The IBC Daily 2011 – Preview Issue

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8-13 September 2011

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The future of broadcasting Keynote Preview The breadth of discussion in the IBC Conference is remarkable. It covers social media and new production techniques; television in your pocket to the biggest digital cinema screens; the changing nature of advertising and audio processing for immersive sound f ields. And much more.

Traditionally this industry was owned by broadcasters, because they were the only ones who could bring together the complex technical platforms and the creative talent.

That is no longer true: the digital revolution has eliminated the cost issue, empowering citizens everywhere to capture, create and distribute their own content.

Yet the broadcast industry is still seen as a good place to be. The market leaders are profitable and continue to seek expansion, and creativity is higher than ever. So what is the future of broadcasting?

John Smith, BBC Worldwide CEO, participates in a highpowered debate

How is the dilution of advertising revenues affecting plans? How real is the threat of mobile and internet delivery platforms? If rival operators begin to invest in original con-

tent how can broadcasters respond?

Does the long-term solution involve partnerships between traditional broadcasters and internet and mobile operators, or should they go

it alone? What would such partnerships look like, and how would revenues be generated and shared?

IBC has assembled a powerful panel to debate these big questions for its plenary Keynote session, The Future of Broadcasting, on Thursday 8 September at 09:30 in the Forum.

William H Roedy, the former chairman and chief executive of MTV Networks International and the architect of its expansion, will be joined by John Smith, Chief Executive Off icer of BBC Worldwide, charged with taking one of the world’s most recognised and trusted brands to the global stage, and expanding its commercial remit across multiple platforms.

Each will present their view, and be probed on behalf of the audience by chairman Raymond Snoddy. It promises to set the agenda not just for IBC2011, but for the future of our industry. For all the details and to register for the IBC2011 Conference visit www.ibc.org/conference.

Discover even more at IBC this year IBC2011 is a comprehensive exhibition, an authoritative conference and much more. Make the most of IBC by checking out the other sessions and presentations which are on offer. All these are open to all IBC visitors, including those who have free exhibition passes (register before 17 August to receive discounts at www.ibc.org/register).

Interested in production techniques and the latest in camera technology? Head for the IBC Production Village in Hall 11. As well as the unique camera display, where you can compare and contrast

models from different manufacturers and at different price points on the same set, you can sign up for case study led briefing sessions in the Inside Knowledge area.

For those who are looking to new media and IP connectivity, the IBC Connected World in Hall 13 brings together the companies, technologies and leaders shaping the business of content everywhere.

See, experience and understand the exciting opportunities created by IP broadband and mobile distribution technology. (continued on page 4)

Inside

Setting the agenda IBC CEO Michael Crimp reveals the ways in which this year’s event will reflect key changes in the industry Page 3

Taking the social view Facebook’s Joanna Shields presents the convention’s plenary Page 4

The familiar and the new Chair of the IBC exhibition committee John Holton looks at what’s in store Page 8

Debating the challenges IBC conference committee chair Michael Lumley unveils this year’s programme and the underlying issues Page 10

Frequency spectrum Daniel Sauvet-Goichon on how the spectrum must meet all needs Page 12

Exhibitor listing Complete with stand numbers and floor plan for the RAI centre Page 32

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Setting the agenda IBC reflects the vital changes impacting the industry and with your participation can help lead the agenda too, says Michael Crimp, CEO Heading into IBC2011 it feels good to report that everyone we are talking to across the industry from trade organisations to conference speakers and exhibitors seems very upbeat about the prospects for the electronic media business going forward.

It’s fair to say people were cautious entering NAB in April but that turned out to be a show full of conf idence and we feel that that momentum continues to build in the run-up to September.

To illustrate that, even despite the tragic tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year, Japanese manufacturers are keen to get back on track and to use IBC as a platform to communicate to the world that they are back in business.

IBC continues to evolve not just to reflect the changing nature of the business but, we hope, to stay one step ahead of the game and help set the industry’s agenda for the next 12 months.

With that in mind we are expanding on the successful introduction of the IBC Connected World, which is intended for anybody interested in how the consumer agenda will drive the professional industry. It seemed to hit the mark for a lot of companies in the mobile TV and IPTV space and there are a growing number of companies who want to be included in 2011. Cisco will present a large feature to demonstrate its vision of the influence consumers will have on media consumption in the home.

The trend towards content anywhere is also clearly reflected in our IBC Conference sessions most notably with the presence of the

There are few other places you can network with senior representatives of Microsoft, Walt Disney, Facebook, Sony Pictures and Google – and see related technology in action

convention’s headline speaker Joanna Shields, the European vice president and managing director, Facebook.

The full impact of social networks on the broadcast landscape has yet to be felt but they already play an instrumental communications role for advertisers and TV brands. Her keynote will be keenly noted.

The essential context Technology does not function in isolation so the IBC Conference is the essential context which puts each one of the thousands of innovations on the showfloor into the bigger picture.

We also make sure that there are good opportunities to network professionally and socially with the attendees. There are few other places you can network with senior

representatives of Microsoft, Walt Disney, Facebook, Sony Pictures or Google – and see related technology in action.

We also want to address an international audience concerned with policy and strategy as well as those who have an operational interest and those whose interest is in R&D and technology. The intention is to attract and reflect constituents and interests from a wide, international background, and also to link the IBC Conference intimately with the IBC Exhibition.

There are numerous activities around IBC that we aim to tie into each other so that visitors to one activity do not feel isolated from the rest of the programme. A notable change, and something we think will receive a great deal of interest is the Future Zone that brings together some futuristic technology from the world’s R&D labs. These are concepts and prototypes that have existed as academic papers but are now demonstrable in some fashion.

None of these are presented as commercially available products but as visionary technology that will make visitors step back and re-think what is possible.

We are also developing our Rising Stars programme, which we launched in 2010 and is something we feel is very important to both IBC’s and the industry’s future. We are looking to engage students and young professionals because we recognise that IBC has traditionally been for the seasoned male executive whereas we believe the future of the industry and of IBC belongs to reflecting the agenda of the younger generation.

Michael Crimp: We will make every effort to meet and surpass your goals

IBC Leaders’ Summit This is the third year of IBC’s campaign to attract opinion formers from the wider electronic media to complement the show’s traditional and core technology focus. A major complement to this sees the launch of the IBC Leaders’ Summit, a two day event beginning Thursday 8 September for Europe’s most senior broadcast players to mix informally with and share exclusive insight from some of the most talismanic figures in world media.

They include BSkyB COO Mike Darcey; Intel’s vice president, general manager, Digital Home Group Eric Huggers; Consumer Electronics Association USA, president and CEO Gary Shapiro; Chris Dedicoat, president, European markets; Cisco, Rich Riley, senior vice president and managing director EMEA, Yahoo!; William H Roedy, former chair and CEO for MTV Networks International; and Facebook’s VP and managing director, EMEA Joanna Shields. Together they will explore what it means to lead media companies in a digital age.

We have organised the IBC Leaders’ Summit in response to a feeling that the industry is moving away from chief engineers making technology decisions that other chief engineers will implement, toward a more strategic view of the business benefits that technology may bring to an organisation. We think people want to talk more in terms of what a technology will do for my business; what is my return on that asset; and how will consumer behaviour impact my business model?

We will make every effort to meet and surpass your goals this IBC whether in business, training, journalism, knowledge building or ideas generation and look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam.

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Taking the social view Facebook’s Joanna Shields presents the convention’s plenary Keynote Preview Everyone who works in television would love to think that audiences are sitting at home watching with captivated concentration. Chances are today that they are not: they might be using a tablet to find out more background (or checking IMDB for where you had last seen that actor) or they might be at an online service linked to the programme itself. Most likely, though is that they will be using a social network to chat with friends watching the same programme.

Social media has transformed the communications landscape.

Facebook has already passed the 750 million active user mark, with some commentators suggesting it will reach a billion members by 2012. Given that the ITU estimates there are two billion internet users, this is a remarkable penetration.

Facebook and other social media

sites such as Twitter (200 million active users) also came into prominence this year for their catalytic effect in the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. A communications platform that can drive political change and swap gossip on X Factor contestants is powerful indeed.

IBC is tackling social media with a group of conference sessions, centred around a Keynote presentation from Joanna Shields, who is vice president and managing director EMEA at Facebook. In conversation with Raymond Snoddy and the audience she will set out her vision for the way that social networks fit into the wider media landscape. Hear her views on Friday 9 September at 9:30 in the Forum.

The keynote is just part of an extended look at the implications of social media. On Thursday 8 September there is a preview briefing, Extending the Value of Branded Content Through Social Media and

Online Engagement at 13:30 in room E102, looking at how companies can use social media to build communities and grow brands.

On Friday 9 September Simon Bucks, associate editor of Sky News in the UK, talks to journalist Kate Bulkley about the implications of social media and the trend towards crowd sourcing for news in the session How Wikileaks, Facebook and Twitter Changed News Production Forever at 11:00 in the Forum. Not only can Twitter and Facebook break stories f irst, sites like Wikileaks have the potential to cause dramatic shifts in the news agenda.

The day also includes a technical session. Social Media & Multiscreen Viewing – A Revolution in Your Own Living Room at 08:00 in the Emerald room on how social media and interactivity can be directly linked to the broadcast content in realtime. A trial in Japan has already used Twitter analysis to

track opinions during a live political debate. The technical possibilities are exciting: the IBC audience has the chance to filter them to see what will make for practical, commercially successful applications.

That in turn leads on to Saturday

10 September sessions on connected TV and the impact of new devices like the iPad. Find your path through the social media revolution with the conference prog ramme at w w w. i b c . o rg / c o n f e r e n c e p r o gramme.

Register now for IBC2011 If you are not yet registered for IBC2011, point your browser at www.ibc.org/register and select the package that best matches your requirements. Remember that there are big savings on offer if you book before 17 August.

Top of the list is the exhibition pass, which is free provided you register in advance. As well as five days of the most comprehensive global exhibition your exhibition pass offers a whole lot more, including admission to the IBC Awards Ceremony on Sunday 11 September and the movie screenings in the IBC Big Screen, the IBC Connected World in Hall 13 and its Exhibition Business Brief ings, What Caught My Eye

and other special conference sessions and much more.

If you want to make the most of your time at IBC, then the Gold Pass is for you. As well as access to the exhibition and priority access to the conference, it allows you to use the exclusive Gold Lounge including lunch and refreshments, Wi-Fi, private meeting rooms and a concierge service. There is even a modest gift in your conference delegate bag.

It also delivers connections with peers and potential clients through a dedicated online networking tool, as well as face-to-face meetings at social events on site. If you are seeking to make the most of the connections available at IBC, the Gold Pass

Discover even more at IBC this year (continued from page 1) Linked to the IBC Connected World are the Exhibition Business Briefings, hosted in rooms G102 and G103. These are a programme of free seminars presented by manufacturers and pioneering users, talking about the practical implications of rolling out new technologies. To keep the content absolutely up to date the programme will not be finalised until closer to the date, so keep an eye on www.ibc.org to see the programme as it develops.

New this year is the Future Zone in the Park Foyer. This brings together a number of exciting presentations looking at where the industry will be in just a few years.

The centrepiece of the Future Zone is the remarkable Super HiVision system, presented by NHK

(Japan Broadcasting Corporation).

This is a live broadcast system with 16 times the resolution of HD and 22.2 immersive audio. If you have not had a chance to see Super HiVision then make this an early priority. If you have already experienced it, you will need no encouragement to go back a second time.

The Future Zone also incorporates the New Technology Campus, a regular IBC feature in which some of the advanced research described in the technical papers part of the conference comes to life. Invited participants demonstrate their prototypes and discuss the project. Also discussing research are those who are invited to give poster presentations of their technical papers within the IBC Conference.

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is the right choice.

The Silver Pass opens the whole conference and exhibition to you. If your time is limited or you have very specific interests, the Bronze Pass covers one or two days in the conference with unlimited access to the exhibition. And if your aims are extremely targeted, you can buy a Flexi-Pass which gives you admit-

tance to any four conference sessions, or a Single Session Pass if space is available.

As well as the discounts for booking early there is a 30% discount for exhibitors and a very generous 80% discount for registered students on most prices. Go now to www.ibc.org/register to select and book the right package for you.

Also, within the conference are a large number of Added Value sessions, which are free to all attendees. These range from panel discussions to technical seminars.

They also include the ever-popular ‘What Caught My Eye’ sessions, in which an expert tours the show floor, identifies the latest and best technology, and gives a bright and snappy presentation to help you make the most of your exhibition time.

Sessions produced by EDCF, SCTE and SMPTE are also free within the Added Value stream and cover a lot of ground, including really useful practical information on 3D stereoscopic broadcasting and cinema presentation.

Talking of cinema presentations, the IBC Big Screen offers blockbuster movies on the evenings of Saturday 10 and Monday 12 September, using the absolute state of

the art in 2K, 4K and stereoscopic 3D digital projection and Dolby 7.1 surround sound.

On Sunday 11 September at 18:30 the IBC Big Screen, otherwise known as the Auditorium, is host to the IBC Awards Ceremony.

As well as finding out which projects are changing the industry, the evening includes some special treats. The last couple of years have seen sneak previews of forthcoming blockbuster movies in stunning 3D. This too is free to all attendees.

Finally, IBC is a great place to network, so take time out to talk to contacts new and old. The IBC Pub is in the heart of the exhibition, and The Beach down by the canal is a great spot to relax and catch up on the news, especially when the sun shines. Come and discover all that IBC has to offer by registering at www.ibc.org/register before 17 August for discounts.

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Civolution’s product allows for the automatic identification of the TV channel being watched and the content being played. Upon identification, video synchronisation enables accurate realtime synchronisation between content played on the TV and mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones. The company’s video synchronisation uses imperceptible audio watermarks embedded within live or recorded programmes showing on the main TV to accurately synchronise supplementary content via the microphone of the companion mobile device.

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The familiar and the new John Holton, chair of the IBC exhibition committee, introduces this year’s show and looks forward to another successful year Exhibition Preview ach year I am asked to write this introduction to the IBC Exhibition, and each year it gets harder. We are never complacent, of course, and we are always looking to tweak what we do in terms of laying out the exhibition and creating the right environment for our exhibitors and visitors to do business.

But, as the old saying goes “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. We are very proud of the IBC Exhibition, especially this year when we can point to all the established names in the industry and all of the key players in emerging technologies on our show floor. So we do not need to make sweeping changes – which means there is little for me to write about.

Raw numbers are never a good guide to the health of an exhibition, but this year IBC will be the biggest show it has ever been, albeit only exceeding 2008 by a slim margin.

We have around 1,300 exhibitors, including co-exhibitors sharing the total of around 1,000 stands.

I am particularly pleased that we are able to welcome all of our friends from Japan. No-one could have failed to be touched by the dreadful scenes we all saw on 11 March this year when the tsunami struck. The determination to play their full part in IBC is a tribute to the resilience of the Japanese industry and the strength of character of

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its people, and it is great that IBC will see them at full strength.

As last year, we are f illing 13 halls. Hall 12, in the Elicium, is now dedicated exclusively to Sony, and Hall 13 is the new home for the IBC Connected World. This brings together content delivery systems over IP, from mobile television to the digital home of the future. The future is connected: this is the place to understand the implications.

I made the point earlier that raw numbers are not a relevant measure.

I see no attraction in creating an ever-bigger show: it just means that you have further to walk, and more ‘noise’ to tune out while focusing on your own hit list.

What is important, though, is ensuring that the exhibition is comprehensive and the team in the IBC office, working with my committee, is extraordinarily skilful in managing the space available so that we can accommodate more or less everyone who wants to be at IBC without cramping anyone’s style.

Most important, it means that we can make space for those exhibitors who are growing in importance in the broadcast and media industry.

Over the last couple of years Intel and Nokia, Oracle and Siemens have joined the IBC family. This year for example, Texas Instruments will be exhibiting.

We are also welcoming increasing numbers of exhibitors from China.

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Huawei, for instance, has space in both Hall 9 and the IBC Connected World. These companies are massive suppliers in their home market – Novel-Super TV recently delivered its 50 millionth set-top box and are now turning to the wider international market. With this new, outward looking

mission, Chinese companies see IBC as the right global showcase for their innovative and attractive products.

As ever, our exhibition is laid out logically, with content delivery – everything from satellites to set-top boxes – in Halls 1 to 5. Post production is centred in Halls 6 and 7. For automation and asset management head to Hall 8, which also has an area dedicated to Audio & Radio.

Halls 9 to 11 are production oriented, including workflow specialists.

Hall 11 is home to the IBC Production Village, another recent innovation which has rapidly become a much-valued part of the event. The ability to see, try and compare cameras from across the marketplace on a single set is unique and just another of the ways that we make IBC relevant to our audience: an event not just a trade show.

This is a great, if challenging, time to be part of the broadcast and electronic media business. IBC is a great place to learn about the latest developments and operational thinking, and with all the world’s vendors in one building it is a great place to do business. I hope to see you on the show floor.

