130 Saturday 14.09.13 theibcdaily In Brief
Rugged wireless video link system The AB305Rugged wireless video link system has been added to provider of microwave video link systems AbonAir’s product portfolio. ABonAir’s wireless video link systems transmit video content from cameras to OB vans or broadcast stations using microwave technology. The systems enable camera teams to transmit broadcast sessions directly from a camera to an OB van or director-monitor over the air, without complex and time- consuming cable setting. 3.B20j
LTO sales pass
225 million mark Total global sales of LTO tapes have passed 225 million for the first time, the LTO Program has revealed. Based on data provided by Santa Clara Consulting, the landmark figure takes into account LTO sales from all three of the LTO Program technology provider companies HP, IBM and Quantum, and represents the potential of more than 90,000 petabytes of data being stored on the long- term storage and archive cartridges.
At the same time, the LTO
Program has revealed that the latest incarnation of LTO tape, version 6, is selling faster than its predecessor did following launch. 9.B20
Enensys launches OneBeam for
signal distribution Provider of digital TV transmission technologies, Enensys, has announced an advance in signal
distribution in the DTT and DTH markets with the launch of OneBeam. This product overcomes a central signal distribution hurdle, that of the inability to use the same satellite network to deliver services for both DTH users (DVB- S2) and DTT (DVB-T or T2), delivering a range of OPEX benefits.
With the launch of OneBeam, the same satellite transponder can be used for both DTH and DTT services. OneBeam provides a single feed with no modification of the AV stream (the DTH signal remains untouched). 2.A17
Game on for TriCaster NewTek
By Carolyn Giardina When live streaming specialists 3xScreen Media needed to create online coverage for the inaugural Gfinity eSports competition, the result was the largest-ever European NewTek TriCaster production. 3xScreen created a 28-input,
six-programme output production using five TriCasters, which was streamed to
Twitch.tv and viewed by more than 2.5 million gaming enthusiasts around the world. Gfinity London 2013, held in
July, attracted teams from around
the world for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and League of Legends Championships. “This was a ground-breaking eSports event. We required online live coverage to match, including 3D visual effects, virtual sets, graphics and transitions,” said Paul Kent, COO of Gfinity. “The brief was to produce broadcast production value programming that was innovative and affordable – a difficult challenge, and exactly what was delivered by 3xScreen.” 3xScreen Media met Gfinity’s live video production and streaming requirements by using five production pods comprising one TriCaster 8000, two TriCaster 855s and two TriCaster 850s.
joiz of Berlin for social TV channel
Wellen+Nöthen
By Heather McLean Social TV channel joiz is expanding from Switzerland into Germany and is working with systems architect Wellen+Nöthen for the technical implementation of its transmedial infrastructure. joiz has been on air in Berlin since the beginning of August, where it has bought over two years of social TV experience to a new audience. joiz enables users to link classic TV, mobile internet and social networks in an innovative broadcasting concept. “We are bringing more than two years of social TV experience
from Switzerland to our new site in Berlin,” said joiz CEO Alexander Mazzara, going on to describe the German capital as “one of the most diverse and fastest-growing cities in Europe, offering us the perfect location from which to broadcast our colourful programme mix comprising fashion, lifestyle, music, culture and much more.” The new site also acts as a strategically valuable hub for any additional branches the channel may wish to open in Europe. As a result, Wellen+Nöthen developed a scalable and extensible broadcasting infrastructure in Berlin that has the capacity to perform additional medium-term tasks from other locations. 3.B40
Together the TriCasters created six programme outputs from 28-input sources including fixed and manned cameras, live commentary, game feeds and the master studio. The six programme outputs, enhanced with animated graphics and VTs, fed four
Twitch.tv live stream channels and event screens. Said 3xScreen managing
director Scott Robinson: “The success of the Gfinity production, measured by viewer figures and feedback, could not have been achieved without TriCaster. [It] helped us create programming of a quality that previously required 10 times the budget.” Philip Nelson, chief relationship
The largest NewTek TriCaster production in Europe
officer at NewTek, added: “NewTek is excited to be the technology behind this highly- acclaimed gaming webcast. The portability, ease of use and power found in TriCaster has made it the production system of choice for online events around the world.” 7.K11
Ray Dolby – 1933-2013 Dolby
By Chris Forrester
Audio engineer, inventor and philanthropist Ray Dolby died 12 September in San Francisco, aged 80. He had been suffering from leukemia. Dolby, from a summer job at AMPEX, helped create its first audio tape deck in 1949 and its quadruplex videodeck in 1956. He founded Dolby Labs in the UK in 1965 and his first invention, the Dolby Sound System, came that year. He moved the company to San Francisco in 1976, but was already enjoying success with his Noise Reduction technology which had quickly become the benchmark in recording studios. Dolby Stereo, Dolby ProLogic
Sporting chance in digital archives EVS By Michael Burns
Sports TV production specialist Input Media has invested in EVS’ media archive management solution, MediArchive Director, to help power its new digital archiving service. The end-to-end ingest-to-delivery system features a multi-tenant media archive management option. This means Input Media will be able to offer cost-effective, centralised and secure archive services to multiple sports federations – the first client for the service is England’s Football Association. EVS claimed MediArchive
EVS MediArchive Director will enable Input Media to preserve and exploit valuable content
Director would enable Input Media to extend its archive services, without having to make huge changes to its infrastructure. “The key benefit of MediArchive Director is that we will be able to
service multiple customers with a single archive system, allowing us to offer federations a cost- effective asset management solution,” said David Wood, executive chairman at Input Media. “MediArchive Director will also help us streamline operations as it integrates seamlessly into our current EVS-based production environment.” In other show news, the EBU has enlisted EVS News as one of the key systems providers to its round-the-clock Eurovision News Exchange. The EBU operates Euroradio and Eurovision, the media industry’s premier producer and distributor of live sports, news and entertainment content. The Eurovision News Exchange
chose EVS News to deliver a centralised ingest platform based on its XS media server and IPDirector production asset management suite. EVS News deployed four of its XS media servers for instant playout and multiple feed ingest, allowing up to 12 feeds to be simultaneously recorded. EVS’ IPDirector suite will enable production staff to view recorded content, create and manage playlists, track and transfer files as well as control recordings on the XS servers using the Ingest Scheduler tool. The new infrastructure is undergoing newsroom testing and will be operational by the end of the year. 8.B90
and Dolby Digital all followed, as did Dolby Surround 7.1 in 2010. The company mounted an IPO in 2005. Forbes estimated his net worth at about $2.4 billion. 2.A31
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