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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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03/29/11 03:40 PM,
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NETIA has announced the appointment of Stéphane Lefebvre as export sales manager for Latin America. In this new position, Lefebvre will strengthen NETIA’s presence in the region and serve the existing network of NETIA dealers including Sistemas Digitales in Mexico, Curacao in Colombia, and Videocorp in Chile. With long-term experience in the broadcast, cable, satellite, and telecommunications industries worldwide, Lefebvre will also participate in NETIA’s ongoing business development in southern Europe. “Stéphane’s experience working with players across the broadcast industry…
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Monday, March 28, 2011
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03/28/11 01:33 PM,
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Lawo has announced Extra Faders—the availability of a new surface layout for the mc²66 MKII production console. Responding to requests from British and American sound engineers for a surface arrangement that provides more faders and less buttons close to the console’s armrest, the new Extra Faders layout brings enhanced capabilities to the Central Control section of the mc²66 MKII while also providing improved surround sound mixing capabilities. With the new Extra Faders option, the Screen Control Module in the mc²66…
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
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03/24/11 12:20 PM,
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VocalBooth is pleased to announce a newly expanded dealer relationship with Indianapolis based Auralex Acoustics. VocalBooth will now offer the full breadth of the Auralex line of acoustic treatments and sound control products. “We are really excited about working much closer with Auralex to represent their exceptional line of acoustic products,” stated Guy Coleman, VP of Sales for VocalBooth. “We have been featuring Auralex Studiofoam as both standard and color upgrades in our products for a number of years,” Coleman…
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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03/23/11 07:42 AM,
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NETIA has announced that 2010 represented the company’s best year yet, despite the chilling effect of the challenging economic climate. Significant gains in revenue, new hires in executive and engineering roles, and the extension of its content management system (CMS) to a broader client base all position the company for further growth in 2011. “We’re already seeing the benefit of the past year’s success,” said Christophe Carniel, NETIA CEO and president. “The influx of customer orders shows that we’ll soon…
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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03/22/11 11:50 AM,
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Sennheiser recently announced a significant wireless installation at Canada’s largest private broadcaster, CTV. The installation provides world-class wireless audio functionality within and among CTV’s facilities across the country. With 28 conventional stations, 29 specialty stations and 33 radio stations, CTV reaches over 25 million viewers each week, offering a wide range of hit programming, including sports, news and entertainment. Sennheiser’s recent installation ensures that the network will be able to maintain world-class quality and reliability throughout its broadcast operations, while…
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03/22/11 08:56 AM,
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Anton/Bauer has announced they will feature several presentations from industry experts discussing on-location shooting and proper battery care and maintenance in The Vitec Group’s Live Event Area during the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas. “Each year, NAB provides Anton/Bauer with an opportunity to not only share our expertise with the industry, but to gain insight from other highly skilled professionals who will be in attendance,” says Shin Minowa, vice president of marketing and business development. “We are pleased to…
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03/22/11 07:45 AM,
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RadiantGrid Technologies has announced they will be unveiling the integration of Civolution’s NexGuard forensic video watermarking into the RadiantGrid Platform at the 2011 NAB Show. Forensic video watermarking for digital content that is pre-released can be a deterrent against content theft, and provides a forensic analysis tool in the event piracy does occur. Civolution’s NexGuard watermarking applications for pre-release content are deployed in content production and post-production facilities worldwide and add imperceptible video watermarks – on a per content copy…
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Monday, March 21, 2011
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03/21/11 08:50 AM,
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Linear Acoustic has announced that two UPMAX 5.1-channel upmixers are being deployed on the twelfth season of the award-winning “Dancing With The Stars” television reality show, which returns to ABC on March 21. According to production mixer Bruce Arledge Jr. and music mixer Mark King, the user-friendly UPMAX system ensures a consistent and transparent upmix of the show’s stereo production elements for 5.1 broadcasting. “I can mix the show in stereo, upmix it through UPMAX, then downmix it again, and…
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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03/15/11 11:10 AM,
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“Submarine,” the coming-of-age film which delighted viewers at The Toronto Film Festival premiere and at the Sundance Film Festival, has used the new PenteoSurround stereo-to-5.1 system to create an immersive Dolby Digital soundtrack. Re-recording mixer Nigel Heath, of the UK’s Hackenbacker Audio Post, created L,C, R, S audio from stereo mixes of music by Alex Turner from the band Arctic Monkeys. “We were really keen on having the songs sort of ‘melt’ out of the dialogue scenes rather than ‘pop…
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Friday, March 11, 2011
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03/11/11 12:45 PM,
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Wohler Technologies has announced that at CCBN 2011 they will present major enhancements to their flagship AMP2-16V audio/video processing monitor, designed with the operator in mind. Highlights include support for SMPTE 2020 metadata monitoring, a menu lockout function that prevents unauthorized changes to the unit’s configuration, the ability to cycle through solo monitoring of defined clusters of audio channels at the press of a button, an optical SPDIF input option for monitoring the consumer’s set-top box (STB) experience, and improved…
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