NEWS & VIEWS
April 2018
Vitec’s Litepanels
division shining
bright at the
show
Litepanels, a division of The Vitec
Group, is presenting Gemini, a 2x1
soft panel. Equipped with a new
firmware upgrade, Gemini offers a
variety of cinematic effects such as
emergency lights, fire, TV and hue
bursts that are customisable and
can be saved to pre-sets.
The deployment of Gemini,
according to the company, allows
lighting professionals to “go bold”
by lighting with any colour in the
360° colour wheel and popular
gels within Gemini’s colour modes.
The soft panel is integrated with
the Anton/Bauer Cine VCLX bat-
tery, and allows users to operate
functions of Gemini
using its intuitive
on-board controls.
Alongside Gemini is the show-
case of the Astra family of LED
panels. The new Astra 3X and 6X
— available in both daylight or
bicolour modes — feature a 50%
increase in output, making them
three and six times brighter than
the original Astra.
The Astra Soft Bi-Colour pro-
vides diffused lighting for “soft,
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Dejero leverages cellular with IP satellite
connectivity
Litepanels’ Sola 6+ LED
fresnel combines
the benefits of LED
technology with
“light-shaping, single-
shadow” properties,
to provide lighting designers with
control over aspects such as focus
and intensity.
wrap-around” light quality; and
the Astra Bi-Focus Daylight is
the newest addition to the Astra
family, giving users the ability to
adjust from a 48° flood to a 15°
concentration of light with the turn
of a dial.
Also on display
at booth C6025
are Litepanels’ Sola 4+ and Sola
6+ LED fresnels. Combining the
benefits of LED technology with
“light-shaping, single-shadow”
properties of a traditional fresnel,
the Sola LED range provides cool
daylight illumination with the
ability to control both focus and
intensity via standard DMX 512
protocol.
With an aim to provide enhanced
reliability in situations where cellu-
lar networks are congested or cell
coverage is limited, Dejero is offer-
ing Dejero CellSat, a joint solution
with Intelsat that combines cellular
connectivity from multiple mobile
network carriers with Ku-band IP
satellite connectivity.
With CellSat, field crews can
focus on capturing live news and
events from virtually anywhere,
safe in the knowledge that the
solution is able to blend with Ku-
band IP satellite connectivity to
boost bandwidth, says Dejero.
Dejero is also displaying the
Dejero GateWay router, which is in-
tegrated with cellular connections
from multiple cellular providers to
create a virtual network. Designed
as an in-vehicle mobile connectiv-
ity solution, Dejero GateWay is
able to facilitate collaboration and
integrate workflows, allowing field
crews and home-based crews to
work under the same central loca-
tion, virtually. In addition, Dejero’s
cloud management system enables
broadcasters to remotely manage
their fleet of routers in the field,
and manage data usage and ope-
rational costs.
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Dejero’s EnGo mobile transmitter encodes video and transmits over multiple IP
networks, empowering field crews to broadcast live from anywhere around the
globe.
Completing Dejero’s showcase
at booth C2025 is the PathWay
rack-mounted encoders/transmit-
ters and the EnGo mobile transmit-
ters. Designed to be camera- or
vehicle-mounted, the EnGo mobile
transmitter can be deployed for
newsgathering, sports coverage,
and live event broadcasting from
remote locations.
As for PathWay, it is an
HEVC/H.265-capable adaptive
bitrate encoder/transmitter packed
within a 1U rack-mounted form-
factor. PathWay can be installed
in newsgathering and remote
production vehicles, or in fixed
locations, with the option of blend-
ing cellular connectivity with an
Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection.
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Booth SL6610