Global Marketplace
09/30/98
World Broadcast News
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Avid Technology Inc. (UK) and The CNN News Group (USA) announced that CNN/U.S., CNNfn, CNN International and Headline News will upgrade more than 1300 existing newsroom workstations throughout its news gathering operation to the AvidNews Newsroom Computer System (NRCS). The upgrade will begin with the installation of AvidNews NRCS at Headline News and then move on to include the majority of the CNN News Groups' international networks and bureaus.
Avid also announced that ARD Aktuell (Germany), the organization that produces news and current affairs programming for Germany's first public TV channel, ARD1, has also chosen the NRCS for its main editorial office in Hamburg. In all, 160 existing Avid NetStation newsroom computer seats will be upgraded to AvidNews NRCS. The roll out phase will start in October, and the first news programs created on NRCS will go on-air in November. This will include Germany's TV news program, Tagesschau. A further 80 systems will be upgraded by next April to coincide with ARD's move to a new building.
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) selected DiviCom Inc. (USA) MPEG-2 compression and multiplexing equipment for distribution of its TV and radio program services from Sydney to ABC stations across Australia. This digital distribution system will replace the aging analog B-MAC TV service in stages, commencing in August with Western Australia. The Optus Aurora system, on the B-3 satellite, will be the platform for the new ABC distribution system. Once fully installed, the population of Australia, with the exception of Sydney, will receive part of its ABC programs via the digital distribution system and almost 500 National Transmission Authority UHF and VHF transmitter sites. Many remote area homesteads will also receive the digital service direct via Aurora.
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