WBU: Global HD Satellite Feeds Increasingly Seamless

11/18/09 An 18-month interoperability testing program of HD satellite feeds by the World Broadcasting Unions-International Satellite Operations Group, has found that that the industry has made great strides in transmitting MPEG-4 HD video feeds via satellite using encoders and decoders from different vendors. The program, which involved 12 major equipment vendors and a variety of..... ...Read More »

Thorsteinson To Leave Harris Helm

10/16/09 Harris Corp. announced that Tim Thorsteison, the president of its Broadcast Communications division, had decided to retire from the company effective October 31, 2009 to “pursue other interests.” Harris said that it has already begun searching for both internal and external candidates to replace Thorsteinson, who joined Harris four years ago as part of its acqu..... ...Read More »

IBC 2009: Grass Valley Says Deal Is Imminent

09/11/09 IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show Broadcast production and transmission gear supplier Grass Valley is close to striking a deal with a new owner that will buy the entire business, said Grass Valley senior vice president Jeff Rosica at a press briefing Thursday at the IBC show in Amsterdam. Rosica said that Grass Valley is in negotiations with..... ...Read More »

HD Slow Motion Gets Up to Speed

08/21/09 Early adopters of high-definition sports production had to enter the arena without the full complement of weapons they were accustomed to using in the standard-definition world, because HD cameras were available well ahead of full HD graphics or quick-turnaround editing systems. One of the most glaring deficiencies was the lack of true HD super-slow-motion cameras, which forced dire..... ...Read More »

KCRG Begins File-Based HD Update

08/11/09 KCRG-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is installing a file-based high definition content management and distribution platform from Grass Valley that is expected to be operational in September. The deployment is part of a larger upgrade to KCRG's HD infrastructure, which includes plans to build a new HD facility in 2010. "All of this is part o..... ...Read More »

Vislink Powers All-Star Coverage

07/14/09 U.K.-based transmission vendor Vislink is providing wireless camera systems, including Link receivers with ASI switching, to several networks for coverage of Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis, Mo. The systems are being supplied locally by U.S. live production specialists CP Communications and Total RF Productions.Fox Sports, which is broadcasting th..... ...Read More »

MSNBC's Hi-Def Retrofit

06/28/09 MSNBC has been planning its eventual migration to high definition since moving from Secaucus, N.J., into NBC Universal headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in October 2007. But due to the logistics of running a 24-hour news network, it has completed the bulk of the hands-on work in the past four months. While MSNBC was able to take advantage of HD infrastr..... ...Read More »

MSNBC's High-Def Retrofit

06/28/09 MSNBC has been planning its eventual migration to high definition since moving from Secaucus, N.J., into NBC Universal headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in October 2007. But due to the logistics of running a 24-hour news network, it has completed the bulk of the hands-on work in the past four months. While MSNBC was able to take advantage of HD infrastr..... ...Read More »

TBN Finishes HD Upgrade in Dallas

05/13/09 Religious programmer Trinity Broadcasting Network has finished upgrading its Dallas facilities, including its International Production Center and local station KDTX-TV, to high-definition production. TBN is also moving forward with HD upgrades for its WPGD in Nashville, a process that is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009, and is starting to plan for an HD upgra..... ...Read More »

NAB 2009: Grass Valley: Business As Usual

04/19/09 Click here for complete coverage of the 2009 NAB Show Las Vegas -- Grass Valley celebrated its 50th anniversary at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas by launching a high-end production switcher, Kayenne, announcing a number of major international orders, and proclaiming that it was confident of its future prospects despite parent company Thomson's decision to sell the bu..... ...Read More »

Avid Makes News in NAB Return

04/14/09 After skipping the National Association of Broadcasters convention last year, Avid Technology will return to Las Vegas in 2009 with a new HD News solution that includes a new AirSpeed Multi Stream production server and a variety of product upgrades. Avid's new system is designed to make it easier and less costly for broadcasters to make the transition to high-definitio..... ...Read More »