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Thomson Helps Deliver Games to the World
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8.06.2008
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Hundreds of Thomson Grass Valley HD and SD cameras, as well as 30 outside broadcast (OB) trucks outfitted with Thomson Grass Valley HD production equipment, will be used to cover the Games by broadcasters.
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BBC Taps Gorillaz for Games Intro
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8.06.2008
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To promote its coverage of the Beijing Games, BBC Sport turned to old-school animation techniques and the brains behind the virtual band Gorillaz.
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TVB Links with China Netcom, PCCW for Games
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8.06.2008
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Under a strategic agreement signed by the three companies China Netcom and PCCW Global will provide a high-definition multimedia service to TVB, allowing for two-way transmission of television signals between Beijing and Hong Kong. Optical fibre and satellite transmission services, as well as double-end high-definition video transmission equipment, will be used.
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RTS Racks Communications
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8.06.2008
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To ease communications systems setup and use for one of its broadcast clients during the Games, RTS devised hand-configured rackmount arrays, or RIBs, of its intercom equipment.
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For-A Helps Convert HD Signals
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8.06.2008
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Content generated in Beijing will originate as 1080/50i signals, which need to be converted to 1080/59.94i for HD transmission in Brazil. As the majority of Brazilian viewers do not have HDTV sets, the signal also needs to be down converted to SD.
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Global Crossing Links Eurovision From Rio
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8.06.2008
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IP solutions provider Global Crossing is providing Eurovision a link between Rio de Janeiro and New York for use during the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Gearhouse Opts for Harris Core Processing
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8.06.2008
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The equipment spans the Harris HD product portfolio, including 6800+ processing products and Zandar multiviewers.
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Cheetah Routers Find Beijing Home
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8.06.2008
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The European Broadcast Union will operate a pair of Cheetah routers, in SD and HD formats, on behalf of its member broadcasters.
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Linear Acoustic Mixes up NBC Olympic Coverage
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7.23.2008
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As part of its all-HD coverage of the Olympics, NBC is including prerecorded and edited programs. In the event that the editing and recording equipment used doesn't have enough channels to support 5.1 surround sound, the UPMAX:neos will provide the upmixing capability needed to maintain sound quality throughout.
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Vinten Set for Beijing
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7.23.2008
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Vinten Equipment Hire already supplies camera support equipment to most of the U.K.'s leading OB production companies, where the Vector range is the familiar industry standard. To meet the increased demand with the Olympics Vinten Equipment Hire has ordered 25 of the latest Vector 750 pan/tilt heads.
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TV Bandeirantes has Olympic vision
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7.23.2008
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The Vision 2 will provide TV Bandeirantes with multi-definition capability, enabling it to handle standard and high-definition formats separately, or combine SD and HD clips.
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Mediagroup Provides Games Sound
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7.23.2008
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Several Chinese public-service broadcasters, including national station CCTV and regional channel Hunan Economic TV, will carry Stagetec systems in their OB vehicles, as will Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI).
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On-Site Surround from Lawo
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7.23.2008
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Through its rental company, Lawo is installing several surround control rooms with mc² Series desks in Beijing.
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Camera Corps heads to Beijing
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7.09.2008
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The Shepperton company will supply a fill range of equipment, including high-level cranes, horizontal and vertical tracking cameras, underwater cameras and bull's-eye-mounted archery target cameras, to support HD coverage of the event.
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CNC Selects Tektronix Gear for Video Signal Tests
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7.09.2008
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The video test infrastructure being implemented by CNC includes Tektronix PQA500 picture quality analyzers, WFM7120 waveform monitors, MTM400 MPEG-TS monitors, and an MTS430 MPEG test system.
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CCTV Relies on DataDirect Networks S2A for Data Infrastructure
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7.09.2008
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Covering the Games in a way that allows for rapid, simultaneous access and editing by multiple users, immediately and well into the future.
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R&S Highlights LTE Measurement Challenges
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7.09.2008
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A member of TD-SCDMA Forum, Rohde & Schwarz is interested in promoting the development of the standard and providing TD-SCDMA real-time test solutions.
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Red Bee Media Helps Create CCTV 'Identity' for Games
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6.25.2008
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Will create and produce the main opening title sequence for CCTV's flagship Olympics programming, along with a family of information graphic templates, including a comprehensive design theme for all CCTV Olympic programme graphics.
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CCTV Adopts Thomson Capture, Editing Solutions
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6.11.2008
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Fifteen Infinity DMC1000 HD camcorders were purchased by CCTV for use with several Edius nonlinear editing workstations at its News Production Department in Beijing.
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Eurosport News Nets Olympic Exclusive
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6.11.2008
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Eurosport News, the 24-hour sports news channel, has won exclusive rights to be the only international sports channel available in the Beijing Olympic Village.
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