NILES, ILL.—Joe Zajac is the new man on campus for Joseph Electronics, as the fiber transmission and custom fiber provider has hired him as its business development manager.

Zajac joins JE from Lemo, where he spent three years as a territory account manager in the Midwestern U.S. He held previous positions at General Cable and Gepco International.

In his new role, Zajac will work to expand JE’s reach in the broadcast market and create new opportunities in other vertical markets, per the official statement from JE.

NILES, ILL.—Joseph Electronicshas promoted John Cleary to president. He takes over the position from owner Yohay Hahamy, who will continue as CEO and to whom Cleary will report.

John Cleary

Cleary started at JE’s sales department in 1982 on a part-time basis while attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After several years, he transitioned to running the operations and strategic-planning side of the business. In 2001, he was named vice president of operations and most recently served as senior vice president.

Joseph Electronics is an authorized stocking distributor for more than 100 broadcast and pro A/V brands and also designs, manufactures, and supplies custom fiber solutions for broadcasters and system integrators. 

LAS VEGAS—At the 2017 NAB Show, Joseph Electronics will display its Tote Caddie portable fiber optic signal acquisition systems for ENG, SNG and other remote production applications. Built using rugged Pelican cases, Tote Caddie is a compact, functional, weather-resistant, point-to-point signal transport solution for news and field crews working in harsh environments.

Tote Caddie

At this year’s show, Joseph Electronics plans to introduce the Caddie Transporter series of customizable fiber transporter caddies for remote broadcasting, each of which serves as a plug-and-play system for sending multiple video and audio signals over a single fiber. It provides up to 18 3G/HD/SDI uncompressed video signals, plus four additional slots for audio, intercom, analog video, genlock, MADI and Dante modules.

Joseph Electronics will also show the DFT-JR, a compact, cost-efficient solution for sending HD video over fiber. Part of the JFS Digital Fiber Transport (DFT) series, the DFT-JR transmits up to 16 channels of uncompressed 3G/HD/SDI video on one or two single-mode fibers, and users can change the direction of each two-channel module in the field.

Housed in a 1RU fanless enclosure with redundant power supplies, the DFT-JR supports up to eight two-channel modules handling up to 16 signals. An exclusive bypass channel feature lets users add more analog video, audio, or RS data transport signals, plus Gigabit Ethernet signals when using the two-fiber version.

The 2017 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 24-27. Joseph Electronics will be in boothC6648. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.

NILES, ILL.—Boston PBS station WGBH has a new remote studio at the Boston Public Library, and to help it deliver TV and radio signals to its main facility seven miles away, the station has acquired a fiber-transport caddie from Joseph Electronics. The custom transporter caddie allows WGBH to send bidirectional signals between the remote studio and main facility, including A/V, ancillary and data signals.

According to Emeric Feldmar, WGBH’s director of engineering, traditional microwave methods were not possible, the station needed a custom solution. As a result, WGBH relied on JE to provide a caddie that has full-duplex connectivity that allows operators to manage four cameras with full robotic control; two separate Gigabit Ethernet paths; return video and audio for PA, intercom, reference, and monitoring; GPIO; DMX lighting control; and all microphones for radio and television.

Joseph Electronics designs, manufactures and supplies custom fiber systems for broadcasters and system integrators.

NILES, ILL.—Fiber transmission and custom fiber provider Joseph Electronics has made its way up to the Madison, Wisc., studio for WISC-TV to provide a JE-designed patching system. Intended for the station’s SMPTE hybrid cables, the new system will enable WISC-TV to more easily perform cable maintenance, per Joseph Electronics’ press release.

Custom Access Box Built by Joseph Electronics for WISC-TV's Fiber-Patching System

WISC-TV’s previous cable set-up had its SMPTE cables hooked up to each camera and running into the CCUs in the control room. With the new patch bay on the studio wall from Joseph Electronics, WISC-TV can maintain two separate cables: one from the camera to the wall, and another from the wall to the CCU.

Partnering with Token Creek, Joseph Electronics fabricated the access boxes and supplied new cables for the camera/studio side of the link. Token Creek handled the on-site fiber transmissions, while WISC-TV did the copper terminations.

NILES, ILL.—Mobile TV Group is making room on its 39 Flex 4K outside broadcast truck for Joseph Electronics’ full-size fiber booth kit. The custom-built booth kit is the first for Mobile TV Group, according to the company’s press release.

The fiber booth kit contains eight bidirectional HD-SDI video feeds, eight IFBs, four partylines, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections. The booth kit was first used at the 2016 Masters Golf Tournament. It is used about half of the time on 39 Flex truck projects. Mobile TV Group has retrofitted some of its other trucks to use the kit when it is not needed in 39 Flex.

In addition to golf tournaments, the 39 Flex has been used to cover concerts and Canadian Football League games.

NILES, ILL.—The MLB Network has added a dual-link, dual-image KVM system from Joseph Electronics to its lineup of tools at its post-production facility. Connecting to the network’s data center, the KVM technology enables the MLB Network to transmit and receive production data on a single dark fiber and reroute signals to and from any of its 86 edit stations.

The network’s post-production facilities and data center are now a mile apart to help with space and power limitations. Signals from the keyboard, mouse, monitors and computer audio systems travel back and forth from the locations over a single strand of fiber. The Joseph Electronics system, which was designed with help from MultiDyne, requires only one fiber strand per machine and has a dual-link, dual-image feature. The KVM system can also be used with an optical router to reroute transmitters and receivers in case of hardware problems.

MLB Network uses a KVM system that is made up of 86 MultiDyne transmitters at the data center, connected to 86 Cisco C-240 edit workstations. The studios feature 94 MultiDyne receivers that are reserved for 86 HD edit workspaces.

Joseph Electronics is a provider of fiber transmission and fiber technology that is based out of Niles, Ill.

NILES, ILL.—Contributing to the development of aerial-camera systems, Joseph Electronics, along with its Joseph Fiber Solutions brand, has introduced an integrated, single-fiber data transmission product for FlyCam USA. The system allows FlyCam to send data and HD video back and forth on a single fiber, allowing the second fiber to be used as a backup.

JFS Three-box single-fiber system

The three-box system includes a lightweight I/O interface box that flies with the camera, a box on the ground, and a box at the truck compound for the operator. The FlyCam can send HD send, genlock, 2-bidrectional RS data paths, and an Ethernet port signal to the ground. Signals from the ground to the truck compound add intercom and return video with a switch for full operation from the ground for troubleshooting. It also has a 1310nm “bypass” channel for additional signals to be added in the future.

With the extra cable that this system allows, FlyCam will have the ability to use bandwidth for future video formats like 4K and 8K, according to Pat Hally, co-inventor of FlyCam and founder and president of FlyCam USA. FlyCam has already been using the single-fiber system for college football coverage. 

NILES, ILL.—With the responsibility of delivering HD college football action on Fox Sports’ broadcasts, CSP Mobile Productions has gone with Joseph Electronics’ DFT-12-JR fiber transport modules to handle HD video transport.

DFT-12-JR

Joseph Electronics 1RU DFT-12-JR system features 12 paths of 3G/HD-SDI, MADI, or ASI signals over one or two fibers. All signal paths are user configurable in pairs of two to meet any send/receive requirements. Redundant power supplies are standard to ensure a complete backup of critical paths.

The fiber system is installed in CSP’s CSP HD 4 mobile unit, which is configured for eight transmits and four returns of HD video. CSP will also use its new fiber system to cover other events during the college football offseason, including MMA fights and the Boston Marathon.

Joseph Electronics is a provider of custom fiber products for broadcasters and system integrators. The company is located in Niles, Ill.