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TM Broadcast International #37
September 2016
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Editorial
The transition to IP is one of the biggest challenges facing
broadcasters and media companies today, with fears over
limited inter-working and a lack of recognised standards
the most common brake on progress. IBC is set to
demonstrate practical and proven interoperability with an
exciting new demonstration area launching at this year’s
show. The IBC IP Interoperability Zone is presented for the
first time this year with the cooperation of AIMS and the
IABM. The zone brings to life the work of the JT-NM (the
Joint Task Force on Networked Media: a combined
initiative of AMWA, EBU, SMPTE and VSF) and the AES on
a common roadmap for IP interoperability. Central to the
IBC Feature Area will be a live production studio, based on
the technologies of the JT-NM roadmap that Belgian
broadcaster VRT has been using daily on-air all this
summer as part of the LiveIP Project: a collaboration
between VRT, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
and LiveIP’s twelve technology partners. The new initiative
sees a 150 square metres area in Hall 8 given over to the
zone. With dedicated demonstrations showcasing
interoperability and the IP studio at its heart, the zone also
provides space for visitors to discuss the benefits and
challenges of IP workflows with a large number of diverse
vendors, each aligning their efforts to achieve
standardization and seamless inter-working. Welcome to
the new IP era!
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2016
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BANGLADESH SPICE FM GOES VIRTUAL WITH LAWO
CRYSTALCLEAR
A lot of thought has gone
into Dhaka’s new 96.4 Spice
FM radio station. With a high-
profile staff recruitment
mission undertaken in 2015
and test transmissions made
last month, it is bringing a
new wave of technology to its
studios and a fresh voice to
the Bangladesh airwaves.
Located on the 13th floor of
Dhaka’s MG Tower, the 96.4
Spice FM studios are
immediately impressive with
their futuristic interior design.
This is supported and
enabled by the adoption of
Lawo’s crystalCLEAR virtual
mixing. This is no over-
funded folly, however, as
equipment costs were also
very high on the Spice FM
agenda.
“Price was one of the main
concerns,” confirms Boon
Siong Tan, Southeast Asia
Sales Director at Lawo’s
Singapore office. “The
crystalCLEAR virtual radio
console offers them the best
fit for their requirement, both
in terms of price and their aim
to make the studio design
special and unique – it’s a
futuristic and cool setup, with
very few components in
studio.”
The installation began in
early 2016 and was
completed in May, allowing
the station go begin
broadcasting this month. It is
a neat and simple setup, but
one that still provides full
radio facilities.
In the studio, there are just
two PC screens – one for the
crystalCLEAR virtual console
and another one for radio
automation. The PC with
crystalCLEAR also serves as
social media PC and
providing the station’s other
Internet services. There are
four microphones and a
headphone amplifier for
guests and DJ, and a
telephone set for
incorporating phone-ins into
the programming.
With its low profile and high
functionality, crystalCLEAR
has played perfectly into the
Spice FM vision: “We are very
satisfied and grateful for the
support given to complete the
studios with minimum
concerns over operation,
technical setup and
implementation,” the station
says.
It has launched with the claim “we’re gonna change the way you listen to music”,
and is changing the way its programming is delivered – using Lawo’s groundbreak-
ing virtual studio technology.

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2016
Avid® announced that
world-renowned recording
facility, Fantasy Studios,
has
chosen
the Avid Pro
Tools® | S6
modular control surface for its
newly revived and relaunched
mixing theatre, Fantasy Film
Center. Powered by the Avid
MediaCentral™ Platform, the
addition to the state-of-the-art
mix theatre will deliver more
productive and elegant
workflows for mixing film,
television and video game
productions.
Established in 1981 and
located at the Zaentz Media
Center in Berkley, California,
Fantasy Film Center was
originally designed by Jeff
Cooper, one of the world’s
most sought-after screening
room designers, whose
clients range from major
studios such as MGM,
Dreamworks and
NBCUniversal, to filmmakers
like George Lucas, Martin
Scorsese, and Francis Ford
Coppola. More than 200 films
have been mixed there,
including Amadeus, The
English Patient, Blue Velvet
and Boogie Nights.
Fantasy
Studios has since
expanded the types of
projects it takes on and the
usage of its rooms, providing
services for film, video, photo
shoots, live streaming,
conferences, and special
events. It has recently
refurbished the 50-seat,
1,820-square-foot Fantasy
Film Center with state-of-the-
art technology, while
preserving the pristine sound
and feel of the original. As an
Avid customer since 1999
that has equipped all of its
studios with Pro Tools | HDX,
Fantasy Studios selected Pro
Tools | S6 as the theater’s
mixing console.
“Pro Tools | S6 marks a new
level of communication
between a console and its
operator,” said Fantasy
Studios’ Director, Jeffrey
Wood. “The amount of visual
information and control is
beautiful and very well
thought out. This amounts to
a much more productive and
elegant workflow, allowing the
engineer more speed and
less
fatigue. Its
modular integration
allows us to expand in just a
few minutes to accommodate
different kinds of projects.”
The Pro Tools | S6 modular
control surface leverages the
best of the industry-leading
ICON and System 5 product
families, providing superior
ergonomics and intelligent
studio control. Built on proven
technology, it enables top
audio professionals to
complete and deliver the best
sounding mixes possible—
faster.
“Pro Tools | S6 perfectly
complements the sound
clarity and build quality of the
Fantasy Film Center,
enabling Fantasy Studios to
uphold its industry-leading
heritage and reputation,” said
Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice
President, Chief Sales &
Marketing Officer at Avid.
“With its modular design, Pro
Tools | S6 enables Fantasy
Studios to quickly scale to
meet the demands of any
kind of film, television or
video game production, while
delivering efficient workflows
for fast precision mixing.”
FANTASY STUDIOS CHOOSES AVID FOR ITS NEWLY
RELAUNCHED MIX THEATRE

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2016
CALREC AUDIO'S SUMMA GETS TOP GRADES AT PENN STATE'S
WPSU
PBS affiliate WPSU at Penn
State University has gone live
with a brand-new Calrec
Audio Summa digital mixing
console. The installation is
the realisation of several
years of research and
planning by WPSU Facilities
Manager Kerry Trout, and the
Summa is the latest link in
WPSU's ongoing drive to
upgrade and modernise its
broadcasting facility.
"I became familiar with
Calrec products 15 years
ago, and I've always been
impressed with the design,
flexibility, and sheer power of
Calrec consoles. But it's their
fantastic sound quality that
really puts them head and
shoulders above anything
else on the market," Trout
said. "It was a great day
when Calrec began working
directly with educational
institutions, which allowed us
to bring it into our operation."
Under license by Penn
State University and based in
University Park,
Pennsylvania, WPSU is a
PBS broadcast station that
has a relationship with the
Penn State College of
Communications. WPSU
broadcasts the full PBS
programming lineup and also
produces a rich array of
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internet distribution as well as to a wide
terrestrial swath of central Pennsylvania
communities.
Through its partnership with Penn State,
WPSU also offers valuable hands-on
experience for Penn State broadcast
students, giving them active roles in
production and allowing them to work
side-by-side with WPSU professionals in
a live broadcast environment.
"One great thing about the Summa is
that it gives us all of the power and sound
of the bigger consoles but in a compact
and modular footprint," Trout said. "Also,
we know that the Calrec Summa will last
at least twice as long as any other
console, with the outstanding support we
know we can expect from the Calrec
team.
"Plus, the Summa is extremely intuitive
and easy to use, which will give students
a powerful tool for learning signal flow,
processing, and audio design."
WPSU went live in late May with the
new Summa, which is linked into the
network's five studio spaces and serves
as the core mixing console for the full live
production lineup. With the start of the fall
term in September, students will have the
opportunity to learn the Summa.
"At Calrec Audio, a big part of our
mission is to help foster and encourage
future broadcast professionals," said
Calrec Sales Manager Helen Carr.
"Therefore, it's an honour to provide a
Summa console for WPSU, which is not
only a premiere PBS affiliate but also a
first-class training ground for Penn State
broadcast students.
"Like public TV stations everywhere,
WPSU is providing an outstanding lineup
of original, local programming on a limited
budget. It's precisely the type of
environment for which we designed the
Summa, a compact and affordable audio-
mixing solution that packs all of the power
of our larger desks."

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2016
GRACE CHURCH OF WOOSTER EXPANDS ITS REACH IN HD WITH
HITACHI Z-HD5000 CAMERAS
For churches around the
globe, video has become an
integral aspect of connecting
with their congregants,
providing a powerful medium
to share their message while
enabling them to expand
beyond their walls. When 75-
year-old Grace Church of
Wooster, Ohio launched its
first video initiatives last year,
it selected Z-HD5000 HDTV
cameras from Hitachi
Kokusai Electric America Ltd.
(Hitachi Kokusai) to capture
live services and events.
Grace Church offers more
than 2000 weekly attendees
a choice of worship styles,
with two venues in the same
building. The ‘contemporary’
venue serves the church’s
fastest-growing segment and
hosts a live speaker in a
transformed gymnasium. Two
HITACHI Z-HD5000 cameras
support live image
magnification on large
screens within this setting,
and provide video and audio
feeds of the sermons for
near-live distribution to the
separate ‘traditional’
auditorium. In addition to
Sunday services, the
cameras are used for special
events and activities
including the Grace Kids
Vacation Bible School. Online
clips of the Hitachi-captured
services are also made
available on the church’s
website.
The dynamic nature of the
church’s contemporary venue
makes the simple setup and
robust durability of the
cameras important. “Since
the venue is used as a gym,
we need to set the equipment
up and then take it all down
again each Sunday,”
explained Boatner. “The Z-
HD5000’s are small and
portable enough that they’re
easy for our volunteers to
quickly set up and tear down,
and they have been
incredibly reliable in
withstanding our weekly
transformations.”
The Z-HD5000’s image
controls enable Boatner to
quickly adjust to the varying
lighting conditions of the
frequent redeployments,
while the video quality
produced by the cameras’
2/3” sensors provides
impressive results. “The
environment changes a lot
week-to-week, but we can
consistently get a great-
looking picture, and most
viewers can’t tell we’re in a
gym rather than a dedicated
space,” he continued. “We’re
completely pleased with the
quality.”
Purchased through systems
integrator CCI Solutions, the
cameras are equipped with
Fujinon lenses and
connected to HITACHI CU-
HD500 camera control units
(CCUs) and RU-1000 control
panels. An AMX network
video recorder enables the
live video feeds of the
sermons to be delayed very
slightly before being shown in
the traditional auditorium,
letting Grace Church deliver
a unified message without
interfering with the timing of
live music performances in
the second venue.

