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The winners in the toughest ratings fight have one thing in common: Thomson Grass Valley™ multiformat and HD digital news production systems.

They're installed at leading station groups in the top five U.S. markets -- and at leading news outlets worldwide. With a complete workflow that spans acquisition, production and playout, it's clear that when you're watching the news, you're watching Grass Valley technology at work.

For more information about Thomson Grass Valley products, please visit thomsongrassvalley.com.
 
Thomson Grass Valley Articles
Success Stories summarize customer installations, each focused on a particular use of the Thomson Grass Valley HD technology.
 


Developing a New HD Outside Broadcast Truck
by Wilbert Kooij, November 27, 2007
Head of Technical Investment, DutchView

We felt the time was right to offer high definition capabilities, so we set out to build a new truck, which we call DV2. more


Thomson Grass Valley Xensium CMOS Provides Unique HD Vision For Today And Tomorrow
by Ken Kerschbaumer, November 27, 2007
Sports Video Group

Producers are always in search of the best images possible to make their HD productions stand out. That’s why shipments of Thomson’s new Grass Valley™ Xensium™ chip, a high performance CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) imager that will be included in Thomson’s Grass Valley Infinity™ Digital Media Camcorder and future cameras, are eagerly anticipated. more


Thomson Grass Valley Indigo AV Mixer Supports Inspirational Effort
November 27, 2007

The church, which began eight years ago initially rented space in the local high school gymnasium, is now the largest religious facility serving this fast-growing community. At the heart of its AV support is the new Thomson Grass Valley™ Indigo™ AV Mixer. more


Freeing Up Production With Thomson Grass Valley’s Wireless Control
by Ronny van Geel, June 19, 2007
Product Manager, Camcorders for Grass Valley

When Thomson Grass Valley introduced its Infinity Series Digital Media Camcorder (DMC), it described the standard- and high-definition camcorder as revolutionary in its design and adoption of IT technology that would significantly improve file-based workflows in a number of ways. more


Portland’s KOIN-DT Ignites News Production With Thomson Grass Valley
April 6, 2007

As stations across the country make the transition to digital operations, as well as high-definition broadcasting, in anticipation of the government-mandated analog shutdown in February 2009, they’re looking for easy-to-implement and cost-effective technology and systems that make the conversion manageable. more


Thomson Grass Valley Integrated Production System Ignites Staff At KSNW-DT
April 6, 2007

The practical benefits that KSNW-DT, the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, is enjoying after installing a Grass Valley Ignite integrated production system from Thomson, go far beyond increased productivity and reduced on-air errors. Much to the station management’s surprise, it has brought the staff closer together, where they now work as a cohesive team to produce four highly rated daily newscasts. more


The Future of Video Servers
by Ross Summers, November 15, 2006
Director, Next Generation Products, Grass Valley

When the Profile video server was launched in 1994, it was a genuine revolution in broadcast technology. For the first time systems designers had a source of instant access to a mass of content. Now it is inconceivable that any new playout or news system would be designed without a video server as the heart of its storage and playout system. more


Field Acquisition - Handing the Options Back to the User
by John Naylor, August 11, 2006
Director, Infinity Program

 
If you look at any broadcast center today, you will see that operations are dominated not by tapes but by servers. The same point increasingly applies to news studios. Tapeless delivery is already with us. The bottleneck comes when tape-based acquisition comes up against tapeless post-production and delivery. more