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he curtain has now officially lifted on what is certainly the most expansive conference programme to date, and arguably the most impressive roster of keynotes and expert speakers ever to be assembled at a BVE event. The BVE conference programme is renowned for its engaging ‘audience with…’ keynote sessions and insightful producer workshops, and this year’s agenda signals another step up in gravitas. Tuesday’s keynote sessions in The Screen @ BVE sees film critic and presenter Mark Kermode putting the questions to Bafta awardwinning writer/director Amma Asante (13:15pm) before turning the microphone on the actor and director Jason Flemyng (15:50). Asante’s directorial debut, A Way of Life, won her a host of awards, including the coveted
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BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for the ‘Most Promising Newcomer’. Her other credits include, Belle and A United Kingdom. As an actor, Flemyng has appeared in numerous films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and is making his directorial debut with Eat Local, which is due for release this year. Day two of the Screen @ BVE, chaired by TVTech Global editor Neal Romanek, brings keynote appearances from the LAD Bible’s content director Ian Moore (12:50), The Night Manager executive producer Simon Cornwell (12:00), and the DPP’s MD, Mark Harrison (11:10). The final day sees the much anticipated appearance of Louis Theroux who for once will be on the receiving end of journalistic probing in his keynote session with
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broadcaster and film critic, Anna Smith. The session (11.20) sees Theroux share his experimental filmmaking highs and lows throughout a career that has spanned over two decades and specialises in getting under the skin of those at the heart of some of the world’s most controversial lifestyles and associations. Daniel Sacchelli, event manager, BVE, said, “We are truly excited to have Louis join us at this year’s event. He has created an incredibly successful career through bringing his own unique brand to his documentaries, all the while battling controversial and sometimes dangerous topics.” Other luminaries gracing this year’s packed agenda include Daniel Battsek, director, Film4; DoP Tristan Oliver; Rebecca O’Brien, producer, Sixteen Films; and producer Mark Herbert.
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WELCOME By Dan Sacchelli, event manager at BVE parent company, Ascential Events Welcome to BVE 2017 and the BVE Show News publication. Read on to discover the show floor’s hottest news and topical debates from its content theatres. This year, BVE will be packed full of the latest technology trends that are changing the way we capture,
create and consume content. 4K, HDR, IP, VR, and the cloud will all be prominent themes at the show, whilst visitors will be able to hear from key industry players such as BFI’s Adrian Wootton and Film4’s Daniel Battsek about the state of the industry. The ‘VR Experience’ is BVE’s new must-see area where attendees can immerse themselves in the latest kit from exhibitors such as Sennheiser, 360 Design and
view content from BBC Earth, Sky and Happy Finish. To ensure that nobody misses out on any of the great content and kit, BVE has resurrected the BVE APP, so download it now and get the most out of what BVE 2017 has to offer.
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larger bandwidths of the new UHDTV formats, the range of added features are standard on the V1 release; these include waveforms, vectorscope, additional standards support, reference timing, pathological patterns (including 6G/12G), enhanced data view window plus audio monitoring with channel select for listening.
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7(/26 $//,$1&( /($'6 $2,3 0,*5$7,21 $7 %9( Broadcast Bionics Stand: E36 The Telos Alliance’s TV Solutions Group (TVSG) is at BVE this week to “lead the AoIP migration�, showcasing audio equipment and solutions from Linear Acoustic, Minnetonka Audio and Telos Alliance AoIP partners Axia, Omnia Audio and Telos Systems.
The new TVSG unites the company’s range of AoIP software and hardware products to deliver its offering of networked audio technology. BVE 2017 marks the first joint outing with long-time UK partner, Sussex-based AoIP experts Broadcast Bionics. “BVE is a great opportunity for the newly formed TV Solutions Group to meet the UK TV broadcast community, many of whom may be seeing these
products for the first time, and to explain the many benefits of Telos Alliance’s established range of AoIP technologies,� said Martin Dyster, VP business development, TVSG. Visitors to stand E36 will be able to see products and solutions that address all TV audio processing needs, from real-time broadcast processors, AoIP Livewire+ AES67 interfaces, and consoles to VoIP telephony.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS BVE 2017 is set to be the most engaging and on-trend show to date, acting as a platform for leaders in the broadcast, AV and live entertainment, connected media and the creative industries to come together to share their wisdom, and explore the ramifications of industry convergence. The show has partnered with key industry players to highlight this convergence and acknowledge how broadcast is fast expanding in to other sectors such as the creative and advertising industries and the AV market. One of the highlights of this year’s conference programme comes through BVE’s strategic partnership with the Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA), which will see the BCMA hold an exclusive event on Thursday 2 March with top executives and content creators in the branded content industry. The impressive speaker list includes Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman, ITV; Sir John Hegarty, creative founder BBH and chairman of Electric Glue; Karen Stacey, CEO, Digital Cinema Media; and BCMA’s global CEO, Andrew Canter. Also new for 2017 is Connected Media Europe’s dedicated theatre which will tackle the topic on everybody’s lips: IP focused technology, including IPTV, OTT, mobile, social and cloud. BVE 2017 will see the return of The Streaming Forum and the AV User Group AGM. The Streaming Forum, which last
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year included a keynote from Shannon Rutherford, director of digital media video operations, NFL (pictured), will go in to detail and discuss with delegates how the OTT revolution is blurring the lines between streaming and broadcast. Confirmed keynote speakers at the forum will be Mike Rizzo, head of IPTV Solutions, BT TV and BT Sport UK, and Dan Finch, commercial
director, TV Player and Simplestream UK. Following on from last year’s success, the AV User Group is yet again using BVE as the location for its annual general meeting (AGM). Attracting over 300 AV executives, the attendees of the meeting will benefit from the ever-growing AV and live entertainment sector being represented on the show floor.
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A CHANGE FROM THE NORM OPINION: Ross Video Stand: M14 By Oscar Juste, director of sales EMEA, Ross Video The first quarter of the new calendar year is always very busy for the broadcast community; the turkey and Christmas pudding are now far distant memories as most of us are now knee-deep in trade shows, exhibitions and awards ceremonies. BVE continues to be an enjoyable and important event for Ross Video, and we’ve steadily enhanced our presence at the exhibition in line with our success in the UK and wider European markets. This year, we’ll be participating in panel discussions about virtual reality, Esports and the future of content delivery so I’m sure the conference side of the event will be as informative and engaging as ever. Predictably, much of the hype around IP has now calmed as customers have realised that the technology is still developing and not yet mature. Customers can spend a great deal of money on an IP-based solution and the terrain remains littered with landmines but it’s good to see that standards committees and manufacturers are focusing on interoperability and the need to put customers first. Last year, Ross Video acquired an IP technology company called Coveloz and
the fruits of that acquisition will appear later this year, making our position on IP extremely compelling. Most manufacturers in this industry claim to be customercentric and suggest that their technologies help customers produce better television. Ironically, when customers visit trade shows and exhibitions there is rarely any live TV content to be seen; plenty of product-centric information and lots of promotional showreel, but very little actual live TV. At this year’s BVE Ross Video will be demonstrating a live news production workflow and we will be creating and broadcasting
live content from a small physical news set on our booth. It’s an interesting approach and a change from the norm, but we believe this is more in line with what customers want to see from a creative, business and technology perspective. We often talk about the importance of the Ross ecosystem and how our products knit together to form a powerful toolset for content creators. BVE will give visitors a great opportunity to see this toolset in action, demonstrating how professionals in live production can work more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
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BVE PROVIDES 4K FOCUS FOR IKEGAMI Ikegami Stand: J26 Ikegami is here this week to give a UK debut to its 4K-native UHK430 portable broadcast camera. The newest addition to Ikegami’s range incorporates three 4K-native, 2/3-inch, eight
megapixel CMOS sensors, delivering four times more image detail than high definition, boasting a colour depth of ten bits per pixel. The UHK-430 also includes a B4 bayonet mount compatible with 2/3 inch HD and 4K lenses. Also making its UK debut is the UHK-430’s unique twopiece construction.
The UHK-430 has an optical block supporting options such as 35mm 4K sensors or high frame rate sensors. The head can be detached and operated up to 50 metres from the camera body, designed for easy deployment on support devices such as longreach camera poles. At the heart of the UHK-430 is Ikegami’s fifth generation high-speed video processing engine, the AXII, reducing power consumption and delivering a wide range of features. The AXII also provides the processing for Ikegami’s newly developed transfer characteristic, which delivers high contrast for a wider dynamic range.
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BVE Show News understands that the online subtitling tool resulting from the tri-party partnership revealed at NAB 2016 between OOONA, Screen and Cavena has formally been launched at BVE. The three stakeholders, who have already contributed to the broader OOONA online toolkit, agreed to collaborate in April of last year to develop a browser-based, advanced
subtitle creation and preparation tool. Online Toolkit’s concept was the brainchild of Wayne Garb, Managing Director of OOONA whose vision was to create an online portal where subtitlers and translators have easy access to a suite of tools with a suitably high level of functionality. The core objective was to create a toolkit to enable professionals to quickly create and prepare subtitle files via internet access and without the need to
download software. The new online subtitling tool along with the entire subtitling toolkit is being demonstrated this week on the stands of Screen and Cavena, which can be located at N25 and J14 respectively, where interested attendees can experience the new tool in its entirety.
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ROSS GIVES LIVE NEWS THE ACID TEST Ross Video Stand: M14 Ross Video is giving its live news production workflow the ‘ACID test’ at BVE 2017 this week. The company is demonstrating key products required to run a live production: Ross ACID cameras and robotics, along with the XPression graphics platform, the Carbonite Black video switcher, its OverDrive Automated Production Control system, and Inception social media management software. Visitors will be able to see a resident journalist on the Ross stand creating news content throughout the week which
is being broadcast live from a small physical set on the other side of the stand. EMEA director of sales Oscar Juste said: “Manufacturers in this industry claim their mission is to help customers produce more creative and compelling content, more efficiently and more cost effectively. “The irony is that when customers walk around the
various tradeshow booths, nobody is actually making television content and hence offering up practical examples of how this can be done. We think this is a notable oversight and so we are going to use BVE 2017 to demonstrate how the various different elements of the Ross product range can be combined to create a simple and powerful workflow.”
IMAGEN 5 LAUNCHES AT BVE Imagen Stand: G18 Imagen has launched the latest version of its Enterprise Video Platform at the ExCeL. Imagen 5, according to the company, has been built with both content owners and their customers in mind, providing the most efficient platform for managing and monetising video content. Used by a number of key customers such as Premier League, Channel 4, Endemol
and IMG to manage, distribute and commercialise legacy and near live content, Imagen’s latest version of its Enterprise Video Platform creates “even more opportunities to generate revenue for content owners as well as preserving large libraries of media with best in class workflow and archiving tools.” Tom Blake, CEO, Imagen, said,
“It has always been our mission at Imagen to help content owners efficiently manage the vast amount of media they need to handle on a daily basis, and extract the maximum value from that content.”
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE SCREEN @ BVE 28th Feb. 13:15– 14:00 KEYNOTE: Power to the writer – writing a winning screenplay Amma Asante, BAFTA Award winning writer/director credits include Belle and A United Kingdom
28th Feb. 15:50 – 16:30 KENYOTE: An audience with Jason Flemyng Jason Flemyng, actor and director, credits include Eat Local, Snatch, X-men, Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
1st March. 12:50 – 13:20 KEYNOTE: 10 commandments of audience engagement Ian Moore, Content Director, The LAD Bible 2nd March. 11:20 – 12:00 KEYNOTE: An audience with Louis Theroux
HHB A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR AUDIO INNOVATION HHB Communications Stand: K45 Now in its 41st year, HHB Communications is using BVE to showcase the extensive range of professional audio brands it represents including Avid, DAD/NTP Technology, Genelec, IPE, iZotope, NUGEN Audio, RØDE, RTW, Wohler,
Yellow Technology and Zoom. Vicoustic’s acoustic treatment panelling and products will also make their debut on the HHB Stand after the company’s distribution division, Source Distribution, was recently appointed the exclusive distributor for the UK. Ian Jones, managing director of HHB Communications, said: “BVE is an important show for
us and we’re excited to have increased our presence for 2017. To be co-exhibiting with so many of our partners makes the HHB stand a one-stopshop for all the latest and most innovative pro audio equipment for professional users. We look forward to welcoming visitors throughout the show.”
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PLAYBOX’S NEO AND CLOUDAIR UPGRADES PlayBox Technologies Stand: L14 PlayBox Technology has arrived at BVE with major enhancements to its server-based Neo and SaaS-based CloudAir broadcast playout solutions, including extra features and an extended range of interface capabilities. AirBox Neo supports UHD, HD and SD playout from a single server, and new additions include streaming input compatibility with HTTP(S), UDP, RTMP, MMS(H) and YouTube plus streaming output support for UDP, RTSP and ATSC. The upgrade to the CloudAir cloud-based software-as-aservice sees a new transcoder
capable of handling multiple file containers and formats including MPEG PS/TS, MXF, QT, AVI, MP4, GXF, MPG2, H.264, ProRes, DNX HD and MJPEG. Also new are an enhanced graphics editor template preparation interface, improved playlist editing, advanced playlist export to electronic programme guides and automated linking of stored assets. “The purpose of the Neo series enhancements is to ensure that the core AirBox Neo server and the wide range of supporting Neo modules maintain their momentum as the most versatile, efficient and reliable content branding,
scheduling and playout system currently available,” explained PlayBox Technology CEO Pavlin Rahnev. “They include new control features, expanded file handling capabilities, greater input and output connectivity and Microsoft Windows 10 compatibility. The enhancements have all been implemented within the informative and intuitive graphic interface which is familiar to operators around the world.”
A GREEN GAME CHANGER? Lynx Technik Stand: Q01 LYNX Technik is showcasing its greenMachine, a new concept adopting a three-pronged approach to product definition and function. Rather than being a fixed application specific box, greenMachine is a combination of general-purpose hardware, downloadable APPs for customisable functionality and powerful control software. The company stated that, with greenMachine, the
industry has a way to reimagine their approach to purchasing, upgrading and building a foundation of signal processing solutions for any broadcast or professional video application. It is designed to explore the innovation surrounding infrastructure efficiency, as well as truly future-proofing a
technology investment. LYNX Technik is offering greenMachine in three formats: • 3G/HD/SD dual-channel SDI frame synchroniser • 3G/HD/SD dual-channel SDI frame synchroniser and up/down/cross conversion • HD (1.5Gbit/s) SDI dual-bidirectional transport
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NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Q&A: Aspera, an IBM company
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Stand: K30 Francois Quereuil, senior director of worldwide marketing Has BVE come at a good time for the electronic media industry? If so, why? BVE has come at a great time for companies that are looking to exploit the increasing availability of internet broadband at production venues. They’re looking for open video transport solutions that enable live streaming of broadcast-quality video globally over commodity internet with glitch-free playout and negligible start-up time, reducing the need for expensive and limited
What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time? With the arrival of 4K, 8K and VR, and the need to deliver content in numerous formats for multiplatform distribution, file sizes and the volume of content that media companies need to exchange are soaring. They also face shorter turnaround times and must collaborate both internally and externally to survive in this highly competitive market. Why should delegates visit your stand at BVE? Aspera is showcasing new technology solutions: our new Aspera Transfer Service,
Files Express and updates for Aspera FASPStream, a transport technology for live and near-live streaming. Aspera co-founder and CEO, Michelle Munson, will present two exciting customer use cases with Sky and TVT at the Post & Workflow Theatre. Munson will also present Solutions for Live Streaming at the Streaming Forum on Wednesday 1st March.
HARMAN’S SOUND TECHNOLOGY Sound Technology/Harman Stand: L33
BVE Show News has employed some cunning artistic licence in the headline to convey the news that Sound Technology, the UK/ROI distributor for Harman Professional audio brands including JBL, AKG and Soundcraft, is showcasing a number of products will be making their first UK appearances this week.
First up is the Studer Micro (pictured), a compact and flexible broadcast mixer that is ideal for a variety of applications, from radio and TV broadcast to production studios and ENG/DSNG. Comprised of the core unit, graphical user interface and optional fader control surface, the Micro makes use of features such as AoIP, Lexicon effects processing and proprietary VoiceMix automatic mixing for maximum versatility. The optional fader module is a highly
simplified 6-fader surface that provides streamlined controls for quick level adjustments and multitasking during live operation. Also receiving their UK debuts at BVE are the JBL 705P and 708P, which are powered versions of the 7 Series master reference monitor range. The monitor’s onboard DSP-based room equalisation compensates for acoustic issues in any room, helping to deliver the most accurate sound reproduction.
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ARGOSY UNVEILS ‘INDUSTRY FIRSTS’ Argosy Stand: G43
BVE Show News has learned that Argosy has become the broadcast industry’s exclusive distributor for two new ATEN products, both making their debut here at BVE 2017. The ATEN DVI KVM-over-IP KE Extender Slim, a more compact, entry-level price-point version of the original KE KVM-over-IP Extender that was unveiled at IBC, is aimed at broadcasters who require multiple points of access to its programmes and systems from remote USB consoles (USB keyboard, USB mouse, DVI monitor) from anywhere over a network; from master control
rooms to rackrooms and editing suites. As an IP-based matrix Extender, it has various connection options to fulfil different working environments, such as oneto-one (extender mode), one-to-many (splitter mode), many-to-one (switch mode), or many-to-many (matrix mode). Also making its broadcast debut is the ATEN CE624 USB DVI Dual View HDBaseT 2.0 KVM Extender, capable of sending two signals over a single CAT6 cable. The Extender integrates the latest HDBaseT 2.0 technologies to provide “the most reliable transmission” of video, audio, USB and RS-232 signals available on the market. “We are delighted to be back at BVE to support broadcasters, not only
presenting our traditional portfolio of infrastructure products, but with a broader offering that provides smarter technologies and cost savings for the wider production environment,” said Daniel Hinton, B&C regional manager, Argosy. Argosy is also unveiling its new UHD/4K cable solution at the show. The Mudigsa connectors and Mudigsa video patch solution are designed to help users take advantage of 4K technology and future-proof their fixed or outside broadcast facilities.
