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TSL separates its Products, Systems


By Fergal Ringrose


TVBEUROPE EXCLUSIVELY reveals that TSL Systems and TSL Professional Products have officially parted company — on the back of record-breaking turnover for both entities in the year to June 2012. David MacGregor, who


co-founded TSL 26 years ago, steps back from day-to-day operations and Bruce MacGregor and David Gunn are appointed directors of Television Systems, reporting directly to Managing Director David Phillips. Meanwhile Martin Dyster and Terry Boon have been appointed as directors of TSL Professional Products, reporting directly to Managing Director Chris Exelby. TSL PPL is now an independent legal entity, with separate P&L, offices, staff, ISO9001 certification and operational procedures. Both


CCTV in China are the world’s largest users of PAM-2 as being key reasons behind the company’s success in the last five years — during which time business has increased fourfold. TSL Systems is busy with


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“more projects in parallel” than ever before, said Phillips. The complexity of technology means “things are moving rapidly,” so much so that nowadays “customers aren’t necessarily able to keep up to date themselves” and rely heavily on their systems partners. Lead times and sales cycles


David Phillips: “Things are moving rapidly”


entities believe the move will reinforce the fact that TSL Systems is independent of any particular manufacturer. “This brings clarity to our customers” said Chris Exelby. David McGregor will no longer be hands-on and instead can “step back and enjoy the fruits of his labours” commented David Phillips.


Chris Exelby: “Standing on our own two feet”


Now, sales of Professional


Products relating directly to orders from Systems accounts for “less than 5% of our business,” said Exelby, so “we’re standing on our own two feet”. He cites its TallyMan as being “number one worldwide”; the fact that Dega Broadcast and the BBC were instrumental in the development of the Touch Mix; and that


Boost for fast turnaround television By Michael Burns


EVS IS using IBC to unveil its new Breaking News toolset, which relies on EVS’ ingest and playout servers for increased speed and reliability of newsroom operations. The company is also showing enhancements to its XT3/XS production servers and the latest features for its OpenCube MXF File Mastering tools. The Breaking News solution is


an advanced production and content management system, which the company said could easily integrate with any existing production infrastructure. Based


are longer, with more stakeholders involved in the purchasing process — and the design stage of each project has increased hugely as broadcasters insist on “an awful lot of detail” to finalise business objectives for systems installations. TSL has recently opened two overseas offices, in Dubai and Singapore, as business has expanded. Exelby is confident on business


prospects, seeing potential in North America and emerging territories. He acknowledges firm caution on European sales projections but said, “there’s plenty of growth to go before we can use the excuse that the market is depressed.”


support for AS02, IMF formats for production mastering, and archive preservation, including comprehensive H.264 proxy generation at ingest.


Breaking News has been developed to help the broadcast industry deliver dynamic content within even tighter deadlines


on years of live production workflow expertise at EVS, it maximises the use of ingest and playout infrastructures.


Enhancements to EVS


OpenCube ingest products are also being highlighted. Features include improved MXF JPEG2000


On its stand in Hall 8, EVS is also showcasing the evolution of its XT3 and XS production servers, featuring the first triple encoding capabilities. Servers will be able to simultaneously support the I-Frame codec for high precision live replays, Long GOP Sony XDCam 422 50Mbps HD codec for high quality lower bitrate media handling, and Proxy for augmented connectivity and control of the production operations. The new feature will be available in early 2013. IBC Stand: 8.B90


1-18 News & Analysis Global Broadcast Summit for C-level execs takes shape Spectrum issues are at the heart of a planned new conference, bringing together CEOs from the world’s leading broadcasters. Adrian Pennington reports


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Super Hi-Vision at London Games As NHK subjects Super Hi-Vision to its latest test, practical production issues and audience research are being evaluated by the BBC, writes Adrian Pennington


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20-46 The Workflow At the editing cutting edge In the latest industry roundtable discussion, Philip Stevens talks to key providers of editing systems about trends in the market


Making the top grade


There are technical and aesthetic issues that contribute to the stubborn reluctance of the industry to replace the CRT. Do current displays meet core requirements? Dick Hobbs investigates


Ultra HD: Standards and broadcasters align


The essential building blocks for 4K and higher resolution video delivery to the home are being put in place, writes Adrian Pennington


IBC Sneak Preview As we count down to IBC, find out the latest news


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62-63 The Business Case Single-handed control Melanie Dayasena-Lowe talks to Rascular Technical Director Roddy Pratt about its flagship product Helm — already being used by over 150 broadcasters globally


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64-65 News & Analysis Spec-ulation over glasses-free future Has the market conceded that 3D will never take off until people do not have to put on special glasses to watch at home? Adrian Pennington investigates


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66 TVBEurope’s News Review A look back at the month’s most interesting stories from the broadcast technology arena


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