theibcdaily Friday 13.09.13 3 Broadcasters must take control By George Jarrett
Simon Fell says he has become the EBU director of Technology & Innovation at an exciting time for public service broadcasters. Considering what he regards as the most important IBC ever staged, he said: “There is a great unravelling of many new technologies before us, and the EBU is in a great position to help broadcasters make the right choices for the future. “Here at IBC we are going to see lots of new tricks to be played with audio, and there will be all sorts of conversations about 4K and new methods of workflow,” he added. “Different file formats and workflows are what people have to contend with. If you talk to production and post specialists they are all grappling with different niche solutions to deal with the
consumers a more compelling 4K story,” he said. “We have the whole issue of frame rates still to be bottomed out, and then we have the high dynamic range issue as well. There is a lot of work going into the development of HEVC codecs, and the bitrates that will be achieved.”
Simon Fell: “It’s time the tension between IT and engineering was wiped away, and we make better use of each other’s skills”
massive floods of data we get from new digital cameras and huge shooting ratios.” Big data equates to big headaches, and Fell tempers his enthusiasm for UHD TV with
another warning. “It is not just about high resolution, but about a package of technologies that are either with us or just around the corner. These could be bundled to give broadcasters and
From camera to cloud Sony By Adrian Pennington
The cloud is moving stealthily from storage resource to fully-fledged production platform and this takes a step further with the European debut of Sony’s Ci. Sony Media Cloud Services has timed the launch to introduce new applications and wireless camera integration.
On the production side there is Ci RoughCut, a browser-based editing application that enables the sourcing, stitching and light editing of multiple clips. Ci ReviewApprove allows frame- accurate threaded commenting and annotation, realtime group discussions with onscreen notifications, and the ability to export EDL markers. A wireless adapter will collect footage from the Sony professional camcorders, enabling
TVLogic to Al Jazeera
TVLogic By Will Strauss
Al Jazeera will kit out its global newsgathering operation with the TVLogic LVM-074W field monitor after securing a deal with distributor Alphatron (11.C36). Revealed at IBC, the deal will see news teams from 70 countries use the monitor while producing content for Al Jazeera’s three channels.
Al Jazeera English news operations manager Paul Quinn said: “The TVLogic product has proved reliable in the field and provides our crews with a lightweight yet robust monitor.” The LVM-074W features a 1024x600 7-inch LED backlit LCD panel housed in magnesium alloy case.
Designed to work alongside the latest compact cinema cameras,
transmission over networks and efficient remote WiFi operation. Users can transmit high-resolution files via 3G, 4G, LTE, or WiFi to a broadcast station, or upload them directly into Ci’s cloud. The capability enables transmitting dailies from a field location, monitoring recorded images quickly onsite, remotely sharing edited work on a cloud platform, and more. “With today’s production teams dispersed across multiple
See Ci sea: new editing, browse and workflow tools
locations and up against accelerating production timelines, getting content from the camera into the hands of editors, producers, or directors quickly and efficiently can be challenging, to say the least – especially when they’re working with extremely large files,” said Naomi Climer,
Autocue Workflow division in MBO Autocue
TVLogic’s LVM-074W will be used in the field by Al Jazeera
the LVM-074W can be used as a viewfinder monitor and offers waveform/vectorscope, built-in HDMI to HD-SDI conversion output, horizontal and vertical image flip, focus assist and audio Level Meter. It also features a user selectable temperature adaptive colour function that measures LCD panel temperature and automatically compensates the white balance drift caused by cold or hot weather. 10.D26
By David Fox Autocue Group is to sell its Workflow division to group CTO Neil Hutchins. The division encompasses its newsroom, automation and media management software, video server and production suite hardware, and associated maintenance contract customers. Autocue Group will retain the Prompting division, together with the Autocue and QTV brands. The deal is likely to complete by the end of September.
This is the culmination of a long-term strategy to separate the two divisions. “We’ve been operating Prompting and Workflow as separate divisions for well over a year now, with
What about the public service doom-mongers? “In fact it is the best time to be a broadcaster because there are many more ways to reach the viewer,” said Fell. “It is important to have a cohesive approach so that you don’t have to break your back every time you want to develop the same content/audience. But it is hard for broadcasters to deal with so many different manufacturers’ interfaces.” The real challenges are obvious. “Spectrum is what so many of our members rely on.
For many their markets are terrestrial, and there are challenges around getting any growth. And launching new HD services is going to be difficult if the necessary UHF spectrum gets used for other purposes,” said Fell. “At the same time broadcasters
don’t need to be totally defeatist because opportunities will arrive to put their content on other media,” he added. “We are talking now about how EBU members can control their own destiny, and make use of new technology without losing sight of the security aspects,” he added. “It is important that you take into account the best practices of IT at the same time you are doing this. It is time the tension between IT and engineering was wiped away, and we all make better use of each other’s skills.”
president, Sony Media Cloud Services. “Ci’s ability to receive content wirelessly from cameras and immediately launch applications like RoughCut and ReviewApprove streamlines the entire workflow so that, as soon as content is shot, people around the world can start working. That’s exciting.” Introduced at IBC in beta, Ci’s self-service model will allow professionals to sign up online and start using Ci immediately. Monthly subscriptions start at €37 per month per user with scalable storage and production application bundle options. 12.A10
dedicated development and operational teams and Richard Satchell and Neil Hutchins at the helm of their respective divisions. We now feel the time is right for each business to have the dedicated focus it requires to address its full growth potential,” said Frank Hyman, group CEO. “The Workflow division is very
profitable, has a strong customer base, an excellent solution set and an exciting future,” he added. Because of the buy out, only
the Prompting business is exhibiting at this year’s IBC, although it has a sales representative at the show. “Once the transition is complete we’ll be announcing significant extensions to our product range,” said Hutchins.
Hyman will become executive chairman, with Satchell replacing him as CEO. 11.F45
Conference highlights today at IBC
Strategic Social – Letting the Viewer take Charge (Forum: 08:00-09:00)
Convention Keynote – 100 years of Indian Cinema (Forum: 09:30-10:30)
Second Screen and Social Innovation
(Forum: 11:00-12:30)
Big Data: Broadcasting’s new Oil or Digital exhaust (Forum: 13:30- 15:00)
The Big Data Revolution (Forum: 15:30-17:00)
The Second Screen – From Statistics to Services (E102: 08:00-09:30)
Next Generation Advertising: Protecting and Growing Broadcasting’s Share of Advertising revenue (E102: 11:00-12:30)
Smart Viewer Interfaces (Emerald: 15:30-16:30)
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