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April 29
- PBS Deals ACE Card to Ascent Media
- Media General Taps Grass Valley for Digital Gear
- Senators Roll Out VNR Bill
- Henry Stewart DAM Scheduled for May 9-10
- Network Electronics Routes 'Big Brother 3'
- NAB to Deadline Heads: How Nice of You to Chime In
- Anna Nicodemus Joins Belo as VP
- Panasonic Inks P2 Deals
- Telex Appoints New VP of Intercom Systems
- Solomon to Partner With Wilkinson Barker Knauer
- CBS Ramps Up HD Graphics With Accom ProServ
- The 'Late Show' Hops on Sony's HD Highway
- The Weather Channel to Deploy Harris Invenio
- SMPTE NY to Hold Editing Showcase
- Liberty To Install Linear Acoustic Octimax
- Omneon Offers 10k Trade for Pinnacle Servers
- Viewers Like Who
- Anixter Forms National Broadcast Group
- FCC Seeks $304 Million for FY 2006
- Leitch to Replace ABC's Masterkey, Pronto System
April 28
- Chyron shows MOS solution for newsroom integration
- Link Research L1403 to deliver wireless HD
- Avid launches iNEWS Instinct news composition system
- New DaletPlus News Library offers asset management, archiving
- Young news consumers prefer local TV news, Internet, says report
- Taking FTP for news to the street
- RTNDA elects new board of directors
- RFX Clip-On digital wireless link offers freedom of movement
- Sundance Digital to support Sony switcher under NewsLink automation
- Cordillera Communications to convert to Panasonic P2 for news, production
- RTNDA issues new guidelines for video news release use
April 27
- Speedera and Macromedia partner for secured streaming video delivery
- PESA introduces photonic router for all-fiber networks
- Miranda launches enhanced branding and master control processors at NAB2005
- Thales introduces mobile TV solution
- Barco demonstrates new display solutions at NAB2005
- Sony Pictures Entertainment unveils plans for digital distribution of film and TV content
- Display technologies power use-of-force training simulations
- BTV+ and Inscriber partner for IP-over-satellite signage networks
- Wachovia Bank implements scripting and prompting solution for in-house TV network
- Axcera to provide solutions for Crown Castle’s mobile video service
- 2006 TiVo-Comcast Box To Include HD Content
- Sony, Toshiba Continue HD DVD Talks
- Gefen Upgrades Two KVM Extenders for HD Displays
- Leitch Offers New VelocityHD 9.1 Interface
- Harris, TV Azteca Partner for HD in Mexico
- Few Venture into HD Ad Country
- HDNet Providing HD Coverage of Mavericks Games in Texas
- Snell & Wilcox Push Big 'Kahuna'
- Fujinon Upgrades Stabilization for HD ENG Telephoto
- DirecTV Offers to Help Out, Cash in On Voom Woes
April 26
- DisplaySearch: LCD display costs may fall 62 percent by 2008
- TV Azteca prepares for HDTV transmission in nine cities in Mexico
- U.S. Supreme Court mulling key technology issues
- “OnDemandies” winners announced
- Kasenna offers 64-bit video server platforms
- Free download: video-on-demand: A false dawn?