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2016
SUITCASE TV OPENS
SINGAPORE HUB
In response to growing global
demand, Suitcase TV Ltd has
opened a new APAC sales and
service hub in Singapore. The hub
is the new focal point for Suitcase
TV’s activities in the region and will
be led by James Ng.
Suitcase TV commercial director
Fraser Jardine said, “Even in the
internet age, there is nothing better
than feet on the ground and local
knowledge. We have been aware
for some time that a physical
presence was necessary, and
thanks to a long and productive
professional relationship with
James, I am delighted to have the
right person for the job.”
Ng joins Suitcase TV as head of
sales APAC with 27 years of
experience in broadcast, post-
production and high-end
multimedia productions. He started
his career producing multi-
projector presentations and quickly
moved into editorial positions
where he worked on a wide gamut
of systems from Avid’s Media
Composer to Apple’s Final Cut
Pro.
As one of the first certified Final
Cut Pro trainers in Asia, Ng was a
major contributor to its widespread
adoption in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ng has worked on feature films as
sound designer and post
production supervisor. Having
managed Technical Media
Services, a system integration
company, for the last 17 years, Ng
brings with him a wealth of
experience in system design, high
speed storage architecture, and
converged workflow environment.
In support of ChyronHego's continued global
growth, both organically and through acquisitions, the
company today announced the appointment of Neil
Foster as chief operating officer and chief financial
officer.
Foster brings to ChyronHego more than 25 years of
executive experience in various strategic,
operational, financial, and corporate development
roles at the nexus of media, technology, and
entertainment. Prior to joining ChyronHego, he
served as executive vice president, operations, for
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:
TTWO), the $2 billion global developer and publisher
of console video games. Previously, Foster held a
number of roles in the recorded music business,
including executive vice president, finance and
operations, for the Columbia/Epic Label Group of
Sony Music Entertainment, and co-president of Sony
Music Entertainment Canada. Foster's early career
included positions at McKinsey & Company Inc. and
PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds an MBA from
Harvard Business School, a Chartered Accountant
accreditation from the Canadian Institute of
Chartered Accountants, and a bachelor of commerce
degree from the University of Toronto. Foster also
currently serves on the board of directors of SNAP
Interactive Inc. (OTCQB: STVI), a developer and
operator of dating software applications for social
networking websites and mobile platforms.
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2016
BLUEFISH444 ANNOUNCES NEW KRONOS RANGE OF VIDEO,
AUDIO, DATA I/O CARDS
Bluefish444 introduces the
KRONOS range of video and
audio I/O cards.The new line
extends the feature set of
Bluefish444’s Epoch video
cards, which support up to
4K 60 frame per second
workflows. KRONOS is
developed for additional
workflows requiring Ultra HD
up to 8K, high frame rates up
to 120fps, high dynamic
range and video over IP.
With these capabilities,
Bluefish444 cards are
developed to support all
areas of TV and feature film
production, post, display and
restoration, in addition to
virtual reality and augmented
reality. For use in theme
parks, music concerts,
sporting and outdoor events,
the KRONOS range is also
recommended for single and
multi-card support enabling
8K/4K/2K imagery presented
across one or more screens
or projectors.
KRONOS adds video
processing technologies
including resolution scaling,
video interlace and de-
interlace; hardware CODEC
support, SDI to IP and IP to
SDI conversion, and
continues to offer the 12-bit
colour space conversion and
low-latency capabilities of
Epoch.
Real-time graphics systems
will benefit from the KRONOS
range’s ability to achieve the
highest level of quality,
reliability and low latency
whilst adding multiple
streams of 4K Ultra HD and
high frame rate video I/O
demanded by sports and live
event coverage.
HDMI 2.0 I/O, additional
SMPTE 2022 IP standards
and emerging IP standards
are earmarked for future
support via firmware update.
KRONOS will offer the
choice of SDI I/O connectivity
with the KRONOS ēlektron
featuring eight high density
BNC connectors capable of
SD/HD/3G SDI. Each HD
BNC connector is fully bi-
directional enabling
numerous configuration
options including eight input,
eight output, or a mixture of
SDI input and output
connections.
The KRONOS optikós offers
future proofing connectivity
with three SFP+ cages in
addition to two HD BNC
connectors for SD/HD/3G
SDI I/O. The SFP+ cages on
KRONOS optikós provide
limitless connectivity options
exposing greater than 3G
SDI, IP connectivity across
10Gb Ethernet, and flexibility
to choose from numerous
physical interfaces.
All KRONOS cards will
have an 8 lane Gen 3 PCIe
interface to achieve the
fastest full duplex DMA.
KRONOS will provide access
to high bandwidth UHD, high
frame rate and high dynamic
range video IO and
processing, across traditional
SDI and also emerging IP
standards such as SMPTE
2022.
Supported by Bluefish444’s
cross platform unified driver
and API, the KRONOS range
is set to become the highest
quality, most reliable solution
for high bandwidth multi-
channel video, audio and
data I/O solution available in
the industry.
The KRONOS range will be
available in Q4 2016 with
pricing announced then.
Bluefish444 will demonstrate
the KRONOS range at IBC
2016 in Stand 7.J07.

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OCTOPUS Newsroom announces
a major addition to its management
team with the appointment of Gene
Sudduth as National Sales Director
for North America.
He joins from Chyron, latterly
ChyronHego, after 29 years in
account management roles. Based
in Tyler, he reports to OCTOPUS
Newsroom Sales Director Gabriel
Janko. "Gene is a highly
experienced sales manager with a
distinguished broadcast industry
background plus an excellent
knowledge of the US and Canadian
broadcast markets," comments
OCTOPUS Newsroom founder and
CEO Petr Stokuč. "His combination
of sales skills and in-depth technical
knowledge make him a very
welcome addition to the company as
well expanding our global reach."
Gene began his broadcast industry
career in 1975 as a switching
systems technician, and
subsequently joined Ampex
Corporation where he advanced to
Associate Product Manager. He later
joined Digital
Services
Corporation
as Regional
Sales
Manager
before
joining
Chyron in
1987,
advancing to
Senior
Account
Manager.
GENE SUDDUTH JOINS
OCTOPUS NEWSROOM
AS NATIONAL SALES
DIRECTOR FOR NORTH
AMERICA
GATESAIR WELCOMES NEVILLE
CUMMING AS DIRECTOR OF KEY
ACCOUNTS
GatesAir
announces
the return of
former Harris
Broadcast
Strategic
Sales
Manager,
Neville Cumming, as director of key accounts.
Neville comes to GatesAir to support broadcast
groups across the United States at a time when
the over-the-air TV landscape is undergoing
substantial transformation, including the multi-
year spectrum repack and an expected transition
to the next-generation ATSC 3.0 digital TV
broadcast standard. Neville joins the company
immediately and reports to Joseph Mack, vice
president of sales, Americas.
Neville’s rich experience in television includes a
lengthy broadcast engineering stint with the BBC
before transitioning to influential positions with
leading industry manufacturers. This includes
more than one decade with Harris Corporation,
where he held strategic sales management roles
with its microwave and broadcast
communications divisions. Upon the creation of
Imagine Communications and GatesAir following
the divesture of Harris Corporation’s broadcast
division, Neville remained with the Imagine
Communications team to assist with transitioning
customers to IP-based workflows.
Neville’s years of expertise in over-the-air
television further strengthens GatesAir’s already-
robust sales and service team, ensuring that
GatesAir customers have the industry’s best
resources available to guide them through a long
period of uncertainty and challenging transitions.
Neville notes that timelines will be the greatest
challenge associated with the repack, and he will
focus on helping customers make plans, define
goals and execute schedules as the current UHF
bidding process continues.

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2016
AJA UPDATED HI5-FIBER MINI-CONVERTER
AJA Video Systems
announced that its updated
Hi5-Fiber Mini-Converter with
3G-SDI support for high
frame rate needs is now
shipping. AJA has also
released Mini-Config control
software v2.17.0, which adds
support for the redesigned
Hi5-Fiber, in addition to
feature enhancements for the
Hi5-4K, Hi5-4K-Plus, LUT-
box, ROI, ROI-DVI, ROI-
HDMI, ROI-DP, and Hi5-3D
Mini-Converters.
Hi5-Fiber converts 3G-SDI
over single mode optical
Fiber to HDMI, with up to 8-
channel embedded audio
supported in the HDMI
output. It includes support for
up to 16 channels of SDI
embedded audio on input, a
2-channel RCA style audio
output, and a USB port for
configuration and status
reporting when using AJA
Mini-Config software. The
Hi5-Fiber’s small form factor
enables it to easily fit onto the
back of a standard monitor
and extends signal reach to
HDMI displays up to 10km
from the source. It also
comes with a 5-year
warranty.
Hi5-Fiber is available now
through AJA’s worldwide
reseller network at a US
MSRP of $695. Hi5-Fiber
ships with a power supply
and USB 2 cable. For more
information, visit:
https://www.aja.com/en/pro
ducts/mini-converters/hi5-
fiber
To download the latest Mini-
Config v2.17.0 software, visit
https://www.aja.com/en/cate
gory/mini-
converters#support and
select the appropriate Mini-
Converter from the list. The
Mini-Config software can be
found in the Software section
of the support page for each
Mini-Converter.

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2016
STREAMGUYS AND ENCO STRIKE PARTNERSHIP
StreamGuys and ENCO
have entered into a
partnership focused on
tightening automation and
streaming workflows, while at
once enriching the business
opportunities and technical
capacities from production to
delivery. With interoperability
and monetization as key focal
points, the two innovators will
empower broadcasters with a
single solution that integrates
more flexible advertising
options, powerful video
resources and virtualized
platforms in the cloud that
minimize hardware and
operating costs.
StreamGuys will host live
streaming, podcasting and
monetization services among
other options. ENCO will
deliver multichannel audio,
video and metadata from its
DAD radio automation, MOM
TV automation and Visual
Radio systems to
StreamGuys’ cloud-based
CDN architecture. The two
companies will actively
promote each other’s
products and services in
ongoing sales initiatives
aimed at simplifying
deployments with complete,
integrated solutions.
“ENCO is a juggernaut in
broadcasting, and their
services and corporate
culture overlap well with what
we offer and how we operate
at StreamGuys,” said Kiriki
Delany, president,
StreamGuys.
Delany notes that
StreamGuys’ integration with
ENCO automation solutions
provides customers with an
end-to-end broadcast solution
including terrestrial and
Internet components. For
example, the StreamGuys
and ENCO integration
provides playout and
monetization services –
including ad insertion options
and metadata triggering – in
lockstep, underscoring
interoperability benefits.
Elsewhere, StreamGuys will
provide multi-format encoding
to deliver ENCO program
content to web, mobile and
OTT devices; and support
creation and delivery of
podcasts and side channels
via its SGrecast software.
Using SGrecast, operators
can also easily convert live
streams into podcasts and
launch new streams within
DAD or Visual Radio.
Ken Frommert, general
manager of ENCO, states
that a key goal of the
partnership is to help
terrestrial broadcasters easily
extend their over-the-air
signal to audiences that
increasingly consume radio
and TV via fixed and mobile
streaming. Furthermore,
StreamGuys’ ability to
virtualize all of these services
in the cloud – including
ENCO automation workflows
– will keep costs and
complexity low for
broadcasters.
ENCO will be available to
discuss the business and
technical benefits of the
partnership at the
forthcoming IBC2016 show,
taking place September 9-13
at the RAI Convention Center
in Amsterdam. ENCO will
exhibit at Stand 8.A59.
Additionally, StreamGuys
representatives will join
ENCO at The Radio Show,
taking place September 21-
23 at the Omni Nashville
Hotel, to discuss the
partnership. ENCO exhibits at
Booth 19.

