34 Saturday 08.09.2012 theibcdaily
Space saving production multiviewers launched
One for tight spaces: Apantac’s new Crescent MicroQ multiviewer
Apantac By Carolyn Giardina
Tahoma MiniQ and Crescent MicroQ are both compact multiviewers from Apantac launched at IBC and aimed at space-restrictive uses including OB vans and in- studio multi-image display
monitoring. Both accept and auto-detect composite, SD, HD, and 3G-SDI signals and support DVI / HDMI, and SDI outputs. The Tahoma MiniQ displays embedded audio meters and supports the TSL protocol over IP and serial. It can be used as a standalone quad-split multiviewer or expanded to a
full system where up to eight hot-swappable Tahoma MiniQ modules can be combined in a 3RU with hot swappable redundant power supplies. The MiniQ modules cascade feature allows displaying from 4 to 32 windows per monitor. The Crescent MicroQ is a quad-split multiviewer with full- screen capability that can be easily mounted onto the rear of a high-resolution display. This unit displays embedded audio meters and support the TSL protocol over IP. According to Apantac, a typical OB or studio monitoring set up with both the Tahoma MicroQ and Crescent MiniQ might include Tahoma MicroQ units for the director wall, production assistant positions and Crescent MiniQ units for camera control, slo mo/VTR, audio or technical manager position. MiniQ would be used whenever more than four windows per display are required, or when layout flexibility is needed. 7.K21
Capitalising on change
Changing social behaviour and the use of multiple devices are key opportunities for broadcast, says Simon Derry, CEO, Snell
Opinion
This is a really important time for people to be visiting IBC. We have unprecedented dynamics in our industry as the world grapples with serious economic issues, and social and
technological changes make for an uncertain future. This future can be exciting but needs all of us to be constantly calibrating with customers, partners and industry players alike. As such, visitors will be even more interested to see how technology and products are evolving to deliver higher cost efficiencies and the ability to engage with new trends in media consumption.
Changing social behaviour and the use of multiple devices for media consumption are key opportunities within the broadcast sector. Our customers are looking to capitalise on these changes and need new solutions in order to efficiently satisfy their
solutions that in turn help our customers to be differentiated in their markets. There are many examples of this and I would encourage people to visit the stand to see what we have on offer.
Simon Derry: ‘IBC2012 has Momentum’
business models in each. This is driving technology, operational and cost changes which we are embodying in new and innovative solutions for both live television and TV Everywhere that Snell is providing today.
In the past few years the business has been transformed and we now offer combinations of differentiated hardware and software products and
As a good example, IBC sees the launch of Momentum, our state-of-the-art Media Asset Management (MAM) and workflow automation system, allowing file-based workflows to be created and managed more effectively than ever before and enabling new efficiencies in both linear and non linear content delivery. In addition, you will see our highly integrated ICE channel-in-a-box which completely revolutionises the conventional economics of delivering television content to maximise commercial and operational benefits. Finally we have all of our solutions in live television, including Kahuna 360, undoubtedly the world’s most advanced production switcher, which gives our customers total flexibility to create the very best in live TV. 8B68
Compact tele zoom debuts
Carl Zeiss By David Fox
Following the success of its Compact Prime CP.2 lens range, Carl Zeiss has introduced its first Compact Zoom. It is claimed to be the first of its kind with interchangeable mount (for PL, EF, F, MFT and E mounts) and full frame capturing capability.
“The Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 is first in a line of zoom lenses designed for the owner/operator from Carl Zeiss that allows them to be used with a wide variety of current and future cameras, because of their compact design, full-frame coverage and interchangeable mounts,” said Christian Bannert, senior director R&D, Carl Zeiss Camera Lens
Division. “There has never been a zoom lens on the market with similar features.”
It weights 2.8kg, making it ideal for the smaller, lighter HD cameras introduced in the last year, especially when used with Steadicam systems or handheld. The €14,900 lens has an 18-blade aperture, giving it a round iris opening and natural out- of-focus rendition. As with the CP.2 family, the cine-style housing with gearing allows the
attachment of any standard follow-focus system. It is claimed to deliver flare-free results and has no focus shift over the whole zoom range. It will start shipping in the next few months and more CZ.2 zoom lenses with additional focal lengths will be added later. 11.G64
Quality Monitoring System for broadcast and satellite
SatService By Ian McMurray
Announced at IBC2012 is the new sat-nms QMon DVB-S2 Quality Monitoring System for broadcast and satellite ground station applications from SatService The sat-nms QMon Quality Monitoring System is based on SatService’s widely
distributed
sat-nms MNC Monitoring & Control System, and is designed for monitoring the receive RF performance - signal level, signal to noise ratio and channel bit error rate and so on - of satellite transponders used for video/audio/IP broadcasting.
12 dual tuner PCI
Express cards allow the reception and monitoring of 24 DVB-S or DVB-S2 transponders. The event and alarm log of the sat- nms QMon software
provides the operator with tools to analyse the length of a transmission or reception loss. According to SatService, a key feature of the sat- nms QMon DVB-S2 is the capability for three of the systems, located at three different receive
sites/countries, to talk to each other and generate a real up-link transponder loss signal based on
QMon DVB-S2 monitors receive RF performance
combinational logic, taking
into account the situation at each different location. This allows the up-link teleport to verify if the up- link signal was really the cause of the reception loss or only an atmospheric attenuation of the downlink signal.
In addition, software file
recorders are installed which store level and bit error rate information so that the operator can retrieve the values from recent weeks for graphical analysis. 1.F47
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