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June 22, 2010 - Bannister Lake is an authorized reseller and integrator for Omnivex Digital Signage solutions.

June 10, 2010 – Chris Mintz joins Bannister as Lead Solution architect.

June 8, 2010 – CBC Sports World Cup scoring and ticker powered by Bannister Lake ScoreBug and NewsTicker.

June 4, 2010 – Rogers Sportsnet launches solution from Bannister Lake to display Baseball league leaders, game matchups and stats for their pre-game show.

May 31, 2010 – AuxTV launches their new morning show skin with weather and news.

May 6, 2010 - Bannister Lake now offers broadcast graphics solutions for the Ross Video XPression Character Generator and Graphics Platform.

May 3, 2010 – BBSLite and BLScoreBug Lite. Two cost-effective broadcast graphic solutions for under 10K USD.

April 30, 2010 – Rogers Sportsnet to install 4 Harris G3 RTX systems for their Master Control operations.

April, 28, 2010 – BLScoreBug Baseball, Soccer and Football now available for Ross XPression AE platform.

April 10, 2010 – BLBBS, The Next Generation in Content Management Solutions for Digital Signage, Broadcast and Cable applications.

April 7, 2010 – See our broadcast display solutions this NAB in Las Vegas at Harris, N2502 and RossVideo, N3807.

March 23, 2010 - Red Bull Crashed Ice in Quebec City powered by Bannister Lake.

Feb 10, 2010 – Bannister Lake is a development partner and authorized reseller for Ross Video CG and Graphic Systems.

Feb 8, 2010 - Bannister Lake provides BellTV with Olympic portal to select six HD events from a single interactive screen.

Feb 2, 2010 - RNNTV goes to air with BLNewsTicker, BLBBS and Harris IconStation.

Jan 31, 2010 - RogersTV installs Bannister Lake touchscreen BLScheduler to manage and schedule bookings of their Avid Editing Suites.

Dec 15, 2009 - Bannister Lake to delivers datafeed solution for CBC Sports coverage of the 2010 BMO CANADIAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ON CBC.

Dec 13, 2009 - BLScoreBug Basketball integrates seamlessly with Harris Channel One for Miami Heat's in-house HD broadcast.

Dec 4, 2009 - RNNTV selects Bannister Lake BLNewsTicker for Harris/Inscriber IconStation.

Nov 28, 2009 - Rochester Institute of Technology hits the court with BLScoreBug Basketball with Remote Control.

Nov 20, 2009 - View the Bannister Lake Demo Reel of Broadacast Graphic Solutions.

Nov 4, 2009 - CBC Hockey Night In Canada now running the full HD version of BLScoreBug Hockey with Stats Inc. xml datafeed.

October 26, 2009 - BiteTV re-launches their new look with Bannister Lake.

October 1, 2009 - Bannister Lake powers AuxTV's broadcast television debut on October 1st.

September 25, 2009 – Bannister Lake powers Univision’s dynamic new ‘Word Game’ for their longest running variety show, Sabado Gigante. [Case Study]

September 14, 2009 – Bell TV launches their new Sunday Ticket Interactive service with MultiVu™ and End Zone Alerts. [Case Study]

Sept 5, 2009 - Bannister Lake is pleased to announce the appointment of Francis Chan as
Director of Software Development.

September 3, 2009 - Rogers TV launches the new 2009 OHL season with Bannister Lake OHL Hockey Application and the Ross Xpression Studio SCE platform.[Case Study]

August 15, 2009 – All Bannister Lake solutions now support the NHL's new XML data feed for broadcasters.

August 8, 2009 - BLScoreBug Tennis with Superstats™ powers the Rogers Cup on CBC Sports.[Case Study]

July 2, 2009 - GlassBox selects Bannister Lake to provide branding engine for their specialty channel, AuxTV.

July 29, 2009 – Bannister Lake is pleased to announce the appointment of Danny Ljubisic as Director of Business Development. Danny brings to Bannister over 10 years of broadcast graphic and software development experience. Danny was formerly the Product Manager for RTX NET and Channel ONE at Inscriber/Harris.

