AZCAR awarded $6 million contract for new Washington News facility

Peninsula's new facility includes control and translation rooms, nonlinear news editing, and a full newsroom automation system.
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Veteran systems integrator AZCAR Technologies has been awarded a turnkey contract, valued at $6 million, for the television systems design and installation of a large new production facility for Peninsula Production Company in Washington, DC.

Charles Bellman, Peninsula's chief engineer in Washington, DC., said his engineering committee closely evaluated several system integration companies and concluded that AZCAR provided the most comprehensive solution for building its new facility in time for the U.S. presidential elections in the fall.

Peninsula's new facility includes control and translation rooms, nonlinear news editing, a full newsroom automation system, archive and media asset management components, all supplied by AZCAR.

For more information visit www.azcar.com.

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