Broadcast Engineering

The EU has come out openly against SOPA and PIPA while still legislating itself to combat online piracy.

Products on show include the Redbox RB-VHDDD8 Dolby E and Dolby Digital decoder and de-embedder, as well as the Redbox RB-VHEDD8 Dolby E encoder and embedder.

The three-slot SxS memory card reader includes an integrated two-port 6Gb/s eSATA interface for connecting external storage systems, and doubles as a bus expansion system for ExpressCard/34 adapter cards.

The storage system is ideal for professional video editors requiring simultaneous access to media files.

During a test, cameras feed video to the 24 video server inputs provided by Video Technics' six Apella SDS eight-channel networked servers for a total of 24 record and 24 playback channels.

The new X10 system is a live ultra motion system that delivers real-time continuous extreme slow motion in full HD at a 300fps (or 600fps in 720p).

A new survey from TechBargains.com finds 59 percent prefer watching the game on the TV.

The deployment of Litepanels LED studio lighting as part of MTV3 News' transition to HD news is keeping the set of the popular morning show much more comfortable.

Shots captured by an HD camera mounted to a custom-built aerial drone are at the heart of new promos from the Fisher Broadcasting station in Seattle.

The media group will roll out the TVU Networks TVUPack at the stations to help them broadcast live more efficiently from more locations.

The media reform group and trade association traded insults and accusations over a new report from Free Press.

Amsterdam-based RTV Noord Holland created a studio environment by introducing the Ross Video OverDrive automated production control system and XPression Virtual Studio into its workflow. The station went on air with the systems in September 2011.

Cel-Soft has announced a new addition to its suite of quality-control and monitoring software, the Reel-Check Solo-QC.

Extron Electronics recently introduced the FOX AEX 108, an eight-port fiber-optic audio extractor designed to work as part of the company’s larger, expansive FOX Series of fiber-optic products.

The new Bridge Technologies VB252 RF monitoring system offers a range of RF capabilities for DVB-T/T2 broadcasters.

The National Religious Broadcasters Convention opens in Nashville, TN, on Feb. 18, 2012.

The commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee will discuss tracking implementation of the agency’s National Broadband Plan at its next meeting.

The station’s licensee, Lincoln Broadcasting, requested to change the channel assignment from channel 51 to channel 15 in Lincoln, NE.

The International Bureau is seeking comment on a request from a declaratory ruling from LightSquared that GPS receivers aren’t entitled to interference protection.

The four-hour program presented by ATSC will explore the ongoing work on various key aspects of ATSC 2.0.