Avid Technology announced that DIRECTV, the leading satellite television service provider in the U.S., has installed approximately $1 million of Avid MediaStream systems purchased in March 2006. The investment—which will enable DIRECTV to update and expand its standard-definition capabilities and build a foundation for

Avid Technology Inc. said this week that DirecTV Inc. has installed about $1 million of Avid MediaStream systems purchased in March 2006. The investment, which will enable DirecTV--which has more than 15.5 million customers--to update and expand its standard-definition capabilities and build a foundation for future

The new play-to-air server supports XDCAM HD and long-GOP formats.

DirecTV figures it can improve customer satisfaction by bringing some of its installation network under its own direct control.

Mid-Atlantic post giant Henninger Media Services recently installed a new Avid Meridien System and custom edit suite at its Richmond office. The nonlinear edit system, which uses Avid Technology's Meridien technology, is designed to expands the visual quality of a client's digitized material and reduce the amount of s

MediaStream servers are now in use at 20 PBS stations throughout the U.S.

DIRECTV, the United States’ leading satellite television service provider, has placed an order, valued at nearly $8 million (U.S.) for new Thomson Grass Valley MPEG-2 compression equipment, to significantly expand the capabilities of its broadcast complex. “DIRECTV has been a long-time and loyal customer of Grass Va