122 Friday 13.09.13 theibcdaily In Brief
Reworked MonoCAT cables
are unveiled Germany’s Sommer Cable is showcasing a fully reworked and unified MonoCAT cable family at IBC2013. The hybrid cables all contain network lines complemented by signal or power supply elements, allowing
connections to be made to sound, lighting or video control desks using only one cable and with only one plug-in procedure. The family features a
reworked internal CAT.7 construction in SFTP with a line gauge of 0.22mm2
that
allows for improved transmission paths, potentially providing trouble- free transmission of signals based on gigabit Ethernet over distances up to 100m. 9.B31
Everything’s under
control at Studer A new range of low-cost hardware control panels for Studer’s Route 6000 and Studer Vista and OnAir consoles is being presented, which provide single key cross-point switching, or the X-Y style operation often used in master control rooms or as remote source selectors on mixing consoles. Available with either 32 or 64 physical switches, they can be mounted as 19-inch, 2U rack mount panels or 190mmx80mm DIN size modules for mounting in mixing desks. The larger 64-key panel may be configured to provide 64x1, 32x2, 16x4 or 8x8 key per cross-point selection; or 48x16, 52x12, 56x8 in X-Y mode. The 32-key panel provides for 32x1, 16x2, 8x4 cross-point; and 16x16, 20x12 and 24x8 X-Y modes. 8.D60
Big things come in
small packages Lawo’s V_pro8 video processor, which was developed for the live editing of video streams and routing, is being presented at IBC. Lawo claims that its exceptional performance, ultra-small footprint, and “a talent for making things easy through intuitive operation” are the salient features of this 1U device, which offers a number of high-end features such as frame synchronisation, format conversion, colour correction, and audio de-embedding and metering. 8.C71
New head pulls focus Harris Broadcast
By Dick Hobbs Harris Broadcast completed its transformation from part of the massive Harris Corporation to an independent, venture capital- funded entity in July by appointing Charlie Vogt as its new CEO. This followed nine years as president of Genband, which under his guidance had grown to be number one in the voice over IP market. This is his first interview in the new job. “I come from an industry that just transformed a TDM network to IP,” he said. “It happened very fast, a lot faster than a lot of folks thought. And I do think this whole digital to IP revolution in the broadcast space will come a lot faster than everyone thinks.” Any revolution is an opportunity for start-up companies to come to the fore, but Vogt argues that the founders of new businesses are distracted by the need to find funding. That, he says, is why “nine and a half start-ups out of ten fail”. He believes his challenge is to take the financially secure Harris Broadcast and give it agility. “We have an opportunity to take a company with $400 million
transmitters, routers, servers – for which Harris is famous? Vogt was careful to emphasise that traditional broadcast still represents 85-90% of the market today, and that will remain central to Harris Broadcast.
Charlie Vogt: “We have a unique opportunity”
in sales and nearly 4000 customers and create an entrepreneurial culture,” he argued. “Frankly, we are a company that has been starved inside a very large company. Harris Corporation really wasn’t focused in this space. It doesn’t matter how big or small you are, if you don’t have the focus, it’s just going to go sideways.
“The best thing that happened was that it was acquired by a
Clean and Bright sources switched
Ensemble Designs
By Michael Burns A new compact router that provides a clean way to integrate a mix of SDI and HDMI cameras and other sources in a live event is being showcased by Ensemble Designs. The BrightEye NXT 410 Clean HDMI Router features built- in clean switches to provide seamless video and audio switching of all sources, including those that are asynchronous. Switches are instantaneous, even when using HDMI sources, while the company says pops, glitches and flashes would be eliminated with the router’s built-in frame syncs. A front panel LCD displays realtime full motion video of the router sources, while the outputs can be fed to projectors, flat screens and production equipment. BrightEye NXT 410 has four
HDMI inputs, one HDMI output, two dedicated SDI inputs and two SDI outputs, one flexible SDI port that can be either an input or output, as well as a SFP (small format pluggable) port that can be fibre or mini BNC. It accepts 3G, HD and SD signals. A signal can come in as HDMI and be output as SDI, and vice versa, with the output format following the inputs. The NXT 410 sports front panel buttons and can be configured from the front panel or via a web browser. Video thumbnails of the router sources can be viewed on the web browser control window, with thumbnails updated several frames per second. 8.B91
private equity firm that was focused on investing in the company,” he continued. “They recognised early on that it needed some change, creating a better balance with intellectual property and domain knowledge to create the right kind of recipe going forward.”
What is that recipe going
forward? Does it mean a fundamental shift away from the big infrastructure products –
“The challenge for companies like ours is to continue to service that 90%, but also make sure we are putting the right level of time, energy and investment in innovation, so we can participate in where the industry is going. “That is a big mind-shift inside the company,” Vogt said. “It doesn’t mean it is an easy road ahead. We have very capable competitors in this space, big and small. We have got to be better, we have got to be more responsive to our customers, we have got to create the right kind of product and innovation balance for today’s needs and where the industry is going. “I think a lot of the folks that have traditionally participated in this market may get outflanked and blindsided, because there is a whole other world around how they are going to deliver and manage content,” he concluded. “We have a unique opportunity to have a big play in content management – and it’s mainly software.” 7.G20
5.1 the easy way Sennheiser
By Paul Watson The new ESFERA surround microphone system from Sennheiser provides 5.1 surround sound from just two channels, making complicated surround mic installations a thing of the past. Presented to the public for the first time at IBC, it is due for release in March 2014. The system includes a high- quality stereo microphone and a 19-inch rack mount processing unit that converts the stereo signal into a complete 5.1 signal, whether in realtime or during post production.
The ‘sandwich sized’ BrightEye NXT 410 can switch cleanly between HDMI and SDI sources
In fixed installations, ESFERA’s audio signal is fed into the stadium’s network via two standard mic cables then converted into an AES3 signal and routed to the OB van, where the host broadcaster then can either convert them into 5.1 on site and transmit locally, or directly transmit to local broadcasters
5.1 surround sound from two channels with ESFERA
who can do the 5.1 conversion at their end.
ESFERA only uses two of the four audio inputs on a broadcast camera; and throughout the production process the audio remains in sync with the video and is only decoded into 5.1 during the last production step. It is also the first system which allows the recording of 5.1 surround sound from a wireless camera. 8.D50
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