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TVBEurope 63


NAB


SHOW 2012 IN FOCUS


By Fergal Ringrose


THE NAB Show, 16-19 April, is the world's largest digital media and entertainment event — more than twice the size of any gathering of its kind. The theme for this year’s event is ‘The Great Content Shift’ – with a fetching NAB tagline of ‘Shift Happens’. This shift, of course, is the demand for content anytime and anywhere, and throws up new players, technologies, strategies and expectations. Within the shifting firmament


are key topics like 3D, 4K/8K, 5.1, apps, asset management,


Grass Valley


Grass grows its 3G fibre and triax infrastructure


By David Fox


AT NAB, Grass Valley is adding to the flexibility of its 3G camera transmission system (introduced at NAB 2011) with the LDK 4427 3G fibre camera to 3G triax converter, which will allow high definition productions to send their signals across any type of cable infrastructure. The LDK 4427 performs a one-to-one conversion of a 3G fibre camera signal to a 3G triax signal. Ancillary data, such as return video, control and intercom, are also converted on a one-to-one basis, with full access to all transmission diagnostics at any time.


“With the new LDK 4427, the 3G camera transmission family of products is complete and Grass Valley now offers the ultimate in camera transmission flexibility,” claimed Marcel Koutstaal, senior vice president of cameras for Grass Valley. The LDK 4427 is built to withstand extreme weather, conforms to the IP54 standard (dust- and waterproof), and comes with a sun hood and a rugged camera-mounting bracket. It can also be placed in a standard 19-inch rack where up to four units can be mounted side-by-side. Grass Valley's 3G triax


transmission is the only triax


system that delivers all HD video formats (720p, 1080i, and 1080p — including 50/60p) from the base station. It’s compatible with the LDK 8000 Elite and LDK 4000 Elite HD camera heads. Also at the NAB 2012 show is Grass Valley’s K2 Summit platform with high-quality 3G and multiformat codec support, Stratus collaborative framework with integrated replay and playout capabilities and Edius Version 6.5 high definition, nonlinear video editing software. SL106


branded entertainment, cloud computing, distance collaboration, file-based workflows, mobile consumption, multiplatform distribution, open source, OTT, social TV, virtual production and VFX.


The shift is taking place right


across what NAB labels the Content Lifecycle — which in their terms spans content creation, management, commerce, distribution & delivery, and consumption. In NAB parlance, ‘broader-casting professionals’ are leading this device-driven expansion by collaborating across screens and


leveraging multiplatform design, as the new paradigm for success. Over 100 first-time NAB


exhibitors at 2012 include Cambridge Imaging, DigiStor, Draka, Eurocom Broadcast, Freemantle, Gorilla Technology, InPhase Technologies, MAC Group, Manhattan Edit Workshop, Motion Technologies, Nagra Audio Kudelski, Nikon, Oasys, Panavision, ParkPost, RGB Networks, Starfish Technologies, Stryme, The Pixel Farm, Timecode Systems, Ventuz, Vimond and Wisycom. It looks set to be a big


one, and as usual TVBEurope


will be attempting to make sense of it all from a European perspective — both for those travelling to Las Vegas and to those remaining at base on this side of the water. We start this issue with


Part II of our NAB Product Preview; and then our writing team of Melanie Dayasena-Lowe, Carolyn Giardina, Dick Hobbs, John Ive, George Jarrett, David Kirk and Adrian Pennington will provide analysis and reflection from the Las Vegas extravaganza through May and June issues.


The LDK 4427 should be available in May with a list price of $24,853


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