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Top Stories - August 1, 2013 Comcast Stock Rises 6% On Strong Q2 In what is becoming the cable equivalent of a broken record, Comcast reported yet another strong quarter on Wednesday, improving basic video customer losses, despite an aggressive push by telco competitors in its service territories. more Burke: NBCU Will Close 'Entitlement Gap' NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke told analysts and investors Wednesday that the company will continue to move towards closing what he called the "entitlement gap," or the disparity between the ad rates and retrans fees the programming giant receives compared to its peers. more Streaming Gives CBS Earnings A Boost CBS reported record earnings as digital streaming revenue bolstered its broadcasting business. Net earnings totaled $472 million up 11% from $427 million, as revenues grew 11% to $3.7 billion, led by a 22% increase in content licensing. more TWC Flirts with Google's Chromecast Count Time Warner Cable among those in a growing group that are noodling whether to integrate apps and services with Chromecast, Google's new $35 streaming adapter for TVs. more Video/Blogs MCN One-On-One In 2 Pivot TV's Evan Shapiro As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Battle For 'Young' Viewers: Social TV Shows Where It's Heading The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner 'Commercial Break' Test Drive Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Best of the NCTA's Tech Papers, Part 2 News TCA: Hulu's CEO Talks Kids Programming Ambitions, Premiere Strategy Crown Media Reports Higher Q2 Net Survey: Operators See More Opportunities Than Risks In OTT Independent Show: Analysts Laud Comcast Results FCC Opens Docket On Media General-New Young Broadcasting Merger Commerce Takes Some Flak Over Copyright Green Paper Amazon Greenlights Five More Kids Pilots NFL Network Chief Exec Bornstein To Step Down Former Nickelodeon Exec Marjorie Cohn To Run DreamWorks Animation TV Director of Media Sandbox - Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI GM - Network Operations - Olympusat, Inc. - West Palm Beach, FL Personal Assistant - Confidential - New York, NY Director, Public Relations - Sportsman Channel - New York, NY Sr. Manager, Traffic - Comcast Spotlight - Bethesda, MD See all career listings here. ©2013 NewBay Media, LLC

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Today's Top Stories #1 Making TVs Smart Part One: why most smart TVs still feel pretty dumb   by Janko Roettgers   Making TVs Smart is a three-part series that looks at why smart TVs have failed to take off — and what needs to happen for these devices to realize their vast potential. Look for parts two and three on Thursday and Friday. More» Why This Matters: As we so often do in these pages, we point you to the gripes and developments in consumer products because they help define user expectations. With this in mind also check out AVAD's Samsung Smart-TV evolution kit. –Cynthia Wisehart #2 Meyer Sound presents three technical papers on active acoustics   via AV Network   At the recent 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) in Montreal, Meyer Sound led three technical paper presentations focusing on the latest advances and applications of active acoustics, a field that has garnered widespread interest amongst multipurpose venues and the acoustics community. More» Why This Matters: The three papers are available for download including "Optimizing Acoustics for Spoken Word Using Active Acoustics", "Electronically Variable Room Acoustics—Motivations and Challenges", and a case study entitled "Active Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement at TUI Operettenhaus, Hamburg. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 The new audio geeks   by Steven Kurutz, New York Times   In his bachelor days in the late '80s, Philip Elias lived in a town house in Pittsburgh wired for jaw-dropping sound. He owned a Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 9500 music system with three pairs of B&O Penta 3 tower speakers, each set up in a different room. Sometimes he would invite friends over and crack open a new album as if he were uncorking a great bottle of wine. More» Why This Matters: This is just a fun New York Times feature story riffing (wishful thinking?) on the re-emergence of aspirational audio–people who think audio systems should be "furniture quality" in appearance, "like an Eames chair" and provide access to the pleasure of nuance in recordings of all kinds. Please let it be a trend. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. Panasonic introduces five short throw models in PT-TW330 projector range (Paul Milligan, AV Interactive) 5. Sony to open second DMPC(E) facility to help 4K filmmakers (Mike Wheatley, HDTV Test) 6. UHD TV panels to be new focus area for LCD panel makers (Anton Shilov, Xbitlabs) 7. Hands on with the Leap Motion Controller: cool but frustrating as hell (Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica) 8. What was the point of Windows RT? (John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine) 9. Muzik headphones allow users to share music directly from the headphones (Lisa Johnston, Twice) 10. From The Wire @svconline: Platinum Tools launches 10gig termination kit Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs from TWICE.com Independent Sales Representative - American Audio & Video - Multiple Locations Regional Account Representative - Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation - Western US Product Marketing Opportunities - Consumer Electronics - Maxell - Woodland Park, NJ Multiple Listings - iLuv Creative Technology - Port Washington, NY Account Manager - Max Borges Agency - Miami, FL Upcoming Events Big Book of AV Tour, Aug 8, Denver Vendopalooza: Aug 13th Elk Grove Village, IL Vendopalooza: Sept 5th Plainview, NY Vendocomm: Sept 10th, Bellevue, WA IBC 2013, Sept. 12-17, Amsterdam, Netherlands CEDIA Expo 2013, Sept. 25-28, Denver PLASA 2013, Oct. 6-9, London For more events, see our calendar. Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email SYSTEMS CONTRACTOR NEWS KIRSTEN NELSON, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x522 | Send Email AV TECHNOLOGY MARGOT DOUAIHY, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x 538 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS JEREMY GLOWACKI, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 ext 514 | Send Email

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Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring the Millennia HV-37 Two-Channel Preamplifier

July 31, 2013 New Products EastWest/Quantum Leap Stormdrum 3 Percussion Sample Library featuring Mickey Hart » iZ Technology High-Efficiency Power Supply for iZ RADAR 6 and ADA II » Sony Creative Software Sound Forge 11 & SpectraLayers Pro 2: Updates » Waves Audio & Wolfson: Utlizing BassMaxx Technologies » Today's Product Review Millennia HV-37 Two-Channel Preamplifier By Rich Tozzoli for Pro Audio Review Some reviews are easier than others. Luckily, we at PAR get to use a lot of what I’ve previously referred to as “the good stuff,” and Millennia’s HV-37 preamp squarely fits into the “good stuff” category. In my extensive use of the HV-37 in various acoustic recording applications, it gave me everything I needed. More » Today's Blog Pictures at an Exposition: Gear Expo 2013 By Steve Harvey Hosted by Vintage King at its VKLA showroom in Los Angeles, Gear Expo 2013 offered the capacity crowd an opportunity to demo gear, speak with manufacturer reps, watch live interviews and mingle with celebrity guests from the world of music production. Representatives were on hand from A-Designs Audio, Apogee Electronics, Auralex Acoustics, Blue Microphone, Chandler Limited, Eventide, Focal, Lynx Studio Technology, Maag Audio, Mojave Audio, SPL/Brauner, Overstayer, Phoenix Audio, Rascal Audio, Royer Labs, Standard Audio, Tree Audio, Wave Distribution and numerous other companies. Pensado, Vintage King Audio and VKLA, Ableton, Bedrock-LA, Avid, Infrasonic Mastering, isotope, Gobbler, The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing, Dorado Music Packaging, SAE Institute, Women's Audio Mission, MsDSP and Echopark sponsored the event. More » Events InfoComm/NewBay Rental Staging Roadshow, New York City » AES 51st Conference on Loudspeakers and Headphones, Helsinki, Finland » AES 52nd Conference on Sound Field Control—Engineering and Perception, Guildford, UK » 135th AES Convention, New York City »

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