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In the September 16, 2011 Issue:

Copps lauds effort to raise 'news literacy'
Ralph Hogan wins national election for office of SBE president
Jeff Briden discusses DVB-S2 test results
Sky News Sports becomes first in Europe to implement Axis World Graphics
Panasonic Europe announces availability of AC-HC3500 HD studio camera

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 Top Story
Copps lauds effort to raise 'news literacy'

Speaking at the launch of a news literacy program at a Washington, D.C., charter school, Copps said it is more important than ever that people can distinguish between fact and opinion.

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 Industry News
Ralph Hogan wins national election for office of SBE president

Hogan is joined on the new leadership roster by several new one- and two-year term board members.

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Canadian broadcast regulator gives broadcasters a year to quiet commercials

In setting the deadline, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said it has received thousands of comments from consumers complaining about the volume.

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Jeff Briden discusses DVB-S2 test results

At the just-concluded IBC2011 convention in Amsterdam, the Sencore VP of product management and customer satisfaction presented the results of a recently conducted test of DVB-S2 modulation and its impact on bandwidth efficiency for satellite transmission.

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 Newsroom
Sky News Sports becomes first in Europe to implement Axis World Graphics

At Sky Studios, BSkyB’s new West London headquarters, the Axis World Graphics solution is being implemented within a BlueNet workflow.

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Serbia national broadcaster adds deep archive to news operation

The new SGL FlashNet archive is providing a solution with tight integration with the Grass Valley news production system in use by RTS.

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 New Products
Panasonic Europe announces availability of AC-HC3500 HD studio camera

Created for direct-to-air broadcast applications, the new camera features three 2/3in 2.2-megapixal IT-CCDs with an advanced single-channel transfer system.

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Autocue unveils two-port server

With more than 2TBs of usable storage, the 3U, rack-mountable Linux-based server includes a custom GUI.

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EVS introduces Xedio Suite 4.00

This new solution has been successfully adopted by the Belgian news broadcaster RTL-TVi for ENG editing.

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StreamCell, Matrox offer twist on ENG streaming workflow

The StreamCell “TV Truck in a Case” and Matrox HD-SDI scan converter let broadcasters capture, air and share live content using a Web connection.

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TeamCast releases new Vyper modulator software with DSNG support

The newly released software is already available and provides the ability to purpose the same product for DVB-S, DSNG and DVB-S2 modulation.

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