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.
Nucomm, Inc. provider of digital and analog microwave
systems for the broadcast industry is showcasing its Messenger IP
Encapsulator/Decapsulator at NAB 2008 (Booth C3007). The Nucomm Messenger
system enables broadband IP connectivity between an ENG truck or OB Van and the
broadcast studio. Designed to support today’s emerging, distributed news
editing workflows, the Nucomm Messenger makes it easier for television news
stories to be edited in the field and delivered to the studio over alternative
networks.
With an IP network in place, other applications, such as
remote queuing and remote truck control, can also run between the studio and
the ENG vehicle.
The Nucomm Messenger can be used in trickle or broadband
mode. In trickle mode, live video and IP traffic are sent simultaneously;
the live video reduces the IP traffic to a rate in the range of 100 kbps to 1
Mbps. The Messenger does this transfer by replacing null packets with IP
packets.
In the broadband mode, nearly the entire link is dedicated
to IP traffic. The user either turns off the MPEG encoder or removes the video
source to the encoder, creating a transport stream nearly full of null packets.
In this mode, the Encapsulator responds automatically to the changing network
conditions.
A complete Nucomm Messenger system consists of a 1 RU
Encapsulator and a 1 RU Decapsulator. IP data from the news gathering vehicle
to the studio flows through the existing ENG /
OB
infrastructure. The outbound IP traffic enters the Messenger IP Encapsulator.
The IP traffic is encapsulated into the MPEG stream from the MPEG encoder in
the ENG transmitter. The resulting ASI stream, containing the IP data and video
data, returns to the ENG microwave transmitter, where it is transmitted back to
the studio.
The Nucomm Messenger is one in a series of products
introduced by Nucomm to support the migration of television broadcasters to
digital electronic news production.
