04/05/06 - Belfast-Based FBBT Wins Prestigious International Award Belfast , Northern Ireland (May 3, 2006) - FBBT (Fighting Bull Broadcast Technologies (UK) Ltd.) has won a prestigious Broadcast Engineering PICK HIT award at NAB2006 in Las Vegas , USA . This is the second major award for MatadorT ; the first dedicated Operational Support System (OSS) for broadcasters which also collected a Best New Technology award following September's IBC in Amsterdam .
According to Broadcast Engineering Magazine, the Pick Hit awards are the industry's longest-running new product technology awards, having been given for more than 20 years, and have become the most coveted and distinguished awards at NAB. Eligible products must be new and not shown at a previous NAB convention, have a positive impact on the intended users' everyday work and offer substantial improvement over previous technology. The anonymous judges are readers of Broadcast Engineering Magazine and working professionals in the broadcast, post and network, and satellite industries.
"Winning this significant award on the heals of the IBC Best New Technology Award underscores the immense impact Matador T is having on the broadcasting industry. I am especially pleased for the employees who have shaped the product and the investors who made it possible." explains FBBT CEO Rick Bolin .
Matador™ provides precise, real-time analysis of the broadcast infrastructure for engineers and a wealth of underlying financial and operational detail for managers.
It builds on 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, where OSS is an established technology sector worth over $35 billion a year.
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