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IMAGINE
COMMUNICATIONS
RECORDS
MILESTONE
IP-BASED
CUSTOMER
DEPLOYMENT
The company’s IP-based
solutions stretch across its
playout and networking
portfolios and include the
Platinum IP3™ router,
Selenio MCP™, Versio™
playout, the recently
introduced EPIC™
Multiviewer and the
Magellan™ SDN
Orchestrator, the company’s
software-defined control
system for hybrid SDI-IP
environments.
“This important milestone
marks how far we have come
since unveiling our vision at
IBC2013 for a software-based
technology transformation of
the media and entertainment
industry,” said Charlie Vogt,
CEO of Imagine
Communications. “That vision
is now reality. Our customers
are increasingly recognizing
that evolving business
models, fueled by disruptive
shifts in the way video is
being consumed, require
transformative change to gain
the benefits of revenue
growth, network flexibly,
scale, cost-efficiency and a
future-proof environment.”
In total, Imagine
Communications next-gen
deployments now account for
more than 50 IP-based
channels and over 3,000 live
production streams.
Live production companies
have been particularly
aggressive in leveraging the
benefits of next-generation
technologies to expand the
flexibility of their outside
broadcast vehicles,
accelerate the adoption of
Ultra High Definition (UHD)
and future proof their
operations against the
necessity of making
wholesale infrastructure
replacements with each
introduction of new
technologies and procedures.
Imagine Communications has
been at the center of this
activity, publicly unveiling
deployments in South
America, North America and
Europe in recent months.
The deployment milestone
is also evidence of the
success of industry efforts to
overcome lingering
skepticism of IP’s suitability to
deliver the reliability,
robustness and precision
timing that broadcast
environments demand. Those
efforts, aided by contributions
from Imagine
Communications, include the
industry-wide promotion of
open standards for the
transport of media assets
over IP-based infrastructures,
as well as solutions based on
those standards.

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Ncam has announced that
Sky Deutschland will be using
Ncam’s unique real-time
camera tracking technology
to generate augmented reality
graphics in support of its live
coverage of the German
Bundesliga football
championship for a second
time this coming season.
Sky recently announced
that it has signed a new four-
year extension to its
Bundesliga rights package,
starting with the 2017/2018
season. The agreement will
see Sky broadcast 572 live
matches per year from the
Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2,
once again relying on Ncam’s
augmented reality solution to
generate powerful studio and
pitch-side graphics.
Last season the Sky Sports
and Sky Sports News
production department of the
German media company was
solely responsible for
providing the coverage of 612
Bundesliga matches and
used Ncam’s camera tracking
technology to bring a ‘wow’
factor to their audience.
The broadcaster faced the
major challenge of having to
generate coverage from pitch
level instead of working with
a dedicated Bundesliga
studio. “This way of working
limits the introduction of new
technologies, of course,”
explained Alessandro
Reitano, VP Sports
Production at Sky
Deutschland. “However, Sky
Deutschland was able to fix
the Ncam device onto the
Steadicam camera stabiliser
mount, to bring our
Bundesliga coverage to the
next level.”
Ncam’s camera-agnositc
lightweight sensor bar
attaches to virtually any type
of camera to track the
camera movements using
real objects in real time,
allowing the camera to move
freely in all locations while
generating a continuous
stream of extremely precise
positional and rotational
information to feed Sky
Deutschland’s Vizrt graphics
engine.
“We really appreciate
Ncam’s strong interface with
our Vizrt graphics
environment and its easy
integration into our graphics
workflow,” continued Reitano.
“We can now use the Ncam
system not only on
Steadicam, but on other
types of camera systems,
which retains the same level
of workflow integration.”
Ncam was put to use on
Sky Deutschalnd’s Match of
the Week coverage,
particularly during the pre
half-time and post match
show, adding an extra layer
of engaging visuals to
support the broadcaster’s
premium editorial coverage of
the matches.
Ncam’s multi-award winning
patented technology is in use
by some of the biggest
names in sports, including the
UEFA Champions League
(BT Sport), NFC
Championship Game (Fox
Sports), Monday Night
Football (ESPN), X Games
(ESPN), Bundesliga (Sky
Deutschland) FIFA World Cup
2014 (SWR & ZDF), Super
Bowl XLVIII (Fox Sports),
Daytona (Fox Sports).
SKY DEUTSCHLAND BRINGS BUNDESLIGA TO LIFE WITH AR
PITCH-SIDE GRAPHICS USING NCAM TECHNOLOGY

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Bannister Lake Software
announced Super Ticker
Community, a public-use
variant of the company’s
highly-regarded Super Ticker
data aggregation solution for
broadcasting and information
display. Complementing
Super Ticker’s proven ease
and efficiency in managing
automated data feeds from
premium third-party sources,
the cloud-based Super Ticker
Community provides a
publicly-accessible portal for
the submission of information
such as school closings,
special events, local sports
scores, public interest
announcements and more.
Bannister Lake’s Super
Ticker software is used by a
multitude of top-tier
broadcasters and media
companies to aggregate,
manage and moderate data
feeds from such eminent
providers as The Associated
Press (AP), Stats Inc., the
U.S. National Weather
Service, Twitter, Agence
France-Presse (AFP) and
many more. Adding Super
Ticker Community gives
existing Super Ticker
customers a rich new source
of data from a potentially vast
array of public contributors.
“Super Ticker customers
have long enjoyed its many
advantages in aggregating
and combining automated,
external feeds with their own
original content,” said Georg
Hentsch, president, Bannister
Lake.
Like the flagship Super
Ticker, Super Ticker
Community offers an array of
powerful features including
an intuitive, web-based
interface; Content Groups to
partition and restrict content
access; the BLADE RESTful
web API for custom
integration; and dynamic
fields for complete flexibility in
supporting any type of data.
A shared, multi-tenant
Super Ticker Community
cloud instance is available for
free use by current Super
Ticker customers with active
maintenance agreements,
and allows publicly-submitted
data to be accessed via the
BLADE interface. Dedicated
Super Ticker Community
instances can be purchased
on a monthly or yearly
subscription basis, providing
complete user administration
and Content Group
management functionality
while enabling Community
data to be synchronized
directly to existing Super
Ticker deployments.
Extending its value beyond
the Super Ticker user base,
new customers can also
purchase dedicated Super
Ticker Community
subscriptions for standalone
use, retrieving data through
the BLADE interface as a
public information
aggregation portal for
websites, character
generators and digital
signage.
Super Ticker Community,
Super Ticker and other
Bannister Lake Software
solutions will be highlighted at
the upcoming IBC2016
Conference and Exhibition,
taking place September 9-13
in Amsterdam. Bannister
Lake will exhibit at IBC2016
with partners including
BroadStream Solutions
(stand #8.B35) and Imagine
Communications (stand
#4.A01).
BANNISTER LAKE SOFTWARE INTRODUCES SUPER TICKER
COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSION OF BROADCAST DATA

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On July 14, at the foot of
the Eiffel Tower, more than
400,000 spectators
celebrated in Paris “Bastille
Day”, the National Holiday in
France, marking the
beginning of the modern
French nation. And to Lawo,
it was a further chance to
demonstrate the power of
their latest live and broadcast
technologies.
Having mixed classical
music and show tunes in
2015, this year’s Bastille Day
celebration programme
opened and closed with the
same pieces – ‘The
Damnation of Faust’ by
French composer Hector
Berlioz and the French
National Anthem – but was a
more conventional
performance for the 250
musicians of the National
Orchestra of France and the
Radio France Choir, featuring
French composers Bizet,
Ravel and Saint-Saëns, as
well as Mozart, Verdi and
Beethoven.
Conducted by Daniele Gatti
and featuring the vocal
talents of Natalie Dessay,
Anna Netrebko, Olga
Peretyatko, Elîna Garanèa,
Piotr Beczala, Juan Diego
Flórez and Laurent Naouri,
the music was relayed to TV
viewers and radio listeners in
France and beyond via two
front-of-house Lawo mc²36
mixing consoles – one
handling the orchestra, and
the other the choirs and
opera singers – and two
Lawo DALLIS I/O systems
serving as stageboxes. These
were linked via RAVENNA to
Lawo’s latest router, the
Nova37.
A small additional Yamaha
DM1000 console was
connected via MADI for PA
announcements and the pre-
recorded music that
accompanied the event’s
closing firework display. This
setup provided easy
networking and sharing of all
resources and busses
between all of the consoles.
On stage, another 40-fader
mc²36 mixing console was
also connected to the
Nova37 via a RAVENNA to
handle the performers’
monitoring.
“A 24-fader mc²36 was set
up for mixing the choirs and
opera singers and there was
a 40-fader desk for the
orchestra. Both Lawo
consoles plus the Yamaha
console, all of the DALLIS
I/O, and the audio recorders
were connected to our new
plug-and-play Nova router,”
explains Hervé de Caro,
Lawo’s Live Sound Specialist.
“The mc²36 features a very
intuitive configuration page
for setting up and managing
the rights within the network,
controlling the preamps and
feeding the different outputs
and recorders.”
With smaller audio networks
in its sights, Nova37
connects mixing consoles
and I/O systems via
RAVENNA/AES67 or MADI
via up to 1 536 x 1 536
crosspoints. Its plug-and-play
operation means that an
audio network is operational
in moments – and running
silently, thanks to noiseless
cooling fans. Network user
rights are managed directly
from the console’s
touchscreen using Lawo’s
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one-touch rights management
system. Standard network
presets are immediately
available, but the router
configuration can be tailored
to a specific installation’s
requirements.
With eight
RAVENNA/AES67 ports
(RJ45 or optical via SFP) and
eight MADI ports (optical via
SFP), providing extensive
connectivity, the use of
redundant power supplies
ensures reliability in critical
applications.
“The Nova37 was
configured to provide up to 32
busses exchanged between
consoles, so the premix of
the choirs, the ‘spare’ mix
from the OB van and the
presenter console were
assigned directly from the
mc²36 consoles,” Hervé de
Caro comments. “In
combination with the
mc²Compact I/O and mc²36,
the Nova37 is a very smart
package. You connect your
consoles and I/O systems via
RAVENNA/AES67 or MADI,
and the audio network is up
and running with immediate
access to all sources.”
The RAVENNA-based ‘all-
in-one’ mc²36 mixing console
also proved its flexibility at
the Bastille Day celebration,
meeting all of the demands of
broadcast and live duties,
alongside its reliability, high
audio quality, and high
channel capacity.
Having begun the day with
a flypast from the French air
force’s Alpha Jets, the day
closed with the firework
display and accompanying
music – watched and heard
across the nation, thanks to
Lawo and the Bastille Day
sound team. “The show went
very well. The sound
engineers were very
impressed by the sound and
the tool-set given by the
processing of the channels,”
says Hervé de Caro.