CRYSTAL VISION IN THE FRAME Crystal Vision Stand: M01 Visit the Crystal Vision stand this week and you will see the company showcasing its new Vision frame system. Designed to work with higher bandwidth signals such as IP and 4K (as well as SDI), the Vision 3 frame offers high packing density of up to 20 cards, numerous outputs and dual syncs distributed from the frame. The company is also demonstrating Synner-VF,
which, according to the company, “combines a video synchroniser, tracking audio delay and embedder/deembedder to simplify system designs and save engineers money and rack space”. Also on show is the FTX-VF, a dual channel 3G/HD/SD to fibre transmitter (allowing up to 40 channels in a frame), which can be used with single-mode or multi-mode fibre and meets the SMPTE 297-2006 shorthaul specification. In addition, four distribution amplifiers from the Vision range is at BVE; for
the distribution of digital video (3GDA-VF); analogue video (the VDA-VF); digital audio (the DADA-VF); and analogue audio (the AADA-VF). Finally, Crystal Vision is showing products from the Indigo system – which offers a choice of three frame sizes and 75 interface and keying products, including the company’s chroma keyers, logo keyers, and video delays.
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EXPANDING AUDIO OVER IP OPINION: Clear-Com Stand: Q16 By Simon Browne director of product management The broadcast industry’s move to IP-based workflows marches on, with some early adopters embracing the technology wholesale while others take a more cautious approach. There is much to consider, with every piece of the workflow puzzle needing a specific solution that will create a cohesive whole. Interoperability is key to ensuring all elements can talk to each other. At Clear-Com we have been working hard on expanding our existing audio over IP-based intercom and connectivity solutions, listening carefully to our customers’ needs and the direction of the market, and ensuring our products are compatible with other popular tools. In all cases we have been careful to allow connectivity over a wide variety of networks where intercom may be needed. These include Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks connecting two or more LANs together (WAN), and of course over the public internet. There is no off-the-shelf audio over IP standard that provides for all this as a global intercom requirement. As a confirmation of Clear-Com’s technical leadership within the industry, we have
designed a layer 3 IP technology – Instant Voice Core or I.V.Core® – that gives us the global and local flexibility optimised for intercom, and designed to operate alongside established networked audio standards such as AVB, Dante, AES67 and Ravenna. For instance, we recently launched the E-Dante64-HX Interface Card for Eclipse HXOmega, Median, and Delta matrix systems. It is enabled to work with Dante network protocols and software, allowing users to transport up to 64 channels of high quality audio via a ClearCom matrix to multiple Danteenabled devices using standard Ethernet network structure. The card offers high audio quality interfacing for Eclipse-HX, and may be used in the broadcast chain; for example, when IFB feeds are transported to/from a mixing console via the Eclipse Matrix System over Dante channels, allowing the talent to hear instructions via an ear monitor. It also brings clear benefits to live performances and Houses of Worship where Dante devices are widely used in equipment including mixing consoles, microphones, audio players, intercoms and speakers. In addition, our Agent-IC mobile app for Android and Apple platforms enables remote users of Eclipse-HX (EHX) Matrix intercom systems to connect into their systems over webconnected smartphones, tablets, and wearables. Effectively it is a virtual intercom panel that fits in
the pocket and connects users from virtually anywhere in the world, using popular consumer technology that is already widely available and globally connected. The Agent-IC app provides pointto-point calling, point-to-multipoint group calling, partyline, PTT, local cross-point audio level control, and notification functions. It is accessible via multiple IP networks, and is enhanced by user-selectable optimisation to compensate for varying network conditions. Since their initial launch in early 2015, our LQ Series IP interface devices have also been well received by professional audio experts. The LQ Series cost-effectively extends an existing intercom system, and/ or connects with third-party intercom and 4-wire audio devices at a single location or multiple remote locations over an IT infrastructure, eliminating lengthy audio cable runs. As broadcasters make the complex transition to IP, we are committed to making the audio communications leg of the journey as easy and as smooth as possible.
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SAM SHOWS IT HAS THE ‘LIVETOUCH’ SAM Stand: L16 SAM comes to BVE this year to demonstrate its latest capabilities in 4K and IP production workflows. The main attractions are its LiveTouch highlights and replay system, next-gen HD, 4K and IP multiviewers, and Kula 2/ME production switcher. The LiveTouch sports highlights system offers the “most efficient” sports highlights and replay workflow in the market. Built on the latest SAM server technology, LiveTouch uses the company’s FrameMagic technology to enable powerful workflows in standalone systems
or integrated into a wider production environment. Announced at IBC2016, and on show at BVE, is SAM’s new line up of next generation multiviewers, including the MV-805; a software multiviewer for IP in and IP out applications. The range includes features that support playout, signal monitoring, live production and OB/mobile environments. SAM will also showcase its Kula 2M/E production switcher. Kula is capable of handling 4K/1080p/HD and SD in 1M/E and 2M/E versions, and can manage multiple formats, designed to be both futureproof and adaptable for today’s production environment. Mark Gardner, SAM’s head
of sales for northern Europe, explained, “We’re very excited to demonstrate our LiveTouch replay and highlights system at BVE following its hugely successful launch in 4K at IBC in September 2016. BVE provides us with a great opportunity to bring our industry-leading IP and 4K enabled technologies to the widest possible audience in the region.”
IABM BRINGS RANGE OF SERVICES IABM Stand: K18 Eighty-seven IABM member companies exhibiting at BVE 2017 will be able to take advantage of a wide range of IABM support services at the show. These range from a member lounge, floor space discounts and a pavilion, to curated theatre presentations, IABM TV video support and access to market intelligence. The IABM pavilion is hosting ten member companies this year who have taken advantage of
‘pods’ integrated into the IABM stand. The pavilion exhibitors are APERI, BroadStream Solutions, CUBA Broadcast, Limelight Networks, Omnitek, Osprey Video, FT Software, TAG Video Systems and Veset. IABM members who sign up to exhibit at next year’s BVE will receive up to ten per cent discount on floor space if they book during this year’s show (reduces to five per cent after the show closes). “Our strategic partnership with BVE points to its importance in the UK broadcast and media
technology calendar,” said Lisa Collins, IABM head of marketing. “IABM continues to grow the range of services it offers members at such shows, giving them the tools, support and facilities to enable them to get on with making the very most of the opportunity.”
