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NBC Station Group Deploys Grass Valley EDIUS Non-Linear Editing Seats from Thomson to Support Leading-edge Field-based, Wireless News Production
Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention — Booths N902/SL2020) April 14, 2007 — Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that the NBC Station Group is installing the broadcast and professional versions of Grass Valley™ EDIUS™ multi-format non-linear editing software.
Supporting a leading-edge, field-based, wireless news acquisition and production workflow, the EDIUS systems are being installed throughout NBC and Telemundo stations.
Many of the NBC stations will use the EDUIS software on custom laptop computers, which will travel with ENG crews and allow them to begin editing in the field and transmit stories back to the station wirelessly.
"From the very beginning NBC Universal has been at the forefront of innovative, award-winning broadcast and production," said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President, Broadcast and Professional Solutions for the Grass Valley business within Thomson. "We're proud to be working with NBC Universal on this visionary and critical initiative."
About the EDIUS Non-linear Editing System
The EDIUS Broadcast platform converts between different HD and SD resolutions, aspect ratios and frame rates, all in real time. EDIUS Broadcast includes the EDIUS Speed Encoder for HDV for fast HDV video output, as well as support for industry-standard equipment and formats. It's ideally suited to meet the high standards and fast-paced environments of broadcast and post production facilities, including support for new tapeless acquisition and storage systems.
Incorporating all of the real-time editing capabilities in a streamlined interface designed to help production professionals get content to air quickly, EDIUS Broadcast features EDIUS Pro real-time video editing software that enables real-time, multi-track, mixed format HD/SD editing, compositing, chroma keying, titling and timeline output. EDIUS Pro provides editors with real-time, mixed format HD/SD editing of HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2, lossless and uncompressed SD video.
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About Thomson — World leader in digital
video technologies
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides
technology, systems and services to help its Media & Entertainment
clients — content creators, content distributors and users of its
technology — realize their business goals and optimize their
performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. The Group
intends to become the preferred partner to the Media & Entertainment
Industries through its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA and Thomson brands.
For more information: www.thomson.net.
Thomson's Systems division
develops video and film technologies, products and services sold to all
major Hollywood studios, all major television, satellite, and cable
broadcasters under the Grass Valley brand-name
for the delivery of analog and digital entertainment. The division also
includes Thomson's Broadband Access Products Business, which develops
technologies and products for broadband and telecommunication networks to
deliver digital entertainment and data to consumers and businesses.
For information about Grass Valley products from
Thomson please visit www.thomsongrassvalley.com.
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