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The employees at BCI are hard at work creating exciting, new
"break-through technology" and ideas. Whether it's Van's group building
product in manufacturing, Don, Jason and Jim on the phone, traveling to
see customers and off to trade shows, Barry's group thinking up new
technology, or Cristina's team keeping everything sane, we are
definitely on a roll!
We hope you enjoy our newsletters, we try to keep everyone abreast on
what we're doing here at BCI, and keep our hard working company moving
forward as much as we can. Feel free to reply to our newsletters, and
let us know what you think, or what you'd like to hear about from us.
In this month's issue, you'll see how busy we've been these last
couple of months! Enjoy.
| NSCA Wrap Up |
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BCI
recently exhibited at the NSCA (National Systems Contractors
Association) tradeshow. Attendance in Las Vegas was up over last year
and the show included specific pavilions highlighting both digital
signage and Video over IP manufacturers.
BCI debuted many exciting new products that were well received by
attendees, including multi-channel SDI ( 1600
Series) and SDI with digital audio ( 1700
Series). However, the biggest “buzz” generated by the
show was twofold. BCI’s 4700
Series, which is a cost effective, high resolution, RGBHV + Stereo
Audio over only 1 fiber and BCI’s new 230i
Series (MPEG 2 compressed, NTSC Video + Stereo Audio over IP)
generated great interest among System Integrators and Consultants. Next year’s show will be held in Orlando Florida. BCI hopes to
see you all there!
P.S. – The next chance to see BCI’s new products will be
at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas, April
24-27, Booth SU805.
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| Why TDM for SDI Video and AES
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Broadata has released its newest product model, the 1700 Series. This
product combines 1-channel 270Mb/s SDI video and 2-channel AES audio
(for a total of 4 audio channels, since each AES carries two audio
channel) using time division multiplexing (TDM). You can send both SDI
video and AES audio over the same multimode or singlemode fiber for
remote audio/video distribution applications.
You may wonder why we use TDM, since AES audio can be embedded into
SDI video channel using SDI/AES embedders and de-embedders that are
generally available in the markets. Since we were approached by a
fairly large international TV station operator, BCI specifically
designed the TDM version of the fiber optic SDI/AES combiner and
splitter (1700 Series) for the following good reasons:
- Independent SDI and AES flows: thus, the interruption of SDI (or
AES) will not affect the operation of the AES (or SDI) channel.
- Audio format flexibility: one may choose to carry analog audio,
instead of digital AES audio, i.e., a SDI- Analog Audio combiner and
splitter
- A single footprint for low cost: economic one- board module
implementation, instead of two-board module (SDI/AES embedder board +
SDI over fiber board).
Please call/email us to request a copy of the 1700 data sheet.
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| 2006 Trade Shows |
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BCI will be exhibiting in the following shows this year. Come by and
see us!
- April 24-27 NAB, Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth SU805,
Las Vegas, NV
- June 3-9 InfoComm 06, Booth 423, Orange County Convention
Center, Orlando, FL
- June 20-23 BroadcastAsia, Booth 7G4-04, Singapore
- September 8-12 International Broadcasters Convention (IBC), RAI
Convention Centre, Amsterdam
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Broadata Communications, Inc. Launches New Revised Online
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Broadata, announced the launch of its revised website. The company
has completely updated the site, geared toward a more interactive,
easier to navigate information resource.
The URL remains the same at www.broadatacom.com,
but the look and format has been updated with new graphics, menu
structure and page layouts to allow for user- friendly navigation from
anywhere in the site. New features include RMA technical support,
online press releases, announcements, comprehensive search
capabilities, and product configuration table. Visitors can access
updated contact information on National and International sales force.
Users can find the latest product information on BCI’s product
offering including our video over IP products and new 4700 series
RGB + Stereo Audio over 1 fiber! In addition, new Broadcast products
include Multi-channel SDI and SDI + AES/EBU digital audio or analog
audio products. “Jim Banda, Assistant Sales Manager at Broadata, commented,
"The new web site makes it much easier to navigate and to find the
information you're looking for. The site provides information
customized to industry professionals, from consultants to system
Integrators, end-users to distributors."
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Broadata has released its newest product model, the 1700 Series. This product combines 1-channel 270Mb/s SDI video and 2-channel AES audio (for a total of 4 audio channels, since each AES carries two audio channel) using time division multiplexing (TDM). You can send both SDI video and AES audio over the same multimode or singlemode fiber for remote audio/video distribution applications.You may wonder why we use TDM, since AES audio can be embedded into SDI video channel using SDI/AES embedders and de-embedders that are generally available in the markets. Since we were approached by a fairly large international TV station operator, BCI specifically designed the TDM version of the fiber optic SDI/AES combiner and splitter (1700 Series) for the following good reasons: