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OCTOBER 2012VOLUME 20 • ISSUE 4

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by Paul Stechly, Applied Electronics President

Gord Ballantyne took ownership of the Viewfinder as a reflection of his pride in the many accomplishments of the company. He was the first editor-in-chief and expanded all sections of the Viewfinder, especially the employee areas to bring together a sense of family within the company.

Gord joined Applied Electronics in 1967. Hence, I’ve had the privilege of knowing him since I was 8 years old! Even at the time he joined Applied Electronics, Gord had already had a lengthy career in the television industry, beginning in Hamilton, Ontario at CH Television in February of 1954. Throughout his years with Applied, Gord became the conscience of the company. Upon the passing of my father and company founder, Mike Stechly, Gord rose to fill the void in guiding the path of the company. Once again, his sense of family projected throughout the company.

Gord was a pillar of the organization known as SMPTE. He was a member and board participant since the 60’s and inspired my own current involvement in the organization.

The most important principles in Gord’s life were his family and his work. His work ethic can only be described as total commitment. He did find some time to pursue outside interests, his biggest passion was vintage aircraft. Gord had a long involvement with the Brampton Flying Club and participated in the construction of several WWI aircraft replicas. He was also a long time member of the Harvard association and helped restore many of the Canadian built WWII training aircraft. Those examples grace the CNE airshow every year.

Next to his wife, Edie and his children, Rob, Steve and June, Gord once said that the best thing that ever happened to him in his career was joining Applied Electronics, we beg to differ – it was the best thing that ever happened to Applied Electronics.

A Tribute to Gord

“ About five years ago, Gord was made an honorary member of the LBRA and will live on with us for many years to come. He was our mentor, teacher, resource and big brother. He will be missed, but never forgotten!” – Jean Leduc on behalf of the LBRA

(Legislative Broadcast and Recording Association)

“ Gord and I have known each other for many years. Our business and personal relationship were fruitful and based on confidence as well as respect.” – Henrich Zahn

“ I wanted to take this sad occasion to convey my sincere appreciation for the pleasure of having known and enjoyed the friendship of such an outstanding individual and one who was always a goodwill ambassador of your esteemed organization.” – Gerry D’Almada

Gord Ballantyne

“ Gord was an incredible mentor, fantastic friend and a dedicated worker with a passion for his work and hobbies. His devotion and admiration to his family was well known. He will be severely missed by all that knew him or even met him.” – Jamie Easson,

Manager of Engineering Services, Applied Electronics

“‘Now here this, this is the Captain speaking.’ How many times did we hear that? Whenever Gord had an important announcement to make to all the employees, that’s how he always

started off his messages over the speaker. It was sure to catch everyone’s attention! We will miss the ‘Captain’ of Applied!”– Rosie Patey,

Executive Assistant, Applied Electronics

Gord Ballantyne started his career at Applied Electronics as a Technical Manager on September 1, 1967. He was the 5th employee, owner and founder, Michael Stechly sought to join his growing business. Throughout his career, Gord mentored, developed and inspired countless people in the industry, including those outside of the Applied Electronics family. Gord lost his battle with cancer on July 21, 2012. His passion and dedication to the industry touched everyone he encountered and he will missed by everyone at Applied Electronics.

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Applied Electronics is Canada’s leading designer, supplier and integrator of professional audio visual, broadcast and post production technology. We offer the best solutions to meet your needs for service, products or a complete system build.

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To our sponsors: Thank you for the

generous support at our 26th annual golf tournament

and making it the #1 Golf Event of the Year!

Thank you for the generous support at our

26th annual golf tournament and making it the

#1 Golf Event of the Year!

On August 13, 2012, Applied Electronics teed off for our 26th Annual Toronto Golf Tournament at Nobleton Lakes Golf Club. Our customers and industry partners joined us for a picturesque day of blue skies and warm temperatures. Applied Electronics would like to extend our sincerest thanks and appreciation to our title sponsor, Panasonic as well as all of our generous sponsors for their ongoing support in making this year’s Applied Electronics tournament another great success.

Calgary Golf Tournament

Applied Electronics’ 6th annual Alberta Golf Tournament finished without a hitch on August 16, 2012 at the D’Arcy Ranch Golf Club in Okotoks, Alberta. The weather was picture perfect and we had another great turnout thanks to our clients and partners. Applied Electronics would like to thank our sponsors Christie, Crestron and Ross Video Production Technology for their continued support in making Applied Electronics’ tournament a great success.

1. Ball in Water winner: Ryan Boyle (Polycom) 2. Closest to the Pin winner: Brent Soby (Deloitte) 3. Ladies’ Longest Drive winner: Kara Battle (Forzani Group) 4. The Lowest Gross Scoring winners: Peter Stewart (Calgary Flames), Carlo Petrini (Calgary Flames), Steve Edger, Chris Dunwald (Calgary Flames) 5. Men’s Longest Drive winner: Steve Edger (Calgary Flames) 6. Long Putt winner: Rob Shakespeare (Atco) happily accepts his prize from Kevin Stewart

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1. The First Place Team winners: Daniel Liborion (Foreign Affairs and International Trade), Jim Samler (Sharp Electronics Canada), Yves Hebert (George Brown College), Carmine Cinerari (Sharp Electronics Canada) 2. The Second Place winners: Scott Karadice (Notch), Rudy Ledvinka (AXYZ FX), Joe Mercier (Christie), Chad Midgley (Fight Network) 3. Men’s Longest Drive: Mark Thompson (Telus Mobility, awarded by Sylvia Fantin (Tektronix) 4. Ladies’ Closest to the Pin: Sylvia Fantin (Tektronix), awarded by Matt Linstad (Rorke Data) 5. Men’s Closest to the Pin: Greg Hull (Deluxe Post Production), awarded by Matt Linstad (Rorke Data) 6. The Biggest Splash: Allan Delaurier (Harris), awarded by Ian Vatcher (Panasonic).

The new HRF Series half-width format rack is ideal for maximizing usable rackspace in confined areas. New Half Rack version of RackLink Power Management System.

Technical specifications include: • Half width design allows for half rack equipment from many vendors• Mounting shelves include a pattern of holes and slots that accommodate any mounting pattern• Low profile design maximizes the amount of useable rackspace• Features a strong welded frame that allows for pre-loading equipment and transportation to the installation site•Available in 8 and 12 space useable racking height•14” depth• Rackrail features offset cable tie area which keeps the rack to a slim 10-5/8” width• Optional runner kits allow the rack to easily slide in or out of cabinets and credenzas

MIDDLE ATLANTIC CANADA HRF HALF RACK FRAME RACK

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Applied Electronics’ relationship with Shaw Media has brought forth many exciting projects and challenges for Applied Electronics’ team, including the new studio for Global’s The Morning Show,located at 121 Bloor Street E. in Toronto, Ontario. The show launched last fall with the street side studio’s ceiling-to-floor glass windows facing the busy downtown street front so passerbys could see the studio’s visually stunning Christie MicroTiles, Sharp LCD monitors and screens and advanced broadcasting technologies.After the Audio Visual Systems Division of Applied Electronics successfully installed the studio backdrop with vibrant LCD panels and monitors, Applied Electronics’ Broadcast Systems Division provided two robotically controlled HDL 45A Ikegami cameras mounted on Telemetrics Televators. Additionally, HDK 79EX III cameras completed the complement, one used on a Steadicam and the second on a Jimmy Jib. Canon HJ 17ex7.6 IASE lenses were chosen for all four cameras because of their high optical performance and ease of operation. Shaw and Applied Electronics were faced with the task of routing and controlling the cameras located in The Morning Show’s downtown Toronto studio from Global’s Don Mills master control room in North York. Even with the challenges of the master control room running miles away from the studio, Applied Electronics’ project team was able configure everything so that the show can run smoothly every weekday morning. For more information about this project, please contact Eugene McEleney at our Toronto office.AEL team: Eugene McEleney, Peter Gillespie, Donnie Gallant, Keith Treble

TEKTRONIX SEMINARS 2012After four years of successful Video Insight Seminars, Tektronix and Applied Electronics once again hosted its annual complimentary seminars throughout the spring and summer of 2012. Seminars were held in Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, Edmonton and Vancouver in May and June. The workshops provided tips and tricks on tackling today’s video challenges while demonstrating new techniques for post-production and broadcast solutions.

Each seminar was a huge success and received an excellent turnout. They focused on helping attendees understand:

The Robbins Learning Centre is a high-tech medical training facility where health care professionals from across the province share knowledge, innovations and techniques that can be used to continually improve patient care.

Contracted by Alberta Health Services, Applied Electronics supplied and integrated the Robbins Learning Centre with state-of-the-art presentation technologies. Located in the Robbins Pavilion at Royal Alexandra Hospital, the Robbins Learning Centre contains a 181-seat auditorium and three classrooms equipped with high-definition audio-visual technology that provides a digital link to classrooms, operating suites and other learning facilities from across North America, creating opportunities for collaborative-based teaching and training.To bring the latest in presentation technology to life, Alberta Health Services worked closely with Applied Electronics to design and implement a state-of-theatre immersive medical teaching environment into the Robbins Learning Pavilion. The centerpiece of this advanced system is the Robbins Learning Centre Theatre, a 181-seat auditorium that presents viewers with an unprecedented training opportunity. The theatre has the capability to remotely connect to facilities around Alberta for a completely unified collaboration experience, allowing medical staff to experience telepresence on a provincial scale.In addition, three interactive classrooms are located in this exciting facility as

additional training and telepresence environments. Each classroom possesses the ability to show high definition presentations in a variety of room sizes and configurations, with the potential for distance learning and collaboration. To take full advantage of the training potential of this facility, the system has also been designed to accept video and audio feeds from Stryker surgical suites located within the Royal Alexandra Hospital and beyond in additional Alberta Health Facilities. This capability will allow viewers to virtually attend a live surgical procedure and communicate with the surgeon from the comfort of the classroom or theatre via real time interaction with medical staff.To welcome visitors to the Robbins Learning Pavilion, an interactive touch screen kiosk allows visitors browse through dynamic content at their leisure while viewing information on subjects such as donors, facility capabilities and current event schedules. Accompanying this interactive display is a dual display digital signage system to show additional information that can be updated remotely to target specific visitors on any given occasion.While each of these rooms is independent of one another in both operation and location, all of the supporting technology is positioned in a centrally located space with communication and distribution via high bandwidth, low latency fibre optics. This advanced design approach allows each individual system to operate independently from one another with up to five presentations or conferences occurring simultaneously. All systems can also be seamlessly combined into one large virtual meeting space.Applied Electronics very proud to be part of the development of this ground breaking facility.For more information on this project and list of equipment incorporated into these systems, please visit our website or contact Kevin Reiser in our Edmonton office.AEL Team: Kevin Reiser, Morris Fenerty, Cliff Cockrall, Caleb Huget, and Devyn Brick.

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES - RoBBiNS LEARNiNG CENTRE

•Video Transmission Chain• CALM Act Update, Audio

Loudness, Lip Sync, & ANC Data

• Gamut, Camera Shading, 3 Gig SDI & 3D

• MPEG Test & Monitoring - Knowing When it is a Problems You Can Control – QoE & QoS

• Test Equipment Justification Process

• OTT/ Multi-Platform Delivery of Content, Wrappers, & File Based QC

• Picture Quality Analysis, Video Quality of Experience, & Impacts of Transcoding

• Content Problem Determination Examples - Diagnose Close Caption, Active Format Description, Physical Layer

CANADIAN TIRE DECKED WITH DIGITAL SIGNAGEWith their Corporate Home Office located in the bustling Yonge-Eglinton area of midtown-Toronto, Canadian Tire approached Applied Electronics with the goal to update their facility with new presentation technology.Canadian Tire wanted their reception lobby to be a showcase of its long standing history by proudly displaying samples of their old advertisements, merchandise, company videos, etc. On the main wall adjacent to the entrance of the lobby is a large 80-inch Sharp LCD display monitor which runs archival footage, with the possibility of accommodating future expansion with digital signage software system. Accompanying the 80-inch display monitor in this area are two 42-inch Sharp LCD monitors intended to exhibit historic Canadian Tire advertisements and videos about the company’s history. Located above the reception desk are three narrow bezel 40-inch LCD monitors to display daily messages and additional archival media as required. All the display monitors are fed content from pro-grade DVD players.Serving as a dual-purpose space, their Cafeteria / Town Hall is equipped with a full audio system for voice reinforcement and background music. It also boasts a motorized Da-Lite HD format Cinema Contour projection screen and a Christie Digital LW555 5,000 ANSI lumen widescreen LCD projector for presentation purposes. Two 32-inch Sharp LCD monitors are also incorporated to display daily news programs and to enhance the presentation system during high capacity assemblies.Both the Lobby and Lunch Room/Town Hall systems are fully automated with Crestron CP2E compact control systems with ethernet. All the displays and the projection system are linked back to a Central Rack Room via an Extron MLS608 hybrid switcher and Extron MTP Series Twisted Pair solution which minimizes signal loss and the overall cabling requirements and cost.For more information about this project, please contact Bill Archibald in our Toronto office.AEL Team: Bill Archibald, Brian Power, Campbell Brown, and Jody Fitzpatrick.

APPLIED ELECTRONICS HELPS GLoBAL’S THE MoRNiNG SHow BE CAMERA-READY

NEW APPLIED ELETRONICS SALES REPERiC RiEHL – Broadcast Sales Rep, TorontoJim Goessinger, National Sales Manager, Broadcast and Post Production, is pleased to announce the return of Eric Riehl to Applied Electronics, as a welcome addition to our growing Technology Sales team. Eric is a highly experienced sales professional with comprehensive skills in business management, operations, sales & marketing, and broadcast & information technology. He was most recently with AVID Technologies as a Territory Account Manager in Canada.

Applied Electronics will once again be packing up and moving to a larger space this year. Our Montréal office will be relocating to 5200 Rue Saint Patrick, Montréal, Quebec to provide better services and convenience for our clients.

The new 8,800 sq.ft. facility is bigger than the previous building and is closer to the downtown core where most of our Montréal clients are located. This new building offers ample space for warehousing, office operations, truck access and sufficient parking near the downtown area.

Quebec and Eastern Canada Manager, Mario Cusson, is currently working on integrating technologies such as Christie MicroTiles, video and web conferencing, LCD screens and projection systems in boardroom and meeting spaces throughout the office.

The official grand opening of our new Montréal office is anticipated for early 2013, but will be fully operating by the end of October 2012. Our Montréal staff look forward to having our clients, industry partners, clients and fellow employees from other branch offices visit the new facility.

THE NEW HOME OF APPLIED ELECTRONICS IN MONTRéAL

AEL Viewfinder Staff I Editor: Lily Costa I Co-Editor: Andre Beadle | Megan Ng I Design: Infinite Graphics Inc.THANKS TO ALL AEL STAFF WHO HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS EDITION

Applied Electronics would like to congratulate Evelyne Cardinal for completing the Cyclo-défi (The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer) this past July. This unique two-day cycling event gives participants a chance to ride along Québec’s countryside to raise money for cancer. Evelyne cycled for a total of 230 km and was able to raise over $4,700.00 for the cause.

This year, 1963 cyclists raised over $7 million for The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer. Proceeds will help fund cancer research and care at the Jewish Segal Cancer Centre and throughout Québec.

Yvon Cardinal, proud father of Evelyne, is a Broadcast Sales Representative in our Montréal office.

Congratulations Evelyne!

EVELYNE CARDiNAL CoMPLETES THE CYCLo-DÉFi

New additions

to the AEL Family

SERGE DESRoSiERS • 10 YEARSSerge graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Teccart Institute before starting a career in the Broadcast industry. Prior to joining Applied Electronics, Serge gained significant industry experience working at Technicolour (Covetec) as a Technical Supervisor. Now as the Senior Technical Support Broadcast Technician in our Montréal office, Serge

enjoys the everyday challenges that his role presents. Serge and his wife, Sylvie Chauein, have two daughters Anne and Julie. Thank you, Serge for all of your hard work and dedication!

