Latest articles by David Austerberry
Avanti chooses MatrixStore for nearline archive
The Welsh post house is backing up its Avid Unity with Object Matrix’s storage cluster.
Marca TV automates with VSN
The Spanish channel has entrusted the automation of its master control room to VSN.
Linear Acoustic to receive Emmy
The company is being awarded for development of an audio/metadata process for ATSC.
Norway’s TV2 upgrades Studer audio facilities in Oslo newsroom
Processing capabilty of OnAir 3000 console doubled with addition of SCore Live
Digital: The Journey Forward at BroadcastAsia2007
With Singapore being a global media center hosting offices of Ascent Media, CNBC, HBO and Technicolor the city-state is a good place to hold a show for
Video networks
The needs of a broadcaster are diverse. The list of must-haves includes voice and data circuits between different sites and to the public switched network,
Scaling beyond SAN
Much of the evolution of file storage in the broadcast environment has taken place on an ad-hoc basis. The island of production graphics, news and editing
Centralcasting revisited
As fiber costs fall and greater capacities and more routers become available, it’s time to take a fresh look at centralcasting.
NAB2009 visitor saw real applications of SOA
Is a service-oriented architecture a real option for broadcasters or just a passing fad
Masstech sees hierarchical storage strategy as part of move to HD
Joe French of Masstech talks about the advantages of mixed storage versus spinning disks alone.
Ingest for deep archives
AmberFin CTO Bruce Devlin describes the importance of encoding and QC for the rescue of decaying asset libraries
Andrita to manage 100TB archive with DIVArchive
The Los Angeles-based facility will use Front Porch Digital to manage the program archive for 26 channels
EVS opens new office, launches Blueline brand
Blueline systems for live sports are differentiated from new Silverline products for studio production, which includes the recently launched XS server and Insio
Ramar Communications integrates eight channels of master control
The broadcaster has installed a multichannel system to support seven TV stations in the southwest United States.
Orange County updates with PlayBox playout
The Florida county government station has updated two channels with PlayBox playout systems based on AirBox servers
Multiviewers need a router
Strath Goodship of Miranda talks discusses the purchase of NVISION and how it complements Miranda’s products
Marquis integrates Medway with SeaChange
The integration provides broadcasters with greater flexibility for building HD workflows with support for Avid DNxHD
Ole Miss chooses Broadcast Pix Slate integrated production system
The University of Mississippi is using a Slate 2M/E switcher to provide polished coverage of home sports events with just three full-time staffers
ScheduALL bucks trends with revenue growth
Broadcasters and post-production houses are looking to maximize their use of resources
CBS Entertainment news migrates to HD production, playout with Grass Valley K2 HD servers
Hybrid linear and nonlinear editing gets shows to air fast and in multiple versions
Discovery Network Europe's new transmission center
At the end of 2005, Discovery Network Europe opened a new media transmission center at the company's European headquarters in Chiswick Park, West London.
Solid-state and optical recording: Is videotape dead?
For 50 years, videotape has been the mainstay of television recording. It has developed into a compact and versatile medium for capture, distribution
MOBILE ONE the one for 21st Century recording
This project is rather different from the typical build in that it could be said to be the work of one man the owner/operator of SounDesign, Conrad Fletcher.
