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.
Calrec Audio will unveil a Flypack version of the Omega with
Bluefin console at IBC in September. Available on the Omega and Zeta consoles, the Flypack is designed for
use in places to which a mobile truck cannot get or is prohibitively
expensive to ship, providing high-end broadcast facilities in otherwise
impenetrable locations.
Calrec says the desks use military-spec connectors to ensure fast, reliable, and
rugged connectivity, offering a highly adaptable solution to OB
requirements without unnecessary expenditure.
"Calrec desks have always been popular for Flypacks and we recently had
eight desks ship to Beijing with NBC Olympics' Flypacks," says Calrec
Sales and Marketing Director John Gluck. "Calrec consoles are extremely
robust, compact, and reliable, with redundancy built in at all system
critical points. All our desks have very high fader density, which
allows us to squeeze more faders into a smaller space."
Calrec's standard Flypack enables all digital signal processing, power
supplies, and I/O interfacing to be housed in a compact double rack,
which allows the control surface to be mounted on top.
The Flypack is sold with or without a flight case so customers have the
option to custom fit their cases with supplementary equipment, or take
advantage of Calrec's robust package.
