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Mobile chips stave off ‘data tsunami’
Conference Analysis
By Ann-Marie Corvin Wireless and chip manufacturer Qualcomm is adding broadcast functionality to its next generation of mobile phone chips to open up “a whole slew of opportunities for broadcasters” as well as preventing cellular networks from drowning under a “data tsunami” according to executive vice president, Peggy Johnson.
Johnson, who spoke in the IBC session examining the next wave of technology, said that her company is currently working on the next generation of chips for the 4LTE standard of mobile phones and handsets. “We will be able to integrate all the new standards and codecs, Ultra HD, 4K capture and playback into the next generation of chips very quickly,” she said.
Peggy Johnson: “In the next 10 years the amount of data is going to be a thousand times the amount it is today”
While the wireless manufacturer had tried to launch a platform with broadcast spectrum in the past – Flo TV – she admitted that it had never got over its
proprietary issues with the handset manufacturers. She insisted that the ability to
embed broadcast functionality into mobile was still important, however, and added that the key to future services taking off would be “to get broadcast into a standard chip. Before it was separate but in the future it is going to be built in.”
She added that the ability to
offload data from cellular onto broadcast networks would also free up mobile services weighed down by an increasing amount of video content. “More than half of all data on mobile networks is video and that is going to reach two-thirds by 2018. There is going to be a data tsunami out there. In the next 10 years the amount of data is going to be a thousand times the amount it is today. So with limited spectrum what do you do? Broadcast is one answer to that.”
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Maverik provides keys to new OB van concept Snell By Michael Burns
Germany’s TV Skyline will be using Snell’s Kahuna 360 production switcher at the heart of a new-generation OB truck, including the first deployment of Maverik control panels for Kahuna 360 in a mobile unit.
Optimised to meet the demands of large-scale events and live sports coverage, the truck will make use of five Make M/E-enabled units that
can be configured into multiple, application-specific M/Es. The new truck will be 3G-capable and 4K- ready throughout and will feature a Snell Sirius 840 routing switcher and IQ Modular infrastructure. “Maverik modules can be assembled in a huge variety of configurations, assuring that the limited space in the mobile unit isn’t wasted on buttons, M/Es, and panels that aren’t needed,” said Stefan Geradts, Snell’s sales director Central and Eastern Europe. Wolfgang Reeh, founder and CEO of TV Skyline, said it was
Wolfgang Reeh, TV Skyline and Stefan Geradts, Snell
critical to employ systems that can be tailored to the demands of a given event. “Event-specific control solutions are only possible with a control panel system that enables the user to change the order and combination of the subpanels on an individual basis,” said Reeh. “Snell’s Maverik is the only product to achieve this functionality. In combination with the Kahuna 360 system’s Make M/E technology, the Maverik panel will enable us to realise our vision of a uniquely customisable OB van.” 8.D70
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Ikegami
By David Fox Ikegami has brought the sensor used in the Alexa to the studio and OB market in “a new type of dock- cam style studio camera with an ARRI front end, using a single large super 35mm sensor. It is ideal for studio drama or music,” said Masanori Kondo, president, Ikegami Europe. The first delivery, of eight HDK-97 ARRI PL-mount cameras, went to MTV which used them for its Video Music Awards. “Although it is the same sensor as the Alexa, it is Ikegami’s digital signal processing and TV output,”
said Stephan Shenk, ARRI’s general manager, camera division. “It’s a collaboration between ARRI and Ikegami to bring the aesthetics of the motion picture to the TV studio.”
“It gives all the camera features you want, like shallow depth of field, low noise, high dynamic range, very natural colour reproduction, very good skin tones, and you can rack it like a normal studio or OB system camera,” added Mark Capstick, general manager Ikegami UK. Several German TV stations are
currently testing the camera, and “are very interested”, said Kondo. It can do 1080 50p, as well as 24 and 25p. It would normally be
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