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TELESTREAM UNVEILS UK FIRSTS Telestream Stand: N22 Telestream is using BVE 2017 to provide UK debuts for ‘significant new developments’ in both hardware and software products for streaming and workflow automation. The company’s visit to the ExCeL is its first UK trade show since its acquisition of Vidcheck, and Telestream is also using the BVE platform to showcase the integration between Vidchecker and Vantage, and is showcasing new ways in which Vantage supports a diversity of trending technologies and standards. New at the show is a no-charge update to Vantage Timed Text Flip, which
adds support for DVB subtitle conversion and insertion. In addition, Telestream will demonstrate how Vantage 16-bit video processing pipeline supports the emerging HDR formats. Telestream’s Lightspeed Live Stream system will also be making its UK debut at the event. The enterprise-class live multiscreen encoding, packaging and distribution system can be deployed as a standalone solution for live multiscreen streaming services, or combined with the Vantage Media Processing Platform via the optional Lightspeed Live Capture product. “We live in a rapidly evolving digital environment where
broadcasters and service providers must remain laserfocused on production and delivery technologies in order to create efficiencies, increase reach and engagement, and maximise revenue,” said Guy Elliott, regional sales manager, EMEA, Telestream. “BVE provides a fantastic opportunity to present the new, richer offering of products and services to the UK and wider European market.”
NIMBUS IS SILVER LINING AT BVE DEBUT Veset Stand: K18 Veset is using its first ever BVE week to feature Nimbus, a new platform for versatile, powerful, and fully cloud-based ingest, storage, and playout. Nimbus is designed to increase operational flexibility, “eliminating the need for upfront capital expenditure or long-term commitments, and lowers the overall costs of maintenance and support while maximising cloud technology benefits”.
Veset CEO Igor Krol said, “We have been successful regulars at trade shows for a number of years, but we look forward to our first official stand presence at BVE. We see it as an excellent opportunity to develop closer relationships with broadcasters, as well as the broader community – including system integrators and consultants – and answer their questions regarding cloud ingest, storage and playout solutions.
“It will also be a bonus to attend BVE with our partners, Cerberus and Zixi, as we deliver cost-efficient, broadcastgrade, true-cloud playout that is closely integrated with their IP video delivery software and service solutions.”
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CLOUD-BASED BROADCAST PLAYOUT OPINION: PlayBox Stand: L14 By Don Ash, president, PlayBox Technology Limited The introduction of analogue cable and satellite distribution services, followed later by digital terrestrial and digital satellite, increased customer choice from low single figures to literally thousands of channels. A further phase of transformation is now in progress: so-called ‘cloud playout’. This frees broadcasters from the need to operate and maintain their own hardware. The savings in space and staff overheads can be substantial. Virtual playout is technically very elegant. It follows a model we established many years ago, which allowed remote management of programme schedules, ad sales, media management and monitoring. With the almost global rollout of optical-fibre networking, an increasing amount of content now travels as data files via an IP link from producer to broadcaster. Virtual delivery has thus become a core element of the cloud playout model. A key advantage of virtual playout is setup speed, allowing a 24/7 channel live in far less time than is needed for traditional server-plus-software or dedicated hardware systems. The actual time to put a new channel on air is potentially
reduced from months or weeks to a matter of hours. Once a broadcaster is settled into this mode of operation, a new channel can be activated within minutes. This level of flexibility also makes virtual playout an ideal basis for transient content streams such as ‘red button’ channels created to provide supplementary information during a specific programme series or outside broadcast event.
When funded by the client as an operational-expense service, virtual playout frees a channel owner’s investment capital to meet the overheads of originating, acquiring or refining content. It additionally offers broadcasters a basis for very cost-effective, space-efficient and reliable disaster-recovery. When specified correctly, this approach allows cloud-based playout, backup and disaster recovery to be achieved all-inone via the cloud.
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AXON BRINGS STUDIO.ONE TO BVE Axon Digital Design Stand: G44 Axon Digital Design has arrived at BVE 2017 with the AZilPix Studio.One; a new virtual camera system for live video capture and streaming. Employing cost-effective, ultra-high resolution cameras with wide angle and/or fish eye lenses to capture every aspect of a live event from multiple angles, the Studio.One system is designed to integrate into a traditional or IP broadcast environment and blend with VR video production, to be used at remote internet or broadcast live productions such as music concerts, sports events,
church services and conferences. Studio.One consists of three integrated components: camera, capture server, and processing software. The server ingests the raw, wide-angle video data from the cameras and allows recording and live processing of this data into one or more rectilinear views and a view mosaic. According to the company, a key advantage of this system is that framing can be carried out offline at the viewing or post production stage. “Studio.One gives programme makers endless creative possibilities when it comes to deciding how they want their programme to look,” said Dr
Philippe Bekaert, a founder and CTO for AZilPix. “The cameras are very small and unobtrusive, which means they can be used in places where you wouldn’t normally put a camera. It’s also possible to automate the system using pre-programmed camera motions or motion tracking, while our server allows cameras to be shuttered precisely and simultaneously and frames to be time stamped with an SMPTE LTC or other timecode.”
SMART AUDIO, SMART ETHERNET Aspen Media Stand: F30 There’s plenty to investigate over at stand F30 this week, as BVE regular Aspen Media showcases products from its international suppliers, including Smart Audio from Junger Audio. Smart Audio, according to Aspen, offers “adaptive guarantee audio processing for the control and management of the audio in live, fast-moving news, sport and magazine
television and radio production while assuring consistent volume, intelligibility and overall quality of content before it goes to air”. DirectOut Technologies is demonstrating its new routing control for the M.1k2 MADI router, while also on display is the ARG Quarra 10100 PTP Smart Ethernet switch (pictured), designed for use in audio-over-IP and video-over-IP networks. JLCooper is showing Proton for the first time in the UK – a low-cost video switcher control
surface for Blackmagic ATEM. Finally, and also making its UK debut will be the Stage Tec Crescendo Platinum, a mixing desk offering a minimum of eight to a maximum of 56 channel strips. It utilises the Stage Tec NEXUS control system and delivers extended Mosart control with support for different cross-fade times.
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IMAGEN INTRODUCES CONTENT ON-BOARDING SERVICES PRODUCT FOCUS: Imagen Stand: G18 Imagen Ltd (developer of awardwinning Imagen Enterprise Video Platform) now offers a suite of professional tape digitisation and content on-boarding services designed to reduce the complexity of digitisation projects. Imagen’s content onboarding programme includes tape encoding, bulk file ingest and cataloguing of small and large collections of media. The new initiative will ensure that valuable media libraries are organised, easily accessible and ready for a digital future with a long-term preservation strategy in place.
