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WKYT Taps Thomson Aurora for HD News
11.21.2008
Earlier this year, WKYT-TV became the first station in this market to produce its newscasts in high definition, as we felt it gave us a competitive advantage. More...

GV Infinity Improves KVBC's News Image
09.30.2008
We've liked the concept of the Infinity camcorder from the first time we heard about it. The station has been working with demo units of the Infinity for more than two years, and we've been very pleased with its progression. More...

KFMB Moves to Full HD Program Playout With Thomson Grass Valley
02.22.2008
We began broadcasting our local newscasts in the 1080i HD this January. Ratings are good and the viewers really like the way our channel looks as compared to other stations. More...

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Free White Papers


Considering Compression
11.30.2007
With a wide choice of compression schemes available, and even more on the horizon, we could be looking at a future that is not so much Variable Bit-Rate as Very Baskin-Robbins. More...

Mustang Chipset
06.22.2007
Since the launch of color TV in the 1960s, high-definition (HD) television has been one of the industry’s greatest advances. More...

HD News: Don’t Fear the File!
11.15.2006
The era of HD news is upon us, later than the earliest visionaries may have forecast, but also more suddenly than many expected. Nine years and two months after the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 defined the digital television More...

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Thomson Grass Valley Articles


Computer Industry Shapes Direction of Broadcast Media Storage
08.06.2008
As the Broadcast industry moves to file based systems, storage is a key component in how facilities implement video servers into their workflow. Manufacturers have two options, use off-the-shelf IT solutions and tailor them for More...

Educating Tomorrow’s Digital Media Professionals With Today’s Most Popular Technology
08.06.2008
Chapman University opened its new $42 million production facility—the Marion Knott Studios—in June 2006. The facility boasts a 500-seat theater, three-story high soundstages, and an all-digital HD production studio. More...

New Newseum Facility Shows News As It Happens
12.21.2007
The resulting Newseum will open in the first quarter of 2008 with numerous interactive exhibits, live news feeds coming in daily from around the world, and a complete multiformat HD production, archiving and asset management More...

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From the Editors


Local Stations Automate Feeds with Thomson
10.23.2008
Originally launched to support the broadcast of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, it has been re-established as Local Media's instrument in dispensing HD promos, commercials and electronic billboards amongst its local television More...

Broadcast Students Train at Olympics on Thomson
07.25.2008
Asbury is the only university in the country whose juniors and seniors are professionally employed in entry-level Olympic broadcast positions. More...

Increased HD Input for Indigo AV Mixer
06.27.2008
The switcher will be able to accept up to eight HD devices for realtime mixing with the recent expansion, including media players, cameras and the like, pushing the envelope for production innovation and development capability. More...

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