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In the July 20, 2009 Issue:

RF Central gives MVP performance at 80th annual MLB All-Star Game
Anton/Bauer announces special promotional price for QR-RH Red One Handle
Echolab to offer Atem at IBC
Vizrt to unveil Viz Content Pilot 5.3
Harris releases firmware upgrades for Videotek HD-STAR
Avid enhances AirSpeed Multi Stream video server

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 Top Story
RF Central gives MVP performance at 80th annual MLB All-Star Game

The company's RFX-CMT-II camera-mounted transmitters, RMR-X6-II diversity receivers and RFX-HD-D Decoders provided interference-free coverage of the game.

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 Acquisition & Newsgathering
Anton/Bauer announces special promotional price for QR-RH Red One Handle

The new QR-RH RED One Handle features the company’s Gold Mount system and hot swap feature.

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Polecam to unveil 7th Heaven portable camera rig

Polecam's 7th Heaven incorporates seven rigid carbon-fiber elements that interlock to achieve a 26ft reach.

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 Facilities & Production
Echolab to offer Atem at IBC

The 1M/E 3Gb/s 1080p/60 production switcher features four upstream and two downstream keyers.

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Calrec Audio's Apollo to make European debut at IBC

The audio console features a second dynamics section in each channel, more than 70 minutes of assignable delay, and three independent APFL systems for multiple operator use.

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 Editing & Post
Vizrt to unveil Viz Content Pilot 5.3

The new version of the broadcast graphics software offers a unified search feature and comes fully integrated with the Escenic Content Studio 5 online and mobile publishing platform.

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 Distribution & QoS
Harris releases firmware upgrades for Videotek HD-STAR

The new input auto format detection upgrade allows for a separate format for the test signal generator and the input monitoring.

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Harmonic to feature DiviCom Electra 8000 at IBC

The encoding and transcoding platform supports MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) and MPEG-2 codecs in SD and HD formats.

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Jampro to show UHF RWED-516-U at IBC2009

With four-port directionality, the unit can be used as either a mask filter or constant impedance-combining module for high-power UHF TV broadcasts.

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Dielectric to introduce 1.4GHz CP Pylon patch antenna

The antenna’s low-wind-load construction allows for either side- or top-mounting and provides 10kW to 24kW ERP/polarization.

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 Management & Storage
Avid enhances AirSpeed Multi Stream video server

Version 1.1 includes the addition of 720p ingest and playout support, as well as international character support.

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Sonnet Technologies announces faster 1TB version of Fusion F2

The storage system offers 20 percent faster performance than the original Fusion F2 1TB model, with up to 190MB/s read and write data transfer rates.

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Front Porch Digital releases DIVArchive 6.3

Enhancements to the content management storage system include full and direct integration with Apple Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio environments.

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David Price, VP at Harmonic, is one of five industry authorities who will participate in an IBC2009 panel exploring where digital television is headed. Click here.
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At NAB 2009, Blackmagic Design introduced eight new OpenGear card-based converters that automatically switch between SD, HD and 3Gb/S SDI video formats. Click here.
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