VIA and WorldVibrations Introduce Radio Station-in-a-Box
Compact VIA EPIA M10000 based broadcasting system
enables communities, schools, businesses and artists
to produce and stream professional quality radio
Las Vegas, USA and Taipei, Taiwan, 17 November 2003
- An international silicon chip giant and a former broadcaster
are poised to set radio on its ear with a complete digital
radio station in a box. VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading
innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies
and PC platform solutions and WorldVibrations, a California-based
developer of multimedia production solutions, today
launched the WorldVibrations Radio Station, an all-in-one
professional quality appliance based on the VIA EPIA
M10000 Mini-ITX mainboard and the highly acclaimed VIA
Envy24 audio controller, for on-the-air, Internet, corporate
network, satellite or in-house broadcasting.
Designed to empower communities and communicators,
the WorldVibrations Radio Station makes it easy for
people with no previous radio experience to program
anything from a professional round-the-clock music or
information radio station to corporate programming,
local arts performances, sporting events, church services
and more.
At the heart of the small form factor, Microsoft®
Windows®-based production studio and streaming station
is the VIA EPIA M10000, a 6.5" x 6.5" mainboard,
which integrates digital audio outputs with rich connectivity
options including networking, USB and Firewire. Having
eliminated the need for any noisy cooling fans, the
power-efficient, native x86 system runs studio-quiet
with 12-volt on-location operation.
"The WorldVibrations Radio Station enables people
and organizations to communicate music, education, news
and entertainment beyond their borders using the Internet,
and into their own communities," said Richard Brown,
Associate Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies,
Inc. "While the versatile VIA EPIA M-Series mainboards
have inspired a wide array of PC and, increasingly,
consumer electronics digital media devices, WorldVibrations
is taking the technology into a whole new realm of professional
broadcasting, and does so in a highly attractive and
compact package."
Housed in a sleek aluminum case that has the look of
a high-end stereo component, the easy to use WorldVibrations
Radio Station performs all of the functions of a radio
station, offering a live or fully automated "on-air"
studio, a production studio and streaming media encoding
in one studio-quiet, small, low power consuming package.
Outstanding audio quality is achieved with the VIA
Envy24 audio controller, a standard in professional
recording studios worldwide. The WorldVibrations Radio
Station has audio input connectors for professional
studio microphones and audio consoles, and outputs for
amplifiers or public address systems for stores and
shopping malls and, if licensed, radio transmission
equipment.
"Internet and low power community radio are powerful
and increasingly popular alternatives to generic, centralized
mainstream media," said Russell Johnson, president
of WorldVibrations. "The WorldVibrations Radio
Station is for an organization with passion, a company
with a message, a musical group with talent, a sports
team with fans around the world, a church with inspiration,
and anybody else who needs to be heard. The low power
consumption, low noise, connectivity and professional
audio features of VIA's technologies have allowed us
to pack a whole studio of equipment into a system about
the size of a VCR and bring the cost within the reach
of professional broadcaster and hobbyist alike."
The WorldVibrations Radio Station can operate fully
automated and unattended, precisely scheduling programs,
music and announcements 24 hours a day, seven days a
week or it can be taken to a remote location to broadcast
live performances, conferences, news or sporting events.
It can run in the background while its professional
audio interfaces and software are used to record, organize,
store and schedule new programming, print out logs and
automatically create Web program schedules.
WorldVibrations Radio Station Pricing and Availability
The WorldVibrations Radio Station will be available
in January, 2004 at an estimated price of US$2,495 Additional
product and order information can be found at:
www.worldvibrations.com.
About the VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard
The VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard is the second
generation 17cm x 17cm platform optimized for today's
killer digital video and audio applications, and is
compatible with Microsoft Windows 2K/ME/XP and a variety
of Linux-based operating systems. Featuring the new
1GHz VIA C3® processor with enhanced digital media
performance, and the VIA UniChrome CLE266 chipset with
an embedded MPEG-2 decoder and the integrated UniChrome
2D/3D graphics core, the VIA EPIA M10000 platform provides
smooth DVD playback and a rich overall entertainment
experience.
With the sizable memory bandwidth of DDR266 SDRAM and
the high data transfer speeds of ATA/133, the VIA EPIA
M10000 ensures the high performance levels required
of today's most popular digital media and productivity
applications. The user's digital media experience is
further enhanced by support for 5.1 surround sound,
courtesy of the onboard VIA Vinyl Six-TRAC audio. The
latest in high-bandwidth connectivity is supported with
IEEE1394 and USB 2.0 connections provided, as well as
S-Video and RCA TV-Out (NTSC & PAL) and 10/100 Fast
Ethernet for seamless broadband connectivity. The VIA
EPIA M10000 also offers support for the latest LVDS
embedded LCD panels, has one PCI slot for expandability
options, and is compatible with a full range of Mini-ITX
chassis as well as FlexATX and MicroATX enclosures.
For more information on the full range of VIA EPIA
M-Series Mini-ITX mainboards please visit:
www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81.
About the VIA Envy24 Multi-channel Audio Controller
Providing a full featured high performance solution,
the VIA Envy24 is a professional, versatile PCI multi-channel
I/O controller designed with the audio connoisseur in
mind. One of the first Audio Controllers to support
24-bit resolutions, the VIA Envy24 also supports 96kHz
sampling rates, and integrates a total of 12 inputs
and 12 outputs for analog and digital connections, meeting
the most demanding playback and recording requirements.
Integrating a high resolution digital mixer, the VIA
Envy24 enables up to 20 channels of mixing power, which
is aimed specifically for monitoring final outputs and
for making master copies for budget conscious studios;
it also includes a Microsoft Win9x architecture based
DirectSound accelerator that interfaces to AC'97 devices.
Applications for the VIA Envy24 include professional
high-end PCI audio, computer based telephony, discrete
multi-channel audio and general purpose multi-channel
I/O. More technical applications include PC-based multi-track
audio, PC-based data acquisition, PC-based waveform
generation, PC-based instrumentation, and PC-based control
and automation. For more information on VIA Envy24 audio
controller, please visit: http://www.via.com.tw/en/multimedia/envy24.jsp.
About WorldVibrations
WorldVibrations is a division of Travelmedia, which
has been involved in communications consulting and digital
media production since 1982 for international organizations
and corporations. Its mission, in developing the WorldVibrations
Radio Station, is to empower new voices in media and
advance the quality and affordability of media technology.
Located in Mill Valley, California, Travelmedia and
WorldVibrations were founded by Russell Johnson, a 30-year
veteran of broadcasting, journalism and media for international
clients.
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