Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) October 2016 • Volume 33, Issue 9 | Page 19

October 2016 NEWS & VIEWS 19

MOG wows visitors with 360 ° feeds

René Harder , vice-president at Stage Tec , demonstrating the capabilities of its platinum digital signal processor ( DSP ).
the LU600 provides support for “ live and store ” using the same video card , and is upgradeable to HEVC / H . 265 .
For Omnitek , its Ultra XR 4K / UHD waveform analyser , which is now enhanced with a second revision of software and support for high dynamic range ( HDR ), is shipping .
Designed for content creators , colourists and post-production editors working with 4K / UHD images in SDI and HDMI formats , the Ultra XR features a 4K / UHD waveform monitor , vectorscope , histogram and BT . 709 / BT . 2020 CIE gamut charts .
Rob Arnold , vice-president , worldwide sales , reported : “ We ’ re seeing a lot of interest in the Ultra XR , driven largely by Netflix and
Amazon , who now demand 4K / UHD content that has HDR included .”
Alongside the Ultra XR , Omnitek also exhibited the Ultra 4K Tool Box , which provides conversion , generation and analysis of TV and digital cinema signals in video formats up to 4096 x 2160 / 60 .
Adding more support to the openGear platform is Cobalt Digital , with the release of the 9991-SDI-to-IP-10GE and 9991-IPto-SDI-10GE series cards .
These 3G / HD / SD-SDI SMPTE 2022-6 encapsulators and deencapsulators offer AES and anal ogue audio embedding and de- embedding , and interface to 10GigE equipment over fibre .
The company also highlighted the 9433-EMDE series fibre-optic
audio embedder and de-embedder cards , which are available in two channels — a single-channel that provides uni-directional EO / OE configuration ; and a dual-channel version that allows bidirectional EOOE transport solution .
When paired with the + DT licensing option , the card set also provides bidirectional serial data and GPIO ( general purpose input / output ) connectivity , which can be used for remote PTZ ( pan , tilt , zoom ) camera control and signal backhaul .
Moving forward , Cobalt Digital is looking to continue expanding its presence in Asia , revealed Bob McAlpine , executive vice-president , sales and marketing , Cobalt Digital . He said : “ Cobalt exhibited alongside Pesa at BIRTV 2016 in Beijing in
Introducing the “ world ’ s first complete ” 360-degree online video platform , MOG Technologies wowed visitors with live streaming of 360-degree feeds from its booth at IBC 2016 .
MOG also highlighted the Skywatch enterprise platform , designed to allow users to access the full landscape of their production environment by supervising , controlling and managing a complete production workflow .
It also provides a tool for media professionals to obtain statistics on productivity , availability and efficiency of production resources , thus helping them with investment decisions .
August , and we are excited to bring our products to the Asia market .”
Last but not least , IBC 2016 was also the perfect stage for Germany ’ s Stage Tec to showcase its platinum digital signal processor ( DSP ), which enables the Aurus mixing console to mix in 40-bit floating-point arithmetic at a sample rate of 96kHz in stereo and 5.1 surround .
According to René Harder , vicepresident at Stage Tec , the Platinum
DSP enables more channels , longer delays , and a higher packing density for Stage Tec ’ s audio consoles . He added : “ New installations and our existing customers will benefit from the Platinum DSP . Besides having more channels and more available audio buses , the processing unit of the Platinum DSP is fully backwards compatible and is capable of handling the increasing number of channels in their existing consoles .”
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Technology trends are driving an evolution of modern media workflows , including higher-resolution imagery , higher frame rates , higher dynamic range , wider colour gamut , and simply more cameras per shoot . Their impact on the digital storage required to capture , process , distribute and archive this richer digital video content is significant .
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