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Debating the real industry challenges IBC conference committee chair Michael Lumley looks forward to this year’s programme, and discusses how it addresses the key issues of the day Conference Preview 2011 has already been a challenging and exciting year for the media industry. Events around the world have clearly illustrated how the power of broadcasting is merging with online services and social networking to create a uniquely universal communications platform.

The technical challenges this sets about are considerable, but so too are the issues surrounding the management of content: how do we interpret the news coming from participants in revolution or conflict?

How will online services transform the way that content is monetised?

How far should technology changes affect the way we work?

This is the background to this year’s IBC Conference. The headline topics which include; Social Media, Next Generation Workflow, Adver tising, Connected TV & Devices and 3D, all address these

key issues, in a programme of presentations, papers and discussions which aims to dig deep from all points of view.

Because broadcasting and media is a team effort, requiring creative, technical and commercial talent to come together, there are three streams which run through the conference: Content Creation and Innovation, Technology Advancements and the Business of Broadcasting.

These streams provide a guide to the nature of each session but they are by no means exclusive. Creative artists need to understand the possibilities opened up by the latest technologies, just as producers and commissioners need to understand how they can develop revenue streams from the latest creative ideas.

Adding to the three core streams are a couple more strands. One is the prog ramme of keynote addresses, in which we bring in key global figures – the likes of John Smith of BBC Worldwide, Ferdinand Kayser, CEO of SES Astra and Joanna Shields, vice president and managing director EMEA of Facebook – to talk and to interact with the audience. These plenary sessions are where the future direction of the industry is debated.

Diverse subjects The other additional strand we call Added Value. This is the group name for all the free sessions run by the conference team but aimed at all IBC visitors, not just regis-

New GUI from Evertz Evertz

By Michael Burns Evertz has released Magnum Vue, a user-customisable graphical interface that visually unifies the Magnum experience.

The introduction of Magnum Vue is said by the company to have strengthened and simplif ied the Magnum system, which bridges all of the major components within the broadcast path under a single point

of control as it enables the user to graphically identify and customise the components.

From the single touch-screen interface, Magnum Vue is said to provide flexible control across all broadcast operations. An operator can therefore manage an entire broadcasting infrastructure, from content creation to distribution w i t h M a g n u m Vu e , t h e r e by increasing productivity and reducing cost, says the developer.

Magnum Vue enables users to

tered delegates. This includes retur ning favourites like What Caught My Eye, which gives the hard-pressed visitor the lowdown on the latest products from the show floor.

Also in this par t of the programme are other fascinating sessions, looking at a whole range of diverse subjects from preserving archives to developing apps. The sessions we host on behalf of IABM, EDCF, SMPTE and SCTE are also free to all visitors.

Returning to the main conference programme, the matrix is completed by crossing the ver tical streams with key topics. These pro-

vide delegates with a jour ney through the conference, and through IBC, allowing teams to get a complete understanding of the current state of the art.

This year we have developed f ive principal jour neys, based around key issues. Social media is clearly at the top of that agenda, and it is linked with the way that new devices are changing content consumption. Will multi-screening continue to grow, or will the connected TV bring it all back into one screen?

How can viewers navigate content coming from a multitude of sources? How do we know what to look for, and what brands will deliver the trusted content we seek?

Two more topics are linked into that debate, or perhaps spring from it. On Monday 12 September there is a plenary session, followed by some follow-up panels, looking at the future of television advertising.

Following on from a catastrophic drop in revenues in 2009, now the advertising sector is threatened with market fragmentation thanks to the multi-screen revolution. What new funding models will emerge?

And if revenues are down and budgets are tight, how can producers continue to deliver compelling content? Will cloud computing reduce costs, and is the technology, connectivity and security yet in place? Next generation workflows are the third of the IBC2011 conference journeys.

In 2010 we introduced a sports t h e m e d ay. Wi t h t h e c o m i n g months seeing the South Asian Games in Delhi, Euro2012 UEFA football in Poland and Ukraine, the

integrate the control of routing systems, multi-viewers, branding engines, master control, terminal equipment, and more. Evertz also claims that, due to its cross-platform capabilities and support for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, Magnum Vue can be easily integrated into any system.

The built-in widget layout and configuration engine gives the user the power to customise a workspace in order to determine how much they wish to control and see from a single view.

Each widget can be configured and customised by modifying such characteristics as labels, fonts,

colours, communication details and widget behaviour among others.

T h e l ayo u t mode allows the user to customise key features including position, size and orientation of plug-ins.

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Michael Lumley: The matrix is completed by crossing the vertical streams with key topics

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Ryder Cup near Chicago and the Olympics and Paralympics in London, there is huge interest in creating new viewer experiences and delivering quality on a controlled budget. Sunday 11 September is sports day at IBC2011.

Monday 12 September is very firmly associated in the IBC mindset with digital cinema and stereoscopic 3D. This year the conference again moves to the IBC Big Screen in the Auditorium for the most incisive series of debates and presentations as 3D becomes both a technical and a business reality.

Presentations are key not just to the 3D sessions but to the whole of the IBC conference. I would like to pay tribute to the technical team who create not just a state of the art 3D digital cinema – which this year promises to be better than ever – but who deliver top quality HD presentations in the other conference rooms too.

Finally, can I point to one more initiative developed by the conference team which I think is particularly important. The Rising Stars programme is an opportunity for students and young professionals to spend time at IBC, seeing and understanding all the drivers which are shaping the industry. We also offer participants the opportunity to contribute to a showcase, part of the conference, presenting their thoughts and creations to their peers.

There is a wealth of information at www.ibc.org to help you find your own journey through the IBC2011 Conference Programme.

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Managing frequency spectrum Daniel Sauvet-Goichon, vice-chairman DVB Technical Module, says spectrum is a natural resource that we must use for all our needs.

George Jarrett talks to him about apportioning frequency spectrum Conference Preview Daniel Sauvet-Goichon, who chairs the IBC Conference session on broadcast spectrum, is the ideal technical guide for ‘Doing More With Less’ when it comes to apportioning frequency spectrum.

Chairman of the EBU Technical Committee from 1998 to 2006, and currently vice-chairman of the DVB Technical Module, he is also a member of the French frequency agency board, and chairman of DigiTAG. “The frequency spectrum situation seems to be rather simpler and clearer than a few years ago,” he says. “The digitisation of broadcasting led to considerable benefits for broadcasters, multiplying their content capacity and introducing better technical quality. This opened space for new types of application such as mobile broadband and mobile communications extensions.”

Sauvet-Goichon does not like the word ‘battle’ or expressions such as ‘the broadcasters’ spectrum’ because they do not correspond to the real situation.

“I don’t reason in terms of old versus new schools,” he says.

“There are steps of evolution that alternate within the ITU world.

Spectrum is a natural resource that we must use for all our needs, and these have increased so much that any bit of spectrum has to be shared efficiently while checking carefully that this does not harm existing applications.

“Therefore the topic is twofold,” he adds. “The first aspect is a political one. What needs do governments want to satisfy? And how do we balance worldwide markets, which are the best for manufacturers and people’s needs? These may differ between continents, and from country to country: The technical

aspect concerns how to transmit more and more while protecting those existing users adequately.”

Spectrum shuffling has to be assessed within a time domain of about 20 years. In the short term the interesting issue will be the present digital dividend, and the consequent freeing of spectrum. Sauvet-Goichon believes it’s too premature to define a ‘next’ digital dividend in the future.

“Discussion on that point may wait a few years. Longer-term topics such as the real use of white space technology have to be studied now, but drawing conclusions would be too early, and may depend on where you are in the world,” he says.

“Propagation laws have to be taken as they are, and frequency planners need only to remember a few basic rules. High power and low power transmitters may present more difficulties in coexisting than

in homogenous networks. And mobile transmitters, especially in the air or space, may present more constraints than terrestrial ones.”

Daniel Sauvet-Goichon speaks at the IBC Conference session Broadcast Spectrum – Doing More With Less (9 September)

Meeting the challenge of sport The IBC Conference this year is focused on the key issues facing everyone in the industry: the impact of new devices and new content paths, how workflows are changing and how to monetise content in an era when revenues are under constant pressure. All this and more comes together in one of the most highly visible genres: Sport.

To respond to this challenge IBC is devoting Sunday 11 September to conference sessions on sport. In a very practical way they will examine the challenges and debate the solutions, drawing on the real world experiences of those who are building the future today.

2012 is an Olympic year, and the London Games has been described as ‘the first truly digital Olympics’.

The experiences of the London organisers will be the foundation for

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an examination of how we can meet the expectations of sports fans who will expect to access the content on everything from a smartphone to 3D projection.

Each Olympic Games attracts the largest global television audience, so it always provides a cataly s t f o r i n n ova t i o n . T h e f i r s t session of the day, Sports I – Digital Olympics at 10:30 in the Forum brings together those involved in delivering to different audiences across different platforms, who will talk about what can be achieved today: securely, practically and affordably.

The second session Sports II Sporting Workflows – Live Sports Production: From Tape to Tablet at 13:00 in the Forum looks at the way technology is changing the creativity and practicality of sport on tele-

vision. It seems only yesterday that events were covered with a handful of cameras and tape replay. By last year’s Fifa World Cup 35 cameras for a football match, all with server replays, had become normal.

How can this constant need for more camera angles and more analysis be met? How can you best serve a multi-screen audience who might want the action on the television screen and replays on a tablet?

Can you give some of that immersive experience to the fans in the stadium? With outside broadcast trucks already at their load limit can the cloud take some of the strain?

One obvious question coming out of that session is whether all this means yet more capital investment for producers. The third session of the day, Sports III – Monetising Sporting Content at 15:00 in the

Sports events are covered by increasing numbers of cameras.

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In brief

Awards celebrate the collaborations that are vital for success

TeleGlide saves space

Broadcasting is a collaborative business. Whether it is a Hollywood movie or an online video, a big budget television natural history spectacular or a radio drama, they all depend on writers, presenters, actors, editors, producers, directors, technicians and engineers coming together.

When every party is on top of their game something special happens.

That is the thinking behind the IBC Innovation Awards. There are many schemes which hand out awards to individual pieces of technology, but only one which recognises that the real benefit comes from bringing technology together with users. The IBC Innovation Awards celebrate the collaboration that is vital for success.

This year the competition produced a particularly rich crop of entries, giving the judging panel a real challenge to reduce them to a shortlist. The judges are international editors and commentators under the chairmanship of IBC’s Michael Lumley.

There are three categories in these awards: for the most innovative use of technology in content creation, content management and content delivery. The awards are presented to the end user, with the kudos shared with technology partners who made it happen.

First of the four finalists in the content creation category is YouReporter from Russian broadcaster RIA Novosti. This is a practical take on the idea of citizen journalism, with regular contributors rewarded

Telemetrics will have several new products at IBC: its space-saving TG3 TeleGlide Camera Track System, which can carry a payload of up to 109kg at up to 30cm per second; the PT-RM-1 pan/tilt head, offering 360° movement, belt drive for fast fluid movement, and a variety of programmable features for automatic or manual operation; the ‘affordable and efficient’ 55D-CAU Coax/Fibre Link system, enabling camera control up to 900m on RG-11U cable between base station and camera; and the CPS Symphony Control System, which is designed for live production, especially orchestral, with sophisticated control of up to 16 cameras/devices.

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Nordisk expands Clipsters Nordisk Film ShortCut, a subsidiary of the Copenhagen-headquartered film company Nordisk Film, now uses three Clipster DI systems from DVS as part of its company-wide infrastructure. This includes two Clipsters that are in use in Copenhagen, as well as a third DI workstation that was added earlier this year to Nordisk’s Oslo facility.

“We were so impressed with Clipster right from the outset that we immediately decided to invest in a second and then in a third DI workstation,” said Ivan Schmidt, technical manager at Nordisk. “We now benefit from more efficient workflows. At the same time, we are best equipped for the future as Clipster is continually being updated to meet the latest market developments,” he explained.

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ContentWise 4.0 ContentWise will showcase version 4.0 of the ContentWise recommendation engine designed for digital media, OTT (over-the-top) and IPTV applications at IBC2011.

The Moviri-owned company says that the new release introduces enhancements and new features in three major areas: content discovery and engagement; revenue growth and customer retention; and administration, performance and scalability.

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Quantel’s QTube for Rogers Media nominated in Content Management category

with reporter training. Next, the challenges of covering MotoGP, and in particular keeping track of 2000 clips a day for instant replay and highlights editing, won a nomination for Dorna Sports.

CNBC wanted to develop a way of engaging its audiences with business data, and developed a system where the presenter seems to pluck the graphics out of the air in the style of the movie Minority Report.

The last finalist in content creation sees Sir David Attenborough interacting with computer-generated pterosaurs: the London post house Onsight is nominated for its work on Flying Monsters 3D. Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media earned a place on the content management shortlist with its tapeless production environment, which

seamlessly links its hubs in f ive cities and reporters generating content almost anywhere in that vast country. ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion in Germany has moved to a f ilebased environment based on IT technology backed up by video and audio specialist equipment rather than the other way around – and is predicting a three year return on investment of 238%.

Two of the world’s leading news broadcasters also made the shortlist.

BBC has added flexible access to its Jupiter newsroom using low cost, web-enabled technology to give the journalist in the f ield something that ‘just works’. And CNN – an IBC Innovation Award winner in 2007 – has developed an integrated platform for its Atlanta and New York news hubs, which records 90

Production values at the show Production technology is changing fast. DSLRs bring new creative possibilities for directors searching the elusive film look. High speed cameras have moved into the mains t r e a m , d e l ive r i n g t h e m o s t extraordinary insights in sports and entertainment. And the pressure to deliver stereoscopic 3D television is driving innovation.

How best to get all the latest information in one place? Visit the IBC

Production Village, the hub of the production community. You can find it in Hall 11 – just follow the crowd.

Dominating the IBC Production Village is a large studio set, surrounded by a comprehensive selection of demonstration cameras. This is the chance to make direct comparisons side by side, a unique opportunity to get your hands on t h e p a n b a r s a n d eye s o n t h e viewfinder. Representatives of the

camera, lens and support manufacturers will be on hand to talk you through the details.

Alongside the camera stage is the Inside Knowledge area, your chance to network with peers.

Share thoughts and opinions with those already using the latest technology, hear presentations from manufacturers and users, and exchange knowledge with the best of the best.

HD feeds concurrently, feeding 90 craft edit suites and creates 20,000 assets a week.

To tackle the challenge of content delivery to its huge array of customers in broadcast, movies and online, Warner Bros. developed DETE, the digital end to end system, a service oriented content solution.

TV Globo in Brazil won a special award at IBC2010 for its remarkable environmental initiative Flutuador.

This year it is on the content delivery shortlist for Metroethernet, which uses the latest fibre technology to give them IP bandwidth as high as 40Gbps to link its facilities.

Finally, last year, the IBC Innovation Awards recognised the remarkable work that the DVB Project, led

by BBC R&D, had committed to create the DVB-T2 specification in an incredibly tight timescale. It is only appropriate, then, that the last of this year’s finalists is an early, and highly innovative, application of DVB-T2 broadcasting technology,

by DNA in Finland.

As well as these three awards there is a fourth, the Judges’ Prize.

This can be given to one of the categor y winners, or it can go to another project during the year that caught the eye of the panel.

Who will win? The only way to find out is to be at the Awards Ceremony, at 18:30 on Sunday 11 September in the Auditorium. Entry is free and open to all. As well as finding out who has won the IBC Innovation Awards, there are other accolades to be presented, including the established International Honour for Excellence, Best Conference Paper and the Exhibition Design Awards.

And, as always, the evening traditionally ends with a stunning and unique presentation on the large screen.

The IBC Production Village is also home to IBC TV News, the event’s own television station, b r o a d c a s t i n g d a i ly o n a i r a n d online from the show floor. IBC TV News showcases modern tapeless news production technology, a n d yo u c a n t r a c k t h e s h ow ’s progress each day. Along with all the other attractions, it makes the IBC Production Village the place to be for all those in content creation. Visit www.ibc.org/productionvillage for more details and the Inside Knowledge schedule.

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Streaming makes rapid progress Digital Rapids

By Carolyn Giardina Digital Rapids – which will again this year power the encoding of content for the IBC TV News website and mobile delivery – is bringing its portfolio of technology to IBC, including the new Transcode Manager 2.0 and StreamZ Live Broadcast.

Digital Rapids’ new Transcode Manager 2.0 software is aimed at high-volume, automated, multiscreen transcoding. New features in the software, which is built on the Kayak

application platform, include logicdriven process automation with metadata support and scalability beyond facilities in the cloud, with integration between on-premises and cloud-based media processing.

For encoding and streaming, Digital Rapids will feature its new StreamZ Live Broadcast, which the company describes as a hybrid live encoder that combines Digital Rapids’ multi-screen output capabilities with features to suit the demands of broadcast, cable, telco and satellite television operations. StreamZ Live Broadcast incorporates simultaneous

The payTV responsibility How will operators succeed in a connected world?

