Recent press coverage about producing news in HD
Launching Grass Valley's Next Chapter
Reprinted from TVNewsCheck.com, Feb 16, 2011, 8:21 PM ET
The tech icon is now led by Alain Andreoli, who says the revamped firm’s emphasis on video production and infrastructure products, along with its design and development services, should mean a return to a positive bottom line "fairly quickly." He says they believe "there is an opportunity to offer more complete solutions instead of only point products."
Back Office is Front of Mind at Cox
Reprinted from TVNewsCheck.com, Jan 13, 2011, 9:46 AM ET
Sterling Davis of the Cox Media Group talks about what's on this year's tech to-do list at his 15 stations. In addition to upgrades and replacements, the big push will be consolidating the back-office business operations and the IT facilities as part of a multi-year project. Other priorities include rolling out the BXF interface between traffic and master control and extending mobile DTV capability to a few more stations.
A Field Guide to TV News Editing
Reprinted from TVNewsCheck.com, Sep 2, 2010, 11:11 PA ET
The tech icon is now led by Alain Andreoli, who says the revamped firm’s emphasis on video production and infrastructure products, along with its design and development services, should mean a return to a positive bottom line "fairly quickly." He says they believe "there is an opportunity to offer more complete solutions instead of only point products."
Building Tomorrow’s Stations Today
Reprinted from TVNewsCheck.com, Aug 12, 2010, 5:43 AM ET
Don Archiable oversees the URS Corp.'s TV studio construction group. He details the new technologies and features that are being included in new control rooms and studios -- LED lighting that reduces the costs of wiring, power and air conditioning; robotic camera systems; and automated control rooms. And looking to the future, many capabilities are being built in now that, while they may not be in use today, will allow for easy, inexpensive expansion or innovation in the future.
WCYB, WEMT Debut Local HD News
Reprinted from TVNewsCheck.com, Jun 17, 2010, 5:31 PM ET
Bonten Media Group's WCYB (NBC) and Esteem Broadcasting's WEMT (Fox), which Bonten also operates, became the first stations in the Tri-Cities, Va.-Tenn., market (DMA 93) to broadcast local news in high definition at 5 p.m. on June 17.