July 24, 2009 - Rogers TV awards Bannister Lake contract to provide OHL Hockey Broadcast Application for their Ross Xpression character generator systems.

July 23, 2009 - BLScoreBug powers EastLink Television's Canadian Senior Baseball Championships and Premiership Monday Night Soccer.

June 21, 2009 - Bannister Lake provides CBC Sports with a comprehensive data management and display solution for the 150th running of the Queen's Plate.[Case Study]

May 26, 2009 - CTV News Channel goes to air with BLNewsTicker and BLFloe Content Management Solution for Broadcast.

May 13, 2009 - Univision selects Bannister Lake to provide graphics engine for Sabado Gigante.

April 25, 2009 - Inscriber G7 and RTX.net, solutions designed to meet the “big picture” graphics requirements of today’s broadcasters.

March 04, 2009 - Sportsnet launches HD Ticker for the NHL Trade Deadline 2009.

Jan 19, 2009 - Bannister Lake and Alpha Sports provide HD graphics display solution for Red Bull Crashed Ice 2009 in Quebec City.[Case Study]

Dec 12, 2008 - Case Study of Rogers Sportsnet Master Control Branding.

Nov 10, 2008 - BiteTV launches new on air look powered by Bannister Lake and Harris ICONStation.[Case Study]

October 31, 2008 - Toronto Raptors Basketball team Coaching Staff take delivery of BLScoreBug Basketball.

October 18, 2008 - CBC News and Eastlink Television team up for Nova Scotia municipal election coverage using BLElector. [Case Study]

October 17, 2008 - Rochester Institute of Technology Educational Technology Center goes to air with BLScoreBug Hockey.

September 29, 2008 - McMaster University installs Infocaster Residence Information System for their 12 residence buildings, which serve as home to approximately 3700 McMaster Students.[Case Study]

September 23, 2008 - Rogers Television chooses BLElector for 2008 Fed Election.

August 1, 2008 - Bell ExpressVu launches English and French Olympic Mosaic, providing access to five different channels - CBC, CBC HD, CBC Newsworld, Bold and TSN.

July 11, 2008 - Just released, the new luggable T97 HD/SD Scorebug System for Broadcast sports.T97 specifications (PDF)

July 9, 2008 - Bannister Lake Software releases RtxModRes, a .NET control to programmatically change the resolution and aspect ratio for RTX 1.x. RtxModRes is distributed as freeware to the RTX community and includes full source code and a test application.

June 26, 2008 - Bannister Lake Software releases BLScorebug Tennis, an intuitve easy to use program for managing and displaying tennis scoring for broadcasters.

June 17, 2008 - Eastlink chooses BLScoreBug Baseball with Remote Control.

June 15, 2008 - Eastlink selects BLElector for Nova Scotia Municipal election

June 11, 2008 - Sound and Video Contractor spotlight Capital OTB and Bannister Lake.

June 7, 2008 - BLScorebug Soccer powers Euro2008 coverage on Rogers Sportsnet and TSN.

June 6, 2008 - Bannister Lake Inserter linked to Stats Inc data feed and Harris/Inscriber GScribe CG provides out of town scores for CBC Blue Jays telecasts.

Jun 5, 2008 - Blue Jays HD telecasts on CBC powered by BLScoreBug baseball.

Jun 4, 2008 - RogersTV selects BLScorebug Football and BLScoreBug Soccer Advanced.

May 29, 2008 - Harris announces Channel Partner Program for its expanded portfolio of Harris Digital Signage™ solutions.

May 16, 2008 - BLScoreBug Hockey drives the 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup telecast on Rogers Sportsnet.

May 14, 2008 - BLElector powers Rogers TV New Brunswick municipal election telecast.

May 6, 2008 - BLNewsticker drives Daktronics ProStar outdoor LED display at Rogers Sportsnet.

May 5, 2008 - Adam Medri joins Bannister Lake as Director of Global Business Development.

April 30, 2008 - Rogers Media and Rogers Sportsnet choose Bannister Lake's BLNewsTicker and BLScoreBug on the Harris/Inscriber G3 platform for branding their 4 HD channels.