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Brazil’s largest multichannel
cable and satellite TV
service, Globosat, is
producing all of its coverage
from Rio this summer using
broadcast graphics,
automation, sports analysis
and media asset
management tools from Vizrt,
a leading provider of story
production tools for the digital
media industry
Typically producing an
average of 70 different live
sports events each weekend,
Globosat has expanded its
operation this summer with
13 temporary channels
dedicated to covering sports
events from the summer
Games. Each channel is
running entirely on a Viz
Opus control-room-in-a-box
system which manages live
sources, video, graphics,
audio and commercial break
content. Viz Opus has been
integrated with Globosat’s
traffic system, IBMS, to
manage content for the
commercial breaks, using
Vizrt’s Showmaker rundown
management tool for Viz
Opus to organize and play
out the content through the
Viz Opus system. At the
same time, Showmaker is
also exporting and updating
the as run commercial breaks
list in Globosat’s traffic
system.
In 2015, the broadcaster
installed Viz Mosart studio
automation systems in all 12
production control rooms at
its permanent Rio de Janeiro-
based production center. All
are currently being used to
produce live coverage of the
Games and feature real-time
graphics and video controlled
by the Viz Trio playlist
controller which is played
through Viz Engine.
“We needed a fast and
efficient way to easily
manage the massive amount
of content coming in from the
Games. This will include
video, audio, data and
multiple live feeds for the 8 of
the 16 dedicated channels,”
said Mr. Lourenço Carvano,
Engineering Director of
Globosat. “We’re very
confident in Viz Mosart’s
ability to manage our existing
control rooms, while using Viz
Opus allows us to use
minimal staffing to maintain a
consistent graphics design
across all of our additional
GLOBOSAT GIVES ITSELF A RIO HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE WITH
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channels, simultaneously feeding live video
streams with local audio and adding
custom commercial breaks from a single,
cost-effective solution.”
Video management for post-event
analysis
With such an in-depth archive of
programming, Globosat uses Vizrt’s
enterprise-level Media Asset Management
(MAM) system Viz One to manage its
extensive amount of content. For the
summer Games, Globosat is using Viz One
to manage a huge amount of content for
use in its analysis shows. The production
teams are using the system throughout
production for ingest, cataloging, archiving
and editing. Viz One includes powerful
logging capabilities which let users enrich
metadata by adding new markers,
keywords, annotations and scene
descriptors. All of this functionality lets
Globosat streamline the workflow and helps
editors, producers and journalists find the
right files as quickly as possible.
All the video content from Viz One is
being played live on air through the same
Viz Engine video servers that will be
outputting graphics from the control room.
Enriched content with virtual graphics
To further enhance Globosat’s Games
programming, augmented reality (AR)
graphics systems have been implemented
into the broadcaster’s studio on location in
Rio. The AR graphics, powered by Viz
Virtual Studio, feature scoreboards,
explainer graphics and several other
designs to help presenters illustrate post-
event analysis.
“For such important cultural events like
these Games, audience enrichment is
paramount,” said Petter Ole Jakobsen,
Vizrt CTO. “In order to deliver this to its
viewers watching the Games in their home
country in Brazil, Globosat has created an
extremely powerful, but very efficient
workflow using the strengths of each of our
tools.”

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Celebro Media, the
international provider of
studio facilities and broadcast
operations, recently relied on
NewTek’s TriCaster®
Advanced Edition live
production solution to help its
client, global broadcaster
TRT World, to continue
reporting via Facebook Live
during the attempted coup in
Turkey.
Celebro Media has a large
TV studio complex in central
London with three studios,
another in Moscow, and is
about to open a third in New
York. The company
specialises solely in live
production, providing studio
space, galleries, uplink
facilities, staff and everything
required to produce and
transmit live content for
international broadcasters
including the BBC, MTV and
TRT World, as well as smaller
channels. It has been using
TriCaster multi-camera video
production equipment to
produce its shows for five
years, recently upgrading to
TriCaster Advanced Edition,
which paid immediate
dividends.
TRT World reports global
news from a Turkish
perspective 18 hours a day.
The channel produces five to
six hours of live rolling news
each day from its main
operation in Istanbul, and its
London bureau, that is
facilitated by Celebro Media.
During the recent attempted
coup, Turkish news outlets
including TRT World’s
Istanbul operation were
temporarily shut down and
the broadcaster turned to
Celebro Media for
assistance.
“The management at TRT
World wanted to get back on
TRICASTER® ADVANCED EDITION AND FACEBOOK LIVE ENABLE
TURKISH BROADCASTER TRT WORLD TO REPORT DURING
ATTEMPTED COUP
With traditional broadcast outlets unexpectedly shut down, Turkish citizens tune
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air by any means possible,”
said Wesley Dodd, chief
executive for Celebro Media.
“We do a lot of streaming on
Facebook Live, and with the
TriCaster Advanced Edition’s
live streaming capabilities, it
was the obvious option.”
TriCaster Advanced Edition
is an optional software
upgrade available for current
TriCaster models, providing
major capabilities and
enhancements including
multi-platform streaming,
social and web publishing,
automated real-time data-
driven graphics, new IP
workflows, enhanced
multimedia mixing and
sophisticated production
elements that transform
everyday productions into
state-of-the-art viewing, in
addition to the functionality
already provided by
TriCaster.
TriCaster Advanced Edition
enabled TRT World to
produce and stream live
news reports from its London
journalists via Facebook Live
within a very short space of
time, and later to stream to
YouTube and the TRT World
website. As events
progressed the team was
able to receive additional
video reports from around the
world, including Istanbul, and
incorporate them into the live
stream. This ‘emergency
transmission stream’ rolled for
approximately 15 hours, until
the channel was able to get
back on air in Istanbul.
“There was very limited
connectivity in Turkey, so
TRT World’s Facebook Live
stream was something of a
lifeline. The social media
element also provided a way
for people to communicate -
there was a huge level of
engagement with tens of
thousands of people watching
live, and then on catch-up
later,” continues Dodd.
“TriCaster Advanced Edition
and Facebook Live enabled
us to keep people informed
during an important world
event.”

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HM Electronics, Inc. (HME) announced that it has
completed the acquisition of UK-based Trilogy
Communications (Trilogy®) through its subsidiary
Clear-Com®, a global provider of real-time
communication solutions. Trilogy is a supplier of
intercom solutions and master reference
generators for the Broadcast, Defense and
Industrial sectors. Clear-Com expects this
acquisition to strengthen its presence in the
Broadcast market and accelerate its penetration in
the Defense and Industrial sectors.
Trilogy will continue operation as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Clear-Com, LLC. Clear-Com will
work to incorporate the Trilogy intercom product
lines-- namely Gemini, Messenger, Mentor and
Mercury--into the Clear-Com portfolio to reach a
broader global market.
“We are pleased to make this announcement,”
said Mitzi Dominguez, CEO of Clear-Com. “Both
companies have been serving the professional
intercom business for decades and bring a wealth
of industry knowledge to the marketplace. The
efforts of our combined teams will deliver
tremendous added value to customers all over the
world and will create new business opportunities
for both companies.”
“Trilogy fits into our company culture and our
technology offering,” said Bob Boster, President of
Clear-Com. “Their specialized matrix solutions
perfectly complement Clear-Com’s highly-
programmable and scalable digital matrix portfolio,
increasing each team’s capabilities to meet the
ever-growing and vastly-diverse communication
needs across the markets we serve.”
CLEAR-COM ACQUIRES TRILOGY
COMMUNICATIONS
Ikegami
announced the
appointment of
Kris Hill to its
UK office.
Effective
immediately
Hill will be
responsible for
heading up the
UK operations
as well as
managing all key customer accounts,
system integrators and Ikegami
channel partners across the UK,
Ireland and Africa.
Hill brings with him a wealth of
experience and industry knowledge,
having worked for several years in
prestigious sales roles across the
broadcast industry. Having proven
himself to be a key industry figure with
a vast knowledge of products focused
in acquisition, monitoring and
production during his five years at JVC
Professional Europe Ltd as UK &
Ireland Sales Manager, Hill went on to
hold sales roles at TVU Networks,
Vitec Videocom and Fineline Media
Finance.
“Kris has proven that he holds a
tremendous amount of industry
knowledge and hands on technical
experience as well as a great insight
into the broadcast market,” comments
Masanori Kondo, President, Ikegami
Europe. “His natural commercial
attributes will act as a major asset as
Ikegami looks to focus on its EMEA
output, spreading the well thought of
Ikegami brand across the region.” Hill
will be taking over from Ikegami UK’s
previous General Manager, Mark
Capstick, who is leaving the business.
KRIS HILL APPOINTED
GENERAL MANAGER OF
IKEGAMI UK

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NEP UK Broadcast
Services announces today
that it will be continuing its 30
year provision of outside
broadcast facilities for the UK
coverage of horse racing.
H3: Horse racing has
recently found a new home at
ITV, with NEP UK confirmed
to continue working on the
new contract from January
2017. As part of NEP UK’s
regeneration after last year’s
devastating fire, several new
trucks are being built, one of
which will make its way onto
the racing coverage as soon
as possible next year. All of
NEP UK’s new trucks will be
UHD ready.
John Turnbull, Deputy
Managing Director, NEP UK
says, “The horse racing has
been part of NEP UK for
almost 30 years, right since
the inception of the business.
The team and I are very
much looking forward to
working on another major
project with ITV Sport &
producing top quality
coverage.”
Ben Russell, Operations
Manager ITV Sport says, "ITV
Sport are delighted to be
working with NEP UK on our
Horse Racing Coverage. We
have a long standing
relationship with NEP UK
across our portfolio and we
know we can rely on them to
work collaboratively with our
production teams to deliver
first class coverage".
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VSN keeps betting on
innovation and new software
developments to improve
media management and
make users’ daily operations
much easier. On this
occasion, it presents a first
preview of what will soon
become one of its latest star
developments: the integration
of VSNEXPLORER with
online thesaurus to add
relevant information extracted
from several Internet sources,
in order to provide the
catalogue worker or journalist
with additional data. This will
make the user experience
even more interesting and
insightful.
VSN’s engineering team
has been intensely working in
the past months to foster the
Media Management
efficiency and automation
thanks to a new software
development that is currently
being developed for
VSNEXPLORER suite of
solutions, comprising PAM,
MAM, BPM and BI modules.
In particular, this new
development consists of a full
integration of online
thesaurus with VSN’s Media
Management tools, giving
user a resource to add
precise information to their
content with just one click.
Particularly, this latest
integration with online
thesaurus that is currently in
its latest stage of
development will allow for
automatically linking and
associating additional
information extracted from
the Internet (maps, locations,
history, images, biography,
etc.) to any concrete word
that has been published. All
of it thanks to the Linked
Data.
Linked Data is just the way
how the Semantic Web
connects between each other
different data that are
distributed in the World Wide
Web, thanks to the use of
metadata. This way, both
people and browsers can
explore all the associated
data located in the Web and
obtain further information to
complement the initial data
that we had available. In
conclusion, these Linked
Data allow to obtain
additional information
extracted from contrasted
databases, thanks to the use
of metadata or ‘universal
identifiers’ that are capable of
identifying one word and
automatically link to it
information about it.
This VSNEXPLORER’s
integration with online
thesaurus will allow users to
have access to a huge
database comprising
interconnected data that
complement each other and
link among them, so that
users can find all the
information they may need
about a concrete subject. For
example, the name of an
International Organization
could be automatically
associated to additional data
about its foundation, size,
competences or even
location. Therefore, the media
management takes a step
forward and complements in
an entirely automatic way all
the information offered by the
Media, so that viewers or
readers can enjoy it even
more.
“We are conscious of the
challenges that users have to
face in the current Broadcast
and Media & Entertainment
sectors, and we work every
day to provide them with tools
to improve their efficiency
and media management and
cataloguing capacities”,
declares Manuel Escribano,
VSN’s Chief Technology
Officer (CTO). “For that, we
are very satisfied with this
new feature in which we are
working on. In an easy and
simple way, it will allow
VSNEXPLORER’s users to
enhance their content with
useful and precise
information”.
VSNEXPLORER FOSTERS ITS SOFTWARE MODULES EVEN MORE
THANKS TO THE LINKED DATA TECHNOLOGY

