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theibcdaily Monday 16.09.13 3 Goodbye to SDI? By George Jarrett


The group set up by SMPTE, the EBU and VSF to investigate the business-driven case for killing off SDI – the Joint Taskforce on Networked Media – will publish its report in November.


The gist of what to expect was


offered by Felix Poulin, project manager for the EBU, who led the writing of the request for technologies. “We have 220 people on the mail collector,” he said. “The report could lead to standardisation, testing and proof of concepts.


“We collected the business- driven user requirements from a live production perspective, we asked technology providers to tell us what they had for fulfilling this task, and we will compare those responses to see if there is anything missing in the puzzle,” he added. “The gap analysis will be the report.”


The potential opportunities with any replacement for SDI will be flexibility in workflows, remote production, and potential cost savings. “Time pressure comes from the fact that manufacturers will


come up with proprietary solutions. For broadcasters it is vital that it is interoperable as indeed SDI is,” said Poulin. “Ultimately the user does not


care if it is SDI or something else. They want to run a certain business, and they imagine what that will be in three-to-five years. SDI is not enough in terms of providing flexibility. In consequence workflows are quite rigid.”


The BBC IP studio is a pointer to what could happen. There are two trends: one saying internet technology like AVB is the right approach, and the other


saying it must be IP because of the need to cover wide area networks. IP plus software


Russia to transmit 4K from Sochi By Chris Forrester


Russia’s NTV+ pay-TV operator will broadcast 4K material from this winter’s Sochi Olympic Games (7-16 March 2014). Oleg Kolesnikov, CTO at NTV+, speaking at a special Eutelsat 4K event at IBC, told delegates that the transmissions would go to public viewing areas and cinemas. “We have already been testing 4K