April 10, 2008 - CBC Sports launches Bannister Lake NHL Ticker for 2008 NHL playoffs.

April 1, 2008 - Captial OTB implements Bannister Lake Crawl Manager to display Thourghbred and Harness race results with Infocaster.

March 30, 2008 - Version 2 of Bannister Lake Content Management Solution to be released at NAB.

March 26, 2008 - Sheridan College takes delivery of GChannel HD and Infocaster.

March 24, 2008 - Dome Productions takes delivery of two G3 RTX BLScoreBug systems.

March 1, 2008 - Rogers Television purchases new Curling ScoreBug.

Feb 21, 2008 - Águilas Cibaeñas in Santa Domingo selects BLScoreBug Baseball for their telecasts.

Feb 12, 2008 - Harris/Inscriber G1 and G3 productivity bundles for Live broadcast operations.

Feb 4, 2008 - GameTV goes to air using secure web-based interface with BLNewsTicker.

Jan 26, 2008 – Alpha Sports and Bannister Lake deliver real time statistics for 2008 NHL ALL-Star Skills competition.

Dec 11, 2007 – Bell ExpressVU iTV Home goes to air with GChannel and Bannister Lake AdServer.

Nov 25, 2007 - CBC Grey Cup broadcast powered by BLScorebug.

Nov 24, 2007 - CBC Sports chooses BLScorebug for their Toronto Raptors broadcasts.

Nov 19, 2007 - Alpha Sports chooses Bannister Lake to provide custom graphics solution for the 2008 NHL All-Star Skills Competition.

Nov 15, 2007 – Sportsnet takes delivery of BLScoreBug system for Dome Productions at Rogers Centre.

Nov 10, 2007 - Rogers Sportsnet choose BLScorebug for their HD hockey broadcasts.

October 31, 2007 - Our new secure web based Content Management solution.

October 30, 2007 - Bell ExpressVU launches English and French PPV portal with Inscriber RTX and GChannel.

October 30, 2007 - Inscriber's onTour™, mobile graphics platform for Broadcast Sports.

October 29, 2007 - Bannister Lake awarded branding project for GameTV.

October 23, 2007 - NavCanada chooses Harris Infocaster.

October 10, 2007 - BLElector drives Ontario provinical election results for Rogers Television across Ontario.

Sept 12, 2007- Francis Chan joins the BLSoft team as Senior Applications Developer. With 17 years of development experience, Francis was formerly the lead programmer for NBC Namedropper XL, RTX, Infocaster and Iconstation at Inscriber/Harris.

August 28, 2007 - Rogers Television contract BLSoft to provide automated election coverage for the upcoming October 10th Ontario Election.

August 3, 2007 - University of Toronto Bookstore selects Infocaster.

July 20, 2007 - MyThum Interactive selects Harris Infocaster.

July 16, 2007 - New BLScoreBug Remote option enables full remote control of BLScoreBug on the GScribe Platform, allowing BLScoreBug and GScribe to output concurrently in SD and HDTV on Single or Dual channel GScribe systems.

July 12, 2007 - Ingrid Hentsch joins Bannister Lake Software as Project Director, bringing over 20 years of system and project management experience to the BLSOFT team. Ingrid comes from The Economical Insurance Group where she led strategic IT initiatives in product development, business intelligence and rules management systems.

July 3, 2007 – Eastlink chooses BLScoreBug Hockey, Football and Basketball.

July 1, 2007 - BLScoreBug Soccer powers CBC Sports coverage of the FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007.

June 30, 2007 – Appleby College selects Harris Infocaster.

July 28, 2007 – BiteTV, Canada’s First Interactive Television channel, launches new look.

June 27, 2007 – CNTower, Canada’s tallest building, commissions a new bank of Infocaster players.

June 26, 2007 – CBC Sports starts their new season of CFL coverage with BLScoreBug Football.

June 25, 2007 – Rogers Sportsnet selects the G3 Inscriber RTX platform with Newsticker, ScoreBug and Coming Ups for their new broadcast facility.

June 24, 2007 – CBC Sports goes to air with BLScoreBug Baseball for their Toronto Blue Jays telecasts.

