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| Azcar has outstanding, experienced professionals,
the right industry experience, and the highest levels
of enthusiasm and ability to meet your needs. From the
start AZCAR focuses on understanding your long-term
needs and providing a comprehensive quality service
offering. Following are examples of AZCAR’s previous
projects. These projects represent a broad range of
solutions to illustrate the depth of expertise within
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| Broadcasters, Media & Entertainment (Network origination, Multiple station owners, Production facilities, Transmission/Distribution) |
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| Public Broadcasting |
| Penn State Public Broadcasting |
| Penn State Public Broadcasting
(PSPB) selected AZCAR to help them design
and move its PBS television and NPR radio
facilities, WPSX and WPSU, from the Wagner
Annex on Penn State University’s Main
Campus to the brand new Outreach Innovation
Building several miles away.
During the move, PSPB also wanted to
upgrade its core infrastructure from analog
to digital to be ready for a future move
to a full high definition broadcast facility.
The new PSPB facility includes new digital
video and audio routing switchers, digital
SD and HD multi-stream master control
with multiimage monitor wall, new digital
terminal gear, digital intercom and a
range of conversion equipment for maintaining
the use of critical analog legacy hardware.
Additionally, the move required the relocation
of STL/TSL microwave systems serving two
transmitter sites, several satellite antennas
including the station’s primary
6.1m PBS dish, the installation of 3 new
steerable 4.8m antennas along with a new
digital production switcher and character
generator for the PSPB production suite.
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| University of North Carolina (UNC-TV) |
| AZCAR was awarded a major
contract to design and integrate all-new
digital HDTV production control rooms, transmission
and studio facilities by the University
of North Carolina Center for Public Television
(UNC-TV). The facility includes a total
of two 256 x 256 wideband digital routers,
four 256 x 256 AES routers, two HD video
production control rooms with accompanying
multi-channel audio production control rooms,
HD studio camera systems, HD format converters,
HD tape area, HD graphics and a RTS ADAM
intercom.
This large Network Operations Center
(NOC) project represents a continuation
of our many successes in Public Broadcasting.
Projects such as AETN in Arkansas, PPTN
in Pennsylvania, WQPT in Illinois, and
WPSX in Pennsylvania are just a few. AZCAR
has demonstrated our expertise in High
Definition TV production and transmission
facilities at commercial and public broadcast
facilities for over 6 years. UNC-TV is
North Carolina's statewide digital public
television network, made possible by a
unique partnership of public investment
and private support.
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| Broadband & Network Operators (Cable/Telco/Satellite DTH) |
| Turner Entertainment Network |
Azcar was please to be commissioned
by Turner Entertainment Network to assist
with the conceptual detailed system design
& installation of their HDTV Network
MC Facility.
This 193,000-square- foot facility handles
19 cable network channels for US domestic,
Latin and SA markets, as well as an additional
infrastructure capacity for well over 60
more future channels. The project required
a sophisticated and ultra reliable dual
path router with redundant control infrastructure,
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| News Gathering and Transmitting Vehicles and Mobile Production Facilities |
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| Emerging Technologies Telecommunications/Cable/Mobile |
| Modeo |
Mobile TV — television,
radio, and podcast services delivering compelling
content to mobile devices — is the
latest market phenomenon to hit the iPod
generation. MobileTV technology is here
today and AZCAR is at the forefront. We
were delighted to work with Modeo, a subsidiary
of Crown Castle International, to develop
a state-of-the-art DVB-H based broadcast
center that meets the challenge of delivering
high quality content to mobile devices.
Modeo’s goal was to deploy a national
mobile TV broadcast network based on the
DVB-H international standards. AZCAR provided
systems design and technology integration
services for the Modeo Mobile Media Broadcast
Center, as well as the demonstration system.
AZCAR was appointed as the independent
systems integrator, to bring together
a “best in class” DVB-H facility.
Suppliers include Microsoft, Thales/Thomson,
Evertz, Motorola, Omneon, Scientific Atlanta,
Hewlett-Packard, Harmonic, Newtec, Patriot
and ATCI.
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| Performance Venues and Production Facilities |
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| LDS - New Assembly Building |
AZCAR completed systems integration of a two-year project for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. AZCAR designed, built, and commissioned the broadcast facilities in the Church’s New Assembly Building, a magnificent and modern 22,000-seat theater fully supported with both SDTV and HDTV televisions capability and separate sound reinforcement and program audio systems. These broadcast facilities include two video and audio production control rooms along with editing, videotape and master control facilities. Unique to this project were the two SDI and HDSDI output streams that broadcast events with simultaneous presentation, initially in over 60 languages and in up to 100 languages today. This four-phase project included consulting and engineering phases for implementation of the projects.
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| Technical Training |
| Nextel Corporation |
AZCAR is pleased to provide
Sprint Nextel with specialized training
services related to the 2GHz TV BAS relocation
project to more than 900 U.S. TV stations
throughout 2007 and 2008.
The FCC has charged Sprint Nextel and
incumbent licensees in the 1.9GHz-2.1GHz
range with transitioning that spectrum
to new uses under a new band plan. Based
in Pittsburgh, AZCAR will help broadcasters
navigate the complexities of the spectrum
relocation and to understand the new equipment
that is currently being installed around
the country.
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