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Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Toronto Montréal JUNE 2009 8573 Commerce Court 11442 Winterburn Rd. N.W. 3, 1815-27th Ave. N.E. 5170B Timberlea Blvd. 7715, Boul. Henri-Bourassa Ouest Burnaby, BC V5A 4N5 Edmonton, AB T5S 2Y3 Calgary, AB T2E 7E1 Mississauga, ON L4W 2S5 St-Laurent, QC H4S 1P7 VOLUME 15 • ISSUE 2 604.439.7228 780.462.8275 403.291.5143 905.625.4321 514.333.3324 POST-NAB ISSUE Fax 604.439.7210 Fax 780.462.8238 Fax 403.291.5188 Fax 905.625.4333 Fax 514.333.1512
SMART contracted Applied Electronics to design, Broadcast supply and install a complete audio/visual system in this cafeteria. A 192” wide x 108” high DaLite front Engineering projection screen (16:9 HDTV format) with a Panasonic Excellence PT-DW7000UK WXGA large venue DLP projector on a Draper motorized Award for the projection lift system are the core components of the A/V system. Two Global Project Vaddio WallView Pro EZCamera systems are used with an Applied Electronics Applied Electronics and Orad are proud to announce custom-built screen bracing to display a that the Global Television project was honoured magnified image of the presenter on the with the prestigious Gold Level 2009 Broadcast ThanksSMART Headquarters for visiting SMART screen, allowing the cafeteria to double Engineering Excellence Award at NAB 2009 in Las SMART Technologies is the world leader as a corporate presentation space. Vegas for New Studio Technology- Network. The in interactive whiteboards and group Voice reinforcement is ensured with Toa award recognizes technical innovation, quality design collaborationThank you for attending tools. and being On part May of the opening1st, SMART of SMART’s new headquarters and speakers throughout the main floor and research center. We appreciate having the opportunity to share this special day with you. mezzanine. A Crestron control system, and the construction of Global Television’s new Technologies announced the official opening of its Kind regards, 19” LCD Touchpanel with TPS-G-TPI QuickMedia nation-wide virtual studio network. The Excellence newDavid A.headquarters Martin, Executive Chairman, and researchCo-founder center in Calgary. touchpanel interface, as well as a WMKT-4LW Isys 3.6 Awards have become the industry’s standard of TheNancy environmentallyKnowlton, Chief Executive friendly Officer, Co-founder building is designed to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental colour wall-mount touchpanel, and transmitter work measurement for new facilities, identifying innovation, together to operate the audio and video systems. For high-quality design and construction. Entries include Design) Gold certification criteria, anSMART internationally Technologies Toll Free 1.888.42.SMART (U.S./Canada) more information about this project, please contact recognized standard of environmentallyor +1.403.245.0333 sustainable those featuring telco, cable, broadcast and production Kevin Stewart in our Calgary office. facilities. design and construction. Their new headquarterswww.smarttech.com include a large cafeteria that also functions as a For more information about SMART products and For more information on this, please contact general gathering area and informal meeting space their new environmentally friendly headquarters, Donnie Gallant in our Toronto office. for staff. visit: http://smarttech.com
AJA’s Ki Pro Enabling Innovation Sweeps Major Awards Tektronix DTV Seminar at NAB 2009 Ki Pro portable disk recorder was lauded as “must see” and “revolutionary” at SRC Montréal product at NAB 2009. AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface On May 28th, Tektronix and Applied Electronics and conversion solutions, recently launched Ki Pro, a portable digital disk hosted a Digital Television Seminar at CBC/SRC in recorder. Ki Pro has won four major industry awards for its debut at the NAB Montréal. The complimentary full-day informational 2009 conference. Ki Pro records files to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly seminar offered valuable working knowledge of the from camera, allowing filmmakers, broadcasters, video professionals and technologies behind digital terrestrial television prosumers to skip the process of re-rendering to an editing codec by giving broadcasting and how to survive the HD-DTV transition. immediate access to 10-bit full raster edit-ready Apple ProRes 422 files. Bill Cohn, a Tektronix Television Systems Application At NAB 2009, Ki Pro was awarded the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Engineer, presented on serial digital television, Award, the DV Black Diamond Award, the TV Technology Star Award and the audio monitoring, MPEG fundamentals, OTA 8VSB Videography Magazine Vidy Award. Products awarded are selected by a panel monitoring, and video over IP monitoring. Registration of industry experts, engineers and journalists based on the most innovative for the seminar was unprecedented, maxing out at room capacity. A second Tektronix new technologies introduced at the annual NAB conference. DTV Seminar is scheduled to be hosted in Quebec City at the end of this summer. For more