million in expenses annually for U.S. broadcasters, report finds

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 NEWS
Quake underscores weakness of wireless network, strength of OTA broadcasting, says OMVC president
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In an Aug. 25 letter to all four sitting FCC commissioners, Vince Sadusky, president of the OMVC and president and CEO of LIN Media, said wireless networks “are not now, and never will be” able to deliver the ubiquitous bandwidth needed to deliver vital information in time of crisis.

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 HD SHOWCASE
Image stabilizer proves invaluable for demanding HD shoots

WhiteCap Video owner Paul Cronin shoots steady shots of high-speed boat reviews with the help of a Fujinon TS-P58A image stabilizer.

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South Carolina Gamecock Productions transitions to tapeless HD production

The production arm of the University of South Carolina’s athletic department made the move to tapeless HD with a broad implementation of Panasonic P2 HD gear.

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 SOUND OFF
NEP remote cooling, power monitoring directs design of new HD production truck, says George Hoover

NEP Supershooters is using a proprietary monitoring system to deliver real-time temperature, power and systems data to its tech headquarters in Pittsburgh, and engineers on-site maintain operational efficiency and provide guidance for the design of new vehicles.

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 STATS & STUDIES
U.S. consumers put brakes on future TV purchases, says report

Eighty-three percent of those responding to a recent IHS iSuppli survey said they had no intention of buying a new TV set within the next 12 months.

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In-Stat forecasts tablet shipments to approach 250 million in 2017

The 9in to 11in tablet will dominate tablet form factor with 56 percent of the market in 2017, says In-Stat.

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 HD PRODUCTS & REVIEWS
Volicon to showcase Observer TS at HD World

The Observer TS logging system gives broadcasters, networks and cable operators the ability to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams natively over the WAN.

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A1 Telekom Austria's OB units rely on T-VIPS JPEG2000 video transport

A1 Telekom Austria AG has installed the T-VIPS TVG450 JPEG2000 gateway as an OB van-IP contribution solution.

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Blackmagic Design ships UltraStudio 3D with Thunderbolt Technology

UltraStudio 3D allows portable capture and playback with full resolution dual stream 3-D support, 10-bit hardware architecture, dual-link 3Gb/s SDI support for up to 1080p60.

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Sonnet Technologies provides Sonnet Fusion storage systems to Inspiration Network

INSP is using Sonnet’s Fusion DX800RAID eight-drive RAID SATA storage system and Fusion D400QR5 desktop four-drive RAID storage appliance.

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Calrec expands Artemis line of audio desks

The Artemis Light audio console introduces a new compact processing rack dedicated to delivering digital signal processing (DSP) and routing capabilities in a 4U enclosure.

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