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.
Conklin-Intracom has ordered a combination of WEGENER’s
SMD-515 set tops and remote controls for premium IPTV services, including: HD
programming, video on demand and integrated personal video recording (PVR).
The order totals over $1.6 million and will be used to support the IPTV
offerings of multiple telco operators.
WEGENER’s SMD-515 IPTV set top supports MPEG-4/h.264 and
MPEG-2 decoding in standard definition and high definition video formats with
optional digital video recording capability.
WEGENER SMD-515 SD/HD/PVR MPEG-2/MPEG-4 set top boxes, as a
part of Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn integrated middleware and conditional access
IPTV solution, are in commercial deployment by telcos and operators in the US
and internationally. fs|cdn leverages the interactive capabilities of next
generation communications networks to enable IPTV services and cutting-edge
on-screen applications employing a unique architecture, combining middleware
and conditional access, to enable operators cost-efficient scaling from 100 to
100,000 end-users.
“Given Conklin-Intracom’s expanding domestic and
international client list for premium video services, we’re very enthusiastic
about the future prospects for our relationship,” stated
NedL.Mountain, President and COO of WEGENER.
“It’s extremely rewarding to see our optimized IPTV set top box leveraged as an
exceptional, reliable platform from which telcos can build revenue-generating
IP video services.”
David Hunt, VP fs|cdn
Americas, states “Our ongoing
partnership with WEGENER continues to produce fruitful results. They have
produced a solid solution to meet the high demand for an MPEG-2/MPEG-4 SD/HD
PVR set top box among our customers. We are very pleased with this outcome and
continue to expect great things from this relationship”.