- OmniBus Systems launches new OPUS content management suite
- Media longevity standard debated
- DTG announces new automation product
- Time Warner Cable tests technology to hold viewers
- IPTV faces content difficulties
- TMD announces Mediaflex Version 3
- Seagate develops 400GB DVR
- Hollywood seeks an iTunes for movies
- Tandberg Television to showcase N2 on-demand solutions
- North Plains supports Microsoft’s CS Framework for DAM
- SeaChange powers on-demand deployment based on OCAP
- ETSI Approves DVB-S2 Standard
- Satellite Update
- DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - April 24, 2005:
- NAB, MSTV Oppose DTV Tuner Mandate Delay
- TV Azteca Taps Harris for DTV Transmitters, HD Encoders
- Mobile TV Transmitters on Display at NAB
- Axcera Intros 'Dual Use' A/D Transmitter at NAB
- High Power Satellite to Communicate with Wireless Gear
April 25
- Telecast Fiber simplifies production set up
- Quantel is ready for HD transition
- Leitch unveils an array of new products at NAB2005
- Panasonic shows ENG camcorder
- Sahara TV begins plans to launch regional language channels
- Sony products pave the HD highway
- Barton offers little flexibility on digital TV deadline
- CEA’s Shapiro admonishes broadcasters on refusal to embrace DTV; NAB returns fire
- ABC news anchor: Network news dominance is “dead”
- Monday Night Football leaves ABC after 35 years
- Adobe to acquire Macromedia
- SeaChange buys Liberate Technologies’ international assets
- Local news may soon follow HD path
- NAB2005: Broadcasters get it
- OmniBus and Miranda offer enhanced automation control
- Panel Engages in Frank Talk About Indecency
- Unlicensed Device Joins Regulatory Face-Off
- Digital Revolution: More to Be Done
- Making Dollars and Sense of the Transition
April 22
- Emerging mobile networks to offer new sports distribution opportunities
- Telestream and EVS integrate FlipFactory with XT server
- Multi-format Kahuna production switcher switches NAB-HD model station
- Sportvision adds production sizzle to “Braves TBS Xtra”
- Wohler introduces VAMP2-S8MDA audio/video monitor
- 1080p HDTV shipments to retailers likely to up ante for sports teleproducers
- VF Gadgets unveils LCD monitor mount
- The latest happenings from around the world of sports
- Microsoft launches video downloads for mobile devices
- Inmedia to provide ITF with backhaul, distribution of Davis, Fed Cups
- Canon unveils three telephoto field lenses
April 20
- New 16:9 infrastructure paves way to possible broadcast, HD future
- Final Four offers glimpse of HD, SD complications, difficulties
- Total Vision HD charts course to HD production with Sony XRI NLE, HDCAM
- HDNet covers Pope John Paul II’s funeral in 1080i
- Deadline approaches for Digital Filmmakers Grant
- HD gains momentum in Europe as digital transition drives industry
- Hitachi rolls out SK-3010P HD, SD camera for field, studio use
- U.S. consumers plan to buy digital cable-ready HDTV sets
- NEC develops wireless HD transceiver for home sets
- JVC rolls out large D-ILA consumer HD sets in Japan
- NVision supplies routing systems to Ascent Media for Asian cable center
- Optibase introduces broadcast-quality HD encoder
- DVEO introduces FireCaster HDV live transport
- Microsoft extends Connected Services Framework to broadcast, film
- NAB2005: Digital Cinema Voluntary Standards Announced
- NAB2005: Envivio Rolls Out HD MPEG-4 Encoding Systems
- Digital Audio is Key Element in HD Mix for New Century
- Fujinon Intros Pan/Tilt for Sony HD Camera
- NAB2005: Optibase Introduces MPEG2 HD for Computers
- NAB2005: Panasonic Unveils Industry's First P2 HD Camcorder
- NAB2005: Belden Helps Pave Way to 1080p HD/SDI Formats
- Possible Breakthrough on Dueling HD Disc Standards Reported
- NAB2005: HD Now Verging on Ubiquitous at Big Show
- NAB2005: Tandberg, Microsoft Take Windows Media Video 9 Outside Box
April 19
- Across The Pond
- The Case for Nonlinear Camcorders
- HDTV Brought To You By...
- Scientific-Atlanta to upgrade TBS facility
- How to Buy an H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Encoding System
- Now It Makes $ense
- Remember the A.L.A.M.O
- ATSC Annual Meeting May 10
- Satellite Update - April 19, 2005
- New Address for Arecibo Observatory Radio Facility Coordination Notifications
- ARINC System for Providing Broadband Data to Aircraft Approved
