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Tempe, Ariz., June 6 – Orban®, a worldwide leader in audio processing for broadcasting and the Internet, has announced the list of cities that the Orban Mobile Broadcast Laboratory fleet of vehicles will visit in June and July of 2005. Stops will include several SBE Chapter meetings and key radio and television station groups. Broadcasters across the country will see the latest in audio processing technologies developed by Bob Orban, Greg Ogonowski and the Orban team, the world’s most accomplished transmission audio processing engineers for broadcast and the Internet.
“We are looking forward to seeing our dealers and customers as we bring the Orban line of products directly to their doors,” said Orban President, Chairman and CEO Jay Brentlinger. “With the demonstrations we will be doing in the USA and the numerous visits we will be making with the European Mobile Broadcast Laboratory, broadcasters around the world will see the best audio processing products and codec technologies available anywhere.”
On the tour, broadcasters get hands-on opportunities with the newest audio processing technologies for radio, television, and Internet broadcasting. The new Orban Optimod-FM 8500, Optimod-FM 8400 Signature Series, Orban Optimod-FM 8300 version 2, Optimod-FM 5300, Orban Optimod-TV 8382, Orban Optimod-PC 1100, the entire CRL Amigo line of processors, and much more, will be found on-board. Engineers, Program Directors, Operation Managers, General Managers, and Production Directors nationwide will be visited.
Also on board will be state-of-the-art FM RF Metering (FM_MC4) and RBDS encoding (FMB80) units from Audemat-Aztec. For 25 years Audemat-Aztec (www.audemat-aztec.com) has been developing innovative products for AM, FM, and TV broadcasters. The Audemat-Aztec product range includes field strength meters with GPS receivers and modulation monitors built-in, remote facilities management in AM, FM and TV, and world-class RDS encoders.
The company recently signed an agreement with Ibiquity and is currently developing metering and monitoring units for HD Radio. In addition, Audemat-Aztec has won a total of 9 awards for 5 years in row at NAB.
The following Orban MBL tour schedule is subject to change:
June 2 – 3
Little Rock AR
June 6 – 10
Memphis & Nashville TN
June 14 – 17
Jackson MS
June 21 – 24
Birmingham AL
June 28 – July 1
Shreveport & Monroe LA
July 6 – 8
Little Rock / Pine Bluff AR
July 12 – 15
Kansas City MO
July 19 – 22
St. Louis MO
July 26 – 29
Louisville KY
Broadcasters in the designated cities and along the tour route who have not been contacted and would like to become part of the tour are invited to call Orban to schedule a visit. For more information, contact David Rusch at +1 480 403-8300 or by e-mail at drusch@orban.com.
Orban is a world leader in the design and manufacture of transmission audio processors for broadcasting and the Internet. For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 480 403-8300, fax +1 480 403-8301 or Email: drusch@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.
About Orban
Founded in 1970 by Bob Orban, the world’s foremost expert in transmission audio processing for broadcast, Orban leads the industry in the design and manufacture of audio processors for radio, television and Internet broadcasting. Recognized for its standard-setting Optimod ® digital audio processors and the Audicy digital audio workstation, the Orban name has become synonymous with reliable, high performance products. Today, its versatile audio processing equipment, editing tools and codecs are the products of choice in fast-paced production environments worldwide. In 2000, Orban ® was acquired by CRL — a manufacturer of high-quality digital and analog audio processing, transmission encoding, and noise reduction equipment. Orban now accounts for the majority of the global market for radio, TV and Internet audio processing. As technology evolves, Orban continues to innovate with state-of-the-art audio processing products for DAB, DTV and streaming media.
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