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AV Over Fiber - brought to you by the editors of Sound & Video Contractor and Digital Content Producer

May 14, 2008 | A Penton Media Publication

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Audio Podcast: Checking Fiber-optic Cable with Optical Time Domain Reflectometers

Bennett Liles talks with Harley Lang, marketing manager with Fluke Networks, about optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs) and how they can be used to check fiber-optic cable and certify installations. more>>

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	Application News

Gepco Cables and Sweetwater Digital Productions Help Bring HD to Hollywood Entertainment Productions

Gepco cables are helping Sweetwater Digital Productions expand its remote HD production options as it adds a second HD production truck to its fleet. Sweetwater’s newest HD truck, named Cobalt, is using Gepco cables for both its audio and video needs. more>>

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	From the Print Issue

Technology Showcase: Fiber Routers and Matrix Switchers

During the past few decades, as audio and video signals have been routed and switched in crossbar frames and matrix units, the capabilities of these components have grown and evolved, along with the connected equipment and the signals passing through. When desktop computers entered broadcast and other video facilities, switching capabilities expanded to include keyboard and mouse control. The evolution continued with the advent of AES, DVI, HDMI, USB 2.0, FireWire, and other new digital video formats, but along with the latest signals came some new limitations on the distance they could travel on copper lines. more>>

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	Product News

Liberty Wire & Cable Announces New, Expanded Product Guide for Wall Plates, Panels & Assemblies

Liberty Wire & Cable, worldwide supplier of a broad range of wire and cable products for the audio/video trade, including custom installers and systems integrators, has announced publication of a new and expanded 2008-2009 edition of its popular Product Guide for Plates, Panels & Assemblies. more>>

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