David Eun, Samsung’s EVP/Global Media, told IBC conference delegates in a Keynote session that the world’s biggest manufacturer of TV sets is developing an Evolution Kit that will be used to upgrade TV sets and move them to the kind of replacement cycle that is more typical of Silicon Valley products. Having joined Samsung in January after jobs at AOL and Google, Eun is eager to add a new dimension to Samsung devices and to make the ecosystem work better. “We’re selling three TV sets a second, and in the US we outsell the next three set manufacturers combined,” said Eun. “Our sets are increasingly modular and while
The official newspaper of IBC New device dimension Inside He admitted that as far as on-
“We’re selling three TV sets a second,” Samsung’s EVP/Global Media David Eun told interviewer Kate Bulkley
we’d love to sell a new TV every year to our loyal customers we know that’s not likely.”
Eun explained Samsung is spending $9 billion every year on R&D at 24 centres around the world, and is also looking
at virtual set-top boxes – it signed a deal with Verizon to put its Fios TV app on Samsung TVs – as well as the harmonisation of its vertically integrated suite of tablets, phones and smart TVs.
screen content was concerned nothing was being ruled out, but he told interviewer Kate Bulkley that he is isn’t writing cheques to content makers at the moment. While Samsung was happy, and indeed enthusiastic, about working with partners like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and local players like the BBC, it was too early to establish any firm ‘Rev-Share’ model with content owners. “We want to stay flexible,” said Eun. “We don’t produce content – but never say never. We do recognise the skills and artistry involved in content making and its importance. Meanwhile, we see ourselves as distribution partners for those content creators. Nevertheless, aggregation [of content] remains an option.”
Al Kass, the Qatar-based sports broadcaster, is to make a significant investment in EVS
technology after a deal struck at IBC. The investment in new production
Dutchview has signed a deal at IBC with Grass Valley to outfit a new studio it is operating for SBS Broadcast in Amsterdam. The studio will be used for SBS’ main twice-daily news show and will be equipped by local systems integrator Digital & Media Solutions. “We figured out with SBS and Grass Valley the best system for our workflow. It will be automated with Ignite and go on air on 24 November: it is on air now from an OB van,” explained Dutchview CEO Nico Roest. The contract includes four LDK8000 cameras, a Kayak 3M/E switcher, Concerto routing and K2 Servers. It is the second automated studio Dutchview has provided for SBS in Amsterdam. Pictured: Roest and Dutchview Operations Manager Robert Reparon celebrate the SBS deal with Moulin Rouge Can Can dancers Cherie and Tresor on the Grass Valley stand. – David Fox 1.D11
technology will help to drive the expansion of the Al Kass Sports Channel and supply the broadcaster’s new facility at the Aspire Zone sporting complex in Doha. This tranche of investment includes equipping studios with six XS production servers for ingest, IPDirector content production and management suite, as well as Xedio CleanEdit for highlight packages. Three additional XS servers will be deployed to the master control room for transmission. The overall architecture will be orchestrated by the newly-released XSquare solution. (L-R) Bruno Schmetz, EVS Operations & Sales manager; Samer Younes, consultant engineer for Al Kass; Quentin Grutman, EVS general manager, EMEA; and Mohammad Abu Zannad, general manager of distributor Mediators. – Michael Burns 8.B90
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Next-Generation Cable and Wireless New technologies and standards
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