information, please contact your nearest AEL broadcast sales For more information, please contact Broadcast Sales in our Montréal office. specialist. Ryerson @ NAB 2009 New Partnership: School of Higher Technology For the third year in a row, Ryerson University’s Radio Auditorium and Television Arts (RTA) students flew down to École de Las Vegas to attend NAB 2009. It was once again a technologie phenomenal experience for all 60 students (up from 42 supérieur students in 2008), some making connections for job opportunities (many at the Canadian Suite), others finding (School of Higher new avenues to explore and educational and career paths Technology) is to pursue. Many were keenly interested in “3D production” an engineering and technology working towards the “mobile device” as university member a production outlet and tool. The students also garnered of the Université much attention on the NAB floor – attention which helped du Québec the students gather information from all booths visited network, offering and encouraged acknowledgment of the value of investing Impresario Control Environment accredited post-graduate programs intended specifically in students’ futures. Some manufacturers such as Zylight for students that have graduated from college technical wanted their products in the students’ hands and offered da Vinci has revisited the form and function of its programs (CEGEP). With the goal to have a multi-functional to send a few of their amazing LED lighting systems as a industry leading control panels and created the new facility for theatre, lectures, concerts and HD film viewing, gift for the students to learn on. generation control environment for film, video and ÉTS contracted Applied Electronics to design, supply broadcast post-production suites. and install an A/V system in their 300-seat fan-shaped Called Impresario, the new panel combines computer auditorium, equipping them with a rear control booth and a aesthetics, colorist ergonomics and user experience to mobile stage lectern with room controls. improve convenience and control. ÉTS required the ability to control all major system functions Impresario’s cockpit-like feel puts colorists at the center via three Crestron touchpanels with the capacity to playback of a powerful color grading control experience. The flow full 1080P HD movies and display multiple images on one of the control surfaces, the precise feeling of stability and projection screen. The system included a Christie HD8K the clarity of the images in the LCD screens are part of projector, RGB Spectrum Superview 8/8 video processor, the new environment created in your color grading suite Meyer sound system, Crestron control system with two TPS- 15G-QM-L Isys® G-Series 15” wall mount touchpanels w/ Photo – Courtesy of Zach Cox by the Impresario. QuickMedia® Transport Technology and one TPS-3000 Isys® da Vinci introduced the industry to trackball control. 6.4” tilt touchpanel, Mackie Onyx 32-4 mixing board, Sony With Impresario, the latest generation trackballs and BRC-300 motorized camera, Electro-Voice amplifiers, and surrounding rings are ergonomically designed to fit ETC Lighting System. Installation was completed in January beneath the colorist’s hands, providing a relaxed feeling 2009 and the ÉTS for long or intense color grading sessions. A/V department Impresario’s jog/shuttle provides free-wheeling control, was extremely as well as hard end-stops at one-third, full and three- impressed with times frame rate speed. AEL Montréal’s An ultra-thin keyboard slides out from beneath the joy installation team. Photo – Courtesy of Zach Cox ball panel, and a laptop-style touch pad provides touch- Applied Electronics, DSC Labs, Ross video, ORAD, point control. ATI/AMD, KinoFlo, and Kodiak provided generous For more information, please contact your For more information on this project, please contact sponsorship support that gave the RTA students the nearest AEL broadcast sales specialist. Marcel Joanis in our Montréal office. opportunity to embrace the NAB experience. Kodiak and Applied Electronics also supplied branded t-shirts which each student sported on the NAB show floor, ATI provided a private luxury bus tour of Hoover Dam and the NAB Canadian Suite 2009 Report Grand Canyon for the students, and a dinner at Planet Despite the economic downturn, the Canadian Suite pulled off another good year. We had a total of 90 sponsors compared Hollywood was also funded by sponsors. to 102 in 2008. The refreshment totals were: Monday $13,721.54, Tuesday $13,104.18 and Wednesday $9,421.93. After adding the miscellaneous costs the final total was $46,900.00. We had a deficit of $8,928.00 which still leaves us with a reasonable backup surplus in the account.
LISTED BELOW ARE THIS YEAR’S SPONSORS. PLEASE THANK THEM THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THEM.
Acura Technology Group Cyradis Technology Group Inc. Joe Sutherland Rentals Rohde & Schwarz Canada Airdate Traffic Services Ltd. DAVICOM (Div. Of Comlab) JVC Professional Products Roland Systems Group AJA Video, Inc. Delco Wire & Cable Limited Canada Canada Anixter Canada Deltech Communications LARCAN Ross Video Ltd.
