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Oser Communications Group Las Vegas Monday, April 24, 2017 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH NAB An interview with Michael Rosso, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Continental Electronics Corporation. BSD: Tell our readers about Continental Electronics. MR: Continental Electronics is a U.S. manufacturer that is rich in RF experi- ence and has been trusted to provide the most innovative RF solutions worldwide for over 70 years. Our expertise covers INNOVATIVE RF SOLUTIONS FROM CONTINENTAL ELECTRONICS An interview with Shawn Teague, Unity Intercom. BSD: What is Unity Intercom? ST: Unity Intercom is a com- pletely new communication system. It's an app that runs on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows hardware and allows you to do far more with your comm system than ever before. BSD: What are the pieces and how does it work? Insert the graphics card of your choice into the Akitio ® Node, connect the Node to your computer via Thunderbolt™ 3 and experience an awesome and instant upgrade of the graphics power of your laptop or a mini PC. The Node makes it possible to do things that would normally require a high-end workstation or gaming comput- er. For video editors and colorists, using a dedicated GPU reduces the time it takes to render footage, thus reducing work An interview with Ray Powers, Vice President, Walton De-Ice (W.B. Walton Enterprises, Inc.). BSD: Tell our readers about Walton De-Ice and what you're bringing to NAB this year. RP: Walton De-Ice designs and manu- factures the broadest line of equipment available for preventing the accumula- tion of snow and/or ice on satellite earth station antennas. We help broadcasters, An interview with Jeff Smith, Vice President of Sales, Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. BSD: Tell our readers about your company. JS: Historically, Blonder Tongue prod- ucts are found in commercial and busi- ness deployments, including broadcast studios, hospitality, MDUs, education, healthcare, government facilities, air- ports, sports stadiums and arenas, casi- nos, retail stores and small businesses. Continued on Page 41 The OMNiStreamer platform is a full featured network distribution system that includes advanced capabilities and control only available previously using expensive head-end gear and satellite receivers. The OMNiStreamer Receiver is a dual net- work-path HLS or RTP audio appliance. Come by booth #N7917 (in the west section of the North/Radio Hall) to dis- cover why the OMNiStreamer is a truly broadcast-quality alternative to the best satellite distribution or terrestrial point to point technologies. While C-Band Continued on Page 37 Continued on Page 37 UNITY INTERCOM REVOLUTIONIZING AUDIO OVER IP AKITIO THUNDERBOLT 3 NODE – AN AFFORDABLE EGPU BOX BLONDER TONGUE & R.L. DRAKE OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE WALTON A LEADER IN DE-ICING SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL STREAMING TECHNOLOGY FROM ORBITAL MEDIA NETWORKS Continued on Page 41 Continued on Page 37 Continued on Page 36 LEMO has been producing the highest quality push-pull elec- tronic, fiber optic and hybrid con- nectors since the technology was first introduced in the early '50s. Over the past half-century, design engineers around the world have turned to LEMO whenever they've needed a new solution in high performance, high quality connectors. LEMO was founded in 1946, originally focused on manufacturing contacts (pins) made of noble and rare metals. Since the An interview with Larry Longhurst, President, PTEK. BSD: What range of products does PTEK manufacture? LL: PTEK specializes in building American-made FM broadcast transmit- ters, translators and exciters. One area we focus on is LPFM customers – from 300 Watt to 4 kW – and they appreciate the simplicity and ease in getting on the air in no time with consistently high-quality audio, without needing to know complex Continued on Page 41 CONNECTORS & CUSTOM CABLE ASSEMBLY FROM LEMO PTEK OFFERS DEPENDABLE FM BROADCAST TRANSMITTERS Continued on Page 37