16 October 2017
NEWS & VIEWS
Newsroom components and updates highlighted and demonstrated at the show
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Sony also debuted Venice to the European market . The full-frame digital motion picture camera system is designed to expand filmmakers ’ creative freedom through “ large-format , full-frame image capture of filmic imagery with natural skin tones and expressive dark areas ”.
Hiroyuki Takahama , assistant general manager , content creation solutions marketing , professional solutions company ( PSAP ), Sony Corporation of Hong Kong , elaborated : “ Sony pioneers digital motion picture production technology with the first 24p digital camera system , HDW- F900 ; the first RGB recording systems , HDC-F950 and SRW-1 ; and the Super 35mm image sensor camera , the F35 .
“ Venice , the latest addition to the CineAlta family , demonstrates Sony ’ s commitment for innovation and creative freedom for feature filmmaking and drama productions .”
At the ChyronHego booth , the company showcased an integration of its Silver robotic camera head with the RoboRail straight camera rail system from Mo-Sys Engineering . Together , the two companies ’ products form a “ complete ” solution for camera tracking of augmented reality ( AR ) graphics and virtual set in news broadcasting .
Silver is part of ChyronHego ’ s family of virtual studio and AR tracking solutions that provide camera motion within 2D or 3D computer-generated backgrounds . Installed on the compact and economic RoboRail , and mounted
vertically or horizontally on a wall , ceiling or floor , the camera rail system simplifies news production and enlivens an anchor ’ s newscasts with AR graphics , said the company .
ChyronHego also announced that its TRACAB image-based tracking system has been chosen as one of the technologies in Microsoft ’ s Sports Performance Platform — a “ Microsoft Garage ” project . Using TRACAB ’ s tracking and image-processing technologies to determine the position of all-moving objects in the field of play , data can be streamed in an open format to a multitude of virtualised platforms , such as broadcast graphic systems , and online or mobile platforms .
Meanwhile , Vizrt is building ” The newsroom of the future ” with the Viz Pilot , a template-based system for journalists to create , manage and deliver high volumes of topquality content . Its newsroom component integrates with major newsroom systems , including Dalet , ENPS , iNews , Octopus and OpenMedia .
Other highlights from Vizrt include Viz Story 1.3 , which aims to provide the best audio tools for controlling and editing multiple audio channels ; and Viz Eclipse , a tool that allows sports rights holders and broadcasters to virtually replace field-side advertising boards . Initially focused on football , Viz Eclipse has been rolled out for the 2017-2018 football season in Europe .
IBC2017 was a first for Masstech Innovations , a new entity born from the merger of Masstech and SGL . Marking the debut with good news , Masstech Innovations announced that it has recently sold a number of archive and asset
Pham Quang Chi , product marketing manager , Asia-Pacific , Datavideo Technologies , presenting the Night Hawk camera , which is equipped with a 4 / 3- inch CMOS sensor , and HDR capabilities . management systems to five new customers .
These include the University of Arkansa , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Russian film studio MosFilm , the American University in Cairo and Dinamalar , a news organisation in Chennai , India .
And it is Asia which is moving faster than any other regions when it comes to technology adoption , suggested Mike Palmer , CTO , Masstech Innovations . The merger of Masstech and SGL , he added , allows the companies to draw on each ’ s area of strength to address not only the increasingly complicted media asset management ( MAM ) needs of their customers , but also to help those moving their key media assets into the cloud .
A year ago , two companies — Dell and EMC — came together and formed Dell EMC . At IBC2017 , Dell EMC presented the Isilon All Flash Array , which is aimed at creating , managing and delivering content .
For instance , the Dell EMC Isilon F800 all-flash NAS storage , powered by the OneFS operating system , is designed for computing , media and entertainment 4K / UHD streaming , and interactive analytics workloads . Each Isilon F800 chassis houses 60 SSDs ( solid-state drives ) with a capacity of choice , with storage ranging from 96TB to 924TB per chassis .
As more media content is now being created , the demand for more data storage is growing . Thus , it is vital for media companies to utilise high-volume storage solutions to archive their content , according to a LTO Program spokesperson .
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When it comes to technology innovation , Asia is possibly moving faster than other regions , suggested Mike Palmer , CTO of Masstech Innovations . The company was exhibiting for the first time as a new entity born from the merger of Masstech and SGL .
and Quantum , the LTO Program highlighted the Linear Tape File System ( LTFS ), which simplifies the viewing and accessing of tape files . With LTFS , one partition holds the content and the other stores the content ’ s index , allowing the tape to improve archive management .
With the operating system ’ s graphical file manager and directory tree , utilising data on an LTO Ultrium tape cartridge “ is as easy as dragging and dropping the file ”, according to the LTO Program .
Over at the Interra Systems booth , the company showcased the hybrid capabilities of its Baton QC solution . Already supporting a variety of languages , Baton is further enhanced with audio language detection . The enhancement allows Baton to be equipped with multilanguage detection capability for subtitles and closed caption files , as well as new multi-language
Straker Coniglio ( left ), VP , media asset management , Vizrt , and Veggard Elgesem , product manager , APAC , studio automation , Vizrt , explaining why Vizrt is continuing to help produce compelling sports content . For instance , the Vizrt Multiplay solution gives media companies a simple way to control studio screen content from a single interface .
checks of audio tracks . Baton also supports new codec and formats such as IMF App2 Extended , iTunes Subtitle , CineCanvas Subtitles , and Kodak Cineon .
Alongside Baton , Interra Systems demonstrated its Orion monitoring solutions family . Orion-OTT is a software-based OTT solution for monitoring of adaptive bitrate ( ABR ) content for multi-screen service delivery over networks . In addition , the company announced that it has entered into a partnership with Verimatrix to improve QoS and QoE for digital video content .
Under the partnership , Interra Systems ’ Orion content monitoring suite will be integrated with Verimatrix ’ s ViewRight Web security client solution , hence empowering users to deliver their content in a more secured manner .
Anupama Anantharaman , director , product marketing and sales , Interra Systems , elaborated : “ We are truly excited to be partnering with Verimatrix . We expect operators that are using the Verimatrix DRM solutions to benefit from this partnership as well . In fact , we already have a broadcaster in Malaysia that has deployed our combined solution for delivering live channels and video-ondemand ( VoD ) content .”
For Verimatrix , the company is expanding its entry into the Internet of Things ( IoT ) space with the launch of Vtegrity , a cloud-based solution that offers advanced security regime for connected devices and IoT applications throughout their lifecycle . Vtegrity provides the elements to secure the device software , device communications and proactive threat detection that are essential to protect IoT-based revenue streams , said Verimatrix .
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