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.
Genesis Networks recently
deployed seven Pro-Bel Cifer standards converters in order to
provide frame-rate conversion of the French Open. Developed in conjunction with Digital Vision, Cifer is is
based on proprietary motion estimation techniques that facilitate
pixel-accurate estimations and hence conversion.
Genesis Networks supplies broadcasters, cable networks, production
companies and corporations with superior, customized global video
transmission services. It provided the transmission and signal
conversion from the venues for the two tennis championships via fiber
to broadcasters in the US for distribution of the events.
"We used four Cifers for HD frame rate conversion and three for SD
standards conversion with motion compensation and the Cifers provided
the video conversion required for distribution in the USA. Pro-Bel was
able to supply the HD units in a very tight time frame to meet our
on-air dates and also came through with the SD units as a last-minute
requirement. The Cifers performed very well, especially given that
tennis can stress conversion equipment due to the speed of the ball,"
explains Dan Brenneman, director of engineering, Genesis Networks.
Cifer can convert between any SD standard and between the
primary HD standards. It can also convert from SD to HD and HD to SD
with the resulting pictures virtually indistinguishable from the
original.
