Kurt
Heitmann and the good people at CP Communications have established a
memorial trust fund in honor of ESPN and sports industry audio
legend Ron Scalise that will be used for the college education of his
three children: Rosario, 16, RJ, 11, and his daughter Brenna, 10. At
the request of the family this will be the only fund established to
limit confusion. For more information on donating to the fund please
click on this story.
All donations should be made out to the fund and should be sent to:
Kurt G. Heitmann
CP Communications, Inc.
200 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
Third Annual Sports & Technology Research Study
The Sports Video Group and the Consumer Electronics Association has released the
third-annual “Sports & Technology Research Survey, highlighting the power
that sports content has as both a driver of HD set sales as well as other new
technologies. The survey includes our exclusive 2008 Super Bowl Briefing as
well as new data about consumer online sports viewing behavior.
KYW-TV in
Philadelphia
has deployed Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive for HD
content storage management, and DIVAdirector for fast, easy retrieval of clips
from desktop editing workstations. The installation is part of a new all-HD
facility for the duopoly of CBS 3 and the CW Philly 57.
“KYW-TV has always had a reputation for being in the vanguard of technology, so
I was pleased to participate in the build of the HD station,” said Rich Paleski,
director of operations and engineering. “Because we were building an all new
facility, we had the chance to do things right, abandon the old SD model of
workflow and storage in favor of a model that would accommodate the information
density of HD and grow with us. For content storage management, the clear and
proven choice was Front Porch Digital.”
KYW-TV’s new 120,000-square-foot facility includes two television studios, each
with its own control room to allow for simultaneous broadcasts, a state-of-the-art
master control room, an operations center receiving hundreds of satellite feeds
each day, and a sixth-floor weather deck for live outdoor weather reports.
The news operation is completely tapeless and high definition both in-studio and
in the field. Essentially, what is on the air fulltime is an all HD plant with
only HD streams, but to accommodate the current realities of transmission, KYW
downconverts two streams for SD broadcast, one for each of the two channels,
CBS and the CW.
DIVArchive works seamlessly with the station’s news editing and software systems.
Because the archive is based on digital tape, an estimated two years of
newsworthy content can be stored in only about two racks. DIVArchive is based
on modular architecture, designed to grow as the archive does -- with no
disruption to the system.
“KYW-TV is a great example of a local station with a local news operation recognizing
the benefits of content storage management,” said Mike Knaisch, president and
CEO of Front Porch Digital. “KYW is in a major market, but because DIVArchive
is scalable, its benefits are just as significant in a smaller operation
seeking efficiency in HD storage and workflow.”
