A. H. Belo Selects Sony to Design New Digital Broadcast Center; Facility Will Serve as Hub for 24-Hour Texas Cable News Network.SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998--Texas Cable News (TXCN TXCN Texas Cable News ), a subsidiary of A.H. Belo Corporation, has selected Sony to provide facility design and equipment for its new digital newsgathering news·gath·er·ing adj. Of, relating to, or involving the research and reportage of news: a worldwide newsgathering operation. news and news production center. TXCN is utilizing Sony's latest in MPEG-2 newsroom technology, including MAV-1000 video servers, BZN-3000 news production system, DNE-700 and DNE-1000 news editors, Betacam SX See Digital Betacam and Betacam. (R) hybrid recorders and DNW-9WS camcorders and DVS-7250 digital production switcher. The ClipServer(TM)/ClipEdit(TM) desktop editing systems will also be added when these products are released. Utilizing Sony's BZN-3000 newsroom software enabled with SXnet(TM) technology and the DSM-series of MPEG-2 4:2:2P@ML encoders and decoders, TXCN's new facility will consist of a network of Sony DNE-series nonlinear news editing workstations and Betacam SX hybrid recorders communicating over Ethernet and wide area networks (WAN) allowing users to drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. transfer of video and audio files. SXnet connects directly to Sony's MAV-1000 series servers controlled by the BZN-3000 system. This connectivity enables TXCN to manage and control ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. of material. Utilizing the features of Sony's SX technology and SXnet software, video material loaded on the central server can be accessed from multiple locations. About SXnet Technology SXnet technology allows moving audio and video files from one DNE-series nonlinear workstation to another or to Betacam SX hybrid recorders utilizing simple drag and drop transfers. The A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and material can be "pulled" or "pushed" between the different nodes on the network. A consistent MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). compression format throughout the operation for acquisition, editing, server storage and archiving ensures the transmission of the highest quality audio and video within and outside the network. About ClipServer/Clip Edit Desktop News Editing ClipServer/ClipEdit allows news reporters, writers, and producers to view and edit video on their computer desktops. As feeds are received by the BZN-3000 news server system, each item is mirror recorded at a lower resolution in Sony's ClipServer System. Utilizing ClipEdit application software on their desktops, television journalists can edit their stories and VOs, then send the edit information to the on-air quality news server for automatic rendering and sequencing according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the newscast run-down. For more extensive editing with A/B A/B Airborne A/B Afterburner (jet engines) A/B Air Blast A/B Answerback A/B Auto-brake A/B Air Bus A/B Afterburning Roll effects and downstream title keying, journalists can send the ClipEdit edit list to DNE-series workstations which in turn, interface directly to newsroom server system for on-air playback. About DNE-Series Workstations For editing in the digital newsroom, DNE-700 and DNE-1000 workstations can be used for cuts-only editing or for editing with effects and downstream keying. All effects are processed in real time so there is no need to wait for results before continuing. The intuitive graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) is easy to learn and flexible enough to support features such as separate audio tracks for narration and natural sound or previewing late-arriving material directly from the original tape source. Interfacing directly with the newsroom server system, the DNE-series workstations allow shared access of the central pool of source material and transfer of finished pieces to and from the editing suites and news server. Installation of TXCN's facility is set to be completed in November 1998. Texas Cable News is scheduled to be on-the-air Jan. 1, 1999. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : More information about Sony products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sony.com/professional, or readers may call 1-800-686-SONY. Additional press information is available at http://www.sony.com/news. The Broadcast and Professional Company of Sony Electronics is an Emmy award winning, leading U.S. provider of video and audio equipment for the broadcast, production, business, industrial, government, medical, and education markets. Sony offers a wide array of products and systems for image capture, production, and display. Sony also provides specialized equipment and systems for data recording, duplication, electronic photography/ publishing, video conferencing, high definition video, interactive and security applications. In the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 1998, Sony Electronics had record sales of $10.5 billion. Note: In the series of encoders/decoders mentioned above ("MPEG-2 4:2:2P@ML"), there is an "at" symbol between the "P" and the "ML." This symbol may not appear in some systems. |
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