- Analog TV to be 'Obsolete' in Russia by 2016
- Tower Construction Notification System Enhanced, Rules Clarified
- FCC Cites GPS Re-radiator Distributor, Retailers
- NIST Releases Analysis on WTC Towers Collapse
- Maine Energy Efficiency Act Includes DTV Set-top Boxes
April 18
- Mohawk announces GigaLAN 10 for high-speed performance to the desktop
- Terayon launches new partner program
- Harris develops DVB-H transmission systems
- Scopus Network’s dense universal IP decoder now shipping
- Vela unveils decoder with real-time multi-format playback capability
- Sundance Digital transitions WSAW-TV to new master control
- QoSmetrics provides real-time MPEG streaming video network performance quality testing
- Tektronix to showcase new video test equipment
- Snell & Wilcox production switcher drives NAB-HD model TV station
- Philippines broadcaster installs Omneon servers
- Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace establish new technical consulting firm
- Leitch Technology to bundle Ciprico's Huge and VelocityHD systems
- Companies to demonstrate AVC compression technology and applications
- The marriage of broadcast and IT: Compression algorithms
- The Torch Is Passed
- Comcast Moves to Protect, Expand Content
- Avid Scoops Up Pinnacle
- Grand Compromise Could Resolve DTV Transition
- DTV Rides the Rails
April 17
- Satellite Business and Technology Pavilion at NAB
- Politicians to discuss the industry during congressional and FCC breakfast
- NAB-HD at NAB
- G-SAM presents 3rd annual DAM Pavilion
- Anystream, SeaChange introduce automated VOD system
- Proximity’s artbox gets new interface
- The Super Sessions
- Digital media driving force behind technology session
- NAB2005 keynotes
- NAB2005 Special Report
- TSL’s Tallyman expands capabilities of Leitch’s NEO Suiteview
- SGL showcases FlashNet
- Multidyne intros fiber optic transport technology at NAB
April 15
- InPhase Technologies to show holographic drive prototype at NAB2005
- Proximity to roll out new artbox GUI to U.S. market
- Pathfire Direct speeds remote news preview, transmission
- RTNDA gathering to explore changing role of electronic journalism
- Nextel to deliver 2GHz relocation presentation at NAB2005
- Canopus to debut ProCoder Station Render Farm
- New software alerts meteorologist of highly localized changing weather
- COFDM system fuels foot-powered ENG in Salt Lake City
- TMD to unveil Mediaflex version 3 at NAB2005
- Harris champions mobile video
- New software reduces time to air for Amber Alerts
- SysMedia demos ITV solutions
- Envivio Powers MPEG-4 Video From Mobile to HD
- Public TV & Cable Ratify Digital Carriage Agreement
- Ending Analog Early: More OTA Viewers Than Expected
- Survey: Cable Theft Rates Dip
- OmniBus Automates KBDI
- Belo Stations Win Big at Regional Murrow Awards
- Comcast Chief New Chairman of NCTA Board
- 501 Post Color Corrects 'Sin City' with Quantel's eQ
- SeaChange Powers OCAP-based On-Demand TV
- VSG, Bexel Team Up to Provide HDTV Systems
- SES Global Appoints New President/CEO
- Echolab, Crystal Vision Form Joint Venture
- TSL, Leitch Expand Capabilities in NEO SuiteView
April 14
- The Engineering sessions
- AccuWeather rolls out competitor to NBC Weather Plus
April 13
- Dayang’s D3-Edit 5000 video editor to debut at NAB2005
- Furman Sound to introduce power conditioning products at NAB2005
- Digital signage brings multimedia content to PA builder’s expo
- Carnegie Hall leverages third stage for distance learning applications
- HDTV station to narrowcast live coverage of NAB2005
- Axcera provides transmitter system for NAB digital TV station
- NEC-Mitsubishi introduce new line of LCD large-screen displays
- StarBak offers enterprise video platform for existing network infrastructures
- Multidyne to exhibit fiber-optic transport system for signage and digital cinema
- Communications Specialties expands line of fiber-optic RGB-audio receivers
- Clarity unveils Bobcat X 40in LCD flat panel display
- Barcelona opera house streams live performances to students
- Tektronix Adds RF Measurement Interfaces to Transport Stream Monitor
- Last Round of BPL Comments Filed
- Cablevision to Shut Down Voom (Again)
- Andrew Setos Joins New FCC Advisory Council
- NAB2005: Mitsubishi to Display New LCD HD Projection Sets
- Axcera Provides Transmitter for NAB DTV Station Demo
