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NEWS & VIEWS
May-June 2016
Show indicates growing shift in broadcasters’ behaviour
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director, MediaGeniX Asia. With
the WHATS’On broadcast manage-
ment system, MediaGeniX wants
to make the process of scheduling
multiple channels and services as
easy as it is to schedule just a single
channel or service (read more on
page 38).
For satellite operator SES, an
ongoing project with Rutgers
University’s School of Engineering
aims to measure the effectiveness
of SES’ CDN (content delivery net-
work) overlay solution in meeting
the growing demand for streaming
OTT video.
As demand for streaming lin-
ear and on-demand content bogs
down terrestrial networks, satel-
lite’s inherent point-to-multipoint
and multicast capabilities make
it the ideal content delivery net-
work for OTT, said Steve Corda,
VP, business development, North
America, SES. He also revealed that
the continuing demonstrations at
Rutgers University are designed to
compare the scalability and reli-
ability of a satellite-based CDN with
terrestrial networks. “The goal is to
make satellite work like a CDN, and
we will explore intelligent content
caching and routing to determine
when it makes sense to deliver OTT
video via satellite or terrestrially,
and when to cache that content at
the network edge.”
Other highlights this year in-
clude Riedel’s MicroN 80G media
distribution network. Designed to
work alongside Riedel’s MediorNet
MetroN core fibre router, MicroN
is a high-density signal interface
equipped with a complete array
of audio, video and data inputs
and outputs. This include 24 SD/
HD/3G-SDI I/Os, two MADI opti-
cal digital audio ports, a Gigabit
Ethernet port, two sync reference
I/Os, and eight 10G SFP+ high-
speed ports.
In a compact 1RU form factor
for rack-mount applications, the
MicroN offers full support for 10G
high-speed video, 3G-SDI video,
MADI audio and Gigabit Ethernet.
MicroN is available as a fully net-
worked MediorNet device, as well
as in a point-to-point edition.
At the Matrox Video booth, the
company launched Monarch LCS,
a compact, easy-to-use, two-input
lecture capture appliance, which ac-
cepts video from any SDI or HDMI
camera, as well as presentation con-
tent over HDMI from computers.
Cameron O'Neill, director, Asia-Pacific for Riedel Communications, took visitors
through a technology demonstration of the MNControl for Riedel's Smartpanel.
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May 24-27
KOBA 2016
COEX Exhibition Centre, Seoul,
South Korea
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INDUSTRY FORUM 2016
Pan Pacific Singapore
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list/
May 30 n JUNE
APB CONEXXION FORUM
2016 May 31-June 3
Suntec Singapore Convention &
Exhibition Centre
http://www.apb-news.com/
index.php/connexxion-forum.
html
BROADCASTASIA 2016/
COMMUNICASIA 2016
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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n AUGUST
August 24-27
BIRTV 2016
CIEC, Beijing, China
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The inputs can be encoded
independently and in sync for use
with the latest multi-stream video
players, said Matrox. Alternatively,
the inputs can be combined prior
to encoding in a variety of produc-
tion layouts, including picture-in-
picture and side-by-side, for use
with standard video players.
Also making a show debut
was Cobalt Digital’s new family of
fibre-optic solutions in both the
openGear format and the Blue Box
Group (BBG) mini-converter boxes.
New openGear products in-
clude the 9433 series fibre-optic
audio embedder and de-embed-
der cards, which are available in
a single channel, uni-directional
EO-to-OE configuration, and a
dual-channel, bidirectional EO/OE
transport solution.
The latter version provides
bidirectional extension of two 3G/
HD/SD-SDI video signals and mul-
tiple analogue and AES audio sig-
nals over two fibres. When paired
with the +DT licensing option,
the card set provides bidirectional
serial data and GPIO connectiv-
ity, which can be used for remote
PTZ camera control and signal
backhaul.
Designed for colourists, post-
production editors and other con-
tent creatives preparing material
for 4K/UD distribution, Omnitek’s
Ultra XR advanced 4K/UHD wave-
form analyser was unveiled at the
NAB Show. It features a full-res-
olution monitor output, 4K/UHD
waveform display, vectorscope,
CIE colour chart, pixel data display,
audio PPMs (peak programme
meter), ANC packet analysis tools
and interlink video timing, among
others.
Omnitek also highlighted the
Ultra 4K Tool Box, said to be
the “first” test and measurement
solution that offers full support
for 12G-SDI. Key features of the
Ultra 4K Tool Box include 12G eye
n SEPTEMBER
September 9-13
IBC 2016
Securing the connected future
Steve Oetegenn, president of Verimatrix, explaining to visitors how the company
is securing the connected future via its latest offering — the Verspective Operator
Analytics solution, an extensible suite of subscriber intelligence tools that are
designed from the ground up to emphasise data security and integrity as a
foundation for actionable intelligence. To learn more about Verimatrix's insights
into digital rights management, turn to page 52.
and jitter, as well as the ability to
both capture and playback full-
raster video in all supported video
standards.
Last but not least, GatesAir
made showcasing the wireless
content delivery opportunities that
the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard
will offer as its key show mission.
Rich Richmond, chief product
officer, GatesAir, commented: “As
broadcasters prepare for a period
of uncertainty and potential dis-
ruption to their over-the-air opera-
tions, there is building excitement
for the next-generation opportuni-
ties that await them on the other
side … We want to help broadcast-
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