Advanced Systems Group

Submitted by Dave Van Hoy, Advanced Systems Group, CMMA Gold Circle Partner CMMA e-visions The breakneck pace of today’s changing digital workflow makes many people nostalgic for the days when there was one broadcast standard and most projects were distributed to the masses on VHS tapes. Today, there are so many different ways to deliver [...]

With the move to file-based formats, storing and managing video that pours into TV stations is not as easy as it was in the days when it was on tape and you could label it and put it on a shelf. There is no single, cookie-cutter solution that will suffice for all stations. The needs [...]

Broadcast Engineering One facet of broadcasting that is undergoing great change is the newsroom. Although many broadcasters are dealing with an HD upgrade, that’s not really where the radical changes are happening. From acquisition to delivery, mobile devices are changing the way that news is created and consumed. Dave Van Hoy, president of the Advanced [...]

A former sound engineer for both George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, McGovern talks about his new role and why even solo shops need integrators Beth Marchant Source: Studio Monthly             Throughout his long and varied career, Tim McGovern has been a radio engineer, a pioneering sound engineer at Skywalker [...]

by Dave Van HoyTVTechnology.com LAS VEGAS—If you spent any time on the show floor at the 2011 NAB Show last month, one trend was very clear: Tape is dead. Sure, tape is thriving as an archive platform – with new products from companies like Quantum and FOR-A on display at the show – but when [...]

by Claudia Kienzle TVTechnology.com LAS VEGAS—While stereo 3D and Mobile DTV are hot buzzwords for this year’s NAB Show, system integrators say that products for creating cost-efficient file-based workflows is their top priority. Without a robust, automated file-based workflow, broadcasters can’t easily repurpose media content that’s compliant with every diverse target medium including home distribution, [...]

by John Merli TVTechnology.com ALEXANDRIA, VA.—While the economy continues to right itself, broadcast executives and the other usual suspects soon head for the NAB Show in Las Vegas with a healthy ‘wish list’ of interests—notably file-based transfer options, archiving solutions, Mobile DTV, loudness controls, and various HD upgrading. COX MEDIA GROUP Dave Siegler, Cox Media [...]

 . . . The Omneon media storage and processing platform, delivered by systems integrator Advanced Systems Group, supports our digitization of existing tape-based media and, in turn, provides a centralized repository from which we can access video with ease. The upgrade of our Omneon systems also has positioned us to accommodate new distribution and acquisition [...]