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(what, when, how, where, why?), IPTV, and digital signage
- all critical to the continued expansion (in terms of
revenue and viewers) of the international broadcast sector.
When, however, at the end of a long day walking the 1051 triax
aisles, you need something to really get your pulse racing and your
blood pumping seek out the purveyors of UHD TV (or SHV - Super
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Hi-Vision as it’s now known) and 3D TV - it will do you the power
of good. Q OB, Studio and Stadium
As Bob Pank recalls in his Viewpoint on Page 14 of this issue,
UHD TV - ultra high definition television - started life as a ‘lab
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thing’. A little over two years since the technology was first revealed
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to a (literally) wide-eyed audience, it has changed its name and
made a play for the mainstream with both RAI and the BBC on
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board. Whether it will find a place in the average family home is
debatable, but it is a worthy example of just what can be achieved
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when all points of the broadcasting compass collaborate. Take the
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time to lose yourself in the SHV experience.
Similarly, 3D technology is bounding ahead, buoyed by
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unexpected success at the box office. People turned out in droves
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for Disney’s Hannah Montana movie, and film makers haven’t
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this phenomenon. See it for yourself - along with all that’s new in
our industry - at IBC 2008. See you there.
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Integrated connector and
Neil Nixon, Editor cable assembly solutions
I would also like to welcome Robert
Taffurelli onto the editorial team of IBE. If
you haven’t met Robert before you’ll have
the opportunity at IBC.
Editorial
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CONSULTANT EDITOR Robert Taffurelli
CONTRIBUTORS Joe O’Halloran, Chris Forrester, Ian White, Kevin Hilton
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