12 Monday 10.09.2012 In Brief
more accessible Multiscreen is a hot topic at IBC2012, and Access is getting in on the act by showcasing a portfolio of solutions. These include TV- centric browsers, connected TV products, DLNA technologies, solutions that use the cloud and an OTT platform integrated with social networks. The aim is to provide operators with opportunities to monetise their content in ways that reflect the specific requirements of their customer base in today’s connected, multiscreen world. Examples of the company’s solutions are NetFront Living Connect 3.0, which is designed to make studios and other content owners confident that their most valuable content, such as early release HD movies, can be securely shared between devices and that all business model constraints can be maintained. 14.103
Netgem STB Viaplay, which is part of the Modern Times Group – an international entertainment broadcasting group with operations that span four continents – has selected Netgem to supply its new Viaplay Box. The Viaplay Box is a hybrid STB which offers viewers a wide range of OTT delivered premium TV channels, free to air terrestrial channels and the full Viaplay online service in a single set-top box. Viaplay is the leading online pay-TV service in the Nordic region, and offers OTT delivery of premium TV, movies and sports content to anyone with a broadband connection on multiple devices, now including the Viaplay Box in Sweden. 5.B45
Viaplay chooses Multiscreen even
theibcdaily Connecting the consumer
Given the huge popular uptake of tablets like the iPad and the increasing availability of connected televisions, we are close to the ideal of consumers watching content on the device they want, at the time they want, in the place they want. That is the underlying message behind one of the Connected Consumer Debates in the IBC Connected World today, Redefining the Connected Content
Experience. It starts at 12:00 today in the IBC Connected World Demonstration Area. Also in this morning’s programme is a
Guests welcome
Studio Technologies By Michael Burns
The Model 5140 Intercom Interface from Studio Techologies is making its debut at IBC2012. The new module provides a unified connection interface for party line (PL) and 4-wire (line- level) intercom systems for professional audio and broadcast markets. According to the company, this offers a reliable and easy-to-use I/O panel for remote broadcast and infrastructure applications. Studio Technologies specifically designed the Model 5140 to allow ‘guest’ users, including media crews, OB vans or uplink trucks and temporary equipment to be quickly and efficiently linked to ports on a host intercom system. Two input and two output signals, either analogue or digital, are typically connected to ports
on a facility’s matrix intercom or fibre optic-based signal transport system. Model 5140 contains a 4-wire to 2-wire converter and intercom power supply circuitry to provide a 2-channel broadcast- standard party-line intercom interface. This allows users to directly connect PL beltpack devices, as well as interconnection with existing party-line circuits. Two auto-null circuits provide high quality audio performance. The Model 5140 also contains two analogue 4-wire (line level) inputs and outputs on standard 3-pin XLR connectors. These are provided so that ports on a guest intercom system can be directly connected, as well as being compatible with a wide variety of application-specific equipment. Status indicators and audio level meters help to ensure that optimal performance is maintained. 8.E72
Q&A
Eric Gallier, VP marketing, Thomson Video
Networks
Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? IBC always provides an excellent environment in which attendees can examine new technologies for their businesses, and the rapid, ongoing emergence of ‘TV everywhere’ consumption culture today makes IBC a particularly valuable planning and purchasing venue.
What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?
The Model 5140 offers an easy-to-use I/O panel for remote broadcast and infrastructure applications
Delivering content to multiple screens while maintaining high video quality; Generating revenues from those multiple- screen services and employing technologies (such as encoders,
multiplexers, switchers) that support services with robust capabilities and flexibility with respect to format support, scalability, inputs/outputs.
Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? We’re showcasing several industry-firsts, including the Flextream 2.0, the first statistical multiplexing technology to increase efficiency by integrating ancillary services into the multiplexing pool, and the new NetProcessor 9030/40, the first multiplexer/scrambler to integrate a DVB-T2 gateway as well as a DVB-T2 MI reverse gateway. We’ll also demonstrate a new quad-channel version of the ViBE EM4000 HD encoder. 14A10
demonstration on using powerline communications to bring media to any room in the house, and another panel session, this time bringing together representatives of the trade associations and forums in the connected home arena to look into the future of connectivity. As well as the Demonstration Area the IBC Connected World is the place to go for the latest
applications for smartphones, games consoles, connected TVs and tablets, and to see how they are changing the media world. Find it in Hall 14.
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