KEN PoRTER • 5 YEARSWith over 23 years of experience in purchasing and operations, along with his attention to detail and quick problem solving skills, as our AV Purchasing Agent, Ken Porter has continued to support our Audio Visual Purchasing Department with outstanding customer service. He has ensured that our customers and business partners receive the support from Applied

Electronics that they need, which has resulted in on-time and on-budget project completions for our customers. Ken and wife, Rochelle are parents to, Keegen, Marcus and Alexa. Thank you, Ken, for your loyal service.

JESSE EDwARDS • 5 YEARS After graduating from GR Technical Institute with a diploma in Wireless Telecommunications, Jesse joined our Vancouver office in 2008 as an Audio Visual Installation Technician. Jesse is now the Regional Installation Supervisor and oversees all system installations in the Western region. Jesse has continued to show strong leadership in our Western projects and has

consistently completed projects successfully and on time. Jesse and his wife, Julia, have 3 sons. Thank you, Jesse, for your dedicated service.

JoHNATHAN STEiN • 5 YEARSJohnathan joined Applied Electronics in 2008 as an Audio Visual Installation Technician with experience in servicing A/V equipment and system design. This past year, Jonathan completed numerous large projects in the Greater Toronto Area including Target’s head office and George Brown College’s Waterfront campus. With extensive knowledge

in the industry, Johnathan has been a great part of Applied Electronics’ on-going success. Thank you, Johnathan, for your hard work and dedication.

CELEBRATING MILESTONESSAEiD KARiMi, Broadcast Systems Project Lead, Toronto – MARCH 11, 2012 Saeid joins Applied Electronics Broadcast Systems Group Project Lead, overseeing and supervising project crews through our various Broadcast Systems projects. Saied is a graduate of Ryerson University and George Brown College and comes to Applied Electronics with over 19 years of

engineering experience. Before coming to Applied Electronics, Saeid worked for Astral Television as an Engineering Supervisor, Alliance Atlantis as their Director of Engineering Services and with the Life Network as a Broadcast Systems Maintenance Engineer. Welcome aboard, Saied!

iRiS SEMESoCK, office Administrator, Edmonton– MARCH 12, 2012Originally from the small town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Iris joins our Applied Electronics Edmonton office as our Office Administrator. After graduating from the Business Innovation Centre in Business Administration, Iris owned and operated home and commercial renovation company for five years. As our

Office Administrator, Iris will be in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Edmonton Office. Iris has two sons, 24 and 26, and two granddaughters. Welcome to the team, Iris!

ALEx HARPER, warehouse Shipper, Edmonton – JuNE 27, 2012With over six years of warehouse and material handling experience, Alex joins our Edmonton offices shipping department to handle all logistics to and from the branch. Alex looks forward to ensuring all orders are delivered on time and in perfect condition for our customers. Welcome to the team, Alex!

MEGAN NG, Marketing & Communications, Toronto – JuLY 27, 2012Megan joins our marketing team as a Marketing & Communications Administrator. Megan brings a strong background in professional writing and marketing experience to Applied Electronics. With her work experience at Media Matters Inc. as a Content Editor, Megan was involved with managing

and writing various editorials. At Branksome Hall, Megan worked as a Marketing Coordinator and handled various marketing campaigns and initiatives. Megan will be working with Andre Beadle to keep things running while Lily is on maternity leave. Glad to have you on the team, Megan!

NEW JOINS

Applied Electronics’ Marketing Manager, Lily Costa and her husband, Mike are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Alyssa S.L. Costa. Alyssa was born on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 1:09 p.m. and weighed 6lbs 8oz. Markos, (in the blue shirt in left photo) their first child is two years old and happy to play the role of big brother to baby Alyssa.

Congratulations on your beautiful girl, Lily!