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07/07/2010

AXON's Synapse Processes Signals At World Cup

Dutch company AXON has announced that it has been the main supplier of signal processing equipment at the World Cup in South Africa.
At six of the ten stadiums, AXON's Synapse equipment is fulfilling the needs of the various signal processing requirements. AXON's equipment is being used at the Durban, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg/Ellispark and Pretoria venues and by German facility supplier Studio Berlin for the Johannesburg/Soccer City and Rustenburg venues.
These six facilities are equipped with a total of 400 AXON Synapse quad split modules capable of generating 1500 multiview channels. Other equipment in use are, amongst others, the Synapse dual channel down converters, dual channel up converters, 8-channel audio sample rate converters, distribution amplifiers and video delays.
Over 2.4 billion people worldwide have been able to see the equipment at work during the opening match of the tournament.
(KMcA/GK)
VMI.TV Ltd

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