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LDI 2022 Helps Industry Gear Up for Busy 2023

The LDI Show returned to Las Vegas after a busy year of live event productions across North America. The aisles were busy with production pros seeking to gear up for another busy year ahead, with exhibitors unveiling as many new products as steadily improving supply chain conditions would permit.

First Baptist Oviedo's Josh Felix (foreground) with Stan Brantley (background). The Florida church's technical crew members have been using a new FOR-A switcher to meet the Florida church's production needs this year.

Florida Church Using FOR-A Switcher to Meet HD Production Needs

OVIEDO, FL – First Baptist Oviedo, which now delivers its message through a variety of media including live streaming, sermon archiving, podcasts, and its weekly shows on local television, acquired FOR-A’s HVS-390HS video switcher earlier this year to meet its growing production needs. Josh Felix, the church’s director of technical arts, credited the switcher’s built-in color corrector on four channels and built-in scalers, which lets the crew easily scale SD images to HD.

FOR-A FT-ONE 4K Super Slow Mo Camera and File Converter

FOR-A FT-ONE 4K Super Slow Mo Camera and File Converter

FOR-A Corporation of America plans to showcase the newest version of its FT-ONE full 4K super slow motion camera at the upcoming Cine Gear Expo, taking place June 5-8 at The Studios at Paramount in Hollywood.   FOR-A will be in Booth #317, where they will also display the FT-1READ – a RAW data to DPX converter available with the FT-ONE camera.

Fujitsu IP-9500 HD/SD video encoder/decoder

FOR-A Named Distributor of Fujitsu Video Gear

CYPRESS, CA — FOR-A has become a distributor of Fujitsu’s encoders and decoders in North America. Used by North American broadcasters, the Fujitsu IP series of H.264 video encoders and decoders became available for purchase through FOR-A on Oct. 1. Models available for sale through FOR-A include the IP-9500 HD/SD video encoder/decoder (pictured here) and the Fujitsu IP-920. Both feature error correction, a low latency mode, real-time transmission and HDTV/SDTV video.

Faith Assembly control room

Orlando Megachurch Installs For-A’s Video Switcher as Production Hub

ORLANDO – When Faith Assembly Church moved from their main campus in Orlando to a nearby significantly larger 300,000 sq. ft. space, the organization planned to make their megachurch technically savvy on a tight budget. Included in the list of new equipment installed and key to the church’s video production is a For-A video switcher set in the video control room. The Encore Broadcast Solutions team, led by Jeff Cameron, provided systems integration services including the design, sales and installation of all audio, video and lighting systems.

Khalid Sweidan

FOR-A Opens Dubai Office to Serve MEA Region

TOKYO  – FOR-A Company Limited, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, has opened a new office in Dubai to serve customers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The company has also hired Sales Manager Khalid Sweidan and Engineering Manager Mohammed Abu Ziyadeh to handle daily operations in Dubai.