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The manufacturer of desktop editing systems also enters switcher market
Following up on its acquisition last summer of HewlettPackard's broadcast video server business, Pinnacle
Systems will travel to NAB 2000 with a new server, the Media-Stream 300.
The latest server product from Pinnacle, which is best-known for its desktop effects and editing systems, is designed for small to midsize broadcasters who want to shift some jobs from tape to disk-based operation but aren't ready to make the investment in a high-end MediaStream 700 or 1600 server. Unlike Pinnacle's Thunder server, which is directed toward video production, the MediaStream 300 is aimed squarely at master-control functions, such as spot playback, time delay and caching, and can...