June 22, 2007 - Bannister delivers Leitch IconMaster 2.0 Configuration Utility.

June 20, 2007 – TLN (Telelatino) selects GScribe system with RTX Ports and BLScoreBug Soccer for their coverage of Italian League Soccer and the FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007.

June 18, 2007 – Cable 14 chooses BLScoreBug Football for the McMaster Marauder football season.

June 12, 2007 – Bell ExpressVU selects GChannel/RTX display solution for their new portal channels.

May 30, 2007 – HighPointmedia, the world’s brightest media company, selects Harris Infocaster to drive their display solution.

May 25, 2007 – ALLTV, Canada’s Korean broadcaster, chooses Harris Infocaster.

May 18, 2007 - Radio-Canada selects BLScoreBug Soccer for their telecasts of the USL First Division Montreal Impact.

May 2, 2007 - BITE TV wins Emmy award in the Interactive Channel category presented by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

April 30, 2007 - Toronto FC weekend debut with BLScoreBug Soccer on CBC Sports.

April 11, 2007 – CBC Sports launches BLScoreBug and NHL Scores with SuperStats for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.[View Case Study]

March 8, 2007 – Bannister Lake provides real time graphic engine for production of the hit TV Trivia game show, Inside the Box.

March 6, 2007 – Telelatino (TLN) selects Bannister Lake BLScoreBug for their weekend Broadcasts of Italian Championship Soccer.

Feb 15, 2007 - Bannister Lake to launch new ScoreBug solution for CBC Sports Hockey Night in Canada, providing real time out-of-town scores and statistics.

Feb 11, 2007 - Leitch Technology contracts Bannister Lake Software to provide major revision to IconMaster Configuration Utility.

Feb 2, 2007 - Bannister Lake awarded contract to provide end to end IPTV solution for EHMS.

Jan 31, 2007 - Rogers Sportsnet Connected goes to air across Canada with Bannister Lake SMS/Chicker and Pupman using the GScribe HD/SD platform.[View Case Study]

Dec 4, 2006 - CBC Sports goes to air with BLScoreBug for the Masters of Curling.

Nov 23, 2006 - Rogers Television Kitchener chooses BLScoreBug for the 2007 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Finals.

November 3, 2006 - Bannister Lake Scheduler and Mosaic display engine powers Bell ExpressVU's NHL Centre Ice portal.[See Case Study]

October 4, 2006 - Cable14 chooses BLScoreBug Hockey for their AHL Hamilton Bulldogs telecasts.

August 22, 2006 – Bell ExpressVU chooses Bannister Lake display solution powered by G-Channel and RTXPorts for their new iTV portal.

July 31, 2006 – Rogers Sportsnet selects BLNewsTicker with SMS and Chat to Screen.

June 19, 2006 - BLSoft provides web development services to University of Waterloo's St. Paul's College.

April 19, 2006 - BLSoft awarded contract to provide HD scorebug for Rogers Sportsnet's broadcast of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

April 18, 2006 - Inscriber G-Series, The Single Source Solution for Real-time SD/HD Graphics.Read more

April 12, 2006 - NAB 2006, See the latest Inscriber graphics display solutions at the Harris booth SU2929.

April 11, 2006 - Proud sponsor of the NAB 2006 Canadian Suite, Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel, Lake Tahoe Room Las Vegas, April 24-26, 2006. 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

March 20, 2006 - High Definition Infocaster & INCA RTX port display solution powers TPNEvents visitor center.

March 3, 2006 - Bannister Lake Software awarded contract to deliver BLNewsticker branding solution for CGTV Canada.

March 1, 2006 - CapitalOTB enhances their data management capabilities and on air look with BLSoft's XML Converter and INCA Infocaster.

February 7, 2006 - BLSoft announces the beta release of blRx, a .NET component for INCA RTX.

February 6, 2006 - BLSoft is pleased to contribute key software components to the recently released IconMaster™. Based on Leitch's industry-leading NEO™ modular platform, IconMaster™ combines critical master control functions with multi-layer integrated branding. IconMaster™ is the only master control that can be combined with other advanced applications, such as the Leitch NEO SuiteView™ multi-viewer series or the new Leitch NEO XHD™ up, down, cross and M-Path (multi-path) converter series, to create the ultimate plug-and-play system - all in the same frame.