It’s simple, argues Neil Gaydon, Pace’s CEO

Neil Gaydon: For the mass market, technology should be as simple as turning on a tap

Today, payTV operators have full control of the hardware in homes that receives their services. They deploy it, they maintain it and they f ix it if it goes wrong. Sounds straightforward. But our industry is about to wake up to a whole new world of pain. Operators will be faced with how to control differently configured software and hardware on multiple devices, from different CE companies, many competing with them to ‘own the home’.

It’s bad enough when the settop box that the operator controls doesn’t work. How will operators deal with subscriber calls complaining about a device they know nothing about, can’t access and is

encoding for ‘traditional’ television applications and ‘any-screen’ delivery including mobile phones, tablets, PCs, IPTV and game consoles.

StreamZ Live IP, a dedicated configuration for transcoding live IPbased sources, will also be in the spotlight. The StreamZ Live IP ABR model supports single or multi-program transport stream inputs and the same output capabilities as the StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming encoder for reaching devices from mobile phones and tablets to PCs and connected TVs. Multiple StreamZ Live IP encoders

Conference Preview not working on their network?

Of course, if operators can solve this conundrum, what was a headache becomes a huge opportunity to differentiate. Just as consumers don’t want to fetch water from a river and work out how to purify or heat it, similarly they don’t want to figure out WEP keys and a TV that won’t synch up with their tablet. For the mass market, technology is terrifying. Consumers want someone to ‘just make it all work’, as simple as turning on a tap.

As complication increases, the need for a managed ser vice to deliver the converged home becomes critical. The payTV operator is ideally placed to deliver this; however, with this opportunity comes complexity and responsibility. The pill that can take some of this pain away is powerful software that drives sophisticated home network management and remote diag-

Digital Rapids will highlight Transcode Manager 2.0

can be combined with the Digital Rapids’ Broadcast Manager software.

StreamZHD Live ABR, Digital Rapids’ adaptive bit-rate streaming system, is designed to encode and stream live HD and SD content in

multiple simultaneous bit-rates and resolutions for delivery through the latest generation of adaptive streaming technologies from Adobe, Apple and Microsoft.

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nosis. These solutions make sure that subscribers’ experience is easy at ever y touch point – from advanced call centre services that can see into the home network to trouble-shoot, to watching what you want, where and when you want it.

As our industry faces an increasingly complex world, operators must differentiate themselves from CE companies and other OTT players who are trying to offer competing services. The key is to not only deliver f antastic content but a superlative ‘ease of use’ experience.

We believe that payTV operators can lead the market for the converged digital home but only if they get all aspects right. By facing up to the new world, operators can eliminate the headache before it begins, and be a defining part of a whole new era of home entertainment.

Neil Gaydon speaks on Connected TV: Re-making the TV industry: the battle for the home screen, 10 September.

IP video services break new ground Nevion

By Michael Burns Nevion will be showing its new VS902 universal IP video transport platform and VS906 Audio and Data Contribution Codec for IP at IBC2011.

A key component of Nevion’s video services solution suite, the VS902 is said to break new ground in flexible, protected video-over-IP (VoIP) services.

According to the company, the speed, processing capacity, and level of integration of the VS902 creates a VoIP solution that reduces CAPEX and OPEX. This high-den-

Nevion’s VS902 transforms the implementation of video services over IP through one platform, drastically reducing costs

sity platform can map up to four channels of HD, SD or ASI onto Gigabit Ethernet or 10Gigabit Ethernet, either uncompressed or JPEG 2000: compressed, protected with FEC, with Nevion’s SIPS protection, or without protection.

The VS906 provides linear or compressed audio transmission with mapping to IP. An analogue version features four stereo analogue audio inputs and outputs with 24-bit resolution at up to 96kHz. The digital version features four AES digital audio inputs and outputs, plus two MADI digital multichannel audio inputs and outputs or four E1/T1 data ports.

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The integration of choice Broadcasters have to take consumer-driven technology seriously, says David Phillips, CEO, TSL At the moment I see an unusual, perhaps unique transformation in our industry: the pace of change is high, but it is being driven not because broadcast engineers have new technology but because the audience does.

Through smartphones and tablets they actively want to be engaged in multiscreening, linking to Facebook, instant messaging and other data sources while watching television.

This is already so widespread as to be almost universal, so broadcasters have to take it seriously. Those that do not will struggle to maintain audience share and thus revenues. Audiences have to be engaged through multiple platforms.

At the same time, though, there is

another force at work, again in part driven by consumers. They have invested in large screen televisions at home, and now want quality content to watch on it. Broadcasters cannot cut corners any more, because it is all too visible in HD on a large screen.

Sports coverage, in particular, is continually innovating, pushing production standards ever further upwards. This is extending, too, into the live environment: we have recently completed the systems at a new football stadium designed to give the fan on the terraces the additional television coverage enjoyed at home.

The HD debate is now over: as systems integrators we only install HD systems today. Most of our customers are specifying 3Gbps infrastructures. We have moved on: systems have to be designed to maximise quality, enable flexible working to raise production values, and support multiple outputs for the iPad generation, all within a tightly controlled business model.

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David Phillips: SIs like TSL are no longer glorified wiremen but trusted partners

their wares. They all have something to contribute to this new sort of broadcast system.

As an independent, vendor-agnostic system integrator, TSL will have a substantial team at IBC this year. We look forward to seeing our existing and prospective customers, of course,

and talking with them about how best to realise their ambitions.

But every bit as important is the investment we make in talking to the other exhibitors, to find out where technology is moving and to spot those ideas which will take the industry in a new direction. We have to be on top of the latest products, applications and workflows, so that we know how best to use them in innovative and cost-effective systems.

I have talked about fundamental changes in audience behaviour, and this is matched by a fundamental change in broadcaster behaviour. Today broadcasters are increasingly focused on the business of television, on how they can maximise audience satisfaction and increase the routes to reach them with the right content. Independent systems integrators like TSL are no longer glorified wiremen, but the partner which is trusted to design and develop the technology platform the broadcaster or content producer needs.

So I am looking forward to IBC2011 as the event where we spend time and effort educating our own staff and identifying the trends which will keep us, as systems integrators, on the cutting edge.

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Next generation workflows

SHV in test at the BBC late last year

2011 conference prize rewards NHK’s vision This year’s IBC Conference Award has been given to a team from NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) for a paper on the Super HiVision system. Mr Y Nishida of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) will collect the award as part of the ceremony on Sunday 11 September, on behalf of his fellow authors K Masaoka, M Sugawara, K Ohmura, M Emoto and E Nakasu.

The paper is called ‘Super HiVision system offering enhanced sense of presence and new visual experience’. It is a summation of much of the extensive research and development carried out by NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) over recent years on this ultrahigh definition television system, which has 16 times the resolution of today’s HD, and 22.2 channel sound.

As the title suggests, the paper looks at the human perception of scenes, determining what gives you a sense of ‘being there’, before going on to develop the technical parameters required to achieve it.

The Conference Award is presented for the clarity and imagination in the presentation as much as for the content. The judges, from the Technical Papers Committee, were particularly impressed with the way complex technical parameters were explained in a clear and concise manner.

“The paper provides a perfect introduction to ultra-high definition television and the highly innovative technology designed to provide audiences with a new and immersive visual and aural experience,” said Nick Lodge, Committee chairman.

As well as earning the IBC Conference Award, the paper will also be included in this year’s joint IET/IBC publication reflecting the very best of the technical debates.

And, of course, you can see just how enhanced the visual experience is by visiting the Super Hi-Vision presentation, part of the IBC Future Zone in the Park Foyer.

To f ind out more about Super Hi-Vision at IBC2011 visit www.ibc.org/futurezone.

At a recent conference in London, Bruce Devlin of AmberFin revealed a frightening calculation. He took the number of video codecs, compatible audio formats, wrappers, frame rates, resolutions and captions to create the total number of combinations of delivery formats a producer might face. The result: it would take 62 years to run quality control tests on every version of a three minute music video.

That is an extreme demonstration of the challenge facing the industry today: audiences demand content on the platform that suits them. But with diminishing budgets, broadcasters and content owners are struggling to find ways to save money at the same time they have to meet these demands.

File-based workflows are already having a significant impact in making production and delivery more cost-effective. Adding a service oriented layer adds to the efficiency. Is time moving more of the process into the cloud?

How mature is the technology, particularly when applied to the large file sizes and high value content of broadcasting? Is it suff iciently secure yet? Producers are

torn between keeping their content away from those who would pirate it, but readily accessible by all those who need to work on it.

Does the IT industry understand the specific challenges of broadcasting yet? We are seeing the big IT players move into broadcast workflow, but their progress as project leaders is still slow. On the other hand, can traditional broadcast vendors develop the new skills required? Is there a potential market for broadcast specialist cloud storage and processing providers?

These are challenging, cross-discipline debates, which is why IBC has placed Next Generation Workflows on its list of Hot Topics for this year’s conference. Sessions run through the event, featuring expert viewpoints ranging from IT vendors to a Big Brother producer.

Most important, the sessions all contain plenty of time for discussion. This is not a solution looking for a problem, it is a challenge facing everyone which urgently needs answers. IBC provides the debating forum. Find the full conference programme at www.ibc.org/conferenceprogramme.

IBC debut for AD range Starfish Heather McLean Starfish will be demonstrating its full Audio Description (AD) product range in Amsterdam this September.

AD is the provision of a complementary narrative for the blind or partially sighted. The AD product range

is part of a family of products known as Advantage, which has been in development for more than 10 years.

Starting with a dedicated AD authoring workstation for scripting and recording AD, the product range now encompasses a full range of filebased processing tools for simplifying the processing and delivery of AD for broadcast and DVD. 2.C18

In brief MVNO deal announced Netgem has signed an agreement with Virgin Mobile France, the French Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), for the launch of its Virgin Box TV offering. Netgem will provide its hardware and software technologies to enable Virgin Mobile France customers to access its quadruple-play services (broadband, broadcast, fixed-line and mobile telephony). Virgin Mobile France will unveil its new services to French consumers in early 2012 and will leverage SFR’s ADSL network.

“The launch of our new offer is a key milestone in our development,” said Pascal Rialland, chief executive officer of Virgin Mobile France.

“Thanks to Netgem’s experience in the IPTV market, we are confident that the Virgin Box will meet our customer’s expectations for new and innovative entertainment services.”

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Low Delay SDK Elecard, a developer of codecs for digital video plans to demonstrate its Low Delay SDK, which is designed for the development of digital video processing applications where ultralow latency compression and decompression, as well as HD quality picture, are important issues.

The product is optimised to decrease the latency time for compression and decompression of media data in the process of its wireless or wired transmission in realtime mode.

The Low Delay SDK package comprises a full set of components required for the development of high quality digital video processing applications, including codecs, documentation, base classes and sample applications.

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Up to the MAX with H.264 Haivision is launching its latest generation of H.264 technology, the Viper MAX, at IBC2011. Viper MAX combines Haivision’s H.264 encoding with an integrated Furnace operating environment. A touch-screen enables operators to set up a multi-channel session, initiate simultaneous streaming and recording, and automatically make content available for on-demand viewing. The Viper captures full-resolution, full-frame-rate, dual-channel content synchronously, assuring contextual review.

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eScoop of the day Aeta Audio Systems is to reveal eScoop, which it claims transforms recording, editing, transmitting and publishing audio for live broadcasting by enabling users to record and transmit simultaneously through mobile wireless networks on deskbased IP networks as a client or a server. Also being shown for the first time is 4Minx Aeta, a portable DSPbased combined audio recorder and four-channel mixer. Designed to be robust, Aeta says that it’s a breakthrough product which combines functionalities for TV sync-sound location recording, music recording and satellite mixing, or radio journalism.

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Exhibition Business Briefings Set up as a platform for pioneers in new media to share their experiences, the IBC Exhibition Business Brief ing programme goes from strength to strength. This year it is again linked with the IBC Con-

nected World, the dedicated exhibition area for IP platforms beyond broadcast. The IBC Connected World is in Hall 13, with the Exhibition Business Briefing programme running in theatre-style meeting

rooms (G102 and G103) immediately above.

The programme – which is open to all IBC visitors – features short presentations and lively interaction around a hot topic. It is designed to reflect the very latest in thinking, so the programme is kept flexible until very close to the time: keep an eye on www.ibc.org for the latest news.

Cisco will be presenting on Saturday 10, Sunday 11 and Monday 12 September at noon. They are also the Platinum sponsors of the IBC Connected World, so expect stimulating thoughts on the way that connectivity in the home is driving changes in the world of production and delivery.

Other manufacturers already committed to the Exhibition Business Briefing agenda include Ericsson and IBM. The format of the presentations means that small companies with a great new idea can be as vital a part of the debate as the big names. The f inal programme will, as usual, include a broad range of presentations from a very wide range of contributors.

Wake up to IBC TV News Once again all the news and events of IBC will be served up to visitors first thing each morning. IBC TV News is available in virtually all the hotels and residences in Amsterdam, between 07:00 and 09:00, Friday 9 to Tuesday 13 September.

A team of reporters from IBC TV News, working with professional crews, creates the shows on site. The production base is part of the IBC Production Village in Hall 11 and the feature set is regularly used for interviews and for the twice daily live online broadcasts.

Lead Partner of the production is EVS. Using file-based solid state cameras there will be a seamless workflow with the EVS shared storage and editing network and the media plugs into any point in the network for very fast ingest.

The online service is already up and running at www.ibctvnews.com, where you will f ind previews of IBC2011 as well as the reports from last year’s event. During IBC the website is continually updated with the morning programmes, additional content, extended versions of interviews and two live broadcasts a day.

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3D is here and now The last year has seen huge developments in stereoscopic 3D. On one hand 3D channels have established themselves, commissioning new and compelling content, from tennis at Wimbledon to serious documentaries like Flying Monsters 3D (pictured) with David Attenborough.

But on the other hand the box office premium for 3D movies has been hit, with audiences prepared to pay only when 3D really adds to the experience: the content is still king.

So it is more important than ever to understand why stereo 3D works, and how best to use it to tell your story. In turn, that makes IBC’s 3D day on Monday 12 September more relevant than ever.

Whether it is a sports event, a festival or an opera, you have to shoot live, which puts huge pressure on those charged with getting a satisfying sense of 3D depth. Producers who have done it will share their experiences in Monday’s opening session — 3D Live at the Big Screen: Movie and Programe Makers Show How It Works in Real Time, at 09:00 in the Auditorium.

This session will underline the crucial role of the stereographer, determining the depth budget and – given the constant pressure on budgets – discussing how f ar 2D and 3D equipment and editorial can be shared.

If you have the opportunity, maybe you can fix your production

in post. The second session of the day, Stereoscopic 3D - Fixing it in Post, at 11:00 in the Auditorium, looks at what can and what cannot be rescued, and where post can greatly enhance the stereographer’s vision. Vendors, creative artists and producers will contribute to the debate.

You have shot it and completed post production. Now you have to deliver it. The session Delivering 3D to Multiple Screens at 13:30 in the Auditorium starts with a look at the challenges of completing a project which might be seen in an Imax screen, a television set and maybe even a tablet or mobile phone. How much f ine tuning do you need to create the maximum impact on different sized screens? Does the viewing experience have an impact on framing, captions and graphics?

The f inal panel of the day, A Glimpse into the Stereoscopic Future at 15:30 in the Auditorium looks to the future. What are innovators working on? Can we get brighter screen images with 3D glasses, or must we wait for autostereoscopic screens? If so, when can we expect auto-stereoscopy to achieve the practical requirements of viewing angles and image stability, high quality imaging and an affordable price point? Or do we give up and wait for holography – that could be closer than you think!

The four sessions on Monday 12 September – all of which take place in the IBC Big Screen in the Auditorium with scope for excellent demonstrations – are the centrepiece of the 3D debate, but there is much more. On Sunday 11 September at 10:30 in the Auditorium there is a 3D primer session, Getting to Grips

IBC Certified Training Programme runs again Alongside the chance to see the latest in technology and debate current thinking in creativity, management and engineering, IBC encourages visitors to develop their own skills. Produced by Future Media Concepts, IBC is once again running a programme of accredited training in post production skills.

FMC is one of the world’s leading training organisations and it is bringing some of its renowned team of instructors to IBC, with courses aimed at production and post production professionals. Their courses are designed to cover workflows and other practicalities as well as helping you get the most out of the creative facilities in today’s most popular packages.

This year’s programme features two day courses on both Final Cut Studio and Avid editing. Both are being run on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September, and again on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September. The programme is flexible: you can do day one on Thursday and day two on Sunday if that best meets your schedule.

To complete the programme with formal certif ication, a one-hour examination session is offered on Friday 9, Sunday 11 and Monday 12 September. Successful completion of course and exam gives you a widely recognised qualification, certifying you are on top of your game in Apple or Avid practicalities and creativity.

For users of Adobe Production Premium software there is an intensive one day course available on

Thursday 8 and Saturday 10 September. Six sessions are packed full of ideas on how to deliver professional and polished programmes using the software suite.

