5280 Broadcast

5280 Broadcast services recognized in Excellence Award nominations

5280 Broadcast's involvement in two major projects during 2011 has been nominated for Excellence Awards in the December issue of The Broadcast Engineering- Digital Reference Guide. Both projects represent 5280's commitment to quality customer service and on time delivery.

Recently the Comcast Media Center launched the new facilities for the NHL Network program origination center which moved to Centennial, CO. 5280 was involved with the Comcast engineering team in the design and build of the two master control room utilizing the latest technologies to enhance the onscreen experience and quality of the NHL broadcasts.

In March, 5280 Broadcast provided services for the rebuild of Comcast's iN DEMAND new HD operations center. This project involved the design and rebuild of the infrastructure and control rooms for this major cable industry franchise at the Comcast Media Center. The iN DEMAND control rooms can handle program origination and satellite distribution of up to 42 channels for live HD and SD sports broadcasts and capabilities for 12 entertainment channels.

Complete details of these projects and the opportunity to vote for these nominations are online at:

Excellence Awards - In Demand / Excellence Awards - NHL Network

Meet Doug Houston, our new Dir. of Business Development

Doug has spent the past five years in the development and execution of broadcast/media projects for clients on a regional and national level. With project experience in TV station HD upgrades and relocation, sports venues and new cable channel launches, he brings a practical understanding of meeting business objectives within executable budgets.

He has over 25 years experience in Engineering and Operations within O&O TV stations for CBS and NBC in Denver and Dallas/Ft. Worth. His recent experience at Sezmi as Director of Broadcast Markets involved delivery of media and content via MPEG4 technologies.

Doug has received nine Heartland Emmy Awards ranging from Engineering Achievement, Post Production Editing, and Special Events & Entertainment Programming. He has a Masters of Business from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a BA in Radio, Television & Film from the University of North Texas.

Rocky Mountain PBS

5280 Broadcast has been awarded the contract for the reconstruction of Rocky Mountain PBS' central equipment room and master control facilities. The project includes the design, engineering, equipment procurement, and integration of the new systems as well as management of the transition and removal of the de-commissioned system components and infrastructure.

The modernization of the technical core will bring new capabilities to the state wide public broadcasting network which serves over 1.3 million viewers per month. The upgrades will create a fully HD-capable routing and master control core and the ability to process and distribute 5.1 surround audio on KRMA, KRMJ, and KTSC. Enhancements to the MPEG encoding and splicing platforms will allow for the carriage of V-Me, featuring Spanish language programming and Create-TV, featuring cooking, travel, home improvement, and other lifestyle programming as subchannels on each of the digital streams.

The project is scheduled for completion in June of 2010.