January 30, 2006 - BLSoft provides web-based chat-to-screen and new on-air look to BiteTV.

January 23, 2006 - Rogers Television use BLElector for the 2006 Canadian federal election to provide real-time election results and headlines.

January 9, 2006 - CBC Newsworld goes to air with Bannister Lake BLNewsTicker.

January 7, 2006
BLScoreBug Curling powers Ontario Curling championships on Rogers Television.

December 30, 2005
Bell ExpressVU's Game Galaxy game portal layout powered by INCA Infocaster.

November 24, 2005 - Rogers Sportsnet launches their new enhanced two line Newsticker for 5 broadcast regions across Canada.

October 14, 2005 - Bannister Lake Software awarded contract to deliver automated NewsTicker display solution for CBC Newsworld.

September 21, 2005- Bell ExpressVU selects BLSoft to deliver INCA Infocaster broadcast display solution.

August 30, 2005 - Leitch Ottawa Technology Centre chooses BLSoft to build XML, COM and configuration software for Leitch's new broadcast product line.

June 23, 2005 - Infocaster 2.0 is now shipping. Contact us to schedule an online virtual demonstration of this revolutionary broadcast quality networked digital signage solution.

June 13 , 2005 - Inscriber INCA Studio 2.0 is now shipping. Contact us for an onsite demonstration of this powerful real-time CG platform for live broadcast and post-production applications.

May 30, 2005 - "Rogers Sportsnet launches Flip'N Crawl for their HD Blue Jays telecasts. This new dynamic crawl option for ScoreBug allows news and sponsors to be inserted during gametime.

May 21, 2005 - PUPS (PopUp Cross-Promotional Insertion Package) launches on Rogers Sportsnet; East, Ontario, West, Pacific and HD. [more]

May 18, 2005 - Bannister Lake Software is now an authorized distributor of TVLogic professional HD LCD monitors and broadcast equipment in Canada.

May 15, 2005- Bannister Lake Software now a reseller and integrator for Crispin broadcast automation solutions in Canada.

April 21, 2005 - BITETV, Canada's First Interactive Television Channel powered by Bannister Lake Software's automated display solution.

March 9, 2005 - Bannister Lake Software is now an authorized value added reseller for the complete Inscriber broadcast graphics product line.

February 5, 2005 - GlassBox Television chooses Bannister Lake Software's display engine to drive their new short form specialty channel, BiteTV.

January 31, 2005 - BLSoft announces training for Inscriber RTX , INCA RTX, Infocaster and Inscriber CGX products.

January 17, 2005 - View Case Studies of our recently deployed solutions.

December 20, 2004 - BLSoft supports latest release of Inscriber Infocaster with ODBC and SQL.

October 28, 2004 - Rogers Sportsnet uses BLNewsTicker to launch coming up pages with audio tags.

October 22, 2004 - With support for tournament and skins, BLScoreBug Curling is now available.

September 29, 2004 - License our complete line of BLScoreBug sports for one low monthly fee. [click here for details]

August 31, 2004 - BLScoreBug, our real time display solution for broadcast sports is now available for Inscriber INCA ToGo.

August 25, 2004 - BLSoft announces professional development services for Inscriber Infocaster solutions."

August 23, 2004 - Now Available; Download a demonstration version of BLScoreBug Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Football or Soccer.

July 12, 2004 - Applied Electronics appointed distributor for Bannister Lake Software solutions in Canada.

June 29, 2004 - BLElector successfully delivers Canadian Federal election results for Rogers Television throughout Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

June 29, 2004 BLSoft provides real-time elections results for CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel)

May 10, 2004 - Rogers Sportsnet launches BLNewsTicker display solution for their five broadcast regions across Canada; Pacific, West, Ontario, East and High Definition.

April 28, 2004 - Bannister Lake Software Inc. (BLSoft) announces support for Inscriber® Inca RTX platform.

April 15, 2004 - Rogers Television selects BLElector for the upcoming Canadian Federal Election and the New Brunswick Municipal Election.

