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Billerica, Massachusetts (November 17, 2009) Broadcast Pix™ today announced that Turner Studios, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in Atlanta, Ga., is using the Broadcast Pix Slate™ 3000 integrated production system with Fluent™ workflow tools to produce an innovative “second screen” experience for sports fans. more

SEATAC, WA, November 16, 2009 – Premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) announced today that the Audio, Visual, Lighting Conference and Expo (AVL Expo) was a big success earlier this month, attracting more than 175 attendees. Produced in collaboration with Experience Church.tv®, the two-day event was held at Experience Church in Puyallup, Wash., and was designed specifically for the worship community. more

CYPRESS, CA, November 16, 2009 – As part of a recent studio conversion to HD, the Cinema-Television Department at Los Angeles City College (LACC) in California installed a FOR-A HVS-1500HS digital video switcher with an HVS-16OUB 16-button control panel. more

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, November 17, 2009 — Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, announces that the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is using a Barix Audio over IP solution to monitor its highway traffic updates now being broadcast to interstate commuters around Iowa. more

(Billerica, Massachusetts) November 10, 2009. Broadcast Pix™ announced today the Slate 5000 integrated production system is the cornerstone of a complete HD studio upgrade for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JOMC). One of two television studios in Carroll Hall, the JOMC facility on campus, the updated area is mainly used for Carolina Week, a live news show that is produced twice a week for students by students. more

Bergen, Norway, November 9, 2009 Vizrt Ltd. (Frankfurt Prime Standard, Oslo Main List: VIZ)

Vizrt announces the introduction of the upgraded Version 2.0 of its Viz Video Hub plug-and-play asset management (MAM) system. Among other significant enhancements, Version 2.0 provides extended support for archiving through a Tape Robot feature. The Tape Robot support enables broadcasters to archive huge amounts of video assets directly within Viz Video Hub. And it can serve as a long-term storage solution because the Tape Robot hardware exchanges outdated tapes automatically. more

WOODBURY, NEW YORK, November 09, 2009 – Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd., a leading provider of affordable, high performance cameras, today announced that Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, the official Canadian broadcaster of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, will use 39 new Hitachi SK-HD1000 multi-standard, multiformat studio/field cameras for its coverage of the Games. more

CYPRESS, CA, November 9, 2009 – Since making its U.S. debut at the 2009 NAB Show in April, the FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD multi-format portable video switcher has been embraced by a variety of video professionals in North America. More than 400 units are now in use worldwide and unit sales continue with strong growth in the U.S. and Canada. more

WOODBURY, NEW YORK, November 4, 2009 – Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd., a leading provider of affordable, high performance cameras, today announced that KSMQ—a PBS station in Austin, MN—has outfitted its main studio with three new Hitachi SK-HD1000 multi-standard, multi-format cameras to produce public interest programming for viewers in its Southern Minnesota-Northern Iowa coverage area. more

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, November 4, 2009 — Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, has hired Fabrizio Campanale as Engineering Manager. Campanale will work out of the company’s headquarters in Zurich, leading and managing the development team and its operations to ensure proper and efficient planning and execution of all engineering projects. more