LAS VEGAS, NV – RF Central, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Extreme business unit, and a leading provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military and international marketplace, is exhibiting its RFX-RMR-II 2 GHz and 5.8 GHz rack-mounted receiver units at NAB 2009 (Booth C3707). While the 2 GHz is primarily designed for ENG news remotes and the 5.8 GHz is geared toward live sports stadium and arena coverage, both offer complete HD upgradeability with the latest in high-quality, low-delay, HD decoding technology. more

The Baltic Room, one of Seattle’s finest DJ and live music venues, recently worked with AV specialists TR Professional (Lynnwood, Wash.) to take their house sound system to the next level. Built around the new Tour X loudspeakers from Electro-Voice, TR Professional’s system design and installation has exceeded all expectations, raising the bar for small-club sound in the city. more

SAUGERTIES, NY — April 15, 2009 — Markertek.com and its popular industry Web cast “Tech Talk from the Markertek News Channel� has passed the 100-episode mark.

The channel, established on YouTube in April of 2008, provides industry insight on hot technology issues and trends that affect media professionals and technology organizations from a customer-centric, brand neutral perspective.

With over 60 full-time subscribers and 1,242 channel views, the company’s unique and informative videos have been viewed thousands of times each, many of which have been viewed well over 5,000 times. John Kelley, Editorial Director of the News Channel credits hard work and the Markertek “get it done� philosophy for the success of their weekly Web casts. more

Following the bustling USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) Conference and Stage Expo in Cincinnati, where attendance was up an estimated nine percent over last year, Stage Research has announced special prices for its software for USITT members. more

SOUTH BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS – APRIL 2009: Willow Creek Community Church is one of the most famous mega-churches in the world and regularly draws over 22,000 attendees to its suburban-Chicago location every weekend. Its truly awe-inspiring auditorium boasts over 7,200 seats, which technically makes it the largest theater in the world. Thanks to state-of-the-art sound, LED display, and projection systems, not one of those seats could be fairly described as “bad,” a fact that makes Willow Creek’s services so engaging. Nevertheless, the sheer volume of the space thwarted every attempt to deliver bass response that was commensurate with the rest of the system, brought ultimately to a happy resolution with the purchase of six Danley TH-115 subwoofers. more

SAN DIEGO — April 14, 2009 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced that it has worked with the Office of College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE), a San Diego Unified School District initiative that helps students make a successful transition from secondary education to college and career, in creating a grant-winning plan for building fully functional HD broadcast studios at San Diego High School (SDHS). The proposed installation won grant monies through California’s Prop. 1D Career Technical Education (CTE) School Facilities Program. The resulting broadcast studio will provide a real-world application for core academic areas — such as language arts, sciences, and math — and technical knowledge and project management skills related to current and next-generation broadcasting. more

Streamlines Battery Operation

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 20, 2009 – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, is proud to announce the release of the new USB Battery Management Application that includes Battery Management software and a USB to Anton/Bauer battery mount adapter at NAB 2009 (Booth C6021). The USB Battery Management Application streamlines battery maintenance protocols while delivering critical information to the camera operator. more

Demonstrating the ease of installation and precision coverage of JBL VERTEC® line arrays, IPR Services of Hacienda Heights, California, recently completed the design and installation of the audio system at the new critically-acclaimed Club Nokia performance venue in Los Angeles. more

CARSON CITY, Nev., April 14, 2009 — Wisdom Audio (www.wisdomaudio.com), the leader in planar magnetic technologies, is proud to announce that it has expanded its corporate headquarters here to address increased production and further its commitment to its business partners by integrating a new product evaluation sound room. This new sound room will also be utilized to train and educate domestic and international dealers on the award-winning Sage Series audio systems. more

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — April 14, 2009 — HaiVision Network Video, the world’s leading vendor of high-performance H.264 encoders, codecs, and video-over-IP systems, today announced the availability of Video Furnace System 5. With HaiVision’s new compact and affordable MAKITO HD H.264 encoder, the combined integrated solution provides a complete end-to-end HD H.264 video-over-IP distribution system. more