106 Friday 07.09.2012
theibcdaily
HelixNet comes to IBC following a summer of work at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and other events
Talk show on the Net
Broadcast Bionics By David Davies
HelixNet shipping throughout Europe
Clear-Com By Monica Heck
Clear-Com has announced the European availability of its new HelixNet Partyline, described as the world’s first networked partyline intercom system. The product was recently used by live
production teams at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and other London events. The company says it designed the HelixNet Partyline to transmit four channels of digital audio, plus programme and power for beltpacks, over a single, shielded twisted-pair cable (eg microphone cable, Cat5 or
Cat6) to preserve investments in existing intercom systems and cabling.
The central administration of the entire system can be performed from the 1RU main station with a single cable, including firmware upgrades and maintenance, so HelixNet can work off an existing cable infrastructure. 10.D29a
Shooter and ’puter: The Shooter6 OB Van is based on a Mac Mini
New PhoneBOX studio talk show system software that includes extensive social media handling capabilities is being showcased by Broadcast Bionics. PhoneBOX is already used by broadcasters worldwide. Its latest version, however, allows feeds from multiple social media sites (Facebook, Twitter etc) to be brought directly into the studio and consolidated in the same user interface as telephone calls. As a result, posts and tweets can be filtered and scheduled for read out. In addition, the studio can respond directly from
within PhoneBOX – facilitating a two-way conversation between studio and blogger. PhoneBOX – which now
features a redesigned user interface for improved workflow – also links with playout systems to seek out tweets about the artist or track currently playing. In what promises to be a busy IBC for Broadcast Bionics, the company is also highlighting its UK distribution role for the likes of Axia, Omnia, Telos, Lawo, Newsboss, Sterlitz and Digigram. In addition, Broadcast Bionics is in convention for an IBC Innovation award as part of a collaboration with TSL, ScheduAll and Miranda to provide bespoke software for Sky News Arabia. 8D73
TriCaster turns 40
NewTek By Carolyn Giardina
NewTek has extended its range of integrated systems with the TriCaster 40 at less than £4,000, for live production and webcasting. It joins a product family that includes TriCaster 8000, TriCaster 855 and TriCaster 455. TriCaster 40 a compact entry level multi-camera system that offers the features of the other TriCasters, four analogue inputs SD/HD, live titling, multimedia players, virtual set and streaming engine that supports Windows
Media and Adobe Flash. The TriCaster 40 features four video inputs, two video outputs and two audio inputs. It also supports the Apple AirPlay protocol, giving the ability to bring external sources into the TriCaster from a mobile device. TriCaster 40 works with most SD or HD formats and resolutions. TriCaster 40 comes with several types of media players for playing both internal and external media. It also offers a variety of title templates and graphics that can be customised for a programme. 7.K11
Building a TV Station in a box
ToolsOnAir By Carolyn Giardina
ToolsOnAir introduced its ‘TV Station in a Mac Mini’ at IBC2011 and this year, the company reports that its Broadcast Suiteis now part of more than 350 broadcast facilities in 47 countries. Dutch broadcaster Xite implemented a ToolsOnAir broadcast system for its music TV and on-demand cable and IPTV network, utilising just two Apple Mac Mini computers to run the 24/7 video playout service. In Dubai, broadcast
equipment rental and sales company Best Broadcast Hire (BBH) recently unveiled its Shooter6 OB Van, a compact mobile broadcasting and graphics system based around a single Mac Mini and ToolsOnAir’s Broadcast Suite of multichannel ingest and playback tools. California-based Action Sports Productions used ToolsOnAir to create a live production centre, including computer graphics, that can fit in a suitcase. In newsroom environments,
ToolsOnAir’s integration with systems including Octopus, AP ENPS and Annova Open Media enables users to provide
automated 24/7 playout, as well as integrated newsroom playout and realtime graphics. ToolsOnAir suggests that together with a Thunderbolt- connected multi-I/O interface, its Broadcast Suite could effectively turn a Mac Mini into a ‘professional, multi-camera broadcast video facility’. Today, the company is demoing a workflow from ingest to playout, show the integration capabilities of its just:mam media asset management system. ToolsOnAir’s Broadcast Suite supports Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and Avid Media Composer. 7.G39
The ‘future of KVM’
Guntermann & Drunck By Ian McMurray
Describing the announcement as ‘a step towards the future of KVM’, Guntermann & Drunck is launching the ControlCenter- Digital, a modular KVM matrix switch for digital video. Flexibility and the ability to adapt to almost any environment have become essential, according to the company; to meet these demands, provide investment security and keep pace with technological advances, modularity is becoming the order of the day.
G&D says that its new KVM
matrix switch is the latest example of this approach. The system’s modular set-up means that transmission cards can be CAT or fibre or both and all dynamic ports can be used as either input or output. The system supports a substantial range of signals such as digital HD video, USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse, audio, USB 2.0 and RS232. Because size often does matter, says the company, the system has up to 288 ports (160 and 80 are in development) that can be cascaded in up to three levels. This means, claims G&D, that it can connect with an almost infinite number of computers and users. 4.B60
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