Photo – Courtesy of Zach Cox ANNEX|PRO Group Lectrosonics Canada Roynat Lease Finance Anton/Bauer Dome Productions Lorne Lapham Sales & Ryerson University Below: As usual, Applied Electronics is proud to be Apple Canada Inc. Dynamix Professional Video Rentals Inc. Sennheiser (Canada) Inc. involved in such a marvellous initiative. AEL’s President Applied Electronics Limited Systems Majortech Shure Paul Stechly (far right) and V.P. Susan Stechly (far left) Autocue Inc/QTV Evertz Marketing Marc Vallee Inc. Sim Video joined in a photo session with the RTA group. Richard Avid Technology Canada FCI Technical Installations Inc. Matrix Video Communications Solid State Logic Grunberg (front row), Head of Video/Assist. Professor/ AVP MFG & SUPPLY Inc. FOR-A Corporation of Canada Corp./MVCC Video Sonotechnique Technical Producer/Director of Photography for the Radio Axcera Frontline Communications Communications Corp. Sono Video and Television Arts Department at Ryerson University, AZCAR FUJIFILM Canada Inc. Maxell Canada Sony of Canada Ltd. once again did a fantastic job of coordinating this Belden Canada Inc. Fujinon Inc. Middle Atlantic Canada Inc. Standard Integration Inc. amazing learning experience for the students. Birde Marketing Inc. Genelec Miranda Technologies Inc. Sun Microsystems Inc. Bosch Security Systems, Inc. GerrAudio Distribution Inc. Montana Engineering Inc. S.W. Davis Broadcast Broadcast Dialogue Grass Valley Novanet Communications Technical Services Ltd. BSE Inc. Harris Corporation Oakwood Broadcast Inc. Tandberg Television, Part of Camera Dynamics Inc. HHB Communications Canada Omneon the Ericsson Group Canon HDTV Lenses Hitachi Kokusai Electric Orad Hi-Tec Systems Tektronix Canada Capella Telecomm. Inc. Canada, Ltd. Panasonic Canada Telesat Cartt.ca HP Services Pippin Technical Service Ltd. Total Media Systems Inc. Century Optronic Inc. Ikegami Power & Tel VIDCOM CEV Image Video Precision Camera Inc. Vimsoft Christie Incospec/Axcera Radian Winsted/Lidbetter Solutions CinequipWhite Inc. Isilon Systems RCS Canada Ltd. WPhoto – Courtesy McGinn of Dave Comad Inc. Jampro Antennas, Inc. RF Wireless Systems Inc. grass valley
K2 Dyno Replay System The K2 Dyno replay system is a comprehensive set of workflow tools that are easy to use to provide quick set-up before the event, professional on-air playback during the event with SD and HD smooth slo-mo, and instant replay and easy packaging of all the material after the event for post production. Kayenne Video Production Centre The K2 Dyno is designed to be an easy-to-use instant replay The Kayenne Video Production Center is a new family of and highlight generation system for standard-definition and production switchers (video mixers) from Grass Valley. high-definition (SD and HD) production. This is the most powerful video production switcher in The K2 Dyno software is optimized for live event production. the world. Its core offering consists of instant replay, smooth slo-mo with All Kayenne frames include a half-M/E and scale from 1.5 a high quality T-bar and jog knob, fast marking of key events, to 2.5 M/Es in compact (4 RU) frames and from 2.5 to on-the-fly highlights generation with built-in mix effects on each Panasonic H.264/AVC Intra- 4.5 M/Es in standard (8RU) frames. The frame has up channel and easy metadata entry. to 96 inputs and 48 outputs. Each M/E has six keyers. For more information, please contact your nearest only Compression for P2 A 4.5 M/E system has up to 30 keyers and 20 DPM AEL Broadcast Sales Specialist. Applications channels. TORONTO: July 21-23 What is AVC-Intra? Key features: AVC-Intra, the industry’s most advanced • Fully digital 10-bit 4:2:2 video switcher with up to 96 IT’S GOTTA BE A GRASS ROADSHOW compression technology, is a professional intra- inputs and 48 outputs Grass Valley™ is bringing its expanding line of multi-format frame video codec with bit rates of 50 and 100 • HD/SD SDI with optional up/down/cross converters on HD and live production solutions to TORONTO. Mb/s, utilizing the High 10 Intra and High 422 selected inputs and outputs Hands-on demonstrations will include: Intra profiles of H.264. Intra-only compression • 1.5 to 4.5 M/Es • Kayenne™ video production switcher completes the compression processing within • K2 Summit™ production client an individual frame, and Inter (Long GOP) • Half-M/E included in every system with cut/mix • K2 Dyno™ Replay Control System compression completes the processing over transitions and six linear/luminance keyers • LDK 8000 Elite and LDK 3000 HD cameras • Trinix™ NXT 3Gb/s HD Router multiple frames. • Six keyers in every full M/E: four full-function keyers • ViBE Video Head End Solutions Inter-frame compression, (long GOP) is usually plus two linear/luminance keyers Come and discover our latest innovations in HD live production and how these new tools