The highly interactive nature of these training packages means that numbers are limited. Book now as part of your IBC registration, at www.ibc.org/register or go to

www.ibc.org/ibccertifiedtraining to f ind out more. Advance booking before 17 August gives you a 20% discount as well as the reassurance that your place is secure.

with Stereo 3D for producers, cinematographers and the wider creative community. With plenty of demonstrations it sets out what works and what does not.

Sunday 11 September sees two more sessions, 3DTV Broadcast Standards - The Complete Picture at 14:00 in room E102 and SMPTE: Dealing with the Mastering and Distribution Challenges of 3D Movies at 16:00 also in room E102, this time with a technical bias and looking at the development of standards.

Finally, Tuesday 13 September sees two more relevant sessions both at 10:00. As well as the EDCF’s annual open meeting, EDCF: Review of Progress in D-Cinema in the Emerald room, the SCTE technical workshop, SCTE: Developments in 3D Technology; Transport & Network Impact, in E102, considers the impact on networks of widespread adoption of stereo 3D television.

IBC also gives you the chance to enjoy high quality 3D. The IBC Big Screen programme will include screenings of movies and other content in a state of the art 1,700 seat digital cinema which this year will include 2k, 4k and stereoscopic 3D digital projection capabilities with audio presented in Dolby 7.1 surround sound. Check The IBC Daily onsite for showcase content and times and don’t forget to register at www.ibc.org/register.

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Joining the conversation Added Value Alongside the wealth of information provided by the IBC Conference there are other important sessions, produced by other organisations and

hosted by IBC contained within the Added Value stream. These sessions are open to everyone and will appeal to creative, management and technical visitors.

On Friday 9 September the

broadcast technology section of the IEEE is running the IEEE BTS Tutorial: Evolution and Convergence of TV and Internet at 11:00 in the Emerald room. With social media, connected televisions and hybrid broadcast/broadband solutions very much the hottest of topics, this is a ver y valuable contribution to the debate.

The European Digital Cinema Forum has been a part of IBC since the dawn of digital movies and continues to add greatly to the experience, both through its own events and by its valuable contributions to the IBC Conference. As usual, EDCF is presenting two conference sessions.

The first is on Sunday 11 September at 16:00. Given in associa-

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IBC Certified Training Programme Thursday 9 September – Monday 12 September Creative software for post production continues to advance at great pace, offering users new and powerful tools and techniques. IBC is presenting you the chance to learn and become certified on Apple and Avid at the world’s leading electronic media event.

Produced by the internationally renowned training company, Future Media Concepts and taught by a team of certified trainers, the IBC Certified Training Programme is aimed at those who create, design and deliver digital media and is geared at intermediate to advanced users.

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tion with SMPTE, this workshop titled SMPTE: Dealing with the Mastering and Distribution Challenges of 3D Movies will explore the progress towards standardisation.

On Tuesday 13 September EDCF is holding its annual open meeting EDCF: Review of Progress in D-Cinema in room E102 at 10:00, which brings together the leaders in digital cinema worldwide to hear and question their views on the current state of the art. This year it will cover topics as broad as the need for standards to deliver live content to cinemas and the issues around reformatting 3D movies for Blu-ray. There will also be a chance to hear from the major projector and server manufacturers on the prospects for cinema projection over the coming years.

Also on Tuesday, and another IBC regular feature, the Benelux division of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers holds its open technical meeting.

Again, the topic has been influenced by current thinking: the SCTE too is tackling stereoscopic 3D in SCTE: Developments in 3D Technology; Transport and Network Impact at 10:00 in E102. What are the impacts on transport streams and networks on delivering it to the home?

Plan, manage and join in with all that the IBC Conference has to offer.

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IPTV & Mobile together in the IBC Connected World At IBC2011, explore how personalised content on demand is penetrating the market at an explosive pace. Make sure you are up to speed with the latest developments.

Encompassing emerging broadcast technologies and business models, the IBC Connected World in Hall 13 in association with BPL Broadcast Ltd and IT Europa, is the home of all that is new in the world of connected devices including IPTV, Mobile TV and hand-held devices.

Meet the application developers, content providers and new technology companies revolutionising tomorrow’s media industry and take advantage of free extra special features including:

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The opportunity to catch up with old friends and establish new contacts among your peers is a valuable side benefit of being at IBC. The chance of doing some networking in a fun and relaxed atmosphere is an even better idea.

So as soon as the shutters come down on the exhibition on the night of Friday 9 September, they go up on the IBC Party. It will be held around the Auditorium area with plenty of good, simple food and free flowing drinks along a Dutch theme.

There are quiet areas for conversation, and bright lively music for dancing - something for everyone.

Gold and Silver Pass delegates receive invitations to the party, as do Thursday and Friday’s Bronze Pass holders. Each exhibitor receives an allocation of tickets, based on the size of the stand, to enable the hardworking stand staff to celebrate the successful end of the first day.

The essence of IBC may be the conference and exhibition, but that does not mean you cannot relax with fellow visitors. See you at the IBC Party!

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integrating many different HDTV displays and HDMI sources. These kinds of bonus features really make a difference to integrators looking to streamline installations and retain a high degree of performance.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? IBC attendees are welcome to visit Gefen for high performing solutions to their audio/video integration needs. This year, Gefen will bring five new digital signage media players, offering everything from cost-effective content scheduling from any web brower to more comprehensive content development software/hardware solutions. Whatever your digital signage needs, Gefen’s got you covered.

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As well as registering for IBC2011, now is the time to be making hotel reservations. There are still some great deals on offer with good discounts. With the number of people expected at IBC this year, if you leave it too late you may not get the accommodation you want in the location you hope for.

This year IBC is working closely with the Amsterdam RAI Hotel & Travel Service and with Citibond Travel. Both have secured rooms in a large number of hotels of all grades in and around Amsterdam and are committed to IBC to offer them at the best possible rates. IBC works directly with the city of Amsterdam and its hoteliers to ensure that prices are controlled during the convention.

There are direct links to both the RAI Hotel Service and Citibond from www.ibc.org/accomodationandtravel. At the time of writing there are hotels close to the RAI Centre starting at €95 a night, with bargains as low as €79 a night for hotels outside the city of Amsterdam. Those rates are significantly lower than at the same time last year.

Select your hotel and you can book online, securing your guaranteed IBC price. The RAI Hotel & Travel Service can also help with flights, transfers and other services.

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By Adrian Pennington A self-confessed technologist with a love and knack for creating disruptive mass-market consumer products in the music and video spaces, Anthony Rose is best known for heading up BBC iPlayer. He took it from prelaunch in 2007 to become catch-up TV’s major success story then in 2010, taking up the position of CTO at next-gen IPTV project YouView, and most recently co-founding his new startup venture, tBone TV. Before joining the BBC Rose was at Altnet and Kazaa, creating a digital music store and download application. “And before that I was at Brilliant Digital, building a realtime 3D engine and tools for creating interactive branching-plot movies,” he says. “Ironically it seems we were about 15 years too early, with the new generation of connected TVs leading to a rebirth of this medium.”

Rose is speaking at IBC on a session exploring the role of the second screen, and he says understanding the direction of multi-platform devices is vital for a number of reasons.

“Essentially everyone has a smart phone, tablet or notebook PC, and they are already doing things with that ‘second screen’, very often outside the control of broadcasters who will lose out if they don’t take advantage of the new opportunities in this area,” he says.

“Second screen development is happening at about 10 times the speed of first screen innovation. Even telcos are bringing out second screen propositions on iPhone and iPad because it is faster and easier to do so than on their own STBs, which often have a 9-18 month production, development and release cycles.

He continues: “The second screen gives the consumer freedom of choice. First screen devices – i.e. your TV or STB – are usually locked down by a telco or broadcaster. HbbTV decrees that only broadcasters or people they allow can layer over their channels; even on smart TVs it is the TV manufacturer who decides which apps will be made available and how they behave. On an iPad or iPhone on the other hand you have an HTML browser enabling consumers to do anything they want.”

Some broadcasters and telcos are innovating very quickly, he believes, some are thinking about it and others are in denial. “Often telcos are interested in innovating but unable to do so because of legacy STBs. Some broadcasters are looking to stream their content to TV, PC and mobile devices, pursuing a ‘TV everywhere’ strategy.

“The TV everywhere proposition has the limitation that it works fine in the house but once outside your house you can’t access your content any more – and that’s at odds with the new world of content in the cloud, where consumers expect to find and play content at home, in the office, on the road, out and about.”

The multi-screen experience provides for an exciting range of new content, social and augmented viewing propositions.

“For example, a simple and low-cost way for a broadcaster or TV production company to create new value might be to take existing media, say a repeat of (BBC quiz show) QI and create a ‘play along version’ alongside that show. Or, one step beyond that, you

Anthony Rose: Second screen development is happening at about 10 times the speed of first screen innovation

could take a live daily TV show (he cites the BBC’s One Show) which with a minimum amount of effort you could enhance for live user feedback. For example, seeing your face pop-up on screen in front of millions of people viewing the show when you get a correct answer.”

When you think about next year’s TV commissions, the sky’s the limit. Imagine an iPad app which links a TV show to a map, the iPad’s GPS and physical locations, so that thousands of people watching the show can interactively tell the hero where to go next as he frantically scours London looking for the treasure.

At the BBC Rose was responsible for realising the Corporation’s plans to create a unified embedded media experience across its online properties and his new venture, tBone TV, takes this concept a stage further.

He wants to make second-screen synchronisation with the TV accessible with an API, making it possible for third parties to build apps based on the tBone platform – which will debut at IBC. “For example, a tBone app could help to discover content based on what your Facebook friends are watching at any given moment, or deliver additional web content based on what’s covered in the news,” he explains. “This will be the biggest disruptive thing ever in this space.

“It’s immensely exciting when you can see what your friends are watching on TV. Realtime analysis will let you search TV by where the audience is going. It will finally transform TV from a one-way experience into a two way interactive experience. We’re not trying to make TV difficult. We know people like to veg. This is Veg 2.0 – a new fun way of watching TV where you can learn about what’s on TV and to interact with friends.”

Anthony Rose chairs the session Reaching the Consumer Across Multiple Platforms (8 September) and is a participant in the session The Tablet is Coming: How Broadcasters Will manage the Second Screen (10 September).

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A break for commercials?

Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD Worldwide keynotes

Spot advertising, the traditional source of revenue for most of the world’s broadcasters, is in crisis.

While there has been some growth since the catastrophic crash of 2009, the industry is still under pressure, not least from media fragmentation.

Yet at the same time television viewing is growing: daily linear viewing was significantly higher in Europe last year. And in the US this year’s SuperBowl broke records for ratings and advertising sales, with brands prepared to pay as much as $3 million for a 30 second spot.

Has the recession permanently dented broadcast income or does the salvation lie in embracing interactive and multi-screen technology?

Can product placement fill the gap?

Or are we hearing the demise for free to air television, and in the future we will have to pay for everything we view?

There can be fewer business issues more pressing, yet this is a subject tightly bound up in emerging technologies and creative innovation. There can be no better platform to debate the subject than IBC, which is why the subject runs through the conference programme on Monday 12 September.

The day starts with a Keynote in The Challenges for Adver tiser Funded Broadcasting at 09:00 in the Forum from Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD Worldwide, one of the largest global media agencies.

He is joined in a panel discussion by Toby Syfret, chief analyst of Enders Analysis and commentator and former broadcast executive Steve Hewlett.

In a strange twist, one of the most compelling endorsements of the conventional 30 second spot came earlier this year when Google, the master of internet advertising, spent millions across Europe on television. Is television, with its unrivalled reach, still an irreplaceable part of the consumer marketing mix? Join representatives from new and old media to debate the topic in the session Dead, Dying or Rejuvenated? TV Ads are Back and the Internet is Interested at 13:30 in E102.

Or is the solution to embrace the opportunities brought in by multiscreening and interactive online sources. With a return path through the internet, does this mean broad-

cast can move into the direct response business? A panel discussion looks at how audiences engage with interactive and multi-screen advertising. Can its effectiveness be measured? Are the financial rewards

worth the technical investment and business realignment? Find out in Changing the Advertising Paradigm at 11:00 in the Forum.

The day ends with a look forward at the technologies which may

be the salvation, including a system which watches the audience watching the ads in the session Targeted Advertising - Services Targeting Individuals and Individuals Targeting Services in the Emerald room at 15:30. This system classifies each viewer against a broad range of demographics to decide which commercials best suit them. Targeted

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placement has great appeal for the advertiser but how will audiences respond, and what are the technical limitations?

Advertising makes up half of all commercial broadcast revenues so its future is too important to ignore.

Find out more about IBC’s advertising break at www.ibc.org/conference.

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Getting connected at IBC Connected TV was an unknown expression just a couple of years ago, yet (according to media research specialists IHS Screen Digest) numbers will double in 2011 alone and comfortably exceed 600 million devices sold in 2014. The connected TV has been described as a screen with an ethernet socket as well as HDMI, but what are the implications for the media industry of this sudden rise to prominence.

Traditional broadcasters, pay TV operators, OTT video players like Blinkbox and Netflix – not to mention Apple and Google – games consoles and mainstream consumer electronics businesses are all in the f ight to be the ‘home’ EPG for viewers. What are their respective claims to the role and their tactics for achieving it? Will partnerships be forged as audiences demand more flexibility in how they access, view and interact with content?

Where does the balance between free and pay lie? What will it take to win, if indeed there is a single clear winner? Is it excellence in aggrega-

DirecTV’s Romulo C Pontual joins a panel of leaders in the Connected TV plenary

tion, navigation and discovery, technical superiority or content? Or will the biggest marketing budget win?

Does the consumer even want a connected TV or is the current multiscreen environment better suited to behaviours?

To attempt to find a path through all these issues, IBC has assembled a panel of industry leaders for its Keynote, Connected TV: Re-making

The IBC Business Lounge IBC is about making connections, understanding how the latest technology can solve your creative and commercial challenges and bringing people together to develop innovative systems. That is why the show floor is a constant buzz of involved and animated conversations.

There may be times, though, when you want to have a quiet con-

versation. You might want to finalise the system architecture, agree commercial terms, sign up a new distributor, or talk through a job offer.

For all this and more there is the IBC Business Lounge. This oasis of calm is located in the Holland Lounge near the Holland entrance on the first floor. Quiet and relaxing, it has space for around 80 people to

Talking technology advances We are in a technical business, and the IBC Conference certainly understands that: the very first and very last sessions of the programme are part of the Technology Advancements stream, and there is much of interest in between.

The peer reviewed Technical Papers are part of this stream, and through them IBC maintains its reputation as the most important forum in which to unveil and debate the latest research. Other sessions in the

stream reflect the key issues which cross the whole conference, adding the technological element to the comprehensive discussions.

So, with multi-screen viewing, social networking and media over the inter net as one of the most important issues on the agenda, engineers can start out with the breakfast briefing Hybrid Broadcast Broadband - Convergence and Convenience for the Consumer at 08:00 on Thursday 8 September in the

the TV Industry – the Battle for the Home Screen at 9:30 on Saturday 10 September in the Forum. Hiroshi Yoshioka, corporate executive officer, executive deputy president at Sony Corporation, always a driving force in consumer electronics is joined by Neil Gaydon, CEO of settop box manufacturer Pace and Michael Comish, CEO, Blinkbox.

Also representing the traditional broadcast delivery platform there is Romulo C Pontual, executive vice president and chief technology officer of DirecTV in the USA. Under the chairmanship of Kate Bulkley they will debate the tactics of each of those players and what kind of partnerships might be created as audiences demand more flexibility in how they access, view and interact with content. Linked sessions throughout the day starts with Do Connected TVs Democratise Content at 11:30 in the Forum.

How can viewers find the content that they would enjoy without the trusted brand of a broadcaster delivering it to them? And if there is no continuing broadcast transmission through the long tail, can content producers generate sufficient revenue to be viable?

Alongside the connected TV the tablet is the big new phenomenon in consumer consumption. Unknown before Apple launched the original iPad in early 2010, according to Parks Associates the market will hit 126 million units a year by 2015.

The attractions are obvious: it has a large screen in a highly portable package, with connectivity (Wi-Fi and probably 3G) built in and a simple user interface, making it the perfect second screen. Is it a money-maker, a means of retaining an audience or a brand builder?

Whatever its role, what content is required to fulfil it?

The f inal session Devices Devices Everywhere: How Technology is Changing Viewer Behaviour and Vice Versa at 16:00 in the Forum builds on the content questions, with analysts, producers and broadcasters looking at the changes in consumer behaviour on connected devices, and what they need to adapt to keep in touch. Following on from Friday 9 September’s focus on social media, this is another fascinating day tackling a real issue of change. To find out more visit the conference programme www.ibc.org/conferenceprogramme.

meet in comfort. If you need extra privacy you can book one of the small meeting rooms in the area.

Staff in the IBC Business Lounge are there to help, from arranging photocopying to bringing coffee and snacks. There is no charge to use the lounge, which is open to all IBC visitors during exhibition hours.

To f ind out more or to book a room please visit www.ibc.org/businesslounge.

Emerald room. That is just one of a number of sessions on the impact of the internet.

