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DELIVERY—Providing advanced sound studio technology and audio measurement instruments for pro apps, RTW is going to feature their new SurroundMonitor 1190 and Surround Monitor 1190SD during the NAB ’08 show next week in Vegas. The SurroundMonitor 11900 is an 8-channel measuring system incorporating the company’s Surround Sound Analyzer, which possesses the house-shaped graphic display so recognizable throughout the industry. The SurroundMonitor 11900 is ideal for displaying audio by both metrological and acoustical criteria. Plus, it is capable of handling digital and analog multichannel sound, as well as 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 surround sound. The SurroundMonitor 11900SD is enhanced with an HD- and SD-capable SDI de-embedder interface for visualizing all 16 (4 x 4) channels implemented in SDI streams, as well as a Dolby® E/Dolby® AC-3 decoder option for analyzing coded data streams without the need for external decoding—Cologne, Germany
- DELIVERY—There’s a brand new version of Strategy & Technology (S&T)’s RedKey 2 being unveiled at NAB ’08. RedKey 2 is a software receiver engine that adds MHEG-5 capabilities – the globally successful MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware – to set-top boxes and integrated digital television sets (iDTV). The product provides significant enhancements over its predecessor includes functionality that supports an IP-based return channel, a development that is likely to be widely adopted internationally and is currently known as the Interaction Channel. The new engine also provides support for high definition graphics as well as an enhanced font renderer supporting downloadable fonts. It also allows PVR control for PushVOD services. S&T has taken a modular approach to the design of RedKey 2. Such allows set-top box and iDTV manufacturers to include only those features necessary for the markets that they want to serve. Customers can re-use large sections of product development to address all MHEG market opportunities worldwide, optimizing the use of product development budgets and resources—London, United Kingdom
- BIZ—Entering the environs of Sintec Media is a new Vice President New Media, Mr. Moses Zeiniker. Effective immediately, Mr. Zeiniker will be the primary driver in the company for providing leadership in advanced management solutions. He’ll fashion the firm’s OnAirPivot unified content management initiative (UCM), which is founded on SintecMedia’s OnAir system which enables media companies to address content to various target audiences across multiple platforms over a broad range of devices. Mr. Ziniker joins the company from Scopus Video Networks where he as the Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Business Development—New York, New York
- CONTENT—SysMedia Ltd is now offering a strategic range of product additions for closed captioning services in the US. The new version of the company’s InFILE software inserter provides the capability to embed Line 21 closed caption data into SD or HD MPEG-2 media files. In a file-based workflow, embedding Line 21 caption data (or European and Australian teletext captions) in digitized media files compares to the traditional method of striping a tape with VBI signals prior to broadcast. This means broadcasters can take a small caption file (delivered by email from an outsourced captioning facility, for example) and easily add closed captions into their digitized asset in a tapeless environment. The Windows-based application works in the same way as an SDI-based inserter but operates on MPEG-2 files thereby eliminating the need for a manual dub or re-ingestion. The technology is licensed from Australia-based L.B. Broadcast Pty Ltd.—Surrey, United Kingdom
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CONTENT—It’s Wheeeeee season and April brings rain and games are raining down on the Wii Shop Channel. You can check out the latest Nintendo new games; a fantasy puzzle, Yoshi’s Cokkie; and classic baseball, Bases Loaded. Both are rated E for everyone. The Wii Shop Channel is viewable at 9 a.m. Pacific-Standard-Time every Monday. Here Wii game owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Learn more at this website.
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