can help you increase used for content delivery and packaged media; in • Full function keyers have masks, preset pattern wipes productivity and performance. this mode its efficiency is unequalled. However, and optional chroma keyers, etc. • Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown (One Blue Jays Way) any image manipulation or processing will • FlexiKey (programmable clean feed mode) included as severely degrade the image quality in long GOP standard on all systems for separately programmable To RSVP or request a specific demonstration time, please call compression schemes. configuration of keyers from each M/E output Ed Labanowicz (905) 891-2830 [email protected] AVC-Intra stands up to rigorous editing, including • Any partition can be placed into layered mode, or compositing, multiple layers of video etc, far better providing composite video and key outputs Applied Electronics – Broadcast Sales (905) 625-4321 • [email protected] than long-GOP compression scheme. The storage • Split-lever arm control of primary and secondary and bandwidth savings, without the compromises partitions of long GOP compression, allows AVC-Intra 50 grass valley to provide subjectively similar video quality to • Aux bus transitions for dissolves and wipes on aux bus 50 Years of On-Air Innovation outputs DVCPRO HD at one half the bitrate, thus doubling the recording time on the P2 cards, a powerful • Automatic insertion of video in pillars for 4:3 content To RSVP or request a specific demonstration time, solution that cuts media storage and distribution into 16:9 production please call AEL Broadcast Sales (905) 625-4321. costs. Both AVC-Intra and DVCPRO format files, of all video standards and frame rates can reside on the same P2 card. If you need an uncompressed workflow and/or want to edit AVC-Intra video on a non-linear editing system that does not currently support AVC-Intra the Panasonic AJ-HPM100 P2 HD Mobile recorder/ player can be used as a player. The P2 Mobile has Network video capture several I/O options, including HD-SDI, analog with Network video capture and playout RS-422 serial control for easy ingest to high-end and playout NLE systems. • Schedule automated live ingest or log from tape Panasonic has been working with leading industry Pipeline by Telestream partners opening AVC-Intra to leading NLE Piepline is an industry-first network-based video capture and • Sits on your network – so anyone can access it companies for compatibility and product support. playout device for moving SD and HD SDI video and audio in • Real-time, reliable hardware encoding and out of file-based workflows. Encode to multiple SD and Panasonic is not replacing DVCPRO with AVC- • Available in three models: HD formats in a single box: DNxHD, DVCPRO HD, ProRes SQ, Intra. AVC-Intra is simply a more advanced/ - SD 1 Channel DV IMX and MPEG 2. efficient compression technology offered as an - SD 4 Channel option in addition to the DVCPRO family of codecs • Network-accessible SDI video capture and playout devices - HD/SD 2 Channel in selected P2 HD equipment. • Encode to multiple HD and/or SD formats in a single box For more information, please contact your nearest AEL For more information, please contact your • Edit or transcode media files while they are being captured broadcast sales specialist. nearest AEL broadcast sales specialist. AEL EDMONTON SUCCESSFUL OPEN HOUSE New Little Additions to the On April 30th, our Edmonton staff hosted a highly Tektronix, Doremi, and AJA were showcased in the warehouse AEL Family successful Open House to showcase our new office space space. Stationed in the back parking lot for show-and-tell and warehouse facility and had an outstanding turnout of was an Alberta Environment mobile command sprinter which Michelle McKay, our customers and industry partners. Lunch and refreshments was supplied and installed with broadcast equipment by Human Resources were served and incredible door prizes were drawn. Aside AEL’s Edmonton broadcast team. Our Edmonton staff is very Administrator, gave birth from conducting tours of the office space, Polycom video pleased to have expanded office and warehouse space and to a bouncing baby boy on conferencing technology and Crestron control system our customers should find this office considerably easier May 14th, 2009. Carter demonstrations were held in the boardroom, SMART to locate and access, as it is now minutes from downtown James arrived at 6:46pm, interactive whiteboards, Panasonic cameras (including the Edmonton and adjacent to Highways 16 and 216. 20 inches in length and new AG-HVX-300) as well as equipment from Grass Valley, weighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz., almost 2 lbs less than his big sister, Ashlyn, did at birth. Michelle and husband, Jeff, couldn’t be more excited about the new addition to their family.