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Founded in 1987 and
headquartered in Wuppertal,
Germany, Riedel
Communications is renowned
as a leading pioneer of real-
time networks for audio video
and communications
applications; in particular,
digital audio matrix systems
and fiber-based real-time
media network technology.
Their products and
technologies, including
MediorNet, the world’s first
fiber-based video network for
integrated signal transport,
are in common use
throughout the world in
broadcast, pro-audio, events,
sports, theatre and security
applications. These include
applications in the staging of
major global sporting events
and within international sports
governing bodies.
Commenting for the
company on joining the
alliance, Lars Hoehmann,
Product Manager MediorNet,
said, “At Riedel, we have
always been dedicated to
facilitating reliable and
versatile workflows that meet
our customers' individual
requirements. By joining the
Alliance for IP Media
Solutions, we extend our
product’s format support,
providing our customers with
more benefits of standards-
based communications
solutions while offering them
plug-and-play simplicity. Our
aim, as a solutions provider,
is to secure their investments
and to support them on their
path towards IP-based media
infrastructures."
RIEDEL COMMUNICATIONS JOINS AIMS
AIMS has announced that Riedel Communications is the latest of the world’s
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FOR-A Corporation of
America announced that a
highly acclaimed major
television network installed
four new FA-505 Processors
to feed an impressively large
video wall display comprised
of several monitors in a
studio, which was recently
designed specifically for the
U.S. Presidential Election
Coverage.
While the FA-505 is often
used as a general frame
sync, it is equipped with an
array of essential functions
used in video production that
allow multi-channel routing –
5 inputs/5 outputs. In this
case, however, the FA-505s
are being used to feed the in
studio monitors of the video
wall looking for a 1080p
source. Because the network
facility uses 1080i as their
standard format, the monitors
need to be converted from
1080i to 1080p (HD to 3G) for
better image quality with no
degradation.
“We are very pleased that
our processors have been
selected by the network to
assist in providing the HD to
3G conversion for their live
election coverage,” said Jay
Shinn, FOR-A VP of the
Americas. “The FA-505 is a
complete toolbox for any
video production scenario
and is ideal for 4K
applications as well,”
commented Shinn. “We have
been told many times over,
that the FA-505 has been
extremely reliable and very
easy to use,” he concluded.
The FA-505 is built on the
abundant features of its sister
product, the FA-1010. The
FA-505 also features
up/down/cross conversion on
each of its 5 inputs as
standard, and allows 1080i to
720p / 720p to 1080i
conversion. Video payload
ID, HDR and conversion
between color spaces used
for ITU-R BT.709 and ITU-R
BT.2020 applications are
supported. In addition, this 5-
input, 5-output signal
processor supporting
3G/HD/SD-SDI is equipped
with a variety of
functionalities including,
frame synchronizer and
outstanding color-correction.
MAJOR U.S. TELEVISION NETWORK INSTALLS FOR-A
PROCESSORS FOR WINNING RESULTS DURING PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION COVERAGE

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AVIWEST announced that it
has opened a new sales and
support office in Santiago,
Chile, expanding the
company's presence in Latin
America.
To ensure that the needs of
customers in the region are
met thoroughly, AVIWEST
has appointed Francisco
Aguayo as LATAM sales
director and Italo Marinello as
support/pre-sales manager.
"The new office location in
Chile enables AVIWEST to
quickly respond to immediate
pre-sales, sales, and service
support needs for regional
customers with live video
contribution operations," said
David Jaouen, sales director
at AVIWEST. "AVIWEST has
already established a large
presence in the region, with
hundreds of systems
deployed by Central and
South American
broadcasters. Opening this
office allows us to better
serve these customers,
responding to their
requirements for reliable and
efficient newsgathering
equipment that minimizes
delays during breaking news
and live events coverage.
Our worldwide customers
also benefitted from
AVIWEST's local presence
during this summer's games
in Rio."
AVIWEST's new office will
be located at Marchant
Pereira 201, Oficina 701,
Providencia in Santiago,
Chile.
AVIWEST BROADENS REACH IN LATIN AMERICA WITH NEW
OFFICE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE

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Fresno, California-based
Community Media Access
Collaborative (CMAC) has
upgraded its playout
infrastructure to HD and
bolstered its online streaming
capabilities by deploying the
latest generation of solutions
from Tightrope Media
Systems (TRMS), including a
Cablecast Flex multi-format
video server and version 6.1
of the Cablecast broadcast
automation software.
A community access
production facility serving
Fresno and nearby Clovis,
CMAC has depended on
Cablecast automation,
playout and streaming
solutions for over four years
to bring its public, education
and government (PEG)
programming to viewers on
television and online. When
CMAC sought to upgrade its
playout capabilities from SD
to HD, the flexible
configurability and increased
channel density of the new
Cablecast Flex 4 server
made it an ideal solution.
“While our channels on
Comcast and AT&T can
currently be distributed only
in standard definition, we
wanted our entire master
control environment to be
fully HD-ready,” explained
Bryan Harley, facilities and
operations manager at
CMAC. “With earlier HD
server models, we would
have needed two separate
servers to provide the total of
three playout channels that
we need. The Cablecast Flex
4 gives us the input and
outputs we need in a single
server, avoiding complexity
and saving us money, space
and ongoing maintenance
effort.”
CMAC also took immediate
advantage of the new HD
capabilities to enhance the
live and on-demand streams
it offers for Internet and
mobile viewers. High-quality
H.264 streams are created
automatically through
Cablecast Live and
Cablecast VOD in 720p HD,
while the Cablecast Reflect
cloud-based service enables
delivery of the HD streams to
a virtually unlimited number
of viewers while minimizing
bandwidth impact on the
station’s local network.
“Having the flexibility to
deliver HD online and SD for
television is really great,”
continued Harley. “We now
stream all three of our
channels on the web in HD,
and we’re ready to deliver HD
on television as soon as the
cable and telecom operators
will distribute it.”
CMAC also upgraded to
CMAC UPGRADES TO HD AND ENHANCES STREAMING WITH
CABLECAST FLEX SERVER AND 6.1 SOFTWARE FROM
TIGHTROPE MEDIA SYSTEMS
Channel density and flexibility of new server generation help make the station’s
move to high definition more affordable, while new software elevates web and
mobile experiences

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Cablecast 6.1, the newest
update of the comprehensive
automation software. “The
new VOD chaptering feature
in version 6.1 is particularly
appealing,” Harley noted. “We
can create chapter marks to
help our viewers jump quickly
to exactly the section they
want to see within a VOD
clip. This can improve their
online experience for a
variety of types of on-demand
content, from government
meetings and educational
sessions to sports.”
Version 6.1 is the second
powerful Cablecast software
upgrade that CMAC has
enjoyed in the past year,
having also benefited
significantly from the 6.0
release. “The new user
interface that came with
version 6.0 is really great. It’s
very modern, sleek and easy
to use, while the new
advanced scheduling features
improved our efficiency,” said
Harley. “The ‘mobile-
friendliness’ of the new user
interface has also been a big
benefit for us. There have
been a number of situations
where we needed to make a
quick change to the schedule
while we were in away from
the station, and being able to
do that seamlessly from our
phones has been incredibly
useful.”
Together, all of these new
Cablecast products and
releases have enabled
CMAC to affordably keep
pace with the evolving
viewing preferences of their
audience, and have further
reinforced the reasons that
led Harley to choose
Cablecast in the first place.
“Like always with Cablecast,
the new Cablecast Flex
server and the 6.1 software
have added value and have
been working very well, and I
can’t wait to see what the
folks at Tightrope will cook up
next!”

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Interra Systems announced
that SiTV, a branch of
Shanghai Media Group
(SMG), one of China's largest
media conglomerates, has
installed Interra Systems'
BATON®, an automated, file-
based QC solution to
enhance the accuracy and
speed of its QC operations.
SMG chose an enterprise-
class version of BATON over
other systems on the market
based on its comprehensive
quality checks, scalable
design, and support for a
wide range of media formats
and codecs. Through these
features, the media company
can distribute superior-quality
television content via
traditional broadcast and OTT
channels.
"SiTV-SMG has over 20
channels and we also provide
several hours of programming
to other TV stations, IPTV,
cable, and OTT operators.
Given the various distribution
methods we deal with,
efficiency is critical during the
QC process as is the
capability to perform checks
for our current MXF OP1a
and MPEG-2 Transport
Stream formats, with future
expansion into the OTT
environment," said Mr. Chen,
vice president of SiTV, a
branch of SMG. "We were
delighted with the results of
the BATON QC system,
which is highly flexible,
reliable, and even provides
QC reports in the Chinese
language. BATON is
hardware and OS
independent, allowing us to
quickly scale to
accommodate the increasing
size of our asset library,
ensuring exceptional content
quality, at all times, for
viewers."
"Today, there's a strong
demand for automated QC
systems, especially in the
Asia-Pacific market, where
subscriptions for pay-TV
services are exploding. To
guarantee that each file-
based asset meets the
appropriate quality
requirements, television
providers need an efficient
and trustworthy solution," said
SITV IMPROVES MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION WITH INTERRA
SYSTEMS' BATON® QC SOLUTION
BATON Speeds Up File-Based QC Workflows, Providing the Chinese Media Company
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Sanjay Mittal, managing
director Asia, Interra
Systems. "BATON has
successfully been deployed
by hundreds of installations
globally. By guaranteeing
high-quality content, BATON
enables SiTV to focus on
other important tasks, like
content production and
delivery."
SiTV is currently using
BATON to perform content
quality checks for its cable
and satellite TV networks,
subscription-based digital pay
TV channels, as well as
production of films,
animation, and
documentaries. As a critical
part of the central check,
BATON instantly detects and
corrects content, while also
ensuring compliance with
broadcast television
standards and closed
captioning requirements.
Using the free add-on media
player, SiTV can pinpoint and
play the media around the
error location, check the
severity of the error, and
choose whether to ignore,
comment, or rate the error.
Relying on BATON within
each step of the workflow —
from ingest to transcoding,
playout, and archive — SiTV
can ensure that it is always
delivering the highest quality
content to its customers.
BATON simplifies quality
assurance for SD, HD, UHD,
4K, and mixed workflows,
offering support for a wide
range of codecs and media
containers. Featuring a
scalable architecture, BATON
enables SiTV to quickly
support OTT and expanded
broadcast offerings in the
future. Seamless integration
with media servers,
transcoders, MAM archiving,
and workflow solutions
assures trouble-free
installation and upgrades.
Built with high availability,
BATON continues operating
even if one of the hardware
components is down.

