(SECAUCUS, New Jersey--February 14, 2008) Panasonic Broadcast today announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with the Meredith Broadcasting Group to supply P2 HD solid-state camcorders group-wide to its 13 stations producing local news.
The Meredith Broadcasting Group, part of publishing giant Meredith Corporation (Des Moines, IA), includes properties in top-25 markets such as Atlanta, Phoenix and Portland, Ore., and reaches more than 10 million U.S. households.
It is projected that over the next two years the Meredith stations will purchase up to 250 ENG-style AJ-HPX2000 2/3" and AG-HPX500 2/3" P2 HD camcorders. In most cases, the stations will upgrade from existing Panasonic DVCPRO ENG gear. Several Meredith stations will also invest in Panasonic AK-HC931B and AK-HC3500 HD studio cameras as they transition to HD news production.
John Baisley, President, Panasonic Broadcast, said, “We are very gratified at this large-scale commitment by Meredith to our P2 HD equipment. Meredith joins an expanding list of broadcast customers who are enjoying the substantial workflow improvements and overall operating efficiencies of Panasonic P2 HD solid-state solutions.”
“Meredith has a successful track record with DVCPRO tape-based products, and we are convinced that Panasonic offers the most compelling solid-state solution as we transition to HD newsgathering,” said Joe Snelson, VP of Engineering, Meredith Broadcasting Group. “We anticipate that P2 HD’s exceptional reliability, improved image quality and significant workflow benefits will bolster our marketplace positions group-wide.”
The Meredith television stations that will be outfitted with Panasonic P2 HD gear include: WGCL-TV (CBS), Atlanta; KPHO-TV (CBS), Phoenix; KPDX-TV (MYN), Portland, OR; KPTV (FOX), Portland, OR; WFSB-TV (CBS), Hartford-New Haven, CT; WSMV-TV (NBC) Nashville, TN; KCTV (CBS), Kansas City, MO; KSMO (MYN), Kansas City, MO; WHNS-TV (FOX), Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC-Asheville, NC; WNEM-TV (CBS), Flint-Saginaw, MI; KVVU-TV (FOX), Las Vegas, NV; and WSHM, (CBS), Springfield, MA
About P2 HD
P2 HD provides the reliability of solid-state production, the immediate connectivity to existing IT infrastructures; the speed, ease of use and portability of P2 cards; and the interoperability with leading NLE systems. The core products within the P2 HD product line offer solid-state high definition recording without the mechanical wear and environmental limitations of tape, hard disk, and optical disc based systems. P2 HD insures the highest reliability, especially in challenging conditions of extreme temperature range, shock, and vibration. P2 HD products provide a significant reduction in maintenance costs, longer useful product life, and immediate access to recorded video (no need to digitize, ingest or create proxy video files) and metadata.
The multi-format AJ-HPX2000 features a native HD progressive 2/3" 3-CCD system that offers superb recording in 1080i, 720p, 480i, 576i and in a total of 17 high definition and standard definition formats. Designed to support versatile compression rates, the AJ-HPX2000 is switchable between DVCPRO HD/50/25 and DV as well as the new AVC-Intra codec, the industry’s most advanced image compression technology.
The AG-HPX500 teams the full production-quality of 2/3" 3-CCDs, DVCPRO HD, 4:2:2 sampling and independent frame encoding with the versatility of interchangeable lenses and the creativity of variable frame rates. The HPX500 records in 32 high definition and standard definition formats, including 1080i and 720p in production-proven, 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD, as well as DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV.
About Panasonic Broadcast
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Co. is a leading supplier of broadcast and professional video products and systems. Panasonic Broadcast is a unit company of Panasonic Corporation of North America. The company is the North American headquarters of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) of Japan, and the hub of its U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. For more information on Panasonic Broadcast products, visit http://www.panasonic.com/broadcast.
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