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.
Orad Hi-Tec Systems Limited will unveil the GBox 2U, its new entry level,
cost-effective video graphics rendering platform at IBC2008. The GBox
2U is a compact 2U rack-mountable box, which includes both the control
PC and the rendering platform in a single physical box.
Similarly to Orad's high-end HDVG
platform, the GBox 2U platform supports Orad's Maestro HD/SD character
generator, and 3DPlay channel branding and auto promo solutions. Additionally, the
GBox 2U will be bundled with Orad's 3Designer authoring software,
offering a complete graphic preparation suite for graphic designers and
artists.
Taking advantage of Orad's high-end
graphics rendering engine, this new turnkey solution enables the
playout of real-time 3-D graphics, and of multiple video files
supporting all commonly used formats such as AVI, QuickTime (with
alpha), DV, DVC25, and MPEG. GBox 2U also supports one SD/HD video
insertion, enabling the user to map a video onto any object in the
graphic scene.
Mr. Avi Sharir, CEO and President of
Orad: "We are continuously striving to offer our customers new
state-of-the-art solutions and platforms that meet all types of
requirements and budgets. Based on the same technology, GBox 2U is a
welcome addition to the HDVG rendering platform family."
