GIVEN THEincrease in IPTV service deployments and multiscreen video services, IPTV monitoring is expected to be an important topic for service providers attending the Conference. As a provider of IPTV monitoring solutions for multiscreen networks, Mariner is one of the companies demonstrating its range of video service monitoring solutions designed to increase efficiencies for service providers while improving subscribers’ overall quality of experience on every device. Mariner is announcing
significant enhancements to its end- to-end service assurance solution
Mariner xVu, including exclusive pre-integration with the industry’s leading probe manufacturers and feature enhancements that improve installation quality and efficiency as well as increase customer satisfaction. Mariner is also showcasing
its frostt IPTV application management platform, a highly scalable, open architecture solution that allows operators to reliably deliver and monitor feature-rich, revenue-generating IPTV applications. Using a standards-based interface, frostt can be integrated into the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV ecosystem to improve the quality of experience. 14.521
A NEW web-based interface for SGL’s FlashNet archive system is being shown publicly, for the first time in Europe, at IBC. SGL is also introducing its new client-based web tool, FlashBrowse 3, to the European market. According to SGL,
broadcasters and content owners could now use FlashNet to archive and restore material
AETA Audio
Forward-looking tools for the field and studio
By David Davies
THE SCOOP Fone HD professional mobile phone and Scoop5 IP rack-mount codec are among a host of new innovations to be shown by AETA at IBC2012.
Now here’s a Scoop: AETA’s latest range of audio codecs will show at IBC
According to General Manager Christophe Mahoux, the company’s presence at this year’s show revolves around “building on the tremendous success of our
for projects that fall outside the sphere of the controlling MAM or automation systems. Using the new FlashNet GUI tools, the user can bundle material as required, before archiving to any configured FlashNet disk or tape group. Users can also archive and restore Avid content for non-Interplay shared environments. With SGL’s FlashBrowse, content can be sent to the
archive directly from an Avid editor and restored via this web interface. Once in the archive metadata can be extracted or added manually. An extension of the new FlashNet UI, FlashBrowse 3 provides at-archive browse creation, automatically generating browse resolution copies of clips as the high- resolution versions are archived. It also allows operators to instigate restores or partial file restores directly from their browser window. FlashNet and LTFS
interoperability in a production environment will be part of the IBC demonstration. 7.J15A
existing products and introducing new offerings to provide broadcasters with cutting edge tools for recording, mixing and transmitting events, from the field or the studio. At IBC2012, broadcasters will see how we have innovated for: live IP transmission; web-based configuration and management; faster, more intuitive web browsing; HD voice; LTE support, and the first audio codec supporting Ravenna [IP-based networking technology].” Specific products on display will include Scoop Fone HD, a pro mobile phone that integrates 3.1 kHz 2G telephone calls into the broadcast chain and offers an increase in audio quality to 7kHz/HD Voice in 3G/UMTS mobile networks. HD Voice is said to deliver higher quality voice transmissions by extending the frequency of traditional or narrowband voice calls (300Hz to 3400Hz) out to wideband audio ranges (50Hz to 7000Hz). Among other developments,
AETA will also introduce the Scoop5 family of audio codecs. The Scoop5 IP is a rack-mount codec for IP studio-to-transmitter and other pure IP links, designed specifically for broadcasters or others who wish to conduct transmissions over IP. The Scoop5, meanwhile, builds on the feature set of Scoop4+ and is available with all multiple network interfaces, including IP, ISDN, Leased Line, POTS and cellular 2G/3G/AMR Wideband. Finally, Scoop5 Ravenna adds a dual Ravenna IP audio interface for redundant audio transfer to the standard version of the codec. Also on display will be the Scoop
Fone HD Center Rack, which combines three Scope Fone HD units for use in a studio or OB van. 8.B30C