While so many companies would like to exploit the commercial potential of their content, improve operational efficiency and offer online high resolution delivery through cloud services – the barriers to adopting new SaaS technologies like Imagen’s Enterprise Video Platform often lie in time and costs associated with digitising tapes and cataloguing unstructured media data. Recognising this problem, Imagen are offering new Imagen customers a subsidised rate to offset content on-boarding costs – plus fully funded digitisation programmes for smaller collections. The new service focuses on the
precarious state of content stored on tape. As all video tapes continue to degrade, and with players and tape heads in shorter supply, Imagen has been campaigning to ensure valuable content is digitised and given a digital future. Once on board, Imagen’s Enterprise Video Platform enables content owners to exercise full control over how staff and customers access media through a secure, highly customisable website. It also features powerful media management tools to help organise and maintain the digital library. Content can also be monetised through B2B and B2C packages – via subscription VoD or broadcast licensing platforms.
SUITCASE TV JETS INTO BVE WITH FLYAWAY Suitcase TV Stand: E34 Suitcase TV is showcasing its Iphrame Flyaway at the ExCeL this week. The production system, which Suitcase is calling “a major advance in the capabilities of compact, powerful IP-based systems”, combines IP, ASI, and SDI signals in a portable system to provide real-time, ultra-low latency production on the run. Iphrame handles video, audio, and graphics on standard IT hardware or VMs, which
eliminates the need to acquire and transport the majority of traditional hardware. Vice president of products Ed Calverley said, “Operators can set up Iphrame very quickly and switch proxy versions of sources via the cloud in real time. This means that on-site staff numbers and associated costs are substantially reduced for each event.” The Iphrame Flyaway system incorporates Suitcase’s TimeLock functionality, which uses PTP
reference clocks to ensure that all sources and processes are accurately time-stamped on site. According to the company, it can be transported and online in minutes due to set up requiring nothing more than connecting Iphrame Flyaway to a broadcast centre over any standard IP link and plugging in SDI cameras/ feeds and audio sources.
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MIXING IT UP Nugen Audio Stand: K45 Nugen Audio is displaying the latest updates to Halo Upmix, the company’s 5.1, 7.1, and 9.1 upmixer. Updates ready for inspection at BVE this week include algorithmic improvements designed to enhance multichannel-tomultichannel mix and upmix adjustments using the Halo Upmix technologies to further enhance existing surround recordings. Also making its debut at BVE will be Nugen’s AMB modular batch processor, a scalable loudness analysis, correction, and upmix solution. According
to the company, AMB is a powerful solution which expands on the concept of the company’s loudness management batch processing technology for high-speed audio loudness measurement and correction. AMB is designed to enable post production facilities to speed workflows and reduce delivery times for a range of different tasks, with separate modules available for upmixing and loudness management. “Our loudness processing is the fastest in its class, offering a highly efficient and costeffective batch-file solution that meets audio professionals’ most demanding requirements,”
said Jon Schorah, founder and creative director, Nugen Audio. “AMB significantly increases these capabilities to give customers batch processing options for more of our awardwinning, workflow-enhancing technologies.”
POWERING THE NEXT-GEN Quantum Stand: G15 Quantum is showing BVE 2017 visitors how to ‘power what’s next’ with its StorNext 5.4 workflow at the ExCeL. StorNext is designed to empower companies to streamline media workflows from end to end, across storage on the ground and in the cloud, providing the performance and reliability needed to meet extreme production and delivery deadlines.
According to Quantum, StorNext 5.4 brings new levels of performance, efficiency, flexibility and compatibility to media storage and data management. New enhancements include more tiered storage options, support for integrated applications, and even faster network connectivity. Quantum invited visitors to “see how FlexTier provides easy and cost-effective on-demand access to cloud storage for increased flexibility, protection, and availability. [It is] fully
integrated into StorNext 5 and extends intelligent policy-based tiering into the cloud.” The company is also demonstrating its award-winning Xcellis workflow storage solution, designed to empower users to boost efficiency, productivity and creativity in delivering the products and services that drive businesses.
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THE SOCIAL DILEMMA FOR BROADCASTERS OPINION: Snell Advanced Media
Stand: L16 By Neil Maycock, EVP and general manager, media software solutions News broadcasters are struggling to meet the quick production demands social media requires that also provide the ability to access and edit content from anywhere. Newsrooms that have been creating content for television for the last 50 years and for a website for the last 15 years, now, much more quickly than before, need to create content for social media. Right now, broadcasters are struggling to try and combine all these operations and avoid the almost inevitable creation of separate silos of process, creating inefficiency. And in today’s fast paced world, there’s no time for inefficiency. Especially as traditional newsrooms are competing for viewership with social companies like Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter where news can be crowdsourced quickly and in real time. It’s not just the broadcasters either; the even longerestablished newspaper industry is re-inventing itself on the 21st century social platforms. They too are competing hard to regain their readers who have left the printed paper behind. To remain competitive, nimble broadcasters need to bring all
operations together. They need to have the ability to create high-quality content, imbued with their depth and credibility, from wherever the latest stories emerge and publish to all audiences, instantly. Accordingly, newsrooms have to release the stronghold television has over their technical specs, like picture shape, in order to compete on social-sized screens. Traditional news broadcasts are currently designed to fit a television, but
with mobile phones that can be held horizontally or vertically, it is necessary to have more flexible formatting. Many current production systems insist video be squeezed into the television picture frame, even when viewers are watching on alternate formats. While it can still be a challenge to maintain high picture quality across viewing platforms, newsrooms that adapt will find greater success on both traditional and social screens.
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CINEGY’S BVE TRAMS-MISSION Trams Ltd Stand: F14 Broadcast and video software solutions provider Cinegy arrives at BVE through its partnership with UK-based systems integrator and reseller, Trams. The partnership will provide a UK platform for Cinegy Air Pro version 11, the latest of Cinegy’s real-time playout server and multi-channel broadcast automation software. Cinegy Air Pro integrates HEVC stream encoding with high-end NVidia graphics cards, including the ability to offload HEVC and H.264 stream encoding to the NVidia GPU.
