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Red Cross Pictures From Haiti Earthquake

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Pearl Harbor Bombings - Radio Broadcasts from Dec. 7, 1941

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Podcast: Steve Crabtree, WVLT-TV in Knoxville, TN

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Podcast: Catching Up With RTDNA Chairman Stacey Woelfel

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Networks Look for Comic Relief

 In Depth Look - TV Networks Roll Out Fall Plans

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Omneon MediaDeck GX

MediaDeck GX is a channel-playout solution that combines video server playout, graphics and audio processing, all of which operate under the control of the user's preferred automation system.The MediaDeck GX system plays out stored stills and animations while enabling mixing and playout of voiceovers, promos, and stingers, with optional encoding and decoding of AC-3 and Dolby(R) E audio. Also among the system's branding and master control capabilities are wipes, fades, pushes, and other transitions typical of presentation mixers, as well as dual DVEs for squeezeback and other DVE effects.

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Flip MinoHD

Flip cameras are all the rage with digital journalists, but the Flip MinoHD, released in November, is helping reporters concerned about making the trade off between convenience and quality. Weighing in at just over 3 oz., this tiny camera records up to 60 minutes of HD video at a time. Flip’s signature onboard software platform allows users to organize, edit and share video on any computer, anywhere.

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JVC GY-HM700 ProHD Camcorder

This camera can record either directly to SDHC memory cards in the QuickTime (.MOV) format for Final Cut Pro or to SxS media compatible with Sony’s XDCAM EX format. Recording in the editing system’s native format eliminates the time consuming transfer step and dramatically speeds up the post-production workflow. Additionally, the GY-HM700 includes several key technology upgrades that result in improved resolution in the camera’s core components: CCD/optical block, lens and viewfinder.


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Medical Meditation

KXAN Austin looks into a local study on the medical benefits of meditation.

 

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Vatican Launches Papal YouTube Channel

Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, Jan. 23, by launching his own YouTube channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital generation, the Associated Press reports.

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The 100-Mile Diet

WCBS-TV in New York looks into the benefits of eating locally grown food.

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Jeff Kiernan

to news director, WBBM-Channel 2, Chicago, from WBZ and WSBK, Boston

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John Verrilli

to news director, WBZ-TV and WSBK, Boston, from KDKA and WPCW, Pittsburgh

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Taylor Henry

to EP, WGNO-TV, New Orleans, from news director, KNOE-TV in Monroe, La.

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Robert Brunner

news director for WOAY-TV, Oak Hill W.VA., was inducted into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

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Chip Mahaney

to director of digital content, E.W. Scripps, from news director, WTVR, Richmond, Va.

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Cissy Baker

to vice president, Washington news bureau, from Washington bureau chief, Tribune Company.

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Utah-400/XL

The UTAH-400/XL is the largest member of the UTAH-400 family of digital routing switchers. Designed specifically to address the growing requirement for large scale routing capacity in limited physical space, the new frame offers system designers the ability to place a 1056x1056 matrix in just 40 rack units of space, without the need for special cable/connector arrangements.

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Barbara Maushard

to vice president, news, Heart-Argyle, from news director, WESH, Orlando, Fla.