Another major topic crossing the conference is the rapid rise in developing technologies in production. The Technical Advancements stream includes three sessions on the subject. Two sessions on Monday 12 September: Production I – New Technologies in the Studio at 11:00 in the Emerald room and Production II – New Working Practice in the Studio at 13:30 also in the Emerald room will be looking first at the technologies then at the con-

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Switchable between blue (440 nanometre) and green (525 nanometre) outputs, the karesslite 6012 FX incorporates a 6 x 12 emitter format in a 600 x 300 millimetre panel with a front-to-back depth of 165 millimetres and a weight of 7kg including diffuser. It is said to produce a high quality source light with consistent colour throughout the dimming range. One of the advantages of using LEDs as a source for effects work is the narrow band spectral emission, enabling a better key.

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Wowza serves new media Wowza is to introduce the third generation of its media streaming solution at IBC2011.With Wowza Media Server 3, formerly hard-toimplement features such as adaptive bit-rate (ABR) streaming, time-shifted playback and integrated rights management are made simple and cost-effective. Complementing the platform are three initial value-added components: Wowza Transcoder AddOn, Wowza Network DVR (nDVR) AddOn, and Wowza DRM AddOn. Wowza Media Server 2 licensees are eligible for a free upgrade.

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Sisvel T3D Tile Format sequent changes in working practices of production.

Added to this is a session on Tuesday 13 September where the annual SCTE open technical meeting looks at its impact on transport streams and networks in a session titled SCTE: Developments in 3D Technology; Transport and Network Impact in E102 at 10:00.

The IBC Conference programme is online at www.ibc.org/conferenceprog ramme. Register at www.ibc.org/register and remember the valuable discount if you sign up before 17 August.

Sisvel Technology has announced plans to showcase a new 3D broadcasting system based on its 3D Tile Format.On display will be the whole 3D broadcasting chain, from 3D live content to video encoding and distribution. Two on-set 3D cameras will shoot live from different angles.

The live feed will be linked to a professional paneliser, a mixer and an advanced encoder to allow the operator to switch online between the two cameras for comparison between the 3D Tile Format and conventional 3D transmission formats. Several STB and 3DTV devices will decode audio and video being broadcast in the 3D Tile Format across a range of broadcast equipment.

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Navigating the conference

The role that the IBC Conference plays in the industry is to provide the forum for a thorough investigation of a topic. There is no point in developing a new technology if there is no creative application for it; equally creative artists should not get excited by new means of expression if there is no way to pay for it.

So IBC brings together the creative, the technical and the commercial communities. Each is delivered a series of papers, panels and workshops tailored to their interests around common themes, so when colleagues meet up at the end of each day they have between them a complete understanding of the subject.

The main body of the conference is divided into three vertical streams:

Technology Advancements, Content Creation and Innovation and The Business of Broadcasting. These are not exclusive categories, but give an idea of the flavour of each session.

In addition there are a number of plenary sessions, ideal for all delegates. These feature keynote presentations from global leaders and serve to set out the debate on some of the critical issues being addressed at IBC this year.

The IBC Conference team also produces a fourth stream of events, which appear in the programme under the heading Added Value.

These sessions do not require conference registration and are open to all IBC visitors, adding to the value everyone gets from being at IBC.

See with Super Hi-Vision If you have not had a chance to see Super Hi-Vision yet, make sure you grab it at IBC2011. It is a remarkable treat for the eye and the ear.

Developed originally by broad-

caster NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), it is now being supported by other major broadcast research bodies and commercial companies, as part of the global

These Added Value sessions range from technical tutorials to business sessions, and include What Caught My Eye, the exhibition snapshot introduction presentations.

If the four streams are the vertical columns in the conference matrix, the horizontal is represented by the key issues in focus. By topic and by stream, each delegate can chart their own journey through the conference.

There are f ive hot topics this year: Connected TV and Devices; 3D@IBC; Sports; Advertising: New Funding Models for Broadcasting and Next Generation Workflows, including the prospects for cloud computing and storage.

Again, these are far from exclusive. There is much of value in the IBC Conference and every visitor will find the course which best fulfils their needs.

And the conference does not stop at the doors to meeting rooms.

The programme is designed to provide as much time for interaction and conversation as possible, with informal conversations over coffee and planned networking events forming a vital part of the experience. Gold Pass holders have use of the exclusive Gold Lounge for lunch, refreshments and discussions with fellow delegates.

Explore the IBC Conference programme and begin to plan your route at www.ibc.org/conferenceprogramme. debate on what happens next in electronic media.

As the name suggests, it is another leap forward from HD: 16 times the resolution, to be precise. That means a picture resolution of 7680 x 4320, at 60 progressive frames a second. The sound field is equally immersive,

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developments across the industry, especially in the use of IP technology. Trilogy’s own Gemini range of IP Intercom solutions and unique Intercom Anywhere concept are prime examples.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

Barry Spencer, Trilogy Communications, General Manager – Broadcast Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? We believe that with the continued push on technologies that enable a smarter more streamlined workflow as well as consumer trends towards convergence media, that IBC is perfectly timed to highlight the latest

The intercom market has seen its greatest change over the past decade since we first introduced IP enabled intercom systems. The increased use of IP throughout the broadcast industry has helped to drive our recent R&D efforts including the use of SIP throughout our systems allowing for greater participation of users on SIP radios, tablets and smart phones.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? IBC will see Trilogy showcasing some new and exciting developments to the Gemini intercom system launched at IBC 2010. Designed to satisfy the increasingly diverse requirements of the Broadcast and professional media markets, Gemini combines the benefits of a large-scale, distributed matrix with integrated IP connectivity, thus bridging the need for both high quality audio and IP network access.

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with 22 audio channels set at three heights plus two more sub-bass channels front and rear.

IBC is very grateful to NHK for once more bringing this amazing demonstration and showing us the latest developments in live production and broadcasting technologies

for it. The presentations are in the Future Zone in the Park Foyer near Hall 8 and are free, but they are always in huge demand so make sure you get a ticket. Find out more at www.ibc.org/futurezone.

The hybrid approach Reelway

By Anne Morris Reelway is showcasing its cloudbased Media Asset Management (MAM) platform at this year’s IBC. The Reelway Platform offers MAM functionality via a hybrid software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. The service is designed for small broadcasters, post-production companies and content owners that want to use MAM functionality without large upfront investments, installation problems and project risks. The SaaS approach also avoids the complications of running a large IT system on site.

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What Caught My Eye Given the pace of change in the industry, busy visitors to IBC are often tasked with getting up to speed on a new subject in a very short time. If this describes your IBC, then the hugely popular ‘What Caught My Eye’ sessions are for you.

Each year we take three top issues. For each, an industry expert chosen for their unique perspective on the subject tours the show floor.

They pick up all that is new and relevant and present it to you in a

snappy, lively hour. Where a product needs a demonstration, they either bring it to the session or snatch a video on the exhibition stand.

Result: at the end of the hour you know what is hot and what is not

and how the subject f its into the wider media world. More important, you know where to find the most interesting products and what to ask when you get to the stand.

What Caught My Eye sessions are open to all IBC visitors as part of the Added Value stream. To ensure that they are as fresh as possible details are finalised closer to

show time, but we know that on Saturday 10 September at 09:30 in room E102 Thomas Hoegh, CEO of Arts AllianceUK, will be thinking about alternative content for digital cinema in What Caught My Eye: The Next Revolution. On Sunday 11 September at 09:30 in room E102, Hugh Mason, partner at Pembridge Partners, will have

his mind in the Pacif ic with the session What Caught My Eye: Pacific Promises and on Monday 12 September at 09:30 in room E102, entrepreneur Angel Gambino will be giving her thoughts in What Caught My Eye: Disruption!

Keep up to date with the all the sessions at www.ibc.org/conferenceprogramme.

What's on the

IBC Big Screen 2011 For the latest visit www.ibc.org/bigscreen Events are free to all unless marked CONFERENCE SESSION, which need to be registered via www.ibc.org/conference Studer will present its latest broadcast desk, the OnAir 1500

OnAir series entry-level Studer

Friday 9 September

Sunday 11 September

11:30 - 12:30 RED: Presents its new 5k Epic Camera, including some impressive footage shot on Epic

10:30 - 12:30 CONFERENCE SESSION Getting to Grips with Stereo 3D

13:30 - 15:50 ARRI

18:30 IBC AWARDS CEREMONY (doors open at 18.15)

16:00 - 18:00 CHRISTIE

Paul Watson Harman’s Studer will reveal its new flexible hybrid mixing console, the OnAir 1500, which is designed for radio broadcasting and production.

Studer says its new 12-channel, 6-fader (expandable to 12 faders) console is aimed at the entry-level budget price-point and is ideal for studios needing a professional-grade unit with additional I/O, or a compact cost-effective mixing console for an on-air studio or production room.

The console features integrated USB playback, record functions and point-to-point connectivity. Channel parameters can be edited using console controls in combination with the OLED channel displays.

Audio monitoring is augmented by two 29-segment stereo bargraph P P M s , p r ov i d i n g a c o n s t a n t overview of the signals; six different meter standards are available. A Headphone Split function allows the user to listen to two different sources.

The separate Nano Score of the OnAir 1500 contains the audio and control engine, and two separate card slots can be equipped with any optional D21m I/O module such as MADI, AES or ADAT. There are three USB ports on the front panel: one identifies the console operator; one can host a USB stick for recording and playout; and the third can provide an additional eight channels of I/O to or from a USB device. The core connects to the surface via Cat-5, which also provides its power.

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Monday 12 September

09:00 - 10:30 RED: Presents its new 5k Epic Camera, including some impressive footage shot on Epic

09:00 - 10:30 CONFERENCE SESSION Delivering 3D to the Audience

11:00 - 12:30 ASSIMILATE: Creative storytelling with RED Epic cameras and ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH 13:30 - 15:30 ARRI 16:00 - 17:30 P+S TECHNIK: Presents Inspirational Tools for Exceptional Pictures 18:30 (doors open at 18:15) IBC MOVIE Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon - in stereoscopic Dolby 3D and Dolby 7.1 'Courtesy of Paramount Pictures International'

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11:00 - 12:30 CONFERENCE SESSION Stereoscopic 3D- Fixing it in Post 13:30 - 15:00 CONFERENCE SESSION 3D Live at the Big Screen 15:30 - 17:00 CONFERENCE SESSION A Stereoscopic Glimpse into the Future 18:30 (doors open at 18:15) IBC Big Screen Showcase An exciting glimpse into the future of 3D content including a preview of extended clips from the forthcoming Titanic 3D and much more . . .

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Technology meets today’s challenges Since the very beginning, IBC has been seen as the most important place for research labs to talk about their latest work. The Technical Papers sessions remain the centrepiece of the conference.

Every paper submitted is peer reviewed, not just for originality and innovation, but also for relevance.

Just as the IBC Conference as a whole reflects the challenges which the industry is currently facing, the papers which make the technology sessions have to support and enable those changes. This is not off the wall thinking: this is careful research which you can use today and tomorrow, to tackle the real issues affecting you.

One topic which has rushed to

the top of the agenda is the way that consumers have become comfortable with multi-screen viewing, making social media a natural accompaniment to broadcasting.

This has implications in entertain-

ment programming viewed from the comfort of the living room but it can be the vehicle through which revolutions are inspired.

These social changes have to be supported by the technology, so

there are paper sessions on social media and multi-screening and on the prospects for hybrid broadcast/broadband television which allows the different screens to be synchronised, adding to the immersive experience. It also opens up the prospect of targeted, personalised advertising – and there is a paper session on that too.

A pair of sessions on Monday 12 September titled Production I - New Technologies in the Studio at 11:00 in the Emerald room and Production II - New Working Practise in the Studio at 13:30, also in the Emerald room, look at new technologies in the studio and the way that working practices will have to develop to make the best of them. As well as detailed papers the subject will be investigated through case studies, including a look at how the very last NASA space shuttle launch was

captured by the Super Hi-Vision system from NHK. All technical papers are published in full for conference delegates. IBC is collaborating again on a special edition of the IET Journal to publish some of the best papers from IBC2011 alongside selected contributions from IET’s flagship publication Electronic Letters.

The hardworking Technical Papers Committee has one final task to complete. Each year they judge which paper contributes most to the conference, both in content and in the style and clarity of presentation.

The author receives the IBC Conference Award, presented as part of the IBC Awards Ceremony on Sunday 11 September at 18:30 in the Auditorium. Find out more about the Technical Papers, the IBC Conference Prog ramme and more at www.ibc.org/conference.

Elections get interactive with augmented reality graphics wTVision

By Heather McLean wTVision, a software house focused on on-air graphics for television, has been developing state-of-the-art interactive services that it intends to showcase in Amsterdam this September.

The company’s electoral projects cover a broad range of interactive technologies for TV, from touchscreen devices to mobile control devices, all giving the electoral show’s host greater control over the presentation’s flow on the night that votes are counted.

These powerful tools, combined with electoral graphics displayed in different formats, offer broadcasters an edge over competitors in the war for audience eye balls, suggests wTVision.

All of wTVision’s electoral solutions have something in common: realtime integration with official sources. Clients can opt for a number of methods of enhancing election broadcasts, including a 100% interactive solution that allows the show’s host the ability to choose, on the screen itself, the graphics that are played and, with a DVE interface, communicate with

MonitorIQ hits Europe Digital Nirvana

By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe In its first appearance at IBC on its own stand, Digital Nirvana will highlight developments including the MonitorIQ broadcast monitoring system.

The company says that, having penetrated many of the major national broadcast and cable networks in the US, it is now in the process of commissioning several large projects in

Europe. These broadcasters apparently deployed MonitorIQ due to its advanced technology and the company’s willingness to work closely with them to design and quickly implement features not available from other systems.

The new MonitorIQ system is designed for multichannel signal monitoring, logging, compliance, archiving and content repurposing by television networks, cable MSOs, stations and regulatory agencies.

All MonitorIQ systems accept

journalists in different locations.

Augmented reality graphics constitute another possibility, while use of the iPad and a wTVision-developed interface allow the show’s host to take control.

Human Interaction Technology and User Interface (HITUI) will also be demonstrated, following a recent deployment in Portugal that entailed the creation of a highly detailed virtual parliament.

Integration opportunities with social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, will also be highlighted by the company.

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Searching can be based on keywords, titles, subtitles, descriptions, textual

MonitorIQ is designed for multi-channel signal monitoring, logging, compliance, archiving and content repurposing

wTVision is to showcase interactive technology used in electoral broadcasts

metadata, closed-caption text and imported logs, with filtering by time, date and channel.

The MonitorIQ compliance logging system is designed to provide cost-effective recording of up to four channels, while MonitorIQ Producer makes it easy to repurpose content to the web, produce podcasts, and save broadcast-ready clips for archiving.

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New version LogoSerter DVEO

By David Davies New from DVEO – the broadcast division of Computer Modules – the LogoSerter now inserts graphics, logos and text anywhere on H.264 or MPEG-2 video content. Two versions are available: DVB-ASI input and output, or IP input and output.

A realtime software-based system, the LogoSerter inserts images and text anywhere on SD or HD live streams with any degree of transparency. It works by decoding the transport stream, overlaying the logo and transcoding the result. The system enables broadcasters, cable companies and content providers to ‘brand’ their video content with images that are not easily removed.

The graphics, logos, and text can be static, blinking or – new for this release – rotating. The system supports 1080i, 720p, and 480i, while logos and graphics can be created in several formats. Windows-based, the system also features schedule-based logo insertion.

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i-Kit Boosts display interactivity Christie

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Production in spotlight Miranda Technologies

By Michael Burns Miranda Technologies will spotlight its strengthened production studio signal management and monitoring systems. The company has enhanced the integration between its NVision 8500 Hybrid routers with audio processing and its high quality Kaleido multi-viewers, as well as with third party production switchers.

By using advanced integration software, these combined multiviewer and router systems behave like a single solution to reduce studio complexity, as well as increasing system flexibility, redundancy and scalability.

The NVision 8500 Hybrid 3Gbps/HD routers at the core of these studio systems provide built-in, embedded audio processing to save space and costs, while also streamlining source control and cabling. This audio processing also avoids the signal timing issues associated with the use of external de-embedders/embedders in studios. 8.D41

Sport from every angle EVS

By David Fox EVS is introducing Sports360°, a new concept covering all aspects of sports media from live broadcasting to new media distribution. The company’s stand at IBC will also demonstrate a complete set of workflow tools “offering the best of IT and broadcast technologies for news and production”.

Sports360° aims to help content owners, broadcasters and facility companies to address multiple markets and cope with the partitioning of rights for different platforms.

EVS will also launch CloudCast, designed for instant distribution of live broadcast content via dedicated web applications direct to home users.

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In the round: EVS Sports360° concept

Christie will highlight its latest products at IBC, including the newest members of its MicroTiles family that will be on show for the first time in EMEA. The Christie i-Kit touch interactivity kit, suitable for large format displays, allows multiple users to interact simultaneously with a rectangular video wall with sufficient resolution and speed to support finger-based gestures. It attaches to the perimeter of any large arrayed d i s p l ay u p t o 1 6 x 6 , i n c l u d i n g Christie MicroTiles.

