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>3G WIRELESS
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nnovation, Reliability, Customer Service, and Incredibly Talented People. These are the pillars 3g has built as its foundation to lead the way forward in RF video, audio, and specialty camera solutions for the broadcast industry. By combining these qualities with a relentless desire to push the boundaries of technology, 3g creates the partnering relationships that foster collaboration with our customers to find new solutions and efficiencies that deliver higher quality and results. We are and will continue to define the next generation of RF and specialty camera broadcast technology.
>ADVANCED IMAGE ROBOTICS
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IR provides a cloud-native REMI production platform that makes the live event camerato-viewer workflow radically less expensive, simpler, and more sophisticated. We combine connected, app-controlled digital cine-cameras with cloud-based routing, switching, graphics, and comms over a standard internet connection so your crew (including camera ops) can work from anywhere. No production truck needed and fewer crew onsite, means live event broadcasting is easier than ever. The AIR platform is better, faster, and a fraction of the cost of whatever you’re doing now.
> ADVANCED SYSTEMS GROUP
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dvanced Systems Group (ASG), announced its Virtual Production Control Room, a remote production service powered by Google Cloud that allows real-time, broadcast-quality coverage of live events. ASG’s VPCR uses cloudbased production tools from several established industry vendors to deliver a powerful virtual control room solution. A complete cloud solution, VPCR requires no on-prem services to deliver cost-effective content complete with dynamic switching effects, graphics, animations, and captions. Video and audio streams are encrypted for security, and access to each production is fully controlled. The system also supports major videoconferencing applications with multiple live participants. Driven by the need for remote production solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the VPCR system was developed around a multi-vendor environment that
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communicated on a standard, unified signal. It has been refined over the past year by addressing real-world challenges, including redundancy and reliability, while producing multiple shows with ASG clients.
>AE LIVE
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E Live continues to be a world-leading provider of broadcast solutions to global sports governing bodies, broadcasters, and production companies. We specialize in capturing, processing, and visualizing live sports data using innovative, creative, and informative on-screen graphics and augmented reality. We create, develop, and deliver virtual studios, on-air graphics, optimized feeds, graphics systems, virtual advertising, and in-stadia solutions across a broad range of platforms in multiple languages. As AE Live celebrates its 30th birthday, our reputation has been forged upon our ability to consistently deliver reliable, market leading innovative services in every corner of the globe with offices in the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, and the United States.
>ALL MOBILE VIDEO
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s one of the country’s premier providers of end-to-end video and audio solutions, we offer a full spectrum of production services: Mobile Production Units, Sound Stages, Post-Production, Streaming Services, Equipment Sales & Rentals, and Centralized Master Control. The All Mobile Video team commits to serving clients and building relationships, catering to the individual needs of each production with unparalleled attention to detail. From Video and Audio Engineers, Camera Operators, Editors, Graphics Specialists, Sound Designers, to Production Support — AMV boasts an experience level to rival anyone in the broadcast industry with a solid team of smart, strategically driven and highly trained thinkers.
>ALPHA VIDEO
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he Sports Group continues to specialize in helping clients find ways to use technology to engage fans, enhance teams, and expand revenue. Now more than ever, cutting edge, affordable solutions that allow our clients to connect with fans wherever they can safely be is more
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important than ever. We are remote production experts, having helped multiple media publishers, teams, and leagues pivot some of their postproduction and live production systems to remote and virtual models over the last two years. We are currently working on several new hybrid projects that combine the best of onpremise production facilities with the capabilities of cloud-based, remote production facilities. We are also near completion on several other large projects, including full control room upgrades for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Sporting KC; a control room for Nashville MLS’s new stadium; a new esports production facility for Wisdom Gaming; and more.
> ARCTEK SATELLITE PRODUCTIONS
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RCTEK Satellite Productions will introduce a Ku-band Sprinter in mid-2022 that will pack a ton of capability hitting all your REMI and transmission needs. It joins their recently upgraded trucks (Black, Purple [both C-band] and Magenta [Ku-band]) with the ability to transmit a 10-path HD mux in HDR, 1080p, or 4K. ARCTEK can also service your encodingonly needs with a compact Mercedes Benz Metris outfitted with encoders, decoders, and monitors. In addition to college sports and pro bull riding, ARCTEK transmitted another season of Sunday Night Football and provided pre/ post-game production for BTN’s college football playoff coverage. ARCTEK is the company you want to call when you need reliability. ARCTEK is proud of its talented team who are ready to roll nationwide with its well-equipped Sprinter satellite trucks (three Ku-band and two C-band). When you think satellite, think ARCTEK. Nothing is more reliable than satellite.
> ASTOUND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
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stound Business Solutions, formerly RCN Business, provides IT leaders with highcapacity, secure connectivity for mission-critical applications while increasing overall agility and responsiveness to customer needs. As a national telecommunications provider, we offer advanced solutions that are delivered over a
