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Color indicates advertiser Digital TV transmitters Stereo loudness meter Screen Service Broadcasting Technologies MAGNUM series DK Technologies MSD100C Designed for SFN and MFN networks; features a built-in SFN adapter and advanced technology, which allows implementation of all modulation patterns for either digital or analog in the same hardware; ﬁrmware allows zero error signal processing thanks to an internal 32-bit architecture. +39 030 3582225; www.screen.it Stand: C1324 HDTV connectors Content playout Fischer Connectors 1053 series PlayBox Technology AirBox 4 Implements ITU BS.1770 speciﬁed algorithms to measure loudness of the individual audio channels, as well as the sum of the left and right signals; features fast mode for real-time control of loudness, integrating mode for loudness gain setting, selectable digital and analog stereo inputs and numerical display of summed loudness; offers audio vector oscilloscope and phase correlation meter displays, full VGA color display and VGA output for external display. Combine the technology of Fischer broadcast triax connectors with the technology of Corning UniCam ﬁber-optic contacts; simple, convenient and economical for assembling HDTV camera connectors in the ﬁeld in only 30 minutes. +41 21 800 9595 www.ﬁscherconnectors.com Stand: N3837 File-based newsroom Bitcentral Precis Now includes ability to add servers to playout software; offers H.264 support; new Mixed Playout Engine supports realtime transitions between clips of different compression formats, simplifying operation by removing the need for content transcoding and compression domain uniﬁcation; replays multiple compression formats from a list comprising clips coded in, for example, MPEG-2, DV, AVC/H.264 and VC-1/WMV with perfect continuity between clips; features MXF support for MPEG-2, DV and HDV, a live presentation control interface, unlimited metadata support for clips, commercial insertion tools and more. +45 44 85 02 55 www.dk-technologies.com Stand: N1533 Logo keyer Crystal Vision Multilogo +44 1707 66 44 44 www.playbox.tv Stand: SU11308 Mobile transmitter Elber Delivers a fully integrated, end-to-end, open architecture solution that eliminates videotape; enables users to edit stories on location using notebooks and submit them over broadband or microwave; produces, manages and distributes stories across multiple platforms; provides a single interface for national and local stories; integrates with most popular newsroom systems. WLCT-01 Ideal in situations where portability and mobility is important; incorporates MPEG-2 and COFDM technologies; features an optional 36MHz IF frequency output and a frequency range from 2.1GHz to 2.5GHz; supports 6MHz, 7MHz or 8MHz bandwidths; features low power consumption. Works with HD/SD; provides storage for three layers of keying from four keyer sources with look-ahead preview; allows three stored still or moving graphics to be independently brought up from a multiport nonvolatile solid-state store that can read and write multiple images at once; features drag-and-drop software that will autoconvert images of most common ﬁle formats to that required by the logo keyer. +39 0185 351 333; www.elber.com Stand: C3327 +44 1223 497049 www.crystalvision.tv Stand: N1311 +1 949 417 4126; www.bitcentral.com Stand: SL7720 DTV monitoring unit Audemat GOLDENEAGLE ATSC A multistation (up to 40 stations) DTV monitoring unit for 8-VSB and MPEG-2 monitoring; monitors 24/7 the quality and continuity of services; automatically notiﬁes out of tolerance conditions to the relevant person; enables the technical staff to quickly and remotely identify the point of failure; helps reduce the costs of operation by combining RF and MPEG-2 monitoring as well as transmitter remote control capabilities within the same unit. Video transport system Streambox SBT3-5200 Extender Avocent ECMS4000 Can operate on a point-to-point Cat 5e cable or on a switched GigE network; consists of a transmitter that connects externally to each remote computer with dual DVI-D video connectors and a user station with dual DVI-I connectors, USB connectors and audio ports; supports digital video up to 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz. +00353 61 715237; www.avocent.com Stand: SL13016 +33 557 928 928 www.audemat.com Stand: N7932 Uses the company’s ACT-L3 codec and advanced proprietary compression technologies; features a smaller, lighter weight chassis; enables customers to transmit broadcast video in real time over any IPor satellite-based network for live news broadcasts or distribution to cable headends; measures 4.45cm x 48cm x 15.88cm; the encoder/decoder set makes it easier for broadcasters to integrate the video transport system into news trucks or other broadcast settings where space is scarce. +1 206 956 0544 www.streambox.com Stand: SU15515 April 2008 | broadcastengineeringworld.com 45 http://www.screen.it http://www.dk-technologies.com http://www.fischerconnectors.com http://www.playbox.tv http://www.crystalvision.tv http://www.elber.com http://www.bitcentral.com http://www.avocent.com http://www.audemat.com http://www.streambox.com http://broadcastengineeringworld.com

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