Stephen Monteith and wife, Rachael, welcomed a beautiful baby girl at 4:34 am on June 3rd. Christina Marie was 9 lbs 11 oz., healthy and happy to be home 6 hours after delivery. She arrived home to an excited big brother, Macale. Everyone is doing extremely well. Stephen is our dedicated A/V Sales Rep. in our Burnaby office.
We’re also pleased to announce that Dave McGinn, Eugene Roy Danics Samantha Ammar McEleney and Trevor Joice are all proud grandfathers! Dave, A/V Sales – Toronto Receptionist/ Eugene and Trevor are all Broadcast Sales Reps in our Roy joins AEL’s Audio Visual Administrative Assistant Toronto head office. Systems Division with 20 Edmondon years of sales experience When prospects and customers Mackenzie Nicole including 5 years specializing call our Edmonton office, Campbell, Dave McGinn in videoconferencing and they are greeted with a very and wife Jan’s first A/V integration. With a BA pleasant, friendly voice. That grandchild, arrived on Economics degree from York voice belongs to Samantha February 18th at 9:03 University, Roy is the latest addition to the A/V sales Ammar, our new Receptionist/Administrative Assistant, am in Kingston, Ontario, team in the Mississauga office, managing accounts and who is a graduate from Northern Alberta Institute weighing 7 lbs 11 oz. collaborating with customers and AEL staff on the design of of Technology University with an Office and Records Dave’s daughter, Tanya, A/V systems and installations. Administration diploma. As AEL’s Edmonton office anchor, and her husband, Mike, are ecstatic about their healthy Roy and wife, Carol, have two children, Ben (10) and Carly Samantha is involved in the day-to-day operations of the daughter and welcome frequent visits from grandpa-Dave (7). He is also a multi-instrumentalist, photographer and office and is responsible for inbound calls, processing sales and grandma-Jan. enjoys his kid’s sports including minor hockey. orders, shipping and receiving, and other administrative duties. In her spare time, she enjoys kickboxing, dancing Eugene McEleney Welcome to the team, Roy! and travelling. and wife, Catherine, Samantha is definitely a welcomed addition to the AEL welcomed a cheerful 7 family. lbs grandson on May 4th at the Women’s College Mark Stuckey Hospital in downtown Toronto. David Scott A/V Project Manager Graham Shelson has Toronto We Live in Marvelous adapted well to his new home in the town of Evert, just Mark originally worked for outside of Alliston, Ontario, and is working hard to get his AEL back in 1992 – 1995 as Medical Times parents, Leigh and Matt, trained on his schedule. an Installations Technician and is now back with us as Some of you may remember one of our well-known Trevor Joice and an A/V Installations Project and respected sales people, Stan Maruno (retired). wife, Jean, became Manager in our Mississauga office to oversee A/V project You may not know that when he was employed by AEL, grandparents for the first installations and act as a liaison between clients and the he donated a kidney to his sister in 1993. In a recent time on June 11th at 3:07 installation crews & contract personnel. Mark previously conversation with Stan, he is doing well and living am. Their son David and worked for FCI Technical Installations for 3 years as a a healthy, normal life. His sister, who was born with wife, Jessica, are super excited to bring home little broadcast and A/V installations technician and lived in only one kidney and a 35% functional second kidney, Benjamin Smith Joice, Brazil for over 14 years working in rehabilitation of street is doing reasonably well after 15 plus years. We are kids and drug addicted youth. Mark is a fulltime father to who is a strong 7 lbs 3 oz. Mom and baby are doing very certainly pleased to hear this news and wish them both two active, busy daughters, Kimberly (15) and Jenna (12). well. David is a Manager at Bell ExpressVu. The big question many more years of good life. Welcome back to AEL, Mark! is: Will Benjamin be a third generation broadcaster?
On the same subject, AEL has had a second employee who has donated a kidney. Our AEL Calgary Stampede Breakfast always-smiling and pleasant AEL Viewfinder Staff A reminder that AEL’s Annual Calgary Stampede Broadcast Technical Service Editor: Lily Yang • Co-Editor: Gord Ballantyne Breakfast is being held on Friday, July 10th Coordinator, Nadia Freihat, Designed: Infinite Graphics Inc. between 8:30 am – 11:00 am. All are welcome. donated a kidney to her Thanks to all AEL staff who have made contributions brother on April 29, 2009. to this edition. For more information, please contact Jane Baker Both are doing very well and Nadia has already returned in our Calgary office at (403) 291-5143. to work as of June 15th. Welcome back Nadia!