It also allows users to stream UHD using only off-the-shelf commodity hardware. Version 11 also includes a loudness limiter, meaning that Dolby E encoding, and decoding, internal or external means of performing compliance, decoding, or subtitling can be eliminated. Cinegy sales executive Blake Mergler said, “Cinegy Air Pro and the rest of our new range, including Cinegy News, are perfectly suited for the typical requirements of BVE delegates, whom I look forward to seeing at the ExCeL.” Version 11 also sports Cinegy’s next-generation of in-built channel branding, which works in a cloud
or virtual environment. This is designed to make it easier to control multiple channels that air the same content but require regionalised commercials and branding. Trams managing director Warren Peel added, “We are once again featuring our QsmartStorage consultancy capabilities, as well as how tightly Cinegy software integrates with our Quantum Stornext Pro product for production workflow optimisation.”
STARS ALIGNED FOR UK LAUNCH Interra Systems Stand: N29 In the run up to BVE 2017, Interra Systems claimed it would be coming to the ExCeL armed with “the most comprehensive, integrated, and intuitive QC/ monitoring solutions available on the market”. Visitors to the stand are being treated to the UK launch of Orion – OTT, a software-based OTT solution for real-time monitoring of adaptive bitrate (ABR) content for multiscreen service delivery. The company
is also showcasing Baton 7.0, the latest version of its QC solution for file-based SD, HD, and cloud-based workflows. It offers audio detection support and language verification of subtitles and closedcaption files for audio tracks in English, Spanish, German,
French, Dutch, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, and Swedish, with more to come. There are also live demos of Interra’s quality control and monitoring solutions for checking and assuring the integrity of 4K UHD, HEVC, HDR, DPX, and IMF content.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POST & WORKFLOW THEATRE 28th Feb. 10:30 – 11:30 Panel: CTO views from the bridge – broadcast in 2020 Robert Ambrose, Founder, High Green Media (Chair) Darren Woolfson, Group Director of Technology, Pinewood Studios Group Richard Wilding, CTO, Molinare Marc Risby, CTO, Boxer Systems Steve Plunkett, CTO, Ericsson Brian Noonan, CEO, Broadcast SIM 28th Feb. 13:10 – 14:00 Panel: HDR delivery James Bennett, Managing Director, Televisual Media Ltd (Chair)
Phil Layton, Head of Broadcast & Connected Systems, BBC Research & Development David Klafkowski, CEO, The Farm Group Peter Wilson, Founder, HDDC Simon Gauntlett, Director of Imaging Standards and Technology, Dolby 1st March. 13:50– 14:40 Content localisation: Making your strategy work Matt Eaton, Senior Director, Media Consulting, Cognizant (Chair) Catherine Retat, VP EMEA Content Servicing, Warner Bros James Puttock, Executive
Director – Client Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment Mazin Al-Jumaili, Director Business Development, ZOO Digital Group plc Alan Gill, Director of Localisation, Deluxe 1st March 15:30 – 16:10 The future of storage for broadcasters In association with TVBEurope MediaTech 360 2nd March. 13:10 – 13:40 KEYNOTE: What is invisible VFX and why is it required? Brian Carbin, Senior VFX Artist, Rushes
FEEL THE POWER OF KVM Guntermann & Drunck Stand: F09 KVM specialist Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) is inviting BVE delegates to experience the “powerful highlights” it has on show that help users get the maximum out of every IT installation. The company’s KVM experts will be on hand to offer demonstrations of a number of products. On stand will be the DP1.2-VisionXG (pictured), a KVM extender that allows uncompressed and latency-free transmission
of 4K and 8K video at 60Hz over distances up to 10km. Another highlight will be the presentation of compressing systems, which now include G&D’s improved, in-house HDIP compression technology in the latest development stage, Level 3. This compression mode allows
the loss-free transmission of video signals with a resolution of 4K at 60Hz. The KVM extender DP-Vision1.2 already uses the advantages of this new compression mode for the extension of computer signals either via fibre optics up to 10km or via CAT cables up to 140m.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS CINEMATOGRAPHY & LIGHTING THEATRE 28th Feb. 11:15 – 12:00 Innovative approaches to movement on set or on location Mateo Willis, Director & Cameraman, credits include Planet Earth II & Frozen Planet Ed Moore, Director of Photography, credits include Red Dwarf & Poldark 28th Feb. 15:30 – 16:00 Q&A: Poldark – shooting in natural light Adam Etherington, Director of Photography, credits including Poldark, Beowulf & Misfits 1st March. 14:00 – 15:00 DEMO: LEDs – Creative lighting on the run Jonathan Harrison, BAFTA Nominated & Documentary Award Winning Director of Photography
1st March. 10:40 – 11:10 A day in the life of a Planet Earth II cameraman Rob Drewett, Cameraman, BBC Wildlife, credits include Planet Earth II, Africa and Life Story 2nd March 10:40 – 11:10 DEMO: VR in motion Andy Nancollis, CTO, Motion Impossible Rob Drewett, CEO, Motion Impossible Elliot Graves, VR/360 DOP, Happy Finish Daniel Cheetham, Chief Interactive Officer, Happy Finish AV, INTEGRATION & LIVE THEATRE 28th Feb. 15:30 – 16:15 From live stage to big screen: Lighting the stage Steffan Jones, Lighting Designer, credits include, BBC, Sam Smith, ITV, C4
1st March. 14:45 – 15:15 Transitioning to internet protocol (IP) – why buy into IP? Kieran Walsh, Regional Manager of Global Support Services, Audinate 2nd March. 12:30 – 13:20 Panel: Next-generation audio – how ready are you? Phil Ward, Audio Journalist (Chair) Chris Baume, Senior Research Engineer, BBC R&D Scott Marshall, CEO, Bam Sound London Oliver Kadel, Immersive Audio Creative, Happy Finish, MPC Henrik Oppermann, Head of Sound, Visualise 2nd March 14:45 – 15:15 Chemical Brothers: Trouble shooting live production – overcoming creative and technical challenges Toby Dennis, Lighting Designer & Production Manager, I Smashed It Productions Ltd
MATROX UNVEILS ARRAY OF PRODUCTS Matrox Stand: J18 Matrox is exhibiting its latest in H.264 streaming and recording devices, including the dual-input Monarch LCS, the Maevex 6100 quad encoder card, and the Mura IPX IP multiviewer card. The Matrox Monarch LCS accepts video from any SDI or HDMI camera and presentation content from
computers over HDMI. It can integrate into any open Video Management System (VMS) or Lecture Management System (LMS). The LCS is designed to eliminate the requirement for complex recording equipment in order to capture presentations in lecture halls, enabling lecture capture in any and all classrooms. The Matrox Maevex 6100 4K quad encoder PCI Express card is the next generation
in Matrox’s AVover-IP portfolio. The Maevex 6100 delivers 4K/UHD and full HD multi-channel capture, encoding, streaming, and recording. Built on H.264, the plug-and-play solution fits into existing infrastructures and interoperates with any device on the network.
