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April 22 2003
Broadcast Industry
News:

AMD Intros Opteron 64-Bit Processor
IBM, Microsoft announce support for world’s first 64-bit x86 processor

BOXX Technologies Offers New AMD Opteron Processor in XXtreme Systems for Digital Content Creation


Viacom Agrees to Acquire AOL Time Warner's 50% Interest in Comedy Central
Cable Network Joins MTV Networks' Lineup of Wholly Owned Channels

Discreet Reports Significant Acceleration in HDTV Production Over Last 12 Months
Discreet's Top 20 HD Clients Worldwide Have Produced Over a Thousand Hours of Prime Time HDTV Content Since Last NAB

Toshiba Rolls Out New Single-Chip HD Multimedia Decoder
Device Supports Digital Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial Broadcasting Systems as Well as Emerging HD applications

Fujinon Introduces Highest Magnification High Definition Lens In The Industry
New XA101x8.9BESM Zoom Lens Offers 101x Magnification and Image Stabilization

Tandberg Television Range of MPEG-2 Encoders To Support Local Digital Program Insertion for Cable Ops
New SCTE standard allows cable operators to provide localized programming and gain new revenues through local ad insertion

Survey Shows One-Third of Consumers Now Open to Paying for Streaming Content
As Paid Sites Proliferate, Online Audience Begins To Warm To Streaming Content

Bodelin ProPrompter is Award Winner at NAB


Upcoming HDFest Event Marks Largest High-Def Event In Los Angeles History
Event to screen 40 films


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Interview: Pinnacle Brass Talk TV Station Workflow
Co-Founder Ajay Chopra and CTO Al Kovalick in an exclusive interview with DMN

At the NAB convention earlier this month, DMN's Charlie White had a wide-ranging discussion with Ajay Chopra, Pinnacle Systems Co-founder and President, Broadcast & Professional Division; and also Al Kovalick, Chief Technical Officer of the Broadcast Solutions Division at Pinnacle. In this first of a multi-part series, Chopra and Kovalick talk about Pinnacle's new server products and their interaction with each other. The watchword at Pinnacle this year is "workflow."

Avid's Krall Touts Hardware Acceleration
Exclusive interview with Digital Media Net

At the annual NAB convention earlier this month, David Krall, President and CEO of Avid Technology sat down for an exclusive chat with DMN's Charlie White. In his candid remarks, Krall explains what makes Avid's DNA product line unique, talks about the scramble to teach Avid's sales and support staff about the new top-secret systems in record time, and points out compelling reasons for using his new acceleration hardware when dealing with the large amounts of 10-bit data that are becoming commonplace in the world of digital video editing and compositing.

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NAB Roundup
All four daily reports rolled up into one, and more

Now that the smoke has cleared from NAB 2003, and as it fades into distant memory, it's time to stand back and reflect on all we've seen and heard at the annual technology and broadcasting get-together. I've taken all the daily reports, compiled them here, and I've added commentary and analysis throughout. So if you weren't able to make it to NAB this year, come along with me and re-live the joy that was the biggest digital techno-fest of the year.

TrendWatch Fast Fact: Personal Video Recorders Expected To Have Negative Impact On Station's Business In 2003
The word "TiVo" quickly becoming a verb

In this weekly quick feature, TrendWatch founding partner Jim Whittington offers you interesting factoids based on market research from the broadcast and graphics industry. This week, see how a near-majority of TV station owners are worried about the impact of personal video recorders (PVR). Also, read a bonus Fast Fact about who's buying DV editing systems.

Tapeless Cameras
New optical disc-based cameras and dockable hard-disk drives will help you shake your tape habit

Mired in dead tape? You’d gladly ditch the once future and now dying format, if only you could find an alternative that is reliable and simple enough to ease the inevitable pain of separation between you and your Betacam SP camera. Right? The idea of recording straight to a disc or a hard drive docked to your camera is no longer out of reach. The hard-disk phenomenon—and the newer optical-disc developments—picked up the pace recently, just in time for NAB 2003.



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