Christie’s new front-end content software, JumpStart, can deliver content to 5-10 megapixel tiled d i g i t a l d i s p l ay s . I n t e n d e d f o r

The Christie i-Kit allows simultaneous multiple-user interaction with a video wall

Christie MicroTiles and display walls requiring up to four video inputs and outputs, JumpStart is aimed at designers, systems inte-

grators and rental/stagers in architecture, out-of-home advertising and event production.

The Christie D4K35 projector

Orchestrating newsroom comms Clear-Com

By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe At this year’s IBC, Clear-Com will draw attention to its Concert for Newsroom solution, which is designed for integration with newsroom applications.

Working with systems such as Associated Press’ ENPS (Essential News Production System), Concert allows AP’s newsroom members using ENPS news applications to quickly, easily and cost-effectively communicate with other newsr o o m m e m b e r s wh o a l s o h ave

access to Concert for Newsroom, says the company.

The Concert solution is also designed to assist busy reporters chasing stories in the field to get in touch with other production team members.

To start a chat with Concert, ENPS users need only scroll through their contacts and click the appropriate name or icon to initiate a call and/or chat, simultaneously. Users can see immediately the availability of any other ENPS participants for a call or text message, saving journalists time when deadlines are approaching.

“Concer t has tr uly def ined Intercom-over-IP with its ability to

seamlessly integrate with traditional intercom systems and external audio interfaces over standard IP networks, making it ideal for n ew s r o o m s a n d S N G t r u c k s around the world,” said Patrick Menard, product manager of Concert at Clear-Com. “With the incorporation of the application into E N P S , u s e r s h ave eve n m o r e options with which to communicate, helping them focus on the story and not technology.”

Concer t for Newsroom can interface with external audio systems, including party-line systems, paging systems, programme feeds,

will also make its EMEA debut at IBC2011, offering 4K (4096x2160) resolution for the pro-AV market.

The projector delivers 35,000 lumens with DLP quality and is targeted at applications requiring ultrahigh resolution and brightness.

Christie will also be showcasing its E-Series 1-chip DLP projectors, which can deliver up to 6,000 ANSI lumens with a 5,000:1 contrast ratio.

The Christie DHD670-E model offers native HD (1920x1080) resol u t i o n wh i l e t h e C h r i s t i e DWU670-E provides WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution for maximising image detail.

Both units have dual mercury lamps and each has the capability to optimise its lamp configuration for maximum single lamp operation. The Christie DHD670-E also uses a high brightness six-segment colour wheel (RGBCYW) with an optional rich colour wheel (RCGCYM) available when colour precision is crucial.

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Concert for Newsroom allows reporters in the field to get in touch with editors and producers

and other matrix systems using a four-wire interface over a standard IP network.

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Exhibitor list (accurate as of 27 July 2011) 10 LiveDefinition 3.A15ci 2020 3D MEDIA 8.G35 27M Technologies 3.C30 2Connect-IT (Co-exhibiting with Thrane & Thrane)

OE202 8.E78 9.B40 13.193

2WCOM 3ality Digital 4Mod Technology A A&C Aastrolight Aaton AB on Air Abakus ABE Elettronica Abel DRM Systems Abilis Systems

11.C60 11.G61 11.D39 3.A15m 11.G29 8.D23 1.A76 1.C81 4.C81 13.115 6.A24 5.B11/6.A29/11.F61 5.B15d 5.C49 10.F24 8.E41 2.C40a

(Co-exhibiting with Nagra Kudelski)

Accedo Broadband ACCESS Accusys Ace Marketing Acetel Co Acorde Acrosentec Co Actia Sodielec Active Circle Active Storage

(Co-exhibiting with Global Distribution) 7.G16 Actus 4.A91 Acz Group 6.C22 ADB Lighting Technologies 11.A34 Adder Technology 7.B33 Adobe Systems 7.G27 Adtec Digital 1.D01 Advanced Broadcast Components 8.A30 Advanced Digital Broadcast – ADB 5.B48 Advantech Wireless 1.A11 AEQ 8.C55 Aeta Audio Systems 8.B30f AF Electronics 4.C53 Agama Technologies 4.A55 AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) 11.F02 AIC/Xtore 7.J49 AirTies Wireless Networks 5.B33 AJA Video 7.F11 Akamai Technologies 7.A14 AKG Acoustics (Co-exhibiting with Harman 8.D60 International/Studer) ALBENTIA Systems (Co-exhibiting with BTESA – 8.B02 Broad Telecom) Albiral Display Solutions 10.A42 Albis Technologies 4.C71 Albrecht Elektronik 10.A40 Alcatel-Lucent Bell (Co-exhibiting with 8.G44 FascinatE) Aldena Telecomunicazioni 8.E37 Allegro 1.A46 Alpermann+Velte 10.B48 Alpha Networks 9.A12 Alphatron Broadcast Electronics 11.B40 Altech GDL (Co-exhibiting with Altech UEC) 4.B50 Altech MediaVerge (Co-exhibiting with Altech UEC) 4.B50 Altech SetOne (Co-exhibiting with Altech UEC) 4.B50 Altech UEC 4.B50 Altera 5.A15 Altermedia 7.D02 Alticast Corp 1.F50 AmberFin 7.J15c Ambient Recording 8.A80 AMD 7.H35 Amino Communications 5.B40 Amos – Spacecom 1.C65 Amphenol Broadcast Solutions 9.B08 Amplidata 6.A05 Amptec (Co-exhibiting with DPA Microphones) 8.D70 Amsterdam inbusiness (Co-exhibiting with Dutch Media Hub) 9.A20 AnaCom 1.D91 Andersson Technologies 7.A03 Anet 9.B45 Anevia 4.B66 ANNOVA Systems 3.A31

Anritsu ANT Group ANT Software Ant Systems Antik Technology Anton Bauer

1.C95 8.E20 4.C98 13.198 13.313

(Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group)

11.D61 7.K27 7.K21 1.C61 1.A81a

Apace Systems APANTAC Appear TV APRICO Solutions ARA – Antenna Research Associates (Co-exhibiting with Vialite by PPM)

ArabSat Arbor Media Archion Technologies (Co-exhibiting with EMEA Gateway)

Ardis Technologies ARET video and audio engineering Argosy Arion Technology Arnold & Richter Cine Technik

1.F29 1.C38 7.G15b 7.E06 7.J17 OE201 10.D55 4.A71

(Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 arqiva 1.B61 ARRI 11.F21 ARRIS 1.D41 Artec Technologies 7.G35 Artel Video Systems 2.A20 ASC Signal Corporation 1.C51 ASL Intercom 10.B31 Aspera 7.G11 Aspiro 13.223 ASSIMILATE 7.H11 Aston Group 2.A30e ASTRA (SES ASTRA) 1.B51 ASTRA Broadband Services (Co-exhibiting with 1.B51 ASTRA (SES ASTRA)) ASTRA Platform Services (Co-exhibiting with 1.B51 ASTRA (SES ASTRA)) Astro Strobel Kommunikationssysteme 3.C20 ATEME 1.F70 Atempo 7.J03 ATG Broadcast (Co-exhibiting with Dan Technologies) 8.B51 Atomos EMEA 6.C28e ATOS – Siemens 9.C25 Atos Origin 13.163 ATS (Co-exhibiting with Enesys) 3.B20a ATTO Technology 7.F41 Audio AG – RME 8.A19 Audio Developments 8.D97 Audio Ltd 8.D96 Audio-Technica 8.D78 Aurora Lite Bank 9.B18 Austin Insulators (Co-exhibiting with Kintronic 8.E35 Labs) Autocue 11.E51 Autodesk 7.D25 Autoscript 11.D61a Avanti Communications 1.A50 Aveco 3.B56 Avid 7.J20 Avitech International Corporation 7.K30 Aviwest 2.C21 AVL Technologies 5.A49 AVP Europa 10.E57 AVT Audio Video Technologies 8.E91 AWEX 10.D31 AWOX 2.C33 Axcera 10.F28 Axel Technology 8.C62 Axia Audio (Co-exhibiting with Telos System) 8.D29 Axon Digital Design 10.A21/10.B21 Ayecka Communication Systems 4.C51 Azden Corp 8.D80 Azure Shine International 6.A29c

B B&H Photo Video, Pro Audio Band Pro Munich Bangchen Barix Barrowa Bazhou HongXingJieTu studio lighting equipment Co BBC (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) BBC Academy

10.A01 11.F40 13.382 3.A48 1.B26 11.F61b 8.G44 9.A38

BCE 7.J40 Beat the Traffic 2.A10 bebob 11.F54 BeeSmart 13.281 Beijing Brightcast Co 11.G80 Beijing Feiyashi Technology Development 11.F81 Beijing Hualin Stone-tech 11.F79 Beijing OSEE Digital Technology 10.F33 Beijing Phylion Battery Co 11.A20 Beijing Realmagic Technology Co 3.A52 Beijing United Victory Co 11.D71 Beillen Battery – JIADE Energy Technology 11.E80 Bel Digital Audio 10.A30 Belco 8.C60 Belden 1.C21 Belgium Satellite Services 1.A03 BES and Media Products 10.C51 BETTERVIEW 3.A15ai BFE Studio und Medien Systeme 9.B25 BHV Broadcast 10.F35 Binocle 11.D70a BIRTV 10.A08 Blackmagic Design 7.H20 BLANKOM Antennentechnik (Co-exhibiting with BLANKOM Digital) 1.F51 BLANKOM Digital 1.F51 BLT Italia 8.A68 Blue Lucy Media 7.F04 BlueArc Corporation 7.E10 Bluebell Opticom 3.A68 Bluefish444 7.J07 BlueShape 11.A14 Bluestreak Technology 13.123 Bluetop Technology Co 5.C43 BMS Broadcast Microwave Services Europe 1.A10 BON ELECTRONICS, 11.D85 Boris FX/Media 100 6.A03 Boxx TV 11.C66 BPL Business Media 13.211 Bradley Engineering 11.C37 BRAINSTORM MULTIMEDIA (Co-exhibiting with FOR-A UK) 2.B59 Brexel 5.B15c Bridge Technologies 1.A30 BrightSign 3.C17 Bristol Vfx (Co-exhibiting with Photon Beard) 11.C44 British Kinematograph Sound & Television Society (BKSTS) 8.B99 Broadcast Bionics 8.D73 Broadcast Electronics 8.C91 Broadcast International 13.362 Broadcast Pix 7.B20 Broadcast Solutions 5.C29/OE110 Broadcast Traffic Systems 3.B25 Broadcast Unifying Gears (Bug.tv) 7.B01 Broadcom Corporation 2.C39 Broadcom 8.B38h Broadpeak 2.C40b Broadtec 3.A15c Bryant Unlimited 10.D15 BSI 9.A46 BTESA – Broad Telecom 8.B02 Building4Media – Primestream 7.D21 Bulcrypt 5.C46 Burli – EuMediaNet 6.A26 Burton 8.G48 BW Broadcast 8.E73 C C&C Technic Taiwan Co 5.C41 Cabletime Limited – IPTV 13.373 Cache-A Corporation (Co-exhibiting with Global 7.G16 Distribution) Caldigit 7.B42 Calibre UK 7.J43 Calrec Audio 8.C58 Camargus 9.D26 Cambridge Research Systems 8.B38b Camera Motion Research 9.A55 Canara Lighting & Sconce 11.E74 Canare 11.B63 Canford 9.C01 Canon Europe 11.E50 Carl Zeiss 11.D75 Cartoni 11.C30 Caspian One 4.A61hi

Cavena Image Products CB Electronics

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(Co-exhibiting with MSV) 8.A04 CCBN2012 8.F56 CEITON technologies 3.A60 Celeno Communications 3.A15f Cetel 3.A20 Chambre De Commerce Et D’Industrie De Paris 2.A30/2.B39/2.C40/3.B20/8.B30/8.D82/11.D70 Channelot 3.A15k Chellomedia (Co-exhibiting with Liberty Global Europe) 1.D39 China Anhui Modern TV Technology Co 7.D03 China Ruige 9.B06 Christie 9.B30 Christy Media Solutions – Broadcast Recruitment Specialists 6.C20 Chrosziel 11.E65 Chyron 7.D11 Cine 60 10.D57 Cine Power International 11.F11 Cinegy 7.A30/7.A41 Cineroid 11.A58 CINE-TV broadcast systems 11.B12 Cinevation (Co-exhibiting with DFT Digital Film 7.E21 Technology Munich) Cintel International 7.B35 Cisco Systems 13.197 City of Hilversum (Co-exhibiting with Dutch Media Hub) 9.A20 Civolution 2.C30 Clear-Com 10.D29a Cmotion 11.C40 Cobalt Digital 8.A94 Cobham 1.F41 Codan Satcom 4.C75 Code One 10.F38 Cogent Technologies (Simtra) 4.A61g Cognacq-Jay Image (Co-exhibiting with MEDIA 1.B79 BROADCAST) COGNIK 2.B39e Colem Engineering 4.A61hii Colt Technology Services 3.C41 Commonwealth Broadcasting Association 10.A03 Communications Research Centre Canada 8.F49 Communications Specialties 8.A15 Comrex (Co-exhibiting with Vortex 11.G11 Communications) COM-TECH High Freq and Broadcast 8.C74 Comtech Telecommunications 1.F80 Conax 1.D69 Concurrent 4.B78 Conducfil 8.E79 Conspin Co 4.C50 CONTENTUS (Co-exhibiting with European 10.F20 Broadcasting Union (EBU)) Contentwise 13.332 Convergent Design 7.A07 Cooke Optics 11.D10 Coolux 11.D66 CoreELTechnologies 1.F96 Coship Electronics Co 1.A74 Cosmolight 11.C36 Cotech 11.A54 CP Cases 10.A44 CPE Italia 8.B11 CPI International 1.B41 Craltech Electronica 9.B14 Craze Productions 3.A15i Creative Network Design, Inc (Co-exhibiting with MSV) 8.A04 CreNova Technology Co 5.B15b Crystal Vision 2.B11 CSE 2.C40c CSTB Russia 8.F57 CTE Digital Broadcast 8.C38 Cube-Tec International 8.D03 Cubiware 5.C35 CUK HING Industries (Hong Kong) 11.F61c CV Support 11.C84 CYTAGlobal 5.B05

D D&R D.I.P. Company D4D INGENIERIA VISUAL d’accord broadcasting solutions Dalet Digital Media Systems

8.C70 7.D01 11.D70cii 9.A53 8.B77

Dan Technologies Group 8.B51 Danmon Systems Group (Co-exhibiting with Dan Technologies) 8.B51 Darim Vision 7.C10 Data Vision & Allied Vision Technologies 9.A50 DataDirect Networks 7.C30 Dataton 7.G12 Datavideo Technologies Europe 7.D39 DAVID Systems 7.F20 Dawson OE120 Dayang Technology Development 7.H39 Dazmo 9.A34 dB Broadcast 10.A28 DB Elettronica Telecomunicazioni 8.B16 De Sisti Lighting 11.D50 Decimator Design 7.B40 Dedo Weigert Film 11.D31 DEEP VISION 11.D70c Dega Broadcast Systems 7.G07 DekTec 2.A41 Delec Audio und Videotechnik 10.D30 Delta Meccanica 8.E36 DELTACAST (Co-exhibiting with DELTACAST.TV) 10.D10 DELTACAST.TV 10.D10 DEV Systemtechnik 1.F34 Deva Broadcast 8.D79 Devlin Keyboards 6.C28b devolo AG 13.273 DEXEL Lighting 11.G74 Dexin Digital Technology(Chengdu) Co 6.A29b DFT Digital Film Technology Munich 7.E21 DHD 8.A50 DiBcom 3.B51 Digidia 8.A13 Digigram 8.C51 Digimetrics-DCA 7.A01 Digisoft.TV 13.291 Digispot System 8.E83 DigiTAG (Co-exhibiting with European 10.F20 Broadcasting Union (EBU)) Digital Instruments 8.A11 Digital Nirvana 10.A12 Digital Rapids 7.G41 / 13.293 Digital Stream Technology 5.B15e Digital TV Group 5.A45 Digital TV Labs 2.A18 Dimetis 4.B77 DirectOut 8.E02 Discretix Technologies .

3.A15b Disk Archive Corporation 8.B38g DivX, now part of Rovi 5.A31 DK-Technologies 8.E60 DLNA 13.376 Dmlite c.

