Studio to be used for Traditional Attended Sessions
and new Online Mixing Service

LONDON – The legendary Abbey Road Studios, celebrating its 80th year of providing excellent recording and post production facilities for acts ranging in style from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Florence + the Machine and Sting to movie scores that include Harry Potter, Shrek and The Lord of the Rings series, has installed a Solid State Logic Duality SE console in its new production/mix room ‘Studio 52.’ The new Duality room will be available as a state-of-the-art mixing and production facility for traditional client attended sessions and will assist with the additional workload from the new Online Mixing Service.

“When we decided to open a new mixing and production facility, the engineers were adamant that they wanted an SSL Duality,� says Mirek Stiles, head of audio more

September 2, 2011 — Passfield, UK: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — announced today that IBC TV News, the official news channel of the IBC conference and exhibition, will again use Digital Rapids’ versatile multi-format encoding systems to transform content for the IBC TV News website and mobile distribution. In addition to on-demand Web and mobile clips, IBC TV News will also feature live streaming of news updates on the Web. A new ‘daily download’ service will also allow IBC attendees to download the latest IBC TV News show at WiFi hotspots within the convention centre.

“IBC TV News is an important part of the IBC experience, showcasing key news for attendees while bringing the highlights and atmosphere of the show to viewers all over the world who are unable to attend in person,” said Clive Vickery, Managing Director, EMEA and Asia at Digital Rapids. “We’re pleased to be working with the IBC TV News team once again to bring their content to their viewers with exceptional quality.” more

NORTHRIDGE, California – Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds is a Christian retreat, conference center and summer camp located in the northern California’s Sonoma County redwoods. Since 1946 they have been providing families, churches and schools with recreational camp and other activities. Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds has recently undergone major renovations to its facilities, including revamping a gymnasium to double as a music venue with the installation of a unique, custom JBL VERTEC® line array system that can be quickly set up and removed as needed.

“In recent years Alliance Redwoods has been upgrading the camp’s technology and infrastructure to revitalize it almost beyond recognition,� said Greg Adams of Sound Expressions, systems integrators in Santa Rosa, California. “A need had arisen to create a larger music venue, and management decided the existing gymnasium should be adapted to create a functional live music space.�
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Almo Professional A/V First U.S. Audiovisual Distributor to Carry Armagard’s Affordable Flat Panel Enclosures

24-Inch to 52-Inch Enclosures and Mounts For Digital Signage; Freight Promotion on all Armagard Purchases; Armagard to Exhibit on E4 AV Fall Tour

Philadelphia, PA — August 31, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing Pro A/V distributor is the first U.S. audiovisual distributor to supply affordable flat panel enclosures from UK-based Armagard Ltd. Almo Pro A/V and Armagard are offering a ground shipping promotional discount on all enclosure purchases through September 30, 2011. Armagard also will participate as an exhibitor during Almo’s fall E4 AV training and networking tour.

“To get the most out of flat panels, especially for digital signage, they need to be protected so an enclosure plays a very important role in the whole hardware package,� explained Sam Taylor, executive vice president for Almo more

Company Set to Make Waves With HDMI and DVI Extenders, High-Speed Matrix Switchers, and Digital Connectivity Kit From Atlona Professional Line more

SEATAC, WA — For about three years, KHQ in Spokane, Wash. (DMA #75), had been relying on upconversion to deliver its HD content to audiences. With the help of premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS), the station upgraded its master control earlier this year to handle full HD – and converted the operation into a centralcasting hub for two other stations, KNDO and KNDU, as well as additional multiplexed channels serving the Yakima and the Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) region in Washington (DMA #126).

The three NBC affiliates are owned by the KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company. Each station also multicasts SWX Right Now, which provides local sports and weather coverage for Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. The facility also handles master control for KGPX, an ION Media Networks station that is co-located at the facility but operated separately.

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Sound Image provided the JBL VERTEC line array system and Crown I-Tech HD series amplifiers for the recent LA Rising Music Festival

NORTHRIDGE, California – The L.A Rising festival was one of the major events to date for the North American summer concert season, hosting more than 60,000 people and featuring a rare appearance by Rage Against the Machine in the band’s only concert of the year to date. The concert took place July 30 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and also featured performances by Muse, Rise Against, Lauryn Hill, Immortal Technique and El Gran Silencio. Rage Against the Machine and fellow artists galvanized the crowd with nine hours of uncompromisingly intense music delivered by a massive sound system—which included more than 250 HARMAN JBL VERTEC® line array loudspeakers and 152 Crown Audio I-Tech HD Series more

BURBANK, CA, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011—Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, announced the completion of a major investment of more than two million dollars in Evertz high-quality digital broadcast products. The new equipment is making its debut during the 2011 US Open Tennis tournament. more

New live audio recorder version marks successful collaboration between JoeCo and Audinate

Cambridge, UK and Portland OR, USA, 1st September 2011 – JoeCo Limited is now shipping the eagerly awaited BBR-DANTE™ version of the BLACKBOX RECORDER. This latest addition to the multi-channel live audio recorder family is the successful result of a collaboration, announced during 2010, between JoeCo and Audinate, creators of the award-winning Dante? digital media networking solution.

The BBR-DANTE is designed to record / replay up to 32 channels of audio data from a Dante network. Developed to solve the inherent problems of working with computer-based systems in a live performance environment, it provides engineers with a computer-free, high-quality solution for multi-channel live audio capture. Able to record up to 32 channels of audio at 44.1kHz and 48kHz directly to Broadcast WAV files on an external USB2 (FAT32 formatted) drive, the BBR-DANTE also accommodates higher sample more

StreamCell ‘TV Truck in a Case’ and Matrox HD-SDI Scan Converter let Broadcasters Easily and Economically Capture, Air, and Share Live Content Using a Simple Web Connection more