March 6, 2004 - Rogers Television plans significant deployment of BLElector for the upcoming Canadian Federal Election.

Feb 18, 2004 - Bannister Lake Software awarded major development contract for NBC television's branding solution, NDXL NameDropper.

January 15, 2004 - Rogers Sportsnet has selected the BLNewsTicker display solution to generate ticker and coming up pages for their five broadcast regions across Canada; Pacific, West, Ontario, East and High Definition.

December 3, 2003 - Press release announcing the successful installation and deployment of BLElector at Rogers Television.

November 17, 2003 - BLSoft's BL Scorebug solution is now being used by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd for Toronto Raptors broadcasts.

November 11, 2003 - Rogers Television used BL Elector in the recent Ontario Municipal Election. BLSoft would like to thank Chris Mintz at Spiderrun for his great assistance on this successful project.

October 26, 2003 - BLSoft has issued a joint press release with Inscriber Technology to announce the successful installation of BLScorebug at Rogers SportsNet.

September 1, 2003 - BLScorebug made its debut on Rogers Sportsnet. Our solution allows one scorebug operator to generate both SD and HD output simultaneously. The flexibility of the solution allows different scorebug looks for each of the outputs and different scorebug looks depending on whether the SD output is letterbox or not. The first broadcast was a Jays' game vs. the Yankees. BL Scorebug helped propel Roy Halladay and the Jays past Boomer Wells and the Yankees 8-1.

August 22, 2003 - The Dean Myers Chrysler website now includes our programming handywork. The used vehicles and promotions pages are now database generated. Thanks to Pursue Associates and Spiderrun on making this project happen.

August 22, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software will be working with Rogers Television to create a new Master Control System. This solution will dynamically generate "Coming Up" pages as well as bugs, tickers and phone-in numbers.

July 8, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software is pleased to announce the appointment of D'Arcy Pickering as Director of Marketing. Mr. Pickering comes to BLSoft from Christie Digital Systems, Cisco Systems, PixStream and Inscriber with 19 years experience in the international broadcast television industry.

July 7, 2003 - With Rogers Sportsnet's move to HDTV this fall, look for all new scorebugs and news tickers from Bannister Lake Software. The first HDTV event will be the Jays coming Labour Day. Hopefully the Jays will still be in the race for the playoffs.

June 9, 2003 - It was a heated race between the Liberals and the PCs. Bannister Lake Software was there to show all the action blow-by-blow. For all the up-to-the-minute details of the New Brunswick Provincial Election, Rogers Television's election broadcast led the way powered by Bannister Lake Software's election system.

April 15, 2003 - Inscriber Technology has issued a press release for Bannister Lake Software's NBA scorebug developed for Rogers Sportsnet.

April 8, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software has entered into a strategic alliance with The Consulting Practice to provide IT services.

April 8, 2003 - With the upcoming federal, provincial and municipal elections, tune in to Rogers Television for election results. Bannister Lake Software is proud to announce an agreement with Rogers to develop their new election coverage system.

March 14, 2003 - Fortunato Restagno of Pursue Associates has graciously given us access to the archives of his wonderful comic strip, Piece of Mind. If you get a chance, visit their website. Check out their portfolio. Very talented folk!

March 14, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software and Digital eMedia Inc. have teamed up to provide digital signage solutions.

March 12, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software and the über-talented Spiderrun have entered into a strategic alliance to provide internet and broadcast solutions.

March 3, 2003 - With our recently acquired RTX developer's license, we are now open for business to develop groundbreaking broadcast and narrowcast solutions.

February 24, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software is helping to bring interactive tv to Rogers Sportsnet using the power of WINK.

February 14, 2003 - If you watch a Toronto Raptors game on Sportsnet, Global or Raptors TV, you'll see our new automated scorebug in action. What's a scorebug? It's that little graphic in the corner of the screen that displays the score, period, clock and shotclock. We've automated the scorebug so that all data comes direct from the source; the arena scoreboard in all 31 NBA cities.

January 13, 2003 - Bannister Lake Software has joined forces with the advertising firm Pursue Associates to provide custom programming to complement their graphics wizardry.

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