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News from 2010...
162 boards for ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG's HD production upgrade
December Who's buying what...?
Helping EastEnders to go HD
Crystal Vision interface in BBC Studios & Post Production's first 1080 50p studio
September Who's buying what...?
"Coronation Street" goes HD
July Who's buying what...?
April Who's buying what...?
News from 2009...
317 interface boards installed at The London Studios
December Who's buying what...?
September Who's buying what...?
135 Q-Downs used to down convert the tennis at Wimbledon
July Who's buying what...?
March Who's buying what...?
News from 2008...
TVNZ uses HD embedders for Olympic broadcasts to 104 countries
Clip N Key enhances ITV's action replays
BBC Studios' Studio Four goes HD
Fibre boards bowl them over at Trent Bridge
Hollyoaks goes HD
News from 2007...
Biggest order of the year comes from Doordarshan
English football clubs choose Crystal Vision for aspect ratio conversion
undbitte selects Safire for new shopping channel
Safire HD provides chroma keying for UK's first live HD VR graphics transmission
News from 2006...
Two HD chroma keyers for PVI Virtual Media Services
STV chooses Crystal Vision for regional news studios
72 Up-and-downs convert the BBC's first HD studio
Crystal Vision chosen for SKAI's new installation
Four HD chroma keyers for Sportvision's virtual billboard advertising
Modified frames for Nine Network's news helicopters
Crystal Vision is exclusive interface supplier for Scottish TV
Another 63 TANDEMS for ESPN Star Sports
GMTV uses Safire for Trafficlink travel bulletins
News from 2005...
More success in Russia: Zvezda chooses Crystal Vision
De Montfort University is first UK customer for Safire HD
Crystal Vision chosen for Siberia OB trucks
ProSiebenSat.1 uses SYNAD-E for surround sound
BBC uses 28 Crystal Vision video delays for general election
BBC Wales broadcasts National Assembly debates with help from Crystal Vision
BBC Wales uses Crystal Vision interface for studio C1 upgrade
News from 2004...
BBC Weather chooses Safire chroma keyer for new presentation format
TANDEM gets interactive with BSkyB
Channel Nine uses 48V for nine news vehicles
ESPN STAR Sports chooses Crystal Vision interface to reach 185 million viewers
55 interface boards for Cologne Broadcast Centre
ShARC-XP and ViViD provide answer for Channel 4's graphics generator
BBC uses new ShARC-XP for Euro 2004 aspect ratio conversion
BBC pioneers new method of keying for 'Fightbox' using Safire
Quick delivery keeps Millbank Studios on air
Magyar Television selects Crystal Vision for sport
The Hospital chooses Crystal Vision's flexible toolbox

 
Transport teletext and closed captions with Up-Down-ATX 3G (December 2011)
  Crystal Vision has added two new data handling features to its Up-Down-ATX 3G flagship up/down/cross converter, part of the company's most successful range of products. The customer-requested new features are the transport of closed captions between different definitions and the transport of teletext data when down convering. Read full story...

Import and export up to 255 presets on MultiLogo logo keyer (December 2011)
  Crystal Vision has added another new feature to the MultiLogo logo keyer, the most feature-packed, space-saving and easy-to-use modular solution to HD or SD station branding. The new Preset Import/Export feature allows the operator to easily copy settings from one board to another and is perfect for those systems involving multiple logo keyers. Read full story...

Saving money and space with CWDM (December 2011)
  As our fibre optics become more popular than ever before, we are delighted to announce that we can now provide CWDM lasers - allowing you to get multiple signals through one fibre and saving you money and rack space. Read full story...

The product releases of 2011 (December 2011)
  2011 has seen the launch of some of our very best interface products to date, which have been evaluated and selected for some of the biggest projects in the broadcast industry. Here's a reminder of those products. Read full story...

Who's buying what...? (December 2011)
  It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA. Read full story...

The solution to large lip-sync errors (September 2011)
  New from Crystal Vision is AVDELAY 3G - an audio/video delay designed for correcting large lip-sync errors on incoming 3Gb/s, HD or SD signals containing up to four groups of embedded audio. The audio and video delay are independently adjustable, allowing the user to change the relative audio/video timing by several seconds in either direction. Read full story...

