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Broadcast Engineering: Digital Content Distribution Market to Reach $5.95 Billion by 2005

Broadcast Engineering: Grass Valley Group Announces Zodiak Switcher

WBE Online: Octagon CSI Install Thirteen Seat Unity System from Tyrell

BE Radio: XM Delivers Chipsets to Radio Manufacturers

BE Radio: Real Broadcast Chooses Symetrix

DTV Professional: Telocity Transitions Customers as NorthPoint Goes Dark

DTV Professional: First Long Distance HDTV Transmitted Over the Internet

E-Casting - Control via IP
By Chuck Leavens
Several years ago, I was setting up a remote access server for our employees to dial into our company LAN. I was amazed at how easy the setup was. Just plug into a 10baseT connection, and attach the modems. These servers were controlled and configured by a Web browser. I was overwhelmed with the level of configuration and amount of data available. What’s more is that this unit could be held in my palm. more

Laptop Video editors: In demand
By Yasmin Hashmi
As demand for up-to-the- minute content grows, not surprisingly, so too has interest in laptop editors. For roving journalists especially, the laptop editor is fast becoming an essential piece of kit, but there are plenty of others for whom laptop editing is an attractive option. The consensus among suppliers of such products is that most demand is coming from those involved with news as well as sports and location production work. The growing use of DV, however, coupled with the need for content via the Internet, also makes the laptop highly suited for creating and editing material destined for the Web. more

The "new" manufacturer
By Ralph Strader
Ten or 15 years ago, terms like local area network, Internet, surround sound, DTV and streaming video were either unknown to most broadcasters or just beginning to emerge as potentially significant technologies. Now they are no longer seen as options to think about, but have become commonplace components of many broadcast operations -- large, mid-sized or small. more

Gearing up with new products from NAB2001
The hub of the NAB convention is the equipment on the show floor. While you mesh your plans and synchronize your schedule with clockwork precision, sink your teeth into some of these new products. more

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