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Queue forms for SkyPanel LEDs
The new SkyPanel range of LED soft lights will ship after IBC and already has “a tremendous amount of pre-orders”, said Markus Zeiler, Arri’s...
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HDR: UHD’s wow factor
Technology companies are this week showcasing how high-dynamic-range (HDR) content can be added to UHD broadcasting to bring what many believe is the missing...
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FieldCast powers up cable
Cable manufacturer Rosenberger OSI and hardware manufacturer Mediamachine have unleashed FieldCast as a standalone brand, which has launched a lower-cost single-mode hybrid fibre cable...
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JVC and Bradley are remote partners
JVC signed an agreement at IBC to sell a range of Bradley products, including pan/tilt cameras and studio components. “It is giving JVC access...
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TICO swells in numbers
As an industry now built on HEVC struggles to comprehend the rate card published by the HEVC Advance patent pool, the TICO Alliance has...
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Pushing the limits of live
A multi-vendor approach to ‘getting more out of live’ is one of the cornerstones of EVS’ IP4Live initiative. The IP future envisioned by EVS...
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VSM and more for Fox Sports
Fox Sports playout from a new facility in the Media Park Hilversum has gone live, controlled by VSM broadcasting from L-S-B. Initially Fox will...
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IoT: an operator opportunity?
Will the Internet of Things become an everyday reality? And: can anyone make money from it? Gregory Wieczorek, president and general director of Neotion,...
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Schleifer steps up
Primestream announced that David Schleifer has been named COO as IBC got underway. He will report directly to president and CEO Claudio Lisman. “I...
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New GUI and MAM features
A new GUI, additional MAM features and improved VoD/OTT capabilities are among the enhancements that have been made to Provys’ management and back-office software...
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Interop across platforms
BBC and Dolby have given the demo of DVB-CSS a boost, along with the news that it is the underlying spec for inter-device synchronisation...
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Linear Acoustic and Minnetonka Audio unite
Linear Acoustic has announced that Minnetonka Audio Software has joined the Telos Alliance through a merger of the companies. “Efficient broadcast audio workflow is...
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One wire to rule UHD
Ultra HD has now reached critical mass for production use. “The challenge now is how to get it to the home,” according to Mike...
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Rebranded T3Media eyes expansion
Content licensing and management specialist T3Media recently changed its name to Wazee Digital and is now looking to expand outside the US market. The...
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Sitting on a gold mine
According to Alticast EMEA president Tiaan Schutte, the Internet of Things is a significant opportunity, supported by his company’s agile and flexible tools for...
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MoU sees OTT development
At IBC a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Huawei and NetRange who agreed to cooperate in driving the OTT ecosystem. The companies...
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Premium UHD and HDR
The UHD Alliance – a coalition of Hollywood studios, broadcasters and manufacturers – is closing in on completing quality standards for the next-generation premium...
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Ear on the ball
KICK automated control for close-ball mixing has debuted. When interfaced with modern image analysis and tracking systems, KICK’s patent-pending technology guarantees a consistent, fully-automated...
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RTS Intercoms
RTS Intercoms, part of Bosch Security Systems, is 40 years old this year! Celebrating on the stand at the show were (L-R) Shawn Anderson,...
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World’s first live aerial 4K video camera
Broadcast RF, specialist rental equipment provider of radio cameras for live broadcast, has announced the first ever UHD radio camera system packaged for hire,...
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Avid Everywhere for Jordan
Avid has revealed a multimillion dollar deal with Arab Telemedia Group, a TV production house based in Jordan, to upgrade the facility’s infrastructure to...
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Encoding power Cubed
The Cube 600 series is an update to Teradek’s flagship H.264 encoder, and now includes on-board bonding (up to four network interfaces bonded into...
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New MD and more
Calrec Audio has hit IBC with a bit of important personnel news — Nigel Beaumont has been named MD. Beaumont of late has worked...
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IP Live is market-ready
Imagine has partnered with EVS to forge “a market-ready” package for IP live production. “With EVS we are aggressively going after the live news...
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A good news story
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) acquisition of Elemental Technologies is, according to Elemental CEO Sam Blackman, positive news all round. “The good news for...
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Python strikes 4K in Rio
Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo is building a 4K over IP mobile unit in preparation for its unilateral coverage of the Rio Olympics 2016. Claimed...
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OOONA online creative
Translation solutions provider OOONA is demonstrating its web-based subtitling toolkit on the Screen Subtitling Systems stand. OOONA, which develops professional management and production tools...
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HDMI connection signals Mini expansion
Expanding its new line of compact and affordable Mini eXchange converters, Multidyne is displaying HDMI (copper)-to-fibre as well as fibre-to-HDMI models. With broadcasters making...
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Flexible and secure
The Silent Brick Library is a flexible storage architecture based on commercially available hard disks, which FAST LTA contends stores data so securely that...
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Unlocking the value of data
Kantar Media is showing the Return Path Data (RPD) and Synchronised Experience technology SyncNow at IBC for the first time since acquiring its developer,...
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Sony and Evertz dovetail for IP
Evertz’s Software Defined Video Networking (SDVN) technology is being shown at IBC working with Sony’s IP Live Production System and Network Media Interface (NMI)....
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URSA Mini for broadcasters
Blackmagic Design’s recently launched URSA Mini PL camera now has expanded uses with the introduction of a B4 lens mount modification that lets it...
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European UHD trial reference
The French infrastructure and video compression start up BBright is using IBC to reveal how its UHD-Play server has been used in a number...
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OPEX over CAPEX
PlayBox Technology’s new CloudAir virtual application has been selected by Tata Communications to support its new cloud broadcast playout service. The new broadcast playout...
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Quested backs HDR single proposal
The term HDR has become public knowledge, but creating a single standard to define image dynamic range to add to what Rec. 2020 gave...
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Routing gets steroid injection
Combining an affordable price point with high-end functionality, Ross Video has launched a new compact routing switcher, Ultrix. It features formerly big-router-only technology such...
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Rules-driven B2B multi-format delivery
France Médias Monde (FMM), the group in charge of French international broadcasting services, broadcasts from Paris to the world in 14 languages. The content...
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Platform-agnostic MAM is the future
The future of media asset management is fully integrated platform-agnostic systems that consolidate necessary workflow processes. That is the verdict of André Kamps, the...
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Multicast: Key to UHD over IP
Globally respected for its satellite, cable and terrestrial delivery standards, the DVB has now focused its consensus based development powers on a standard for...
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High degree of elasticity
An advanced integration has been developed between the Bridge Technologies monitoring system and Skyline Communications’ DataMiner network management system which makes its debut at...
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Analytics acquisition to accelerate development
The multi-screen video analytics business of Concurrent Computer Corporation has been acquired by Verimatrix. Concurrent’s video analytics and monitoring solution, development team and commercial...
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Drones get makeover
Showcasing its latest invention here at IBC is the Shenzhen Wingsland Technology Co with Minivet, a drone with a high-performance integrated camera onboard. The...