8 Monday 10.09.2012 In Brief
Nautel television transmitter launch AM and FM radio transmitter manufacturer Nautel has announced that it is branching out into TV. The new NT100 is presented as the first in the NT Series of low power TV transmitters. The initial focus will be on the 2W to 100W UHF power range, with support for worldwide digital transmission standards, says the manufacturer. President and CEO, Peter Conlon, said the company had been “waiting for the right time to enter the TV transmitter market. “By investing in TV transmission we’re also making a commitment that should give both TV and radio broadcasters the confidence that we will be there to serve them for decades to come,” said Conlon. The NT100 combines a modulator, amplifier, remote control, adaptive pre-correction and mask filter in a compact enclosure. Operating in the UHF Wide Band spectrum (470-860MHz) and designed with ‘robust’ solid state components, the 4RU NT100 is intended to provide an attractive platform for low power TV broadcasting, retransmission or gap-filler applications. 8.C61
video encoder Known for its ultra-low latency encoders, Adtec Digital introducing what is says is one- frame latency to the market. Adtec’s EN-91P is a 1080P AVC 3D/HD/SD encoder that offers Fiber SFP video input. Paired with the RD-70 integrated receiver/decoder, this video encoder can deliver 1080p HD-SDI with end-to-end delays of only one or three frames using a fraction of the bandwidth required for Motion JPEG. The EN-91P, RD-60 and RD-70 are fully interoperable with leading third-party receivers and encoders. Adtec is also debuting the EN-20 as a complement to the YUV2QAM and mediaHUB- HDPro distribution solutions. The EN-20 is positioned to deliver two broadcast quality MPEG-2 HD or SD services with Dolby audio encode and pass-through support. The EN-20 is said to support all the VBI services required for real broadcast applications but at a ‘professionally targeted’ price
point.The dual channel capability, Dolby and VBI support will attract broadcast, MSO, private cable and professional users. 1.D01
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theibcdaily Sohonet Shuttle
Signiant By Anne Morris
Signiant has gained a new route to market following the signing of a partnership with connectivity and data management specialist, Sohonet, that sees the integration of Signiant Media Shuttle file transfer technology with the new Sohonet Hub. According to David Nortier, managing director EMEA for Signiant, the specialist in file movement software has traditionally focused on the broadcast market, but the relationship with Sohonet will allow it to address the production and post production market. “We needed a go-to-market partner for this sector,” Nortier said, adding: “We are at the early stage of a long relationship.” Launched in July, the new Sohonet Hub service enables customers to find, communicate and share
Damien Carroll of Sohonet (left) and Signiant’s David Nortier
information and digital content with others via the Sohonet Media Network. Signiant Media Shuttle will be an embedded part of the hub and will be labeled as a new Sohonet service called FileRunner. “Before, our network was a hidden thing, but customer feedback highlighted the need for a user interface so we launched the hub,” said Damien Carroll, chief operating officer of
Sohonet. “The launch of Sohonet FileRunner marks the start of a series of exciting, value-added services that Sohonet will be layering over existing offerings to ensure a consistently high-level customer experience across the globe,” he added.
This is also the first
partnership deal for Signiant Media Shuttle, said Nortier. 14.621
Channel surfing into Slovenia
director. “Having identified broadcast as a key new sector, we were especially focused on putting together a state of the art system which would provide a reliable and modern platform from which we can build the business.”
Lebeninik explained that the
Tom Gittins, Pebble Beach and Bine Lebeninik, TSmedia R&D director, celebrate the deal at IBC
By Michael Burns
TSmedia, the media arm of Telekom Slovenija, has selected Marina automation by Pebble Beach Systems to sit at the heart of its new facility in Ljubljana. Marina will be handling ingest, content
management and playout. “TSmedia is a progressive and ambitious organisation looking to increase revenue opportunities beyond our core multimedia development and content provider business,” said Bine Lebeninik, TSmedia research and development
key requirement had been that the solution should provide a high level of automation to enable TSmedia to minimise both human error and manpower costs as far as possible, as well as to provide flexibility for the future. First from the new
broadcaster will be Planet TV, a general entertainment channel carrying a mixture of live news and sports together with documentaries, movies and reality shows. It is planned to go on air in early November. 8.B58
Audio descriptor gets new look
Starfish Technologies By Michael Burns
Starfish Technologies has revamped the interface for its flagship audio description software, Advantage Authoring. It aims to further streamline the authoring process, which enables a voice artist to script and then record segments of commentary at appropriate times.
The overhaul of the GUI has involved incorporating industry standard transport/delete controls, limiting the use of drop down menus and removing some of the button labelling for ease of localisation. Advantage Authoring automatically mixes the audio description recorded by the voice artist with the programme audio. The software creates an Extended Subtitle Exchange
Format (ESEF) file that contains the script of each spoken segment of audio description, with a timecode and a reference to the WAV file for each segment. “The workflow is very slick,” said Starfish Sales and Marketing Director, Peter Blatchford. “Once the artist has recorded the audio description on this workstation, they just need to hit one button and the linear audio file is delivered for transmission.” 8.A23
World exclusive movie showing
This evening IBC presents a very special event indeed. Not just a great movie, but shown using the latest laser projection technology. We believe this to be the first time a complete feature length 3D movie has been shown using laser projection anywhere in the world. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo won five Oscars, including cinematography and visual effects. You will get all the immersive experience of stereoscopic 3D, but with a screen brightness that you expect from conventional 2D presentations – 14ft-lamberts for peak white. The stunning pictures are matched by the latest in Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
That best does get better, though, because tonight’s screening – courtesy of Paramount Pictures International, Christie and XPAND 3D – is complimentary to all IBC attendees. Space in the Auditorium is limited so be there in plenty of time. Hugo is being shown tonight at 18:30 in the Auditorium. Doors open at 18:15. Visit
www.ibc.org/bigscreen for more information.
Solid state IBC success
Toshiba By Monica Heck
Toshiba’s first time at IBC has been very positive so far, with visitors expressing interest in the power-saving, speed and bandwidth benefits of solid- state storage. “We’re showing how solid- state devices can replace hard drives”, said Rob Belle-Isle, director of marketing and engineering for new media. “The new products were made for the Asian market and we wanted to make sure we were price- competitive, which we are.” He explained that for the first time ever, Toshiba is showing solid-state pushing out directly to IP without any CPU buffering. “This has been tremendous because we’re finally hitting Europe and that’s a whole new market for us,” he added. “It’s very interesting for the European market to understand that solid- state isn’t as expensive as they thought it was, when you turn it into a solution such as ours.” 9.B12
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