- HD Expo and 'VariCamp' Workshops Set for Los Angeles, Chicago
- NAB2005: Samsung-ATI Alliance to Display New-Generation DLP HD
- Satellite Update
- Gefen Discounts HD Cable Extensions
- Canon HD Captures Blue Angels for Discovery HD Theater
- Nextel Files BAS Relocation Schedule and Implementation Plan
- RF Technologies Provides Antenna for First Class A DTV Station
- HD Circuit to Link NHK France to NHK America
- Micronas Introduces 'Breakthrough Chip' for LCDs
- 'Outdoor Channel 2 HD' Announces Soft Launch
- DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - April 10, 2005:
- HDNet Continues Second Season for Live NASCAR
- FCC Errata
- TV Channel Utilization Report Released
- Comment Period Extended for Cell Phone Use on Aircraft NPRM
April 12
- Home of the Sub-$10K HD Camcorder
- Echolab & Crystal Vision Form Partnership
- Rogers Uses Scopus Encoding Technology to Create High-Speed Contribution Link Between Toronto-Area Facilities
- Telestream and EVS Announce FlipFactory Integration with XT
- Concurrent and Scripps Networks Demonstrate Unique Branding and Revenue-Generating Opportunities With Content-Specific On-Demand Promotion at The National Show
- A.F. Associates changes name
- Media chiefs call broadcast DTV deadline unrealistic
- SignaSys to demo digital asset management and storage at PBS Tech Conference
- BT Broadcast targets digital content management
- TiVo does lifesaving deal with Comcast
- Consumers are changing the way they access media
- Sundance Digital automates Austin
- ONO uses Cisco for broadcast TV content
- IMT and NextAmp announce NexScreener
- A call for TV archiving
- SeaChange debuts new IP-based VOD system
- Last Mile wants to harness UK lampposts for wireless net
- Colorado’s news channel available on-demand
- Sony hints at Blu-ray, HD-DVD compromise
- Iomega debuts 100GB of on-the-go storage
April 10
- Time Warner Cable tests technology to hold viewers
- Media Companies to buy Adelphia Cable
- NFL selects VDS Gametrak suite
- Quantel launches News to Go
- Grass Valley introduces new cameras at NAB2005
- Modulus Video offers MPEG-4 AVC video pre-processing
- Kramer intros integrated video processor
- Connecticut Public Broadcasting selects A.F. Associates for new facility
- ABC seeks distribution for digital network
- New FCC chairman echoes Powell
- SGI to debut Prism at NAB2005
- Paxson in play
- Quantel and DayPort collaborate for workflow improvements
- Media chiefs call broadcast DTV deadline unrealistic
- Concurrent demos on-demand promotion for Scripps Networks
- Pope’s death challenges TV in new ways
- IPTV faces challenge obtaining content
- Calling all TVs
April 8
- NBA on TNT extends use of Helinet for live aerial HD shots
- MBCO to rely on 4Caster for real-time H.264 encoding
- Cablecam makes MLB debut with “Braves TBS Xtra”
- Tamuz to showcase BCM line of LCD broadcast monitors
- Panasonic names FOCUS as new P2 Partner
- DasherCam adds new perspective to ESPN Frozen Four coverage
- HDNET co-founder Cuban to deliver Super Session keynote speech
- ITV uses cellular diversity system for University Boat Race
- Final Four underscores difficulty of mixed HD, SD teleproduction
- The latest happenings from around the world of sports
- ESPN GamePlan, FullCourt turn to VDS for GameTrak Boards
- Time Warner, Comcast to Buy Adelphia
- A.F. Associates Gets Rebranded
- NBC Universal Installs BitCentral Précis for Ingest
- CPB Creates Ombudsmen Positions
- HDNet Presents Pope's Funeral in HD
- DST Provides Path to HD, Religion via Webcasts
- Telestream Integrates FlipFactory with EVS XT
- CBC/Radio-Canada Installs Mediaproxy's Logging, Monitoring Tool
- Riedel's Artist M Intercom Scores Big at NBA All Star Game
- SBC Taps Scientific-Atlanta for Fiber Optics Initiative
- OmniBus Standardizes HP Platform with Automation
- Canon Appoints New President/CEO
- Martin, McSlarrow Introduce Themselves to Cable
- Expanding 360 Systems Moves to New HQ
- TV Azteca Goes Tapeless with Ikegami Editcam3
April 7
- Congress again takes aim at cable
April 6
- Sim Video acquires FOR-A HANABI HVS-1000HS switcher
- Pinnacle Systems delivers Liquid version 6.1
- Tobis adds da Vinci's 2K Plus
- CBS Space segment usage grows for HD coverage of NCAA tournament
- Sinclair reaches retransmission consent accord with Comcast
- HD-DVD to take hold in North America; Blu-Ray to grow in Asia, Europe
