September 21st, 2009
New-Look Group Highlights Full Range of AM, FM & HD Solutions in Philadelphia - Miami, 18th September 2009-
WorldCast Systems, the newly-rebranded group comprising leading broadcast brands, Audemat, Ecreso and APT will be showcasing a wide range of new and updated products for professional radio applications at the 2009 NAB Radio Show.
Offering both stand-alone solutions and complete turnkey systems for the studio, transmitter site and coverage area, WorldCast Systems Inc works with broadcasters to deploy reliable and cost-effective solutions for the delivery, transmission and monitoring of AM, FM and Digital Radio throughout the US.
Debuting at this year’s Radio Show will be a new version of Audemat’s extremely successful HD Radio modulation monitor, the Goldeneagle HD. Relied upon by broadcasters throughout the US, the GOLDENEAGLE HD performs real-time monitoring of the quality and continuity of multiple FM, AM analog and HD programs and notifies the relevant personnel of any problems by sending an alarm.
Goldeneagle HD 2.0 offers a new hardware platform and a new HD Receiver for the decoding, monitoring and streaming of advanced HD Data. This new version, which also supports advanced RDS monitoring, enables broadcasters to comprehensively and continually supervise the performance of the data channel and ensure that lucrative services such as HD traffic and iTunes tagging operate without a hitch. With iBiquity HDP support, system settings such as analog audio diversity delay can be automatically set according to operating conditions.
Goldeneagle HD 2.0 offers much more than monitoring – it also provides powerful transmitter remote control. Supplied as standard with the unit, Audemat’s Scripteasy V2 software is a powerful graphical tool that enables the user to easily create complex scripts and routines for remote control and monitoring. Scripteasy’s Easylink package provides an API and pre-written scripts and views for the Harris Z Platinum series and the Ecreso FM Transmitter line.
Also featured at the Radio Show will be Ecreso’s new line of FM Transmitters.
Based on a modular, hot-swappable architecture, the new line is composed of a series of 1kW amplifiers, each of them redundant and offering 2 MOSFETs with an independent power supply. This new line provides broadcasters with a cost-effective, reliable and space-efficient option for FM transmission.
Ecreso also offer the industry’s only ‘All in One’ FM transmitter solution which combines a 1, 20 or 100W FM exciter/transmitter with powerful digital audio processing, stereo encoding, RDS encoding, audio back-up, I/O remote control and TCP/IP connectivity – all in a slimline 3U enclosure.
At the Radio Show, visitors can see the new advanced audio back-up feature on the Next FM (also available on the Digiplexer series) which enables a broadcaster to playout audio files in MP3 and .WAV format from a 40Gb hard drive should the audio input fail. The music can be easily organized in up to 10 playlists and scheduled for play back with configurable cross fading between each audio file.
For those interested in audio delivery, the firm will be showcasing the new WorldCast Equinox which is the latest addition to APT’s range of IP Audio Codecs. It was introduced earlier this year at NAB where it was honoured with a “Cool Stuff” Award from Radio World in recognition of the wide range of professional features it offered at a very affordable price. As well as IP audio transport, the WorldCast Equinox also offers an X.21 interface, two BRI ports, a wide range of algorithms and multiple levels of redundancy.
“The combined product portfolio and expertise of Audemat, Ecreso and APT means that we can offer fully integrated and reliable broadcast systems for audio delivery, transmission and monitoring within a wide range of budgets,” states Christophe Poulain, President of WorldCast Systems Inc. “
With a new-look for our group and an extensive range of professional and affordable broadcast solutions, we are really looking forward to meeting with broadcasters at the NAB Radio Show and discussing how we can help them with their current requirements.”
WorldCast Systems incorporating Audemat, Ecreso and APT will be exhibiting at Booth 433, NAB Radio Show, Philadelphia, September 23rd-25th.
About WorldCast Systems:
WorldCast Systems (http://www.worldcastsystems.com) is a world-class provider of turnkey solutions to the international broadcast market.
Encompassing the industry-leading brands of Audemat, APT & Ecreso, WorldCast Systems offers a wide range of reliable, innovative and high performing broadcast products for the studio site, transmitter site and the coverage area.
Product lines include: world-class RDS encoders, AM, FM & HD digital audio processors, audio codecs for IP, E1/T1, ISDN and leased line, video over IP multiplexers, FM and DVB transmitters, high precision test equipment for FM, GPS field strength meters for HD, FM, DVB with built-in modulation monitors; RF monitoring equipment; and transmitter remote control for HD, AM, FM and TV (ATSC, DVB).
WorldCast Systems specialises in the development of efficient, multi-purpose products under its “Radio All in One” brand. This range combines many functions into a single unit enabling savings on cost, space, time and energy.
The group focus on innovation has ensured that WorldCast System products have been selected for over 15 prestigious awards at the NAB Show over the past 10 years.
WorldCast Systems is privately owned by the board of Directors, as well as capital investors. Headquartered in Bordeaux-Merignac, France, the group also has offices in Miami, Belfast, New-Delhi and Beijing and employs over 150 staff worldwide.
For more information on WorldCast Systems including Audemat, APT, and Ecreso products, please contact: Gillian Wylie at +44 28 90 677200 (gwylie@aptcodecs.com)
