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Broadcasters Show Daily Tuesday, April 25, 2017 4 SNOW-FREE SATELLITE DISHES KEEP YOU ON AIR It's a safe bet that this year's NAB atten- dees won't encounter snow in Las Vegas. Nevertheless, broadcasters coming to the show know that snow in winter is no excuse for going off the air. One exhibitor at NAB plays a unique behind- the-scenes role in helping to ensure that TV audiences around North America and the world enjoy uninterrupted program- ming all winter long. The exhibitor is W.B. Walton Enterprises (also known as Walton De-Ice), the world's leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna weather protection solutions that prevent the accumulation of snow and ice on antennas (www.de- ice.com). The San Bernardino, California- based company's products help protect critical broadcast, cable and direct-to- home satellite networks from signal degradation, outages and downtime due to snow, ice and rain. Over the past 37 years, nearly 20,000 Walton De-Ice earth station weather protection systems have been delivered for satellite networks across the globe. For larger and uplink type antennas from 3.7 to 32 meters in size, Walton's Hot-Air De-Icing system uses a unique enclosure design which mounts behind antennas. For smaller antennas from 0.6 to 6.3 meters in diameter, Walton has shipped over 14,500 of its Snow Shield and Ice Quake antenna cover systems. With Snow Shield and Ice Quake systems, cable head ends and broadcast- ers can achieve up to 100-fold energy savings compared to using conventional anti-ice solutions without sacrificing downlink performance, according to the AKITIO THUNDER3 QUAD MINI – A MUST-HAVE COMPANION TO THE NEW APPLE MACBOOK PRO Akitio, makers of premium, high quali- ty external computer storage solutions have released the world's first four bay, Thunderbolt™ 3 Storage solution for Mac and Windows. The Quad Mini is a 4-bay, 2.5-inch, Thunderbolt 3 storage device designed for use with the new 2016 Apple MacBook Pro lineup (macOS) as well as Thunderbolt 3 Windows PCs. Developed to handle the data protection and performance requirements for today's ever-growing media libraries, the Thunder3 Quad Mini offers fast transfers with the added flexibility of a DisplayPort video output in an extremely small and portable form factor. "New Apple MacBook Pro users have been clamoring for external Thunderbolt 3 storage solutions and we are proud to be able to deliver the indus- try's first 2.5-inch storage device for both macOS and Windows. The Quad Mini will be especially useful for anyone deal- ing with large amounts of data such as 4K and 8K uncompressed video files," said Richard Wright, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Akitio. "At just $339, the Thunder3 Quad mini is extremely afford- able and will allow users to better store, transfer, save, protect and edit their cre- ative content while also freeing up valu- able space on computers." The Thunder3 Quad Mini can deliver transfer speeds of up to 1375 MB/s while simultaneously providing Continued on Page 41 Continued on Page 41 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH NAB Kimberly Oser Publisher Jules Denton Senior Associate Publisher Carlos Velasquez Associate Publisher Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry Jeanie Catron Karrie Welborn Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Jonathan Schieffer Graphic Designers Caitlyn McGrath • Sarah Glenn Customer Service Managers Stacy Davis • Jay Watson • Hannah Stefanovich Show Logistics & Distribution John Pechota Sales Floor Manager Marcos Morhaim Senior Account Manager James Gennette • Steven Taylor Account Managers Tara Neal Director of Operations Enrico Cecchi European Sales Broadcasters Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2017 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy www.osercommunicationsgroup.com Lee M. Oser Founder