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Eyeheight’s CC-3D can drive multiple colour correctors Legal and correct Looking Radiant: Wohler’s RadiantGrid new media automation platform File-based media processing
Wohler Technologies By Monica Heck
Wohler has brought the newest version of the RadiantGrid new media automation platform to its stand at IBC, following its acquisition of RadiantGrid in April. Built around RadiantGrid’s TrueGrid
media transformation and parallel processing engine, it aims to provide efficient file-based creation, standards conversion, QC and distribution of media, while augmenting and integrating with trafficking, rights management, linear automation and business process management systems.
The company says that
the TrueGrid engine allows RadiantGrid to manage a wide range of functions, from faster-than-realtime transcoding and standards conversion, to more complex processing such as mixed cadence correction, video optimisation and audio loudness conformance. 10.A10
Eyeheight By Michael Burns
Making its debut at IBC is Eyeheight’s CC-3D, which combines the features of a stereoscopic colour corrector and legaliser in a single unit. The Eyeheight CC-3D allows unified control of both channels of a stereoscopic 3D pair. Its adjustable colour correction parameters include R, G, B and master gain and lift, plus selectable master or individual R, G and B gamma control with overall luma, chroma gain, hue rotation and black level. The legaliser is equivalent to a
The future of optical networks
It’s not a matter of just sending a signal but giving the user a better experience with dark fibre, argues Tracey J W Ford, owner, marketing and sales, Norwia
Optical network technology has been very stagnant in the past year with technology breakthroughs in compression technology and multiplexing taking precedents in the market. The challenge is to reduce bandwidth and traffic to the customer and this has driven development for these technologies.
Some innovative companies have merged these technologies into one product and the cost is usually prohibitive for smaller operators or smaller systems. The belief is that optical networks should be not only the domain of large telecommunication companies but available to all who want to use dark fibre technology. When using point-to-point dark fibre there are cost
effective solutions that can move high bandwidth video around and leave coax behind due the limitation imposed. The market today has not
brought forward too much innovation or next generation products to talk about. Dark fibre is just coax but a different transport medium and why should it be more than this. It should be more than this and we should look for the emerging products giving better value for money, that address issues as flexibility and multi- format capabilities. It’s not a matter of just sending a signal but giving the user a better experience with dark fibre systems through smart systems. With fibre-based products the general method is to use at least five different functioning
Opinion
cards to build common straightforward distribution systems. Why not have identical cards providing all of these functions? Imagine the savings in inventory cost for spares, equipment that is sitting idle and lastly avoid buying extra components for specialised events that might not be useable for another year to come. The economics in how fibre distribution products are being designed has now evolved again.
Next generation dark fibre
products are out in the market and slowly coming to the surface. Twelve years ago the
first broadcast optics products were introduced to the market and now we see the emergence of the next generation products that are more compact and more versatile.
Using the building blocks
analogy, rather than the traditional purpose built device that is chosen from an array of many different flavours and vendors. The building block device is one that contains all functions needed to build an optical distribution network and is physically identical, but changes to perform different functions. These building blocks act like a chameleon and include functionality like transponders and provide add/drop/pass functionality. Imagine how this can lower the total cost of ownership and
Tracey Ford: ‘Lower the total cost of ownership’
provide a clean operation and maintenance side of the broadcasters business. This simplification of distribution circuit cuts the training cost and installation cost for systems that need to be installed once or many times, like in an outside broadcast environment. Who wins from this? The customer and his bank account. I did say it was optical networks in the future but these
multifunctional building blocks for optical networks are not in the future, they are here now. 9C13
stand-alone Eyeheight RGB legaliser including overshoot suppression and six user memories, integrated into a 1U chassis. It automatically ensures that adjustments remain within industry-agreed signal levels. Default legalisation settings are to EBU R103-2000 standard, while alternative legalisation parameters can be set and stored. It can be operated from an Eyeheight FP-9C colour corrector control panel. A single control panel can also be networked via Ethernet to drive multiple CC-3D systems. An optional browser-based Java software panel is available. 8.B97
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