(MONTREAL -- April 20, 2006) Miranda Technologies Inc. has announced that NAB-HD, the fully functional HD broadcast station at NAB2006, will use its branding, monitoring, and interfacing systems to play out cable, satellite, and Mobile TV channels to attendees in Las Vegas this year.
In the master control room, NAB-HD will be using Miranda's Imagestore HD/SD master control and channel branding processors with a PresStation panel for easy control of high-impact graphics. A multiformat Kaleido-K2 multi-image display processor is fully integrated with the master control switching system, as well as Miranda's iControl end-to-end facility monitoring and control system.
"The Imagestore system allows us to brand the Mobile TV channel differently from the cable and satellite channels, and this will allow us to optimize the presentation of these formats," said Nigel Spratling, NAB-HD project director.
"We intend to output more than 60 percent of the content live. If there's a glitch anywhere on the transmission chain, it should be very easy to pinpoint using the alarms and fault investigation windows of the iControl facility monitoring over IP system."
On the show floor, NAB-HD will be using HDV cameras for live reports and interviews. By using Miranda's HD-Bridge DEC+ HDV to HD/SD interface for the editing and playout, it will be able to offer high-quality HD content at a fraction of the cost of traditional HD capture.
All the products at the NAB-HD can be seen at Miranda's booth at NAB2006: SU1341.
About NAB-HD
NAB-HD brings together key facets of modern media production and delivery to provide visitors a truly real-world view of the integration of multiple new technologies. From full-bandwidth HD to Internet streaming and mobile media, NAB-HD's output can be viewed in multiple formats throughout the NAB2006 convention and around the world. NAB-HD programming content will contain show and industry news, technical and business round tables, interviews with industry luminaries, and informative views of what's cool at this year's convention. The station is made possible thanks to the participation of almost 70 companies and a crew of 45 volunteers. For more information, contact Nigel Spratling, president of Mavens Television Industry Consultants, http://www.mavens.tv
About Miranda
Miranda Technologies Inc. (TSX: MT) develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance hardware and software for the television broadcast industry. Its solutions are purchased by content creators, broadcasters, specialty channels and television service providers to enable and enhance the transition to a complex multichannel digital and HDTV broadcast environment. This equipment allows customers to generate additional revenue while reducing costs through the more efficient distribution and management of content as well as the automation of previously manual processes. Miranda employs over 350 people at its Montreal headquarters and in its offices located in Wallingford (U.K.), Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong, Beijing (China), and Springfield (New Jersey). Miranda became a public company on Dec. 8, 2005, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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