NAB-HD Shifts into High Gear at NAB2006; HD Broadcast Studio Will Connect Viewers with the Pulse of NAB2006.WASHINGTON -- Following up on a successful debut at last year's show, NAB-HD will return to NAB2006 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. April 24 - 27. The fully-functional HD broadcast station will operate from the Show Floor in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. (LVCC LVCC Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas Country Club LVCC Liverpool Victoria County Championship (England, cricket) LVCC Lakewood Village Community Church LVCC Lucas Valley Community Church (San Rafael, CA) ) and will feature a control room, editing suites, studios and transmission facilities. During a conference call with reporters, the scope of NAB-HD was outlined by Project Director Nigel Spratling. A transcript is available at www.nabshow.com/press/nab-hdcalltranscript.pdf. "NAB-HD is a must-see HD 'living laboratory' that will offer broadcast and telecom professionals valuable insight into future production and distribution workflows with HD television," said Chris Brown Chris Brown may refer to:'''
NAB-HD will provide a working-station environment and hands-on laboratory for broadcasters and other telecom professionals, and it will be the site of production, editing and transmission of HD content gleaned from the show for NAB's official daily video magazine. NAB-HD will also broadcast HD footage captured from the NAB-HD helicopter covering NAB2006 from the skies over Las Vegas. Daily programs will be broadcast throughout the LVCC complex on 16:9 high-definition monitors, as well as to 75,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas. For the first time, HD convention programming will be delivered to HD sets in every room of the Wynn Hotel. In addition, NAB-HD content will be repurposed for Web-enabled cell phones, DVB-H See mobile TV and DVB. devices, video podcasts Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. and online streaming. Programming for NAB-HD will include the NAB-HD Live Morning Show with live reports from the helicopter; the NAB-HD Roving Reporter roving reporter n → reporter volant roving reporter n → Reporter(in) m(f) im Außendienst roving reporter n Xtreme, who will broadcast from secret, remote locations, showcasing the ability to do live remote broadcasts in HD; interviews with industry executives and convention speakers; roundtable discussions on electronic media technology; and exhibit floor features. NAB-HD will be using equipment supplied by more than 75 exhibitors and will be staffed by over 40 volunteers. NAB2006 will take place April 22 - 27, 2006 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April 24). It is the world's largest electronic media show covering the development, delivery and management of professional video and audio content across all media. Complete NAB2006 details are available at www.nabshow.com. The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. and the Courts. Information about NAB can be found at www.nab.org. |
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