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THE FULL RANGE FROM ATG DANMON ATG Danmon Stand: G39 ATG Danmon is promoting its full range of systems integration services at this year’s show, including consultancy, project planning, workflow design, system installation, testing and commissioning, documentation, training and technical support. “BVE attracts a wide range of visitors, enabling us to engage with people from the corporate and educational fields as well as the broadcast and post production business,” said ATG Danmon managing director Russell PeirsonHagger. “We are active across all these sectors with customers in many countries. The ability now for
companies to reach an increasing market across a wide variety of platforms is making video an ever more useful medium. The rapid pace of progress in lighting, cameras, virtual reality, studio graphics, data storage and image display opens up tremendous opportunities.” ATG Danmon is also here in its role as a distribution channel partner handling the full range of shared-storage equipment from
Studio Network Solutions, as well as the Amberfin range of software from Dalet and the Vidcheck range from Telestream. Peirson-Hagger added, “At ATG Danmon we maintain a close watch on all the latest developments so that we can make right technological choices for our customers, ensuring they meet their full operational requirements and gain maximum benefit from their investment.”
AMADEUS UNVEILS UK DEBUT FOR BOXY Amadeus Acoustic Solutions Stand: C36 Amadeus Acoustic Solutions, the UK distributor of Boxy modular studios, is debuting its turnkey construction system to the UK broadcasting and production industries at BVE 2017. According to the company, Boxy modular studios provide faster, cleaner, turnkey installation with no hidden costs and a guaranteed internal reverberation time of
0.2 seconds. The studios are designed, manufactured and delivered in sections, making on-site installation “extremely fast and efficient – 75 per cent faster than traditional construction method.”
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TOUCHMONITOR SERIES BEING SHOWCASED BY RTW RTW Stand: K45 RTW is displaying its TouchMonitor TM7 and TM9 series with new firmware version 6.0 at BVE this week. The update means that the TouchMonitor series now offer up to four parallel instances of its stereo vectorscope, allowing simultaneous monitoring of transmission streams. A 12th octave filter bank has been added to the RTA (Real Time Analyser) feature set for more refined graduated frequency distribution analysis. The new firmware can be
installed into all RTW TM7 and TM9 series instruments, as well as into TMR7 units. TM7 and TM9 ‘TC Electronic’ devices can be updated to benefit from bug fixes. “RTW is excited to showcase its brand new firmware version 6.0 for its TouchMonitor TM7/TM9 series at this year’s show,” said Andreas Tweitmann, CEO, RTW. “Our main goal is to consistently update our devices to continually provide our customers with innovative products that help to enhance
their projects and workflow. Also on display at BVE is RTW’s CLC version 2.0, designed to further improves the quality of loudness processing with various enhancements of its superior processing algorithm.
EVS BRINGS RANGE OF TOOLS TO EXCEL EVS Broadcast Equipment Stand: E18 EVS has landed at BVE this year with a smorgasbord of production tools, which include the XT4K live production server, DYVI switcher and Xeebra multiangle review system. The XT4K (pictured) supports four channels of uncompressed UHD-4K on a single 12G-SDI wire with XAVC-4K recording and 10-bit HDR support. The server also
has the ability to support 12 or more HD and Full-HD 1080p channels with the ChannelMAX configuration and features integrated on-board IP technology for I/O. EVS is also demonstrating its Connected Live environment allowing visitors to use IPWeb to access, browse, select and clip
content stored on servers at the company’s headquarters in Liège, Belgium. The company is also showcasing its DYVI switcher and Xeebra multi-angle review system.
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LIVE PRODUCTION FROM THE GARAGE Digital Garage Stand: K52 Broadcast Pix is demonstrating its live production systems with Digital Garage here at Excel London. In addition to its integrated production switchers, Broadcast Pix is also demonstrating the new Broadcast Pix Commander series of live production systems with a streamlined touchscreen interface and BPNet cloud-based video workflow service. Digital Garage recently installed Broadcast Pix integrated production switchers in four universities. “We love the versatility that Broadcast Pix brings to live production, whether
for traditional baseband video or live streaming,” said Michael Whelan, managing director, Digital Garage. “Many of our customers’ studios are fed media from post production. Broadcast Pix’s ability to support DNx and ProRes codecs means we deliver media natively to the switcher directly from our Avid, Adobe, or Final Cut environments whilst we are live on the air. Plus, BPNet provides the ability to contribute to the live production from anywhere on the web, which takes away that whole feeling of remote broadcast.” The BPNet production ecosystem works as an independent system or with Broadcast Pix integrated production switchers. It is designed to enable users to
securely share and collaborate from anywhere – using any browser – convert video files without any technical knowledge, and distribute content to any social media or broadcast platform with a single click. BPNet Upload, a free app for iOS and Android mobile devices, works in conjunction with BPNet to allow reporters to transfer media files from the field directly to a Broadcast Pix system. “We’re proud to be part of BVE with our partner, Digital Garage,” added Lee Griffin, EMEA sales manager, Broadcast Pix.
CONNECT2 YOUR STATS Lorensbergs Stand: Q15 Booking and scheduling software specialist Lorensbergs is revealing new developments in connect2, its online inventory management system that will reportedly make understanding resource usage patterns and demand seem like “child’s play”. The system, used by academic institutions to loan and track valuable collections of media equipment to
students and staff, is launching a suite of ‘quick stats’. The data displays provide instant insight into years of usage for each item or collection of equipment. Users are being shown how often items are being used at full capacity, designed to lend confidence to decisionmaking and funding requests for increasing stock. Similarly, the software displays future booking data, highlighting if demand for resources is likely to outstrip supply, and whether there’s a need to purchase
additional resources. Lorensbergs managing director Anna Crilly said, “Each year our academic customers make tough decisions on where to spend their equipment funds to get best value for their departments. “These new quick stat displays provide deep understanding on what’s needed most without the need for lengthy data crunching. Now purchases of the latest kit can be made with sharpened deliberation and greater confidence.”
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