9.A04 DMT SyES 8.C49 Dolby 2.B28 Doremi Technologies 10.B10 Doteck Digital Technologies 2.C27 Double D Electronics 1.F58a Doughty Engineering 11.B61 DPA Microphones 8.D70 Draka 11.C31 DSPECIALISTS 8.E69 DTS 2.B50 Duma Video 5.C39 Dutch Media Hub 9.A20 DVB 1.D81 DVBControl 3.B50 DVEO division of Computer Modules 2.A48 DVLab 5.C07 DVS Digital Video Systems 7.E25 Dymo 3.C31 Dynacore Technology Co 11.E70 E e2v – Stellar Eardatek Easyrig EBH Radio Software EchoStar Europe ECRIN Systems Eddystone Broadcast Edgeware Editshare Eela Audio Egatel Egripment EgyptSat Elber

1.A78 4.C67 11.A10 8.A02 1.F76 5.C21 8.B38e 4.B71 7.C21 8.E85 8.C16 11.A21 1.B91 8.C11a

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preview Elbit Systems Land and C4I Elecard Electronics Research Inc (ERI) Electrosys Elemental Technologies Elettronika Elrom Studios ELTI Emcore EMEA Gateway Emotion Systems emotion3D EMS Technical Personnel Enco Systems Encompass Digital Media Enensys Enigma Systems Ensemble Designs, Enterprise Europe Network

3.A15di 2.A28 8.E23 8.C40 7.H37 8.A35 3.A15g 8.A31 2.A24 7.E06 6.A23a 6.A01 1.B09 10.F26 5.C33 3.B20a 5.B21 8.B91

(Co-exhibiting with Dutch Media Hub) 9.A20 EnterpriseData Technologies 4.C89 Entone 13.266 Entropic Communications 3.A41 Envivio 1.D73 EPAK 2.C35 Ericsson 1.D61 ESL (Co-exhibiting with Thrane & Thrane) OE202 Espial 5.A18 Etere 8.B89 ETILUX (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 ETL Systems 4.B84 Etnatel Consorzio Export 5.C30 ETRI 8.G31 ETSI 2.C29 Euro Light System (Co-exhibiting with Nila LED 9.A19 Lighting) Euro Video System 10.F25 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 10.F20 Eurotek 8.A59 Eutelsat 1.D59/OE112 Eversat 1.A52 Evertz 1.A33/8.B40 Evoxe – Newsroom 2.C59 EVS 8.A96/8.B90 Exir Broadcasting 8.D28 Explorer Cases by GT Line 11.G76 Exterity 13.335 Extron Electronics 3.A51 Eyeheight Limited 8.D92 Ezako 8.B30c

F F&V LED Lighting 11.F70 F.A.Bernhardt, FAB 2.A21 Face 9.A47 Facilis Technology 7.D05 Factum Electronics 8.B92 Farmers Wife 9.A10 FascinatE 8.G44 Fast Forward Video 9.A16 Fiberfox 11.G59 FileCatalyst 7.H40 Film and Digital Times (Co-exhibiting with 11.F31 Transvideo) Film Gear – Eclalux 11.G48 Filmfabriek 9.B43 Filmlight 7.F31 FIMS (Co-exhibiting with European Broadcasting 10.F20 Union (EBU)) Fischer Connectors 11.E21 Flanders Scientific Inc 10.F32 Flanders Scientific Inc (FSI) (Co-exhibiting with 10.F22 Zunzheng Digital Video Co) Floatcam 9.B51 FLYING-CAM (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 Focal Professional 8.B30i FOR-A UK 2.A51/2.B59/11.A70b Forbidden Technologies 7.J15e FORTIS 5.B45 Foxcom 5.C40 France Broadcast 8.B30j Fraunhofer Alliance Digital Cinema 8.B80 Fraunhofer FIRST (Co-exhibiting with Fraunhofer 8.B80 Alliance Digital Cinema) Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Co-exhibiting with 8.B80 Fraunhofer Alliance Digital Cinema) Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute (Co-exhibiting 8.G44 with FascinatE) Fraunhofer HHI (Co-exhibiting with Fraunhofer 8.B80 Alliance Digital Cinema)

Fraunhofer IIS (Co-exhibiting with Fraunhofer Alliance 8.B80 Digital Cinema) Front Porch Digital 7.C16 FTTH Council Europe 5.A10 Fujinon (Europe) 11.C20 Fujitsu 1.F90 Funke Digital TV 3.C60 Furukawa 11.D11 FX-Motion 11.D81 G G Technology Hitachi

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G&G Tape Check 10.A38 Gazprom Space Systems 4.A95 GB Labs 7.J15b Gearhouse Broadcast 10.D46 Gefei Tech Co 8.E05 Gefen 7.B30 Gekko Technology 11.D40 Genarts 7.J15d Genelec 8.D61 General Dynamics Mediaware 9.A06 General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies 1.A41 Gennum Corporation 9.A45

Geolink Satellite Services (Co-exhibiting with 3.A20 Cetel) Gepco International/General Cable 9.B02 Geritel Giomar 8.E29 Ghielmetti 8.C77 Giga Communications (Gigasat & Giga-Com) 1.C30/OE207 Gigawave OE115 Gilat Satcom 3.A15w GkWare 2.C51 Glensound Electronics 8.E89 Glidecam Industries 11.G45

Global Crossing Genesis Solutions 13.297 Global Distribution 7.G16 Global Invacom 4.B75 Global VSAT Forum 8.F58 GlobalTT.com (GT&T) 1.F71 GlobeCast 1.A29 Globecomm 4.C74 Glyph Production Technologies (Co-exhibiting 7.G16 with Global Distribution) GoPro 9.A36

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36 theibcdaily (continued from page 31) GOSPELL Digital Technology Co 5.B11a Grass Valley 1.D11/1.E02/OE301 Gravity – Rock Solid Recommendations 13.413 Green Wave Telecommunication 1.B90 GreenPeak Technologies 1.F94 Group 47 8.G49 Guntermann & Drunck 4.B74 Guramex 10.B20 H Haivision Network Video 13.451 Hamlet 9.D10 Hangzhou Xingfa Transmission Equipment Co 6.A29d Harman International/Studer 8.D60 Harmonic 1.B20 Harris Systems 7.G20 HDI Dune Europe 13.200 Headroom Broadcast 2.C57 Heden Engineering 11.A60 Hego Group 6.C19 Hellas Sat Consortium 4.A80 HHB Communications 8.D56 Hi Tech Systems 10.A49 Hiltron 4.B89 Hispasat 4.C72 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe 11.F51 Hitron Technologies 5.B13 HMS 8.C25 Homecast 4.B81 HoseoTelecom Co 3.B60 HS-ART DIAMANT Film Restoration (Co-exhibiting with DFT Digital Film Technology Munich) 7.E21 HTTV 4.C60 Huawei 13.111 Huawei Symantec Technologies Co 9.B17 Humax Co 4.B70 Hyperion Video (Co-exhibiting with Tcube) 8.B30a I I Tech Electronic 5.B11g I.S.P.A. – Group 9.B20 IABM 8.F50/8.F52/8.F54 IBC Partnership Village 8.F51 IBM 2.B31 Icareus (Co-exhibiting with SysMedia) 3.B67 IdeasUnlimited.TV 8.C97 iDirect 5.B30 IDX Technology 11.C21 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society 8.F51b IET – The Institution of Engineering and Technology 8.F51c IGP 1.F58d Ihlas News Agency 3.A40 IHSE 7.B10 ikan Corp 9.B47 Ikegami Electronics (Europe) 11.A31 Ikonoskop 11.C87 Image Engineering 11.E16 Image Systems 7.A28 Image Video 8.A58 Imagine Communications 3.A15j Imagineer Systems 7.J47 Imaqliq 13.372 I-MOVIX 11.E60 Impeq 3.B31 Impire 2.C23 INA – Institut National de l’Audiovisuel 9.A17 IneoQuest 1.C39 Infomedia Digital Technology Co 2.C53 Inmarsat 2.A15 Institut für Rundfunktechnik 10.F51 Integral Systems 1.A01 Integrated Design Tools 11.F74 Intek Digital 5.B37 INTEL 13.191 Intelsat Corporation 1.C71 Inter BEE 10.A02 Interactive Institute of Sweden (Co-exhibiting 8.G44 with FascinatE) International Datacasting Corporation 1.C29 Interra Systems 6.A15 INTOPIX (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 IntraTec 8.B38di ioko (Co-exhibiting with KIT digital) 1.D71 IP4.TV 13.442 iPanel.TV 5.B11f IPE Products (Co-exhibiting with Global 7.G16 Distribution)

preview Ipgallery 3.A15e iphion (Co-exhibiting with Dutch Media Hub) 9.A20 IPV 8.B59 Irdeto 1.D51 IRIS GATEWAY SATELLITE SERVICES LTD (Co-exhibiting with CYTAGlobal) 5.B05 IRTE 8.D10 Isilon Systems 7.H10 ItalTelec 8.A21 Itelsis 8.E19 J J.L. Fisher Jampro Antennas JK Audio (Co-exhibiting with Vortex Communications)

JMR Electronics JOANNEUM RESEARCH

11.D51 8.B96 11.G11 7.F06

(Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 JoeCo 8.A17 Jos. Schneider Optische Werke (Co-exhibiting 11.A28 with Schneider Optics) Junger Audio - Studiotechnik 2.C49 Justad.tv 3.A15o Jutel 8.A24 JVC Professional Europe 10.D41

K K5600 Lighting Kabelkom .

Kaltura Kantar Media – Audiences KaonMedia KATHREIN-Werke KCEI KDDI Kino Flo inc/Cirro lite (Europe) KINOTON Kintronic Labs KIT digital Czech

11.B31 8.E11 3.A15a 4.C57 1.B16 8.C29 2.B39f 8.F48 11.D35 6.A10 8.E35

3.C35 KIT digital 1.D71 Klewel advanced webcasting solutions 4.C85 Kobatt Benelux 11.C81 Kontron 13.182 Korea Digital Convergence Association (KODICA) 5.B15h Korea Pavilion 5.B07/5.B15 Kramer Electronics 8.B81 Kroma Telecom 10.A24 Kronomav Sistemas (Co-exhibiting with OE204 Medialuso-Kronomav) K-Tek 8.A72 Kupo Grip 11.G69 Kvant-Efir 8.E75 (Co-exhibiting with Visual Digital)

L Labwise 5.C20 Lacie 8.D82b L’Aigle Paris 11.D86 LARCAN 11.G70 Lasergraphics 7.F01 Latens 4.B60 LAWO 8.C71 Lectrosonics 8.A60 LEMO Connectors 11.C41 Levira (Co-exhibiting with MEDIA BROADCAST) 1.B79 Libec Europe 11.B55 LiberoVision (Co-exhibiting with Vizrt) 2.A31 Liberty Global Europe 1.D39 Lightstar (Beijing) Electronic Co 11.A38 Linear Acoustic (Co-exhibiting with Telos System) 8.D29 Lino Manfrotto & Co 11.F50 Litepanels (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 LiveU 3.A15x/3.B43 Livewire Digital 4.A61b LMC 11.D70ciii LMP Lux Media Plan 10.F21 LogicKeyboard – BSP 7.F49 Logiways 2.C40d LS telcom 8.E39 L-S-B Broadcast Technologies 8.C20 LSI 6.A27 LSI Projects 11.D41a LTO Program 10.D42 LUCI 7.A32 Lumantek 2.C19 Lund Halsey (Console Systems) 2.B10

LUTEUS Lynx Technik LYTEK International

2.A30d 8.E24 11.F73

M Magic Software 3.A15l Magix 8.A14 MainConcept, now part of Rovi 5.A31 Mandozzi 8.A48 Mantrics 7.A09 Mariner 13.275 Mark Roberts Motion Control 11.G35 Marquis Broadcast 2.A58 Marquis Consulting (Co-exhibiting with Marquis 2.A58 Broadcast) Marshall Electronics 11.D20 Mart, JSC 8.B15 Marvell Semiconductors 13.311 Masstech Group 8.B73 Masterclock 10.A10 MathEmbedded Consulting 4.A61hiii Matrox Video Products Group 7.B29 Matthews Studio Equipment 11.G71 Mayah Communications 8.B94 Maxon Computer 6.C10 MBT 8.D82a MEDIA BROADCAST 1.B79 Media Links Systems 1.B11 Media Logic 7.J18 MEDIA360/DEBRIE 7.E30 Media-Alliance 8.B71 MediaGeniX 3.C59 Medialuso-Kronomav OE204 Mediatec Group (Co-exhibiting with Broadcast OE110 Solutions GmbH) mediatvcom 2.B39c Meduza 9.A40 Megahertz Broadcast Systems (a Kit Digital company) 11.F20 MELTZER MOBILE 3.A15s Memnon Archiving Services (Co-exhibiting with STP) 8.C85 Merging Technologies 6.C29 MeteoGraphics 2.C48 Metracom 2.A30b MICRODOLLY HOLLYWOOD 11.A40 Microfilms 11.E61 Microtech Gefell (Co-exhibiting with Schulze8.D77 Brakel Schaumstoffverarbeitungs) Mic-W Audio 8.B09 Mier Comunicaciones 8.E30 MikroM 8.B95 Miller Camera Support 11.D30 Mindspeed Technologies 10.F39 Minerva 13.342 Minexa 13.433 miniCASTER 1.A80 Minnetonka Audio Software 7.J01 Mirada 5.B26 Miranda Technologies 8.D41 MiraVid 13.434 MIS 6.B20 MIT INC (Co-exhibiting with MSV) 8.A04 MITEQ/MCL 1.A18 MIT-xperts 3.A58 mLogic (Co-exhibiting with Global Distribution) 7.G16 Mobile Broadcast 3.B21 Mobile Viewpoint-Triple IT 13.363 Mode-AL 10.F30 MOG – Technologies 7.G39 Mole – Richardson Company 11.F35 Monarch Innovative Technologies.

7.K41 Mosart 5.C26 MO-SYS 11.A41 Motama 13.274 Motorola 1.D31 /4.A75 MSA Focus International 3.B40 Mstar Semiconductor 3.A14 MSV 8.A04 M-Three Satcom 8.C11c Multidyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems 2.A54 Murraypro Electronics 10.F23 MUSCADE (Co-exhibiting with European 10.F20 Broadcasting Union (EBU)) MWA Nova 7.J39 Myat 8.E17 N NAB Show

7.A43

nac Image Technology 9.A14 Nagra Kudelski 1.C81 Narda Test Solutions 5.B08 National Instruments 8.D71 Nativ 4.A61e Nautel 8.C61 Nautilus Studio 3.A26 ND SatCom OE219 NDS 1.A71 NEC Corporation 8.E10 NEO TELECOMS 8.B30b Neotion 4.B53 NET INSIGHT 1.B40 Neta 3.A30 Netgem 4.B79/4.C79 NETIA (Co-exhibiting with Globecast) 1.A29 Netris 4.C55 NetroMedia 6.B22 NetUP 13.383 NEURO TV (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 Neutrik 8.C94 never.no 3.A36 Nevion 8.B70 Nevion (Co-exhibiting with Colt Technology 3.C41 Services) Newland Communication 5.B11c Newtec 1.A49 NewTek 7.K11 NEXTO DI 11.G37 Neyrinck (Co-exhibiting with MSV) 8.A04 NHK 8.G01 NICT 8.F39 /8.G30 Nikon 11.A70a Nila LED Lighting 9.A19 Ningbo Eimage Studio Equipment 11.C75 NKK Switches 8.A70 No Tube 13.202 NOA Audio Solutions 8.D91 Nokia Qt 13.265 Nokia Siemens Networks 13.225 NorCom Information Technology OE215 Nordija 13.271 Norsat 1.F75 Norwia 10.F34 Novella SatComs 1.F58b NovelSat 3.A38 Novel-SuperTV 4.B61 Novotronik 1.A54 NSA Telecom 3.A15p NTP Technology (Co-exhibiting with Dan 8.B51 Technologies) NTSI 2.B39b NTT Corporation/NTT Advanced Technology Corporation/NTT Electronics Corporation 2.C50 Nucomm/RF Central 1.D40 Numedia 3.B55 NVIDIA (Co-exhibiting with PNY Technologies) 7.J38 NWIEE 4.C83 NyeTec 2.C31 O OASYS 8.B38d Object Matrix 6.C28a Oconnor (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 OCTOPUS Newsroom 2.B19 OIPF (Co-exhibiting with Open IPTV Forum) 13.151 OiV 5.B04 Olympus 9.A35 OMB Broadcast 8.C92 Omega Digital Electronics 5.A16 Omnia Audio (Co-exhibiting with Telos System) 8.D29 Omnitek 6.A18 Onair Media 8.B05 OneSat 4.A61c ONETASTIC (Co-exhibiting with Elber) 8.C11a Open IPTV Forum 13.151 Opentech 3.C10 Opera Software 5.B47 Opsomai 2.A30c Optical Cable Corporation 10.F29 Optoway Technology 8.A16 Opvision Technology Co 8.A40 Oracle 9.C15 Orad Hi-Tec Systems 7.B27 Orban Europe 8.D93 Orca Interactive 2.B40/3.A15v ORION TECHNOLOGY Co 5.B07b Oticom Corporation 5.B15f