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Technicolor PostWorks New
York completed the finishing
on Café Society, Woody
Allen’s first digital motion
picture as a director, which
was captured by legendary
cinematographer Vittorio
Storaro. The film opened the
2016 Cannes Film Festival
and was released in the
United States last month.
Set in the 1930s, the story
charts the rise of the naïve
young Bobby Dorfman
(played by Jesse Eisenberg)
from his humble origins in the
Bronx before seeking fame in
Hollywood and returning to
New York in triumph. Storaro,
working with senior colourist
Anthony Raffaele, created
looks that reflected the major
locations, each in need of a
distinctive visual style, and
the development of the main
character as he navigates a
world of dreams and artifice.
“When Woody Allen asked
me to do Café Society, he
had never done a digital
capture before, but I knew
that I had to jump completely
into this new chance we had,”
said Vittorio Storaro. “I
wanted to see images on set
that would be very close to
the final result and afterwards
on dailies even closer, almost
90% of that way to what we
would see at the end –
Anthony Raffaele with
Baselight was able to offer
that.”
Storaro wanted to keep a
16-bit 4K workflow
throughout. Due to his
previous experience with
Baselight – on Majid Majidi’s
Muhammad: The Messenger
of God – and its ability to
work in multiple new formats,
Storaro was also insistent
that Baselight was the ideal
system for both the dailies
and DI. The project was shot
on Sony F55 and F65
cameras and graded using
the ACES standard, with
Baselight converting to XYZ
to retain quality and to allow
high dynamic range output to
all the deliverables.
“A real plus of ACES is that
you can achieve every colour
and density you could ever
want,” said colourist Raffaele.
“Vittorio always wants a crisp
black level. But with digital
projection you do not get the
same quality black level as
you do with print. The full
support for ACES in Baselight
enabled us to emulate film.”
Because Storaro insisted on
the same colourist for dailies
and finishing, Raffaele formed
a close working relationship
with on-set DIT Simone
d’Archangelo, exchanging
files and notes every day to
ensure that what was seen
on set was precisely what left
the colour suite.
Raffaele made extensive
use of Baselight’s layer
functionality, including
emulating the original
Technicolor three-strip
TECHNICOLOR POSTWORKS CREATES COLOUR FOR CAFÉ
SOCIETY
Baselight helps director Woody Allen and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro cross
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process and colour intensity
to create strong key looks,
identifying each location.
“The Bronx was supposed
to be a softer palette. It was
poor, lower toned, with muted
contrast,” Raffaele explained.
“Los Angeles was more
vibrant, new, golden with
luminous glow, reflecting the
fact that our main character is
in a more uplifted place. The
New York look was a merging
of the two, bringing
something back from LA, with
a fresher look. Bobby
Dorfman has changed his life
and so the image is a cleaner
colour palette, with more
contrasts.”
He used a large part of the
grading arsenal of Baselight,
such as the DFuse tool to
soften out skin, particularly to
make the main female
characters look more radiant
and angelic. The Baselight
layering tools helped him
complete simple VFX jobs
too, such as adding lights to
a dawn scene and matting
out unwanted objects.
Raffaele also pointed to
Baselight’s ability to switch
colour spaces readily,
allowing him to create the
final grade in HDR on HD
and immediately apply it to
the 4K raw footage inside
ACES, then roll out the
deliverables to multiple colour
spaces.
“Anthony Raffaele is a
wonderful colourist. He was
with us from New York to Los
Angeles, from the beginning
to the end,” said Storaro.
“That’s something I’m used to
doing in Italy and I really love
it, to have the same colourist
doing dailies and doing the DI
as well, following the movie
through its entire journey.”
Storaro had a clear vision of
the complete movie, including
references to classical
painters and photographers,
and he also had a very strong
understanding of the
technologies involved to
achieve what he wanted. He
went through the exact same
process as shooting in
celluloid.

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Striving to provide better-
quality viewing experiences
to its audience, Larchmont-
Mamaroneck Community
Television (LMCTV) has
upgraded its video playout
capabilities and online
offerings with Cablecast HD
video servers and streaming
solutions from Tightrope
Media Systems.
Headquartered in the Town
of Mamaroneck, New York,
LMCTV produces close to
one thousand (1000) hours of
programming each year for
its three television channels –
local public access,
municipal government, and
an education and ‘import’
channel that offers viewers
high school concerts,
graduations, meetings, and a
robust Varsity Sports program
covering over 80 games
annually. In addition to this
educational content, the latter
channel also includes shows
from neighboring stations and
producers. Each channel
features its own tailored
bulletin board between daily
programming, displaying
show schedules, community
announcements, social media
feeds and more.
Building on eight years of
satisfaction using Cablecast
automation and playout
systems for its channels and
Tightrope’s Carousel Digital
Signage Software for its
bulletin boards, LMCTV
recently enhanced and
expanded its Cablecast
deployment as it moved
towards HD distribution.
Supplied by integrator DNR
Laboratories, Cablecast
SX2HD and Cablecast SXHD
LE multi-format video servers
power HD playout for the
three channels, while a
Cablecast Live streaming
server and the Cablecast
Reflect cloud-based delivery
service provide high-quality,
bandwidth-efficient HD
streams to a virtually
unlimited number of online
and mobile viewers.
“While our channels on
Cablevision and Verizon are
limited to standard-definition
video, we wanted to deliver a
higher-quality service to our
viewership,” said Matt
Sullivan, chief operating
officer at LMCTV. “By offering
live HD streams through our
website, we can at least bring
our viewers HD on their
computers and tablets as a
start, and we’re fully ready for
HD television distribution
whenever our carriers allow
it. Cablecast gives us a sure-
fire way to know we’re
delivering the best possible
product to our audience.”
LMCTV’s live online
streams are a significant
facet of its connection to its
viewership, and the seamless
integration of the Cablecast
system simplifies their
LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK COMMUNITY TELEVISION
ENHANCES QUALITY WITH TIGHTROPE MEDIA SYSTEMS
Cablecast HD servers, Cablecast Live and Cablecast Reflect help community broad-
caster easily upgrade to high definition and enable effortless HD live streaming

creation. “The ease of use of Cablecast
Live and Cablecast Reflect is a big benefit
for us,” Sullivan said. “We don’t need to
take any extra steps to stream online.
Whatever content we are playing on our
Cablecast systems is automatically
available in HD on our website for viewing
on multiple devices, expanding our reach
both within and beyond our community.”
The tight integration between Cablecast
and Carousel brings similar operational
efficiencies to LMCTV’s bulletin board
service. “In a cable access environment,
each staff member often has to do more
than one job, so it’s important that the
systems work seamlessly together to make
things easier for us,” said Sharon Latimer-
Mosley, bulletin board manager at LMCTV.
“Carousel bulletins such as program
schedules and meeting calendars can be
updated automatically, saving us time and
effort, while the system’s reporting tools let
us provide detailed information to
community contributors about the delivery
of their messages.”
LMCTV on-air programmer Stephen
Aluisa also cited Cablecast’s ease of use
as a key benefit. “With Tightrope’s software
updates over the years, they’ve continued
to make the system simpler and more
efficient to operate,” he noted. “The
recently-added ability to operate Cablecast
remotely from a mobile device has also
been a big advantage, making last-minute
schedule changes less stressful when
you’re in the field or unable to get to the
office.”
Like its original Cablecast installation, the
recent upgrades have met LMCTV’s goals.
“The Cablecast system has done
everything we’ve asked it to do,”
summarized Sullivan. “The upgrade has
also given us the flexibility to take in any
video file, in any HD or SD format, directly
from our studio or producers. It’s definitely
made everyone at LMCTV’s life easier, and
at the same time enabled us to provide our
viewers with a significantly better online
experience in HD.”

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Bluefish444 announced that
the Epoch | Neutron range,
Epoch | 4K Supernova S+
range, and Epoch |
Supernova CG video I/O
cards for developers are now
supported by Derivative’s
TouchDesigner software.
TouchDesigner is a real-
time visual development
platform that equips
professionals with the tools
that they need to create
stunning projects and rich
user experiences.
TouchDesigner combined
with Bluefish444 allows the
creation of interactive media
systems, architectural
projections, live music
visuals, real-time on-set
compositing, or rapid-
prototyping with professional
SDI support.
“Bluefish444 cards were the
right solution for one of our
largest TouchDesigner-driven
permanent installations,” said
Matthew Ragan, Interactive
Engineer at Obscura Digital.
“Having a reliable, high
fidelity capture solution was
an imperative part of this
arena, and Bluefish444
provided the right tool for the
job.”
The Epoch | 4K Supernova
S+ range and Epoch |
Supernova CG are multi-
channel 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O
video cards enabling
TouchDesigner customers to
choose between a number of
configurable I/O
combinations. The Epoch |
Neutron range offers both full
height and low profile form
factor variants, in either multi-
channel 3G/HD or HD/SD
with HDMI preview, providing
a wide range of server
integration alternatives.
“TouchDesigner is a pre-
eminent tool for creatives
working in cutting edge
workflows such as projection
mapping and live production,”
said Craige Mott, Managing
Director of Bluefish444. “Our
highest quality SDI I/O,
proven reliability and stability
are the perfect fit for the
demanding real-time
workflows supported by
TouchDesigner.”
BLUEFISH444 ANNOUNCES COMPATIBILITY WITH
TOUCHDESIGNER
3D Graphics over SDI for Live Production, Projection Mapping and High
Performance Video Playback

