Monthly Archives: August 2006

Harris taps Russ Johnson for key sales post

Written on August 31, 2006 at 11:42 am, by

Harris Corporation has appointed Russ Johnson to the position of vice president of sales for the Americas for its Broadcast Communications Division. Johnson’s key mandate will be to drive revenue […]  More

Chicago Rockstars tap SkyBoxSMS for text service

Written on August 31, 2006 at 8:05 am, by

SkyboxSMS, a Chicago-based company that provides mobile messaging transaction and entertainment services for event venues and spectators, announces their partnership with the Chicago Rockstars of the American Basketball Association. SkyboxSMS […]  More

NASCAR.com, Turner Sports give fans FilmLoop

Written on August 30, 2006 at 9:33 pm, by

FilmLoop, Inc., a provider of free software that enables people and businesses to broadcast, find, and share digital images, today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Turner Sports […]  More

Snell & Wilcox scales down Kahuna, expands market

Written on August 29, 2006 at 7:19 pm, by

Snell & Wilcox is introducing a new scaled-down version of its Kahuna SD/HD production switcher in a move designed to let broadcasters and remote vehicle operators pick the switcher that […]  More

High Schools snag Broadcast Pix switchers

Written on August 29, 2006 at 4:12 pm, by

By Andrew Lippe The Mansfield Independent School District in Texas recently purchased two Broadcast Pix 2000 switchers one for teaching digital technology at their Ben Barber Career Tech Academy and […]  More

Henderson appointed Ascent Media European Managing Director

Written on August 29, 2006 at 11:32 am, by

Ascent Media Network Services has appointed Roger Henderson as Managing Director of its content distribution business in Europe. Henderson, who will be based in London, will have operational, strategic, and […]  More

Oh Canada! CBC taps SSL for HD truck

Written on August 29, 2006 at 9:01 am, by

By Andrew Lippe CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, has purchased its fourth C100 Series console from Solid State Logic. The console will be used in a new HD remote broadcast […]  More

‘Thin’ is in at MLBAM for audio encoding

Written on August 29, 2006 at 8:49 am, by

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) has signed a deal with Thin Multimedia to license the company’s thinMobile Platform to encode their audio content for mobile devices. The agreement expands […]  More

2006 U.S. Open: While Agassi bids farewell instant replay makes debut

Written on August 28, 2006 at 4:32 pm, by

By Ken Kerschbaumer For Stephen Gorsuch, USTA National Tennis Center director, broadcast operations, today signals the beginning of a two-week long juggling act that involves keeping broadcasters worldwide happy with […]  More

Grass Valley gets flexible with modular system

Written on August 28, 2006 at 3:55 pm, by

By Ken Kerschbaumer Remote production truck makers looking to save space have a new option: Grass Valley Group modules for the GeckoFlex modular system, a new 2RU frame that can […]  More

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