AValive Provides AV Rental and Services at Hilton Riverside Wilmington NC

AValive "Your Coastal AV Source" was chosen as the AV Rental Vendor for a 150 person multi room convention held at the Wilmington NC Riverside Hilton May 14-15Th 2008. Services provided included full AV assist by 2 AV onsite engineers as was as LCD Projector and screen rentals, Wireless Mics, mixers, dvd players and much more.
AValive is the largest Sountern NC Coastal AV Rental and Services source serving Wilmington NC and Wrightsville beach and all surrounding towns. Call them at 910-790-0324 or email customerservice@avalive.com for more info

Cradlepoint announces an upgrade to the CTR350. The new CTR500 travel router!

Cradlepoint announces an upgrade to the CTR350. The new CTR500 travel router!

Our good friends at Cradlepoint have announced their upgrade to the CTR350. The CTR500 has everything you loved in the CTR350 plus additional features such as an Express Card Slot. AValive.com will be selling the CTR500 along with Cradlepoint's entire line. We are only taking pre-orders right now. The CTR500 isn't expected to ship till the beginning of June, 2008. Order today and be one of the first to receive this exciting new router.

More on the CTR500 from Cradlepoint:

"The CradlePoint CTR500 Cellular Travel Router creates a secure Wi-Fi Hotspot from broadband enabled cellular data modems. The CTR500 is the world's most compact router that is able to support BOTH Express Card and USB-style Cellular Modems. Powered by CradlePoint's WiPipe™ technology, it supports a wide variety of modems and handsets on the ATT, Verizon, Sprint, and Alltel networks and gives users hassle-free Wi-Fi access nearly anywhere."

Features

• Fully compliant 802.11b/g router
• Supports external 802.11 antenna (not included)
• Compatible with Express Card and USB style cellular modems (EVDO and HSDPA networks)
• Supports select handsets via USB cable
• 10/100 Ethernet port switchable as WAN or LAN
• Auto-failover mode for a compact broadband source backup solution
• Configurable adult content filtering and phishing protection
• Cellular signal strength indication on top panel eases site selection
• Powered by WiPipeTM technology

AValive HQ to be the first U.S. media market to switch to all-digital television broadcasts.

AValive HQ TO Test All-Digital-TV Service
In Small Market Before National Run

For the residents of Wilmington, N.C., the transition to digital television will come much sooner than expected.

The Federal Communications Commission has chosen Wilmington to be the first U.S. media market to switch to all-digital television broadcasts.

It is a last-minute test for the FCC and broadcasters, which are nervous about what will happen on Feb. 17 when most television signals change to digital from analog, potentially knocking out service to millions of Americans.

The FCC is expected to announce details Thursday. Wilmington will switch to digital on Sept. 8. News that Wilmington would be the test market was reported Wednesday morning by trade magazine TelevisionWeek.

"We certainly think the transition is important and we appreciate Wilmington's willingness to do it early," said FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in an interview. The FCC contacted seven media markets where broadcasters could potentially switch early, he said, but Wilmington was the only area to volunteer.

Wilmington is the nation's 135th-largest television market, with about 180,000 households, and the smallest in North Carolina, according to Nielsen Media Research. About 93% of the households there subscribe to cable or satellite services, slightly more than the national average.

The FCC has been looking for volunteers in smaller media markets to switch early, but most broadcasters have balked, concerned about losing advertising dollars and upsetting residents who would rather not be used as guinea pigs.

Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said the test represents "a huge opportunity for the Wilmington TV market to pave the way for the entire country."

The FCC estimates about 15.5 million U.S. households rely on free broadcast television. To reduce grumbling about the switch, the government set up a $40-coupon program to help consumers pay for set-top converter boxes. This week, the government announced that more than a million coupons have been redeemed.

AValive Provides Rental and Support Services to USS North Carolina Comissioning

AValive announced today that they provided rental and staging support services to the USS North Carolina Sub commissioning that took place over the week of May 1-6 2008.

AValive provided IT support to the crew as well as av staging support for the event held Saturday May 3rd on the pier at the Port of Wilmington NC

AValive Provides AV Rental And Support Services for President Clinton in NC .

AValive was chosen to provide AV support services for former President Bill Clinton while touring Eastern NC for his wife Hillary Clinton's campaign for President 2008. AValive was chosen nationally for this honor and provided Wireless Microphones for Audio and custom speakers and mixers as well as AV engineer support services. AValive was chosen for this honor because they have the largest inventory of AV Rentals in the Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach NC area and provide LOCAL AV tech and engineering services.

AValive provides AV Support Services to President Clinton While Touring NC

AValive was chosen to provide AV support services for former President Bill Clinton while touring Eastern NC for his wife Hillary Clinton's campaign for President 2008. AValive was chosen nationally for this honor and provided Wireless Microphones for Audio and custom speakers and mixers as well as AV engineer support services. AValive was chosen for this honor because they have the largest inventory of AV Rentals in the Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach NC area and provide LOCAL AV tech and engineering services.

NewTek Unveils TimeWarp, a High-Performance Replay Controller for TriCaster

NewTek Unveils TimeWarp™, a High-Performance Replay Controller for TriCaster™

Accessory allows the ability to immediately add slow motion and instant replay to live productions

San Antonio, TX -- April 14, 2008 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today introduced TimeWarp™, an optional USB-connected replay controller for its line of TriCaster™ portable live production systems. TimeWarp extends the capabilities of TriCaster by providing producers with a dedicated operator for video playback to perform instant slow motion replay at adjustable speeds on-the-fly during live productions. Together, TriCaster and TimeWarp bring a higher level of sophistication to live sports and fast-paced event coverage.

Producers are used to marking in and out points when editing video, but TimeWarp allows this to be done instantly by a single operator or team during a live production. As an event is recorded or streamed with TriCaster, a segment of video can be bracketed and sent to an internal VCR to be played back in slow motion.

“TimeWarp greatly adds to the immediacy and flexibility of TriCaster-powered productions. Producers are now able to create professional presentations that surpass client and audience expectations with instant replay and slow motion from any venue,” said Andrew Cross, NewTek’s Executive VP, Software Engineering. “The clips are captured and played back quickly and easily without interrupting the technical director.”

TriCaster™ enables sports organizations, corporate communications departments, broadcasters, schools and others to provide a whole new level of extended programming and content to their fans, partners and other audiences. Now, a single operator can produce a live show switching between as many as six cameras with two VCR’s, multi-channel effects, and NewTek’s proprietary virtual sets and keying technology using TriCaster™. With it, virtually anyone can produce network quality live video, which can be distributed simultaneously via video, web stream and projector.

Pricing and Availability
NewTek TimeWarp will be available d for $995US and is also available internationally.

About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is an Emmy® Award-winning and leading provider of full-featured video editing, live production, presentation, animation and special effects tools including TriCaster™, TriCaster Pro™, TriCaster STUDIO™, TriCaster BROADCAST™, VT[5]™, SpeedEDIT™, 3D Arsenal™, LightWave 3D® and LightWave Rendition™ for Adobe® Photoshop®.

Buy NewTek TimeWarp™ at AValive.com when it becomes available.