CBS O&Os Purchase Sony's Switcher

The majority of CBS Television's 16 O&Os have selected the Sony MVS-8000A production switcher for news operations and on-air production. The switcher offers many digital video effects capabilities, large storage capacities for snapshots and the ability to recall settings on-the-fly. Also, the switcher handles comp

Author:: TVTechnology
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: May 5, 2005

The majority of CBS Television's 16 O&Os have selected the Sony MVS-8000A production switcher for news operations and on-air production.

The switcher offers many digital video effects capabilities, large storage capacities for snapshots and the ability to recall settings on-the-fly. Also, the switcher handles complex graphics that are used more and more in newscasts.

The multi-format switcher helps to provide a smooth transition from SD to HD operations, according to Sony.

Implementation of the switchers includes five years of Sony's SupportNET PlatinumPLUS service program, which includes on-site support; parts, labor and travel expenses; priority on-site response; 24-hour parts availability and more.

CBS Television is adopting Sony's XDCAM professional disc technology as the ENG platform for CBS News and all 16 CBS O&O stations.

CBS announced this week that its 17 owned and operated stations have adopted the Sony XDCAM HD format for their newsgathering operations. The CBS O&Os in Boston (WBZ) and Chicago (WBBM) will be the first to take delivery of the new cameras in March, followed by the other 15 stations over the next two years. The XD

At the Sony pre-NAB press conference yesterday, Bob Seidel, CBS's vice president of engineering and advanced technology announced that the network would convert all 17 O&O stations to Sony's XDCAM HD format, upgrading from its current XDCAM format. WBZ in Boston and WBBM in Chicago will be the first stations to receive

CBS said this week its owned-and-operated stations in Boston and Chicago will begin using Sony's HD XDCAM Professional Disc system in March. The other 15 CBS O&O's will convert to Sony HD by 2007. CBS has been involved in HD implementation longer than most commercial networks and was the first to broadcast an N

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Sony booth (C11001) has expanded its successful line of MVS Series production switchers with the new MVS-6000, which inherits many of the capabilities of the MVS-8000G in a smaller and efficient design. The new multi-format switcher is expandable with up ...

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The MVS-8000G includes individual keyer resizers and internal format converters, as well as all the current features of Sony’s MVS-8000A Series.

Seventy-five Sony XDCAMs are being delivered to CBS News in the wake of the network's decision to adopt the optical-disc system for its ENG platform. CBS News expects to be fully operational on the XDCAM platform by early next year. By 2006, CBS O&Os will also adopt the XDCAM. The estimated value of the deal is more th