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TRANSITION to DIGITAL
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In the September 18, 2011 Issue:

Digital duct tape
Front Porch Digital honored
New RCPs from Utah Scientific

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 DTV Tutorial
Digital duct tape

The only thing truly predictable about live television production is that whatever can fail, will fail, and at the worst possible time.

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 Industry Update
Front Porch Digital honored

Front Porch Digital announced that it will be awarded a Technical Emmy for achievement in engineering.

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Canal+ selects Thomson

Thomson Video Networks announced that Canal+ Overseas has begun a migration to Thomson technology for its digital head-end serving Indian Ocean territories.

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Scandinavian broadcaster uses never.no for social media interactivity

Never.no announced that MTG Viasat Broadcasting relied on never.no's Interactivity Suite and Broadcast Add-On for Harris RTX to display Twitter and Facebook feeds and synchronize a Facebook polling application during its live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League playoff games.

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Chyron, AP ENPS announce partnership

Chyron and AP Essential News Production Systems (ENPS) announced a new partnership through which Chyron's CAMIO asset management server and Axis World Graphics products now seamlessly integrate with ENPS workflows for Web and mobile output.

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NBCUniversal contracts with Miranda for routing

Miranda Technologies announced it has been awarded a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract by NBCUniversal to supply routing systems for its broadcast facilities across the U.S.

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Globecast opens teleport in Rome

This state-of-the-art center in the Tecnopolo Tiburtino media park provides international broadcasters with a technical home in the heart of Italy.

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Signiant offers free white paper

The research project explores the economic realities of today's international content distribution processes as the industry continues to migrate to digital, file-based workflows — including the inefficiencies, delays, and high costs of traditional tape-based methods of file delivery.

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Elevation Church selects Snell Kahuna

The switcher is at the center of a point-to-point operation and enables the pastor's sermon to be simulcast to all four of the church's satellite locations.

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 New Products and Reviews
New RCPs from Utah Scientific

Utah Scientific has introduced a new family of menu-based router control panels.

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NewTek releases TriCaster software update

The new software provides the ability for HD TriCaster systems to work directly with video and audio from any Apple AirPlay-enabled device or application.

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MPEG video monitor from Wohler

The new DVM-2443 MPEG video monitor is a four-screen monitoring system that offers broadcasters advanced test and measurement features in a stand-alone 2RU configuration.

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Snell offers I/O flexibility

Vega is a new routing platform that allows users to configure any signal port independently for fiber or coax (copper) connectivity.

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New encoder from Harmonic

Harmonic has unveiled the Electra 9000, a multicodec, multiformat video encoder for broadcast, satellite, telco and cable operators that simultaneously supports broadcast, mobile, and Web formats in a 1RU chassis.

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New codec from Rovi

Version 9 of the MainConcept SDK will enable developers to quickly take advantage of many of the very latest codec and network streaming technologies, providing them with what they need to integrate video and audio compression functionality.

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Matrox mini converter packs a punch

The MC-100 is a dual SDI-to-HDMI mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link, HD, and SD-SDI.

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Thomson Broadcast shows Futhura Plus transmitter

The Futhura Plus offers broadcasters energy savings, with a 50 percent improvement in efficiency over current standard transmitters.

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In this podcast interview, NEP CTO George Hoover discusses how nsite is helping to make production truck design better and where the future of remote HD production is headed. Click here.
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White Papers
Moving JPEG2000 compressed video over IP transport networks addresses the technical challenges facing broadcasters today and well into the future. To better understand why JPEG2000 transport over IP is a powerful platform for cutting-edge broadcast and live digital cinema applications, download the JPEG2000 paper. Click here: here.

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Peter White, Director General of the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers, discusses the challenges facing broadcast equipment vendors in the current tough economic conditions and how the association is helping to keep its members successful. Click here.

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