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Clear-Com® announce its
status as technical supporter
of communications
equipment for the IBC
Auditorium for the duration of
IBC 2016, which takes place
from 8-13th September 2016.
Designed to IBC’s technical
specifications, the Auditorium
features the very latest sound
technology and state-of-the-
art cinema projection. As well
as the four-day conference,
the Auditorium will host the
IBC Awards ceremony and
the IBC Big Screen
showcase presentation of
Disney’s The Jungle Book in
Dolby Vision.
Phil White, Technical
Director, IBC, said, “The
versatile nature of the IBC
Auditorium provides us with a
challenging environment, as
we need to set up, produce
and de-rig back-to-back
events throughout IBC. Clear
communication across the
team is essential to the
smooth running of each
event, so we needed comms
equipment with the capacity
for multiple concurrent
conversations and good
audio quality. Clear-Com’s
range gives us that flexibility
and clarity, as well as the
knowledge that the
equipment is reliable and
robust enough to get us
through every event.”
Working with the IBC
Technology Team, which
supplies and installs the
audio equipment for the
overall production, Clear-
Com will provide an array of
equipment including HelixNet
digital partyline and Eclipse-
HX Delta digital matrix
solution, FreeSpeak II
wireless beltpacks, as well as
the recently launched CC-
110 lightweight, high
performance headsets.
CLEAR-COM CONFIRMED AS TECHNICAL SUPPORTER FOR
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Imagine Communications
announced that it has joined
the LiveIP project, a
collaboration of Belgian
public broadcasting company
VRT and the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU),
as a technology partner.
Through participation in this
forward-looking industry
collaboration, Imagine
Communications joins forces
with other innovative
companies to advance the
adoption of IP-based media
solutions and production
facilities.
The LiveIP project, driven
by the VRT Sandbox
incubator program and the
EBU, has developed a fully
functional IP production
studio based on industry
standards that is designed to
demonstrate a high level of
interoperability and leverage
the unique benefits of IP to
create efficiencies, such as
remote production and
automation.
“Imagine Communications is
excited to join this unique
industry initiative and further
demonstrate our commitment
to the managed transition of
media operations to next-
generation architectures
based on commercial-off-the-
shelf (COTS) equipment,”
said Brick Eksten, Chief
Product Officer, Imagine
Communications.
“Demonstrating that IP-based
production facilities are ready
for primetime today, as well
as providing an environment
for media companies to test
and validate innovative
solutions, is of paramount
importance and Imagine
Communications is proud to
assist the LiveIP project in
meeting these timely and vital
objectives.”
Imagine Communications’
SelenioFlex Live™ encoding
solution and the recently
introduced EPIC™
Multiviewer (MV), a software-
based hybrid SDI-IP
monitoring solution, will be
part of the LiveIP Studio
production set-up. VRT and
EBU announced last week
that its LiveIP production
facilities will be used by IBC
TV to produce some of the
programming scheduled for
the IBC2016 conference and
exhibition in Amsterdam, 8-13
September.
The EPIC MV, designed to
handle native IP
uncompressed, compressed
and SDI inputs, will be used
to monitor all video sources
and destinations. IBC TV will
leverage SelenioFlex Live to
stream IBC2016
programming to Internet-
connected devices. The
LiveIP project’s collaboration
with IBC TV is also being
supported by the Alliance for
IP Media Solutions (AIMS),
an industry association
dedicated to promoting the
advancement of IP-based
standards and products
based on those standards.
“We are pleased to
welcome Imagine
Communications into the
LiveIP multivendor
community,” said Félix Poulin,
lead Live & IP production at
EBU.
IMAGINE COMMUNICATIONS JOINS VRT-EBU LIVEIP PROJECT
AS TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
Company contributes encoding and monitoring technology to leading IP-based live
production studio and test center

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ATEME announced that
EBU-Eurovision has again
deployed its Kyrion encoders
and decoders to feed
prestigious football, tennis,
motor racing, cycling and
other sporting events live.
ATEME’s Kyrion encoders
and decoders were deployed
on different event sites
ensuring live transmissions.
In addition to the unilateral
and multilateral HD signals,
4K-UHD signal was provided
via satellite. Based on the
ATEME fifth Generation
STREAM compression
engine, the Kyrion encoder
and decoder provides
excellent baseband video
quality at minimum bitrates.
This solution has been
designed for contribution over
satellite and IP networks, with
added value features such as
ultra-fast-boot, ultra-low
latency, and ABR output.
“We have chosen to put our
trust in ATEME once again
because they offer us a future
proof solution with its
software upgrade capability to
the new and more efficient
HEVC codec”, said Graham
Warren at EBU-Eurovision.
“This will bring us the
possibility to reduce service
cost with bandwidth reduction
or offer a better video quality
at the same bandwidth for
both HD and UHD services.”
Claude Stoffel, EMEA Sales
Director of ATEME said: “We
are very pleased that EBU-
Eurovision has decided to
renew its confidence in
ATEME and our solutions for
the transmission of these
major sporting events. EBU-
Eurovision is deploying the
best-in-class solution while
ensuring the future of its
service with continuing video
quality enhancements.”
EBU-EUROVISION SELECTS ATEME TO POWER MAJOR 2016
SPORTS EVENTS

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Since its introduction a few
months ago at NAB 2016,
this innovative system
developed by the Spanish
company continues to
surprise positively in
companies from different
sectors and backgrounds, as
this solution fits a unique way
into different type
applications.
NIBBLE is a single 1RU
device specifically designed
to transport SDI signals and
unlimited audio visual files
using existing standard IP
networks, with the
characteristic of being
compatible with all IP
transport protocols and all
compression technologies.
Therefore already it
positioned itself as the perfect
solution for broadcast,
multiscreen and content
management applications.
NIBBLE allows bidirectional
and simultaneous
communication using a single
device, encoding and
decoding simultaneously and
providing real compatibility
with all compression
technologies including
HEVC/H.265, which enables
to optimize bandwidth up to
40% while maintaining
quality.
Estructure simplifies the
fundamental ability of this
device: ‘If you have an
Ethernet connection, you now
have a Real Time Worldwide
SDI transmission system’.
The industry was demanding
a solution of this type, so the
availability of NIBBLE has
awakened interest in
companies around the world.
This technology represents
a major leap for all these
companies, because it will
allow greatly optimize
ESTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY STANDS OUT WORLDWIDE WITH
NIBBLE, THE NEW SYSTEM FOR AUDIO-VISUAL IP
TRANSPORTING - NIBBLE IS A NON-COMPETITION SOLUTION
DESIGNED BY ESTRUCTURE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING HIGH
QUALITY CONTENTS ACROSS STANDARD IP NETWORKS

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Crestron announced a
groundbreaking new
partnership with Sonos, the
leading home sound system.
The new collaboration
enables the Sonos app to be
seamlessly integrated with
Crestron home automation
systems. Homeowners can
now search and stream all of
their favorite music on their
Sonos home sound system
right from Crestron touch
screens, handheld remotes,
keypads, and from the
Crestron app on popular
mobile devices. Sonos and
Crestron will be
demonstrating the new
integrated solution at CEDIA
EXPO 2016 in Dallas, booth
#4721.
“Our new collaboration with
Sonos is a big win for
Crestron dealers and the
upscale homeowners they
serve,” said John Clancy, VP
of Residential Systems at
Crestron. “It is now easy to
integrate Sonos on any scale,
from a single room to an
entire estate, into a custom
Crestron home automation
system. This includes all
Sonos meta-data, artwork,
control options, and the real-
time feedback Crestron
programmers need to ensure
a spectacular user
experience in every room.”
Now, in addition to lights,
shades, thermostats, theater
systems, security and much
more, homeowners can
control Sonos products from
Crestron touch screens,
remotes, and keypads. They
can view all of their Sonos
favorites, play/pause the
music, adjust the volume,
view now playing information
with artwork, and add or
remove zones as they move
about the house. What’s
more, the Sonos home sound
can be integrated into
personalized Crestron
scenes, such as “Welcome
Home,” whereby a single tap
of a touch screen, keypad, or
personal device disarms the
security system, turns on the
kitchen and family room
lights, adjusts the
temperature to 72 degrees,
and starts playing great
music.
“Our goal at Sonos is to
make it as easy as possible
to enjoy all of your favorite
music out loud,” said Andrew
Vloyanetes, Sonos global
business development
manager. “Collaborating with
Crestron allows us to work
with true innovators in home
automation to ensure Sonos
works seamlessly as part of
the ultimate smart home
lifestyle.”
CRESTRON PARTNERS WITH SONOS® TO DELIVER PERFECTLY
INTEGRATED WHOLE HOME AUDIO EXPERIENCE
communication costs by
eliminating satellite transport
and antennas expenses. Now
just an IP, MacroLAN or
ADSL connection is needed
to complete transporting.
Furthermore, to make the
system even more complete,
NIBBLE incorporates WEB-
RTC technology to exchange
contents, configuration and
commands real-time within
web based environments,
where the system makes
intelligent scaling and
ensures low latency
transmission. NIBBLE also
incorporates IPMI server
management, allowing you to
create a remote access from
any IP point to view,
configure and control the
hardware, taking advantage
of distributed peer to peer
architecture.
NIBBLE includes a powerful
set of tools for full autonomy,
allowing the creation of
playlists that combine content
from any device, camera or
external drive, allowing
up/down/cross conversion
and including advanced
graphics and logo insertion.
The system can also be used
as a complete automatic
transcoding system.
With all these features , it is
understandable the great
interest shown from many
sectors for this innovative
system, which like the rest of
solutions of the brand, also
features a unique user
experience, according to the
Estructure exclusive concept
‘Easyflow’ for simplify any
workflow with technology.

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This September, the international media industry convenes in Amsterdam for six days
of state-of-the-nation debate, challenging and informative technology demonstrations
and opportunities for lively and rewarding networking.
Executives from Netflix, Warner Bros, Cisco, Ericsson, Buzzfeed, Canal+, NBCU,
Amazon, Google, Sony Pictures and Spotify are just some of the 55,000 professionals
meeting to lead and learn at IBC2016. On the agenda: How IP is reshaping the
economics of media production; where the world's biggest advertising agencies are
placing their client's money; how best to reach milliennial audiences; monetising
virtual reality; and strategies to stay two steps ahead of continual market disruption.
WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell, one of the world's most influential and successful business
leaders, sets the tone by addressing IBC2016's theme 'Transformation in the Digital
Era: Leadership, Strategy and Creativity in Media'in the newest conference
streamAudiences and Advertising. That statement, and Sorrell's presence, underlines
the fact that IBC is the place where the strategic thinkers come to exchange ideas.
Guaranteed to provoke further discussion are keynotes from Erik Huggers, President
and CEO at Vevo; Dominique Delport, Global Managing Director/Chairman, Havas
Media Group/Vivendi Content and Dr Manuel Cubero, who heads up Vodafone’s
Kable Deutschland AG business.
The IBC Conference tracks alongside the comprehensive exhibition which features
the world's major media technology brands and all emerging, innovative developers
too. There are 15 halls, curated by theme for ease of navigation, plus outdoor
exhibits, making 2016 by far the biggest IBC in terms of floor space.
An integral partof the IBC experience are the feature areas, special zones designed
to help visitors gain a deeper understanding of innovation and to quiz the people
driving it.
The IBC Technology in Action Theatre, for example, hosts a series of case studies at
the leading edgeof technology, including the cloud and IP as well as production, post
and delivery. Often presented by users, this is a prime opportunity to gain insider
knowledge.
No-one wants to miss the IBC Future Zone where prototypes and theoriesleap from
academicand broadcast labs into potential reality. The researchers working on them
come too, so not only can you see and test what they are thinking, you can influence
the direction of their work.
Unafraid to tackle the status quo, IBC invites sponsors to outsource their R&D to
talented designers, coders and entrepreneurs at IBC Hackfest, a weekend of
convention-defying brainstorming that could witness the next big thing.
Nowhere is the interface between art and science more dramatically illustrated than at
the IBC Big Screen Experience, a series of sessions benchmarking the future of
cinema. Ang Lee, Oscar winning director of Life of Pi, headlines this IBC stream,
treating visitors to a sneak peak of his extraordinary new feature which is filmed with
pioneering ultra-highframe rates to achieve a look which can only be described as
cinematic reality.
A highlight of every IBC are the IBC Innovation Awards which uniquely recognise the
expertise and sheer endeavor that teams of vendors, service suppliers and
mediaorganisations make to achieve breakthroughs. This year’s finalists include
Endemol Shine, ESPN and Tencent.

