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In the September 4, 2009 Issue:

Fisher Communications rolls out 43 hyperlocal Web sites serving Seattle neighborhoods
Will social media kill television?
Ad spend drops 15 percent in first half of '09, says Nielsen
KTWO transitions to HD news; relies on JVC GY-HM700 camcorders
Raycom Media, MCG Capital to merge newsrooms of Hawaii stations
RF Central to show six-way receiver with HD decoding

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 Top Story
Fisher Communications rolls out 43 hyperlocal Web sites serving Seattle neighborhoods

The sites combine content from Fisher-owned KOMO-TV, user-generated content and other sources to serve the information needs of various Seattle neighborhoods.

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Will social media kill television?

We’ll look back on 2009 as the year when social media became legitimate. There has been explosive growth in the social media landscape. YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and many other sites now command more eyeballs than television ever did. These spaces are personal and immediate, and they connect on an intimate level.

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 Industry News
Ad spend drops 15 percent in first half of '09, says Nielsen

The latest figures from The Nielsen Company reveal that the decline in spot TV ad spending at local stations was higher than the average for all media.

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 Acquisition
KTWO transitions to HD news; relies on JVC GY-HM700 camcorders

The station, which transitioned to HD local news this month, is using 10 JVC GY-HM700 camcorders it acquired in the spring.

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 Newsroom
Raycom Media, MCG Capital to merge newsrooms of Hawaii stations

The companies have announced a shared services agreement that will consolidate the newsrooms of Raycom’s KHNL/KFVE and MCG Capital’s KGMB.

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 New Products
RF Central to show six-way receiver with HD decoding

The RMR-X6-II family offers the latest in maximum ratio-combining technology.

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Lamar Systems unveils PTZ indoor robotic camera system

The quiet, smooth HD indoor robotic camera supports 10 presets as well as resolutions of 1080p, 1080i and 720p.

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TSL to unveil TallyMan Computer 1 at IBC2009

The 1RU TMC-1 features dual-redundant internal power supply units, solid-state hard drive, SNMP functionality and an embedded Windows XP operating system.

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Grass Valley technology supports new SD video channel at print media company in India

The project will be on-air in November and is one of the few large projects being built in India.

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Russian public broadcaster builds tapeless workflow

VGTRK has installed a variety of technology from Omneon, including MediaDeck media servers, to support its transition to a tapeless workflow at 11 regional TV stations.

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