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April 29 2003
Broadcast Industry
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Tandberg Television Intros Multi-Channel 8VSB Demodulator To U.S. Cable Market
Scalable, cost-effective device can assist cable operators in adding newly established DTV channels to cable systems

Fujinon’s New HD ENG Zoom Achieves World Firsts In Magnification, Angle Of View And Focal Length
Company Introduces HA42x9.7BERD and HA42x13.5BERD Portable HDTV Lenses

National Semiconductor and Quellan to Offer 10 Gbps Interconnect Devices
New Family of Equalizers Addresses Need for High Speed, Low-Power Devices That Open the Interconnect Bottleneck

Accom Demonstrates Uncompressed Portable Digital Cinematography Recorder
Captures data in real time from new RGB HD cameras from Thomson and Sony

Blackmagic Design Wins "STAR" Award From Editors of TV Technology
$1095 input-output device recognized for innovation

Pinnacle Systems Updates CineWave RT
Version 3.0.2 improves genlock, QuickTime rendering

FCC Begins Inquiry Regarding Broadband Over Power Line (BPL)


Visionik Delivers First Interactive TV Game to MTV
Free of charge iTV games accessible through the MTV Core service menu

Audience for iTV Commercials to Hit 10 Million U.S. Households by Early 2004, Study Says
New Study from BrightLine Partners Predicts Significant Increase in Advertiser Use of iTV Ads Over Next 18 Months

Consumer Interest in HDTV On the Rise, Dove Study Finds
Study reveals eighty-one (81%) percent of consumers are aware of HDTV


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Part 2: Pinnacle Brass Talk TV Station Workflow
Chopra talks Liquid and CineWave 4, downplays Premiere

In the second of a three-part interview with Pinnacle Systems top brass, DMN's Charlie White talks with Ajay Chopra, Pinnacle Systems Co-founder and President, Broadcast & Professional Division; and Al Kovalick, Chief Technical Officer of the Broadcast Solutions Division at Pinnacle. In this installment, Chopra does most of the talking, where he concentrates on Pinnacle's new editing applications including Liquid, and its Final Cut Pro-based CineWave 4. He also frankly de-emphasizes Adobe Premiere.

TrendWatch Fast Fact: Who Will Provide HD Broadcasts?
Also a bonus Fast Fact: Stock Footage

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 survey respondents said their customers would be receiving HDTV broadcasts.

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Editor's Metaphor
Too much going on at once? Learn to multitask

Have you ever noticed that learning certain seemingly useless skills can help you with other tasks you do? Well, since summer is coming up, maybe you have some lazy, hazy, crazy vacation time coming up with nothing in particular to do. Here's an idea: Allow me to suggest learning a skill that could make you a more effective editor, and at the same time, is lots of fun. This skill serves as a metaphor for lots of things digital video editors are required to do every day. What is it? Juggling.

Flat-Panel Frenzy
Everybody wants a flat-panel screen. Industry analysts sort through the pros and cons of LCD and plasma versions for the business-media user

Sometimes a technology is poised to take a great leap. That’s the case with large flat-panel displays. Not only are plasma and LCD screens rapidly changing; they’re beginning to overlap in size and price. That will lead to more competition, which will drive down prices even further. Add in an expected boom in consumer sales from people searching for the ultimate home-theater experience—with the resulting economies of scale slopping over into the commercial sector—and you have the makings of a product category that’s about to shift into overdrive.

FCC Chairman Powell Speaks
Text of his speech to The Associated Press Annual Meeting And General Session of the National Newspaper Association Annual Convention
FCC Chairman Powell gave a speech at The Associated Press Annual Meeting And General Session of the National Newspaper Association Annual Convention this week. Here's the complete text of his remarks.



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