- FCC delays cable ban on integrated set-top boxes
- Hypercube creates unique production environment with Grass Valley’s Viper FilmStream
- 10 million households worldwide watch HDTV, says In-Stat report
- Quantel announces Pay as you Go HD
- Baton Rouge TV magazine show turns to Panasonic AG-DVX100A cameras
- New digital alternatives demand multi-format test, measurement tools
- Media 100 releases HD version 10.1 for HD, SD editing
- HDTV acceptance grows among consumers
- SES AMERICOM to add to ‘HD-Prime neighborhood’ with AMC-18 satellite
- Royalty-Free HD Releases 40 More Titles
- Samsung Simulcasts N.Y. Stage Play Live in HD
- DirecTV to Launch Local Broadcast HD in a Dozen Markets
- NCTA: Comcast, SES Americom to Grow HD Content
- CBC Launches HDTV Broadcasts
- Leitch to Bundle Ciprico Systems with VelocityHD Editing Suite
- NAB2005: DVEO Transports HD Video over FireWire in Real-Time
- Voom Could Be Affected by Unrelated Cablevision Fights
- Panasonic Plasma, LCD flat Panels to Outsell Direct View by 2006
- MXF Sees Quick Adoption
- Telecom Reform Takes Shape
- NAB2005: DVC to Premiere Next-Generation HD Disk Recorders
- Gefen Provides Booster to Combat HD Enroute Degradation
- WUSA Plans Local News in HD
April 5
- IABM appoints new CEO
- HDTV a Boon for TV Repairmen
- New V-Soft Terrain Database Includes Large Buildings
- Welsh Voters Approve Analog TV Switch Off
- Satellite Update
- FCC Implements SHVERA Changes
- U.K. Digital TV Penetration Approaches 60 Percent
- Experimental Actions
- MSTV Opposes Qualcomm Use of OET-69 for Interference Studies
April 4
- Force10 Networks awarded patent for 5TB backplane design
- Harris hires new product line manager
- Thomson changes Broadcast & Media Solutions division to Grass Valley
- Kasenna develops 64-bit versions of video server platforms
- ADIC expands support for heterogeneous storage platforms and environments
- TANDBERG Television showcases end-to-end DVB-S2 compatibility at NAB2005
- Acterna to offer Interra Systems H.264 analyzer
- WTVO’s multicasting upgrade includes Sundance Digital
- A.F. Associates designs and builds facility for Connecticut Public Broadcasting
- China’s Hebei Broadcasting Bureau launches DTV with Scopus
- Omneon supports production and playout for RTL Televizija
- HDTV Service now in 10 million homes
- Production for on-air playback
April 3
- Editware and Ross Video announce strategic partnership
- Pace launches Tahoe HD-DVR
- HDTV service now in 10 million homes
- Fritts to go one-on-one with FCC commissioner at NAB2005
- Miranda provides iControl facility monitoring
- U.S. Supreme Court debates technology issues
- FOR-A to introduce multi-bit-rate switcher at NAB2005
- WTIC-TV on-air with Harris UHF transmitter
- On-Air playKast online at NAB
- France broadcaster selects Hybrid MC virtual sets
- SBC continues IP video push with Scientific-Atlanta
- Wales experiment with DTV deemed a success
- FCC considers widening its reach
- Vela offers new HD encoder at NAB2005
- DTG announces new automation product
April 1
- Microsoft launches video download service
- Bread and circuses
- NAB Update
- The Optibase/ADI streaming platform
- Fiber-optic systems
- The tape archive solution: PROTECTING YOUR CONTENT
- New networked graphics system for Bayerischer Rundfunk
- KWTX speeds up with Quantel sQ
- Reader Feedback
- Bridging H-DV with Miranda
- On safari WITH HD
- HD anachronism
- Using HDV cameras in the HD workflow
- THIRTEEN/WNET
- The accidental system administrator
- The importance of studio acoustics
- Modulus' MPEG-4 AVC solution
- Learning can be fun
- FCC rejects DTV multichannel must-carry
- SHOOTING in 24p for local TV
- Horizontal resolution: Pixels or lines
- Show your work
- Genoa Color Awarded Patent for Color TV Technology
- Sundance Digital Moves to Larger Digs
- CBC/Radio-Canada Integrates Omneon Spectrum
- New FCC Chairman to Speak at NAB
- CableLabs Announces Five Top Promotions
- Ross Video, Editware to Offer Fastrack with Synergy Switchers
- WTIC Goes On-Air With Harris PowerCD Transmitter
- Euphonix Appoints New Director of Product Development
- This Week in Flags and File Sharing
- Sharp, Mitsubishi to Use Zenith's 8-VSB Chip
- Dale Pro Audio to Carry Network Electronics Gear
- Ross to Market Codan Routers
- WTVO Multicasts with Sundance Digital