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November 4 2003
Broadcast Industry
News:

WGBH Boston and Sun Demo iForce Digital Asset Management System
Collaborative Testing Facility to Help Businesses Drive Down Cost of Managing Digital Assets, Open Door to New Revenue Opportunities

NAB Launches ICE Awards Recognizing Excellence In Production And Post Production
Individual Creative Excellence Awards to be Announced at NAB2004

Pathfire and D S Simon to Put Video News Releases Directly on Newsroom Desktops
Digital distribution eliminates scheduling and monitoring satellite news feeds, gives multiple users instant and simultaneous access to preview and dub video

Companies Team Up to Provide End-to-End Pay-TV Delivery System
Irdeto Access, Adtec, and COSHIP

TiVo Reaches 1 Million Subscriptions Milestone
Sales Momentum Pushes Company Past Million Subscription Mark

Pinnacle Systems' Board Appoints Charles J. Vaughan Interim President & CEO


Thomson Signs a Strategic Partnership with TCL, Creating Huge TV and DVD Business
New company to be called TCL-Thomson Electronics

SMPTE Announces Award Winners
Ceremony and reception to be held November 12 in New York

DISH Network Offers First HD Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
New Set-Top Box Can Record High Definition TV Shows, to be Released in Late 2003

Pinnacle and Panasonic to Integrate Networking for Tapeless Acquisition, Editing, Playout
Pinnacle's support for direct playback and editing of video content from Panasonic P2 card offers streamlined workflow and enhanced reliability for news and sports


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Part 2: Sony's Steve Jacobs
Jacobs talks about HDCam SR, Digital Optical Disc, more

Here's part 2 of Charlie White's interview with Stephen E. Jacobs, veteran TV producer formerly with CBS News and now Senior Vice President of Sony Electronics' Broadcast & Production Systems Division. In this installment, Jacobs tells us more about Sony's upcoming Professional Optical Disc system, talks about Sony's new HDCam SR, and gives us a few hints of what's to come from Sony.

Small But Serious
Apogee’s Mini•DAC D/A converter

Apogee’s Mini•DAC is a compact but mighty digital-to-analog (D/A) converter that can lift sonic veils from your digital audio playback. It might even cause people to look under your desk for the rack full of converters, because something this small shouldn’t sound this good. But it does, delivering startlingly detailed playback -- as if there’s no “conversion” going on at all.




TrendWatch Fast Fact: Finding Talking Heads
Finding On-Air Talent Not An Easy Task For Many

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 many broadcasters are struggling to find on-air talent. And, in a bonus Fast Fact, see how optimistic independant filmmakers are.

Live Dog or Dead Lion?
Cost-effective editing: Do you need that new gizmo, or just want it?

Here on Digital Media Net, we like to keep you informed about all the latest technology. Reading through our pages, you might think I would recommend that you get rid of the digital video editing software and hardware you are now using and write a check for that newest, shiniest editing system, that speedy new computer or that spectacular new software package. Well, step back with me for a minute and get some perspective on this. Are you comfortable with what you're using now? Are you getting the job done? Are you earning money with it?

NEC's New Plasma Line: Success is in the Details
PlasmaSync 42XM2, 50XM3 & 61XM2

NEC recently announced their new line of high definition Plasma displays – the XM series consisting of the 42-inch PlasmaSync 42XM2, the 50-inch PlasmaSync 50XM3, and the 61-inch PlasmaSync 61XM2. I was fortunate enough to be invited to NEC headquarters in Itasca, IL – a suburb of Chicago – for 2 days to witness and test the newest lineup of NEC’s plasmas a few days before their release. I spent time not only in their plasma lab full of these glorious new PDPs, I also had meetings with their plasma product management team and with the engineers who were responsible for the design and service of the new XM Series plasma displays.



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