OVERLINE – Systems Oxygen DCT

10.E59 10.B44

P P+S Technik 7.D07/11.E28 Pace 1.B19 Packet Ship Technologies 4.A61d PAG 11.E20 Pals Electronics Co 4.A51 Panasonic Marketing Europe 9.B42/9.C45/9.D40 Panther 11.D21 Paywizard 13.185 Peak Communications 1.B10 Pebble Beach Systems 8.B58 Peer TV 3.A15h PENKI KONTINENTAI GROUP 13.331 Penta Studiotechnik 10.A41 Percon 10.E51 Pesa 10.A11 Petrol Bags (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 PGM Optical Fiber 1.D95/OE208 Phabrix 8.E25 Philips Home Control 1.A81 Philips uWand Remote Touch (Co-exhibiting with Philips Home Control) 1.A81 Philtech Co 5.C15 Phoenix7 3.C21 Phonak Communications 8.E95 Photon Beard 11.C44 Photron 11.G25 Pilat Media 3.A15q/ 3.B14 Pixel Power 7.A31 Pixelmetrix Corporation 1.B28 Plaber – HPRC Cases 9.A42 PlayBox Technology 8.C30 Playcast Media Systems 3.A15n Plisch 8.B37 Plura Broadcast 8.C76 PNY Technologies 7.J38 Polecam 10.C49 Polymedia (Co-exhibiting with KIT digital) 1.D71 POND5 9.A01 Portaprompt 8.A90 Preco Broadcast Systems 8.E49 Pre-Met 8.B38dii Preview GM System 8.B61 Prime Focus Technologies 7.D20 Primera Technology Europe 7.H09 Prism Sound 8.E98 ProConsultant Informatique 2.B21 Prodys 1.B24 Professional Show 8.B31 Professional Sound Corp 8.D95 Profitt 7.A04 Progira Radio Communication 8.D21 Promax Electronica 8.B22 Promise Technology 9.A33 Prompter People 11.G75 ProSat Solutions (Co-exhibiting with Broadcast Solutions) OE110 ProTelevision Technologies 8.C48 Province of Noord-Holland (Co-exhibiting with Dutch Media Hub) 9.A20 Provys 2.B49 PRO-X CO 11.G60 Publitronic 2.A49 Q Qbit QoE Systems Qphonics Quadrille Quadrus Technology Quantel Quantum Qube Cinema Quicklink Video Distribution Services Quintech Electronics QUOTIUM TECHNOLOGIES Qvest Media

8.A26 9.A05 8.C05 3.B20b 7.K31 7.A20 7.G30 7.F45 7.B13 4.C56 2.B39g

(Co-exhibiting with Wellen+Noethen)

3.A35

R Rabbit Labs Radio Frequency Systems Radiodar (Co-exhibiting with DVLab) Radioscape RaLex Solutions

3.A22 8.B34 5.C07 8.D90 8.D75

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38 theibcdaily (continued from page 32) RAMI Rascular Technology RealNetworks Red Bee Media Red Digital Cinema Reelway Gmbh Remote Solution Renesas Electronics Europe Reply (Discovery Reply) Research Concepts Inc RGB Networks RGBlink Riedel Communications Rimage Europe RJS Electronics RO.VE.R Broadcast Robycam/Movicom Rockwell Collins Sweden

8.B30g 8.B38bi 13.285 1.A40 9.B49 13.232 3.A54 1.B31 8.C90 1.F58c 4.C78 7.F05 10.A31 7.G15a 6.C28d 8.C37 9.B41

(Co-exhibiting with SWE-DISH) 1.A31 Rohde & Schwarz 8.D35 Roland Systems Group 7.B17 Roland Systems Group UK (Co-exhibiting with 8.D56 HHB Communications) Romantis 4.C63 Root6 Technology 7.C17 Rorke Data 7.A10 Roscolab 11.G21 Rosenberger – OSI Fiber-Optics 11.C65 Ross Video 9.B12/ 9.C20 Rotolight 11.G73 Rovi 5.A31 RRsat Global Communications Network 1.A25 RS2I 2.C40e RSComm 8.E15 RT Software 2.B16 RTI Group 6.A21 RT-RK Computer Based Systems 5.A01 RTS (Royal Television Society) 8.F51d RTS TELEX 10.D20 RTW 8.E76 Russian Satellite Communications Co 5.B20 Ruwido Austria 1.F68 RVR Elettronica 8.C28 Rycote Microphone Windshields 8.A86 Ryerson University 8.F41 RYMSA 8.D16

S S Net Media 5.B15a S&T (Strategy & Technology) 1.C31 S3 Group 3.B23 S3 Satcom 1.A99 S4M – Solutions for Media 3.B26 Sachtler (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 SAD 7.A12 SADiE 8.E96 Sagemcom 1.F40 SAIL LABS Technology 8.E13 SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP 8.C80 Sam Woo Electronics Co 8.E97/11.G33 Samim Rayaneh Co 8.B18 Samsung Electronics 1.D35 San Solutions 7.G01 Sanken/VDB 8.C01 SAPEC 1.F21 Sat-comm Broadcast OE101 Satlink Communications 5.A41 SatService 1.F47 SAV (Co-exhibiting with Vortex Communications) 11.G11 ScheduALL 1.D30 Schill GmbH & Co 11.C61 Schneider Optics 11.A28 Schoeps Mikrofone 8.E90 Schulze-Brakel Schaumstoffverarbeitungs 8.D77 Sconce Exhibitions (Co-exhibiting with Canara 11.E74 Lighting & Sconce) Scottish Development International 9.B16a Screen Service Broadcasting Technologies 8.C41 Screen Subtitling Systems 1.C49 Screenkeys 8.A54 SCTE 8.F51e SeaChange 1.C27 SecureMedia 13.233 SELECOM 8.B30h Selevision (Co-exhibiting with Gravity - Rock Solid 13.413 Recommendations)

preview Sematron 1.A62 Sencore 1.C36 Sennheiser Electronic 8.D50 Service2Media 13.244 Servicevision 11.B51 SES (Co-exhibiting with ASTRA (SES ASTRA)) 1.B51 SES WORLD SKIES (Co-exhibiting with ASTRA (SES ASTRA)) 1.B51 Sezmi 13.231 SGI 9.A08 SGL 7.J15a SGO 6.A11 SGT 2.A30a Shantou Nanguang Photographic Equipment Co 11.E10 Shenzhen Advanced Video Info-Tech Co (AVIT) 5.B11e ShenZhen Geniatech 5.B11b Shenzhen MTC 3.A55 Shenzhen Ourstone Electronics 5.B11d Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Techonlogy Co 5.B46 Shively Labs 8.A18 Shotoku Broadcast Systems 11.G30 SI Media 8.B93 Siano Mobile Silicon 3.A15u Sichuan Changhong Network Technologies Co 6.A29e Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co 3.C56 Sichuan Video Electronic Co 5.B11h Sielco 8.A12 Sierra Video (Co-exhibiting with Kramer Electronics) 8.B81 Sigma Designs 4.C59 Signal 3G 3.A18 Signiant 13.341 Signum Bildtechnik 7.D31 Sintec Media 2.B41 Sinuta 4.C61 SIRA Sistemi Radio 8.C31 SIS LIVE 1.C55/OE205 Sisvel Technology 13.106 SJTek Co 5.B07c SkyDigita Co (Co-exhibiting with Rabbit Labs) 3.A22 Skyline Communications 1.A21 Skyware Global 5.C11 Slik Corporation 11.A30 SmarDTV (Co-exhibiting with Nagra Kudelski) 1.C81 SMART electronic 3.A24 Smart TV Pavillion 13.192 Smartclip 13.412 SmartJog (Co-exhibiting with MEDIA BROADCAST) 1.B79 SmartLabs/In-Line 13.181 SMiT 1.F86 SMK EUROPE 1.C90 SMPTE 8.F51f SMT Electronic Technology 3.A19 SnapStream 6.A06 Snell 8.B68 Soft at Home 5.A11 SOFT VALLEE 8.B30k Softeco Sismat (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 Softel 1.A27 Softlab – NSK 7.A05 SoftNI Corporation 1.A39 Softron Media Services 7.H01 Solaris Mobile (Co-exhibiting with ASTRA (SES ASTRA)) 1.B51 Solectrix 11.G72 Solid State Logic 8.D83 Sondor/Marquise Tech 7.K25 Sonic Solutions, now part of Rovi 5.A31 Sonifex 8.E61 Sonnet Technologies 7.G03 sono Studiotechnik 8.C81 Sony Professional Europe 12.A10 Sorenson Media 6.A02 Sound Devices 8.E72 SOUND4 8.B30e Soundfield 8.A84 SPB Software 13.424 Spectra Logic 7.K36 Spinner 8.B27 SPX Communication 8.E93 Square Box Systems 7.F07

ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor systems) 1.F55 St.Petersburg State University of Film and Television (Co-exhibiting with D.I.P Co) 7.D01 Stardom 7.G09 Starfish Technologies 2.C18 Starline Computer 7.H05 Step2e Broadcast 5.A03 Stereolabs 11.D70b Stereoscopic Technologies 9.D20 Stergen High-Tech (Co-exhibiting with Vizrt) 2.A31 STMicroelectronics 1.F36 Stordis 7.A16 StorerTV 2.C41 STP 8.C85 Stream Labs 7.G47 Streambox 5.C45 Streamit 8.A74 STRYME 7.C28 Studio Network Solutions 7.A08 Studio Technologies/E and E Exports 9.A48 Studiotech 8.A20 Suitcase TV .

2.C10/2.C15 Sumavision Technologies Co 1.C11 Surface Heating Systems (Kirkcaldy) 1.F59 Suzhou Hold Film Video Technologic Co 9.A57 SVC4QoE project 8.F40 SVP Broadcast Microwave 1.C93 SWE-DISH by Rockwell Collins 1.A31 Swedish Microwave AB 1.A91 SWIT Electronics Co 11.D60 Switchcraft 9.C49 SysMedia 3.B67 Systembase 8.C03 T Tac System (Co-exhibiting with MSV) TAG V.S. (Co-exhibiting with Ayecka

8.A04

4.C51 Communication Systems) Taiyang Movie and Television Equipment Co 11.F61d Tangent Wave 7.B16 TangoTec 3.A15t Tata Communications 3.A61 Tata Elxsi 1.F31 TC Electronic (Co-exhibiting with HHB 8.D56 Communications) Tcube 8.B30a TDF (Co-exhibiting with MEDIA BROADCAST) 1.B79 Teamcast 2.B51 Technicolor (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 Technisat Digital 1.A44 Technocrane 11.B39 TechnoTrend Goerler 1.A58 Tedial 8.B41 Tektronix 8.C75 Teleca 13.315 Telecast Fiber Systems/Belden 10.B39 Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) 5.B15g Teledyne Paradise Datacom 1.B22 Teleidea 13.195 Telemann Corporation 5.B07d Telemetrics 11.F45 Telenor Satellite Broadcasting 1.A59 Telesat 1.F56 Telespazio 4.C88 Teleste 5.C36 Telestream 7.D16 Teletest 11.D80 Television Research Institute 5.C37 Teliasonera International Carrier 3.C16 TELIKOU TECHNOLOGIES CO 11.A56 Telmaco 8.E45 TELMEC BROADCASTING 8.B21 Telos Systems 8.D29 Telsat 8.C11b Temwell Corporation 6.A29a Teracue 13.423 Teradek 9.A51 Teranex Systems 10.D21 Terrasat Communications 1.F81 Texas Instruments 9.B19 Thales Angenieux 11.F30 The Associated Press/AP ENPS 7.D30 The Bakery 9.A59 The Foundry Visionmonger 7.B21 The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute 3.A15 The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44

The Pixel Farm ThinkAnalytics Thomson Thomson Broadcast

6.C18 1.D93 5.A17

(Co-exhibiting with Thomson)

5.A17

Thomson Video Networks (Co-exhibiting with 5.A17 Thrane & Thrane OE202 Tieline Technology (Co-exhibiting with You/Com 8.E74 Audio) Tiffen International 11.D36 Tiger Technology 7.G05 Tightrope Media Systems (Co-exhibiting with EMEA Gateway) 7.E06 Tilta Technology Co 9.A03 Tixel 7.A02 TMD 2.C58 Toner Cable Equipment UK 4.B91 ToolsOnAir 7.H32 TOUCHCAST (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin 8.D30 Transvideo 11.F31 TRedess 8.C10 Triada-TV 8.D31 Triaxes Vision (Co-exhibiting with Elecard) 2.A28 Tribune Media Services 13.276 Trident Microsystems 1.F49 Trilogy 10.A29 Trinity (Co-exhibiting with Elecard) 2.A28 Tripleplay Services Holdings 4.A61a TriVis Weather Graphix 3.A50 True Lens Services 11.G65 TSF.BE (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 TSL 10.B41 Turksat Satellite Com.Cable TV Operator 5.A21 TV Genius 13.325 TV ONE 7.C27 TV Skyline Plazamedia 11.C80 TVBEurope 11.F04 TVINCI 3.A15d T-VIPS 1.B71 TVLogic Co 10.B29 TVU Networks 2.C28 Thomson)

U UK Pavilion c/o Tradefair 4.A61/6.A23/6.C28/7.D12/7.J15/7.K01/ 8.B38/9.B16/10.D29/10.F30i/11.D41 Ultimatte Corporation 7.B25 Unique Broadband Systems 8.A28 Unitend Technologies 3.C51 UnitronGroup 5.C23 Unity mobile (Co-exhibiting with Visual Digital) 3.C35 Universal Electronics 1.C41 University of Essex 13.201 University of Salford (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 University Politecnica Catalunya (Co-exhibiting with FascinatE) 8.G44 UPC (Co-exhibiting with Liberty Global Europe) 1.D39 Utah Scientific 2.B20 V Vaddio varavon VBOX COMMUNICATION VBrick Systems VCS VDB (Co-exhibiting with Sanken) VDL Vector 3 Venera Technologies Verimatrix Vestel Viaccess Vialite by PPM Vianeos VidCheck Videobewerken (Co-exhibiting with Zacuto)

VideoPropulsion Videosolutions Group Videssence VidiGo VidyoCast division, Vidyo Viewcast Vigintos Elektronika Viking Media Group

11.F41 11.C11 3.A15bi 13.403 3.C44 8.C01 8.C99 7.C01 6.A28 4.B54 13.131 1.A51 1.F29 2.A30f 10.A09 11.F90 5.C25 7.A06 11.B10 7.H30 6.A25 13.199 8.E21 3.A16

Vimond Media Solutions (Co-exhibiting with Vizrt) 2.A31 Vinten (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 Vinten Radamec (Co-exhibiting with Vitec Group) 11.D61 Visio Light Inc. 11.F71 Vision Research 11.F60 Visiware 2.B39d VISLINK 1.A61 Visual Research 7.J30 Visual Unity 3.C35 Vitec Group 11.A70c/11.D61 Vitec Multimedia 7.J31 Vivesta 2.A46 VIXS Systems 5.A12 Vizrt 2.A31 Vocas Systems 11.B43 Voice Technologies (Co-exhibiting with Ambient Recording) 8.A80 Volicon 7.J16 Vortex Communications 11.G11 VRT-medialab 8.G39 V-Shine Technology Co 6.C11 VSN (VIDEO STREAM NETWORKS) 7.G33 VTE Microwave Technologies 8.A10 VTS Studiotechnik 8.A03 W WASP3D 3.B62 WATT 22 6.A26 Wave Science Technology 8.A44 WaveStream 6.A20 WAZE MOBILE 3.A15r WB Walton Enterprises 1.F33 Weather Central 3.B61 Weather Services International 2.C55 WeatherOne 2.C11 Well Buying Industrial Co 8.A22 WellAV Technologies Limited 1.F11 Wellen+Noethen 3.A35 Whisper Power OE221 Winmedia 8.B30d WireCAD 1.F57 Wireworx (Co-exhibiting with Broadcast Solutions) OE110 Wisi Communications 5.B25 Wisycom 8.D89 Wiztivi 13.432 WMG, University of Warwick/goHDR 8.G41 WNM (Co-exhibiting with AWEX) 10.D31 Wohler Technologies OE225 Wohler Technologies (Co-exhibiting with HHB Communications) 8.D56 Work Microwave 4.B63 Working Easy 11.A50 World DMB 9.D30 WorldCast Systems 8.B50 Wowza Media 13.121 wTVision – Software for TV 3.C61 Wuxi Huaxin Radar Engineering Co 1.C97 WWBTI (Co-exhibiting with Commonwealth Broadcasting Association) 10.A03 Wyplay 5.C42 XYZ X Frame Software 5.C13 XCRYPT 5.B07a XD MOTION 11.D70ci XD Productions 8.D82c XenData 7.H47 Xilinx 10.D25 Xytech Systems 3.C48 Yegrin Liteworks 9.A44 Yellowtec 8.A51 YoSpace 13.242 You/Com Audio 8.E74 Zacuto 11.F90 Zalman 9.A32 Zappware 4.B51 Zaxcom (Co-exhibiting with Ambient Recording) 8.A80 Zhejiang Chuangyi Optoelectronic Equipment Co 6.A04 Zhengzhou KEMA MOVIE-TV OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO 11.F61a Zhuhai Hansen Technology Co 3.A42 Zixi 13.351 Zoran Corporation 5.C06 Zunzheng Digital Video Co 10.F22 Zylight (Co-exhibiting with Nila LED Lighting) 9.A19

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