New features for an even safer switch (September 2011)
  Crystal Vision has added new features to its Safe Switch-L 3G, which provides clean and intelligent 2 x 2 switching between two 3Gb/s, HD or SD sources and is the only way to guarantee a clean switch. The two new features are processed frozen picture detection and sophisticated operation on loss of reference. Read full story...

Text insertion and more GPIs for MultiLogo logo keyer (September 2011)
  Crystal Vision has introduced enhancements to the MultiLogo logo keyer, the most feature-packed, space-saving and easy-to-use modular solution to HD or SD station branding. With MultiLogo having its most successful year yet, these new features provide the control of multiple logo keyers, text insertion functionality and an additional 16 GPIs for the recall of presets. Read full story...

104 boards for the University of York's state-of-the-art building (September 2011)
  Crystal Vision has been chosen as the exclusive modular interface supplier for a multi-million pound development by the University of York. This major investment by one of the UK's top ten universities includes 104 Crystal Vision boards for distributing, down converting, synchronising, switching, embedding and de-embedding the signals for two HD television studios in a brand new building designed for the Theatre, Film and Television department, with he boards selected and installed by Leeds-based systems integrator AVC. Read full story...

Who's buying what...? (September 2011)
  It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Pakistan, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. Read full story...

Two outputs and two synchronisers on new up/down/cross converter (July 2011)
  Crystal Vision is delighted to announce the release of the Up-Down-S 3G up/down/cross converter. Available in four different versions to suit all applications, Up-Down-S 3G takes all the great features of the hightly successful Up-Down 3G and adds signal timing functionality - meaning you can now synchronise sources timed to a different reference or correct any processing delays while you are up or down converting. Read full story...

Crystal Vision appoints product expert for North America (July 2011)
  Experienced broadcast engineer Chris McLendon has joined Crystal Vision as Senior Product Engineer, North America. In this new role, Chris will provide engineering expertise on the full Crystal Vision range, giving pre-sales and post-sales technical assistance and training and sharing his knowledge at SMPTE meetings - as well as being the Crystal Vision support contact for North America. Read full story...

German distributor SHM Broadcast celebrates ten years (July 2011)
  Crystal Vision's distributor in Germany, SHM Broadcast, celebrated its ten years in the industry with a two day Open House on 25th and 26th May. The idea behind the Open House was to celebrate the ten years together with some of SHM Broadcast's customers (including ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Kabel BW, MTI, Plazamedia, ProSiebenSat.1, RBT and Telekom) and to discuss the new trends, latest products and future projects - as well as enjoying a Bavarian Beergarden Party on the first evening! Read full story...

Who's buying what...? (July 2011)
  It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Albania, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mozambique, Poland, Slovenia, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA. Read full story...

How to get a clean switch (April 2011)
  New from Crystal Vision and already generating a lot of interest is Safe Switch 3G, which provides clean and intelligent 2 x 2 switching between two 3Gb/s, HD or SD sources and was developed following a request from a broadcaster who could not find a clean switch with the features and high performance they required. Read full story...

New features for Q-Down down converters (April 2011)
  Q-Down-A 3G has been upgraded to become Q-Down-AG 3G, with the new features including enhanced GPI flexibility for those that want to connect the best-selling short-delay down converter to control switches or drive lights, and the ability to cope with both analogue and digital SD blanking widths. Read full story...

SYNNER-E 3G multi-functional synchroniser now shipping (April 2011)
  SYNNER-E 3G is now shipping. With hundreds sold already, the multi-functional SYNNER-E 3G has been evaluated and selected as the synchroniser for major broadcast industry projects, thanks to its ability to simplify system designs. Read full story...

44 long video delays selected for Europe's largest video artwork (April 2011)
  Swedish creative audiovisual solutions company Informationsteknik is using 44 of Crystal Vision's ViViD HD-20 long video delays to create the largest permanent video artwork in Europe. Created by French Colombian visual artist Tania Gutierrez and opened in December 2010, "Elsewhere" is a multi-projection video artwork in the Malmo C Nedre underground station, Sweden. Read full story...

Now select your fibre options (and DA6) on System Builder (April 2011)
  The System Builder free online product selector at www.crystalvision.tv has just been updated, and now includes the facility to select the integrated fibre options and DA6 top board for modules being added to the system. System Builder is the easiest way to put together a system using Crystal Vision products. Read full story...

Who's buying what...? (April 2011)
  It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. Read full story...