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AJA Video Systems
manufactures high-quality
and cost-effective digital
video capture, interface,
conversion and desktop
solutions for video
professionals. AJA simplifies
professional digital video
workflows with products
designed and manufactured
in Grass Valley, California. At
IBC AJA will introduce
several new products that
focus on support for next
generation formats.
AJA is committed to leading
the way in technological
innovation and helping our
customers future-proof their
workflows, whether that’s
through Broadcast IP
technology, 4K/UltraHD,
streaming, and more. AJA
develops projects that have
been engineered to help
customers transition to new
ways of working, and
integrate new formats with
tools that fit into their existing
infrastructure, ensuring that
updates are simple and non-
disruptive.
AJA’s award-winning
product lineup includes the
KONA family of video capture
and playback cards, Io
standalone appliances
delivering premium video and
audio I/O, Ki Pro
record/playback devices, FS
family of frame
synchronizers/converters,
Corvid solutions for developer
partners, KUMO routers,
HELO streaming solutions,
CION and RovoCam
cameras, and a host of Mini-
Converters that are the
leading choice of video
professionals for AJA’s
signature reliability,
functionality and support—
and more.
AJA Video Systems Booth: 7.F11

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Just in time for IBC AVT
introduces some new
features for the MAGIC
Telephone Hybrids. The
MAGIC THipPro Talkshow
System supports with the
next software release the
Ember+ protocol, which can
be used e.g. for the
communication with Lawo or
DHD mixing consoles. With
Ember+ control commands
can be easily exchanged via
IP or it can be used for
signaling a line status.
Additionally, up to 32 DHD
SetLogic commands can be
programmed which allow an
easy communication between
the MAGIC THipPro and
DHD mixing consoles.
Both Ember+ and the DHD
SetLogic commands will be
also available for the MAGIC
TH2plus and MAGIC TH6
Telephone Hybrids mid of
October.
Especially for the MAGIC
THipPro VoIP Telephone
Hybrids a Dante module is
optionally now available. It
offers up to 32 Audio
inputs/outputs which can be
routed via the IP network to
mixing console which also
support the Dante protocol or
the AES67 standard.
AVT is presenting the new
features live on booth E76 in
hall 8 at the IBC in
Amsterdam. Furthermore, the
new Dual IP Audio Codec
MAGIC ACip3 and the
MAGIC TBR Tunnel Break-in
System for DAB are on
display.
By the way, AVT is
celebrating its 20th
anniversary this year. The
company started in 1996 and
has continuously extended
and improved its product
portfolio. For all visitors of
AVT’s stand at IBC, the
company has prepared a
special offer for its MAGIC
TH1 Go Telephone Hybrids.
AVT
Audio Video Technologies GmbH
Booth: 8.E76
AVT Telephone Hybrids with Ember+, DHD SetLogic and Dante

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At IBC 2016, Blackmagic
Design will be showcasing its
latest products designed to
deliver Ultra HD 4K video
content for the broadcast and
live production markets.
Visitors to the Blackmagic
Design booth will be able to
take a closer look at the
latest updates and
accessories for its range of
digital film cameras, including
an updated camera operating
system with a new user
interface and features for the
URSA Mini, the URSA Studio
Viewfinder, which turns the
URSA Mini into a true
professional studio camera
and the Video Assist 4K.
Blackmagic Design will
show also showcase the
ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast
Studio 4K, the world’s first
high frame rate Ultra HD
2160p60 production switcher,
Teranex Mini converters and
HyperDeck Studio 12G, a
professional solid state disk
based broadcast deck that
can record SD, HD and Ultra
HD.
Also at the booth will be
some of the company’s
innovative products, such as
the Blackmagic Duplicator
4K, which records Ultra HD
content onto multiple SD
cards for instant distribution,
and the Blackmagic 3G-SDI
Arduino Shield, which lets
customers build their own
custom controllers.
DaVinci Resolve 12.5 is a
massive update, with over
1000 enhancements and 250
new features, including
additions to the editing
toolset, enhanced color
features including improved
HDR support, as well as
ResolveFX, a powerful new
framework for native GPU
and CPU accelerated effects.
Fusion 8, the world’s most
advanced visual effects and
motion graphics software for
Mac, Windows and Linux will
also be demonstrated on the
booth.
Blackmagic Design Booth: 7.H20

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Breaking news stories
from anywhere in the
world with LIVE+ EnGo
Dejero is known as an
innovator in cloud-managed
solutions that simplify the
transport of live video and
real-time data across remote
or mobile IP networks. At
IBC, the company will
showcase some major
developments in its IP
connectivity solutions for
electronic newsgathering
(ENG) and remote
broadcasting with a new
version of its compact LIVE+
EnGo transmitter and
enhancements to its LIVE+
Control management system,
which, in a nutshell, enable
broadcasters to manage the
transport live and recorded
content over bonded IP
networks more simply than
ever before.
Dejero Booth: 12.C56
Simplifying live broadcasting from multiple remote locations
using bonded IP networks at IBC

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The LIVE+ EnGo now
comes with simplified
connectivity options and
updated roaming packages. It
encodes IP video, and bonds
all available networks,
including cellular, Wi-Fi,
Ethernet and satellite, to
deliver exceptional picture
quality with extremely low
latency for news crews when
reporting live from breaking
news locations.
The unit also boasts new
user-changeable SIM
modules to allow a field
operator to quickly and easily
switch up to six SIMs in a
LIVE+ EnGo to match the
local cellular network
environment. The modular
design also supports easily
switching the modem module
to achieve optimum
connectivity in different
regions of the world for
international reporting. The
newest version supports
modems intended for use
across multiple regions
allowing your reporter to take
the unit from New York to
Paris without missing a beat.
EnGo’s new ‘hotspot’
simplifies connectivity
allowing field users to
connect laptops and other
mobile devices to the internet
using the EnGo eliminating
the need to carry additional
mobile access around.
Live reporting in adverse
and challenging locations
Since its launch, LIVE+
EnGo has already been used
extensively by news crews to
deliver flexible live reporting
from events including the
2016 football championships
in France, the attacks in
Nice, and the Rio 2016
Games.
“I work in the business of
fast news delivery and with
Dejero’s LIVE+ EnGo I can
be ready to report live from
the International Criminal
Tribunal in the Netherlands
one day and then be in
Brussels the next day to
cover the aftermath of
Britain’s EU Referendum,”
commented Dejero user,
Peter Van der Struijs. “As the
owner of a freelance camera
company whose main client
is the Netherland’s RTL
Nieuws, Van der Struijs
comments, “A key feature for
me is just how easy it is to
swap out the SIMs as I move
from region to region or
country to country. You can
fill the Engo with 2 x 6 sims;
for example, one for local use
and one for abroad, which
worked extremely well for me
in Rio last month. I love this
unit and I recommend the
LIVE+ EnGo to all camera
operators covering news and
indeed any live broadcast.”
Dejero also supported
Canadian broadcasters, as
well as many international
broadcasters at the Summer
Games in Rio by deploying
private Wi-Fi hotspots in key
locations, Anatel-certified
mobile transmitters with local
SIM modules and by offering
onsite support 24-hours a day
for the duration of the
Games.
The event marked the first
time that the Dejero LIVE+
Multipoint video distribution
network in use at the Games,
enabling the distribution of
high-quality live streams from
a source location to multiple
broadcasters simultaneously.
LIVE+ Multipoint can also be
used to exchange recorded
content between studios.
LIVE+ Multipoint leverages
the Internet along with
Dejero’s adaptive bitrate
encoding technology and
LIVE+ platform of
transmitters, servers,
software, and cloud services
to provide a resilient solution
that encodes and routes the
content from a single source
to multiple destinations
across the globe. Compared
with other video contribution
approaches, such as
installing and leasing a fiber
link or booking and leasing
satellite transponder space,
LIVE+ Multipoint is highly
cost-effective — especially
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when sources and
destinations span
international borders.
Because the network
supports mobile contribution
encoders, it offers greater
flexibility than fixed networks
for acquiring content from
remote locations.
Control & Monitoring:
Better, faster, stronger
Dejero will also be
demonstrating the latest
enhancements to its LIVE+
Control management system
that simplifies the task of
broadcasting live from remote
locations and transporting
recorded content to
broadcast facilities over
bonded IP networks including
cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet or
satellite. The latest updates
enhance monitoring, station
administration, and reporting
capabilities, displaying real-
time analytics of network
connection performance, and
overall transmission quality
for each Dejero transmitter.
These updates to the
Dejero LIVE+ Control
management system go hand
in hand with the recent
release of version 4.0 of the
company’s LIVE+ Core
software that powers its
industry leading mobile
transmitters, servers, and
smartphone and notebook
apps. This major new
software release is making its
IBC debut this year and has
added significant new
capabilities to the LIVE+
platform of products including
an enhanced congestion
control algorithm and faster
transport of files.
“Dejero has turned industry
hype about ‘IP’ and ‘the
cloud’ into reality by providing
broadcasters with the tools
that help them do their jobs
better, faster and more cost-
effectively, without
compromising quality and
immediacy,” said Brian Cram,
CEO of Dejero. “We are also
proving – through key
partnerships – that our
technologies can be
integrated with other
innovators to create
best-of-breed IP
solutions.”
Earlier this year,
Dejero joined the
newly formed
Alliance for IP Media
Solutions (AIMS)
which was created
and is run by leading
technology providers
to encourage the
adoption of open
standards and
interoperability as
the broadcast and
media industry
transitions from SDI
to IP.
“Dejero has always
advocated for and is
a firm believer in the
adoption of open
standards and our
presence at
IBC2016 will
demonstrate our
belief in
interoperability and
open APIs to help accelerate
the transition to IP and cloud
technologies,” concluded
Cram.
Dejero will also make a
major announcement at
IBC2016 that will
revolutionize the movement
of files from the field, further
simplifying broadcast
workflows. Be the first to see
this new solution and the
other product
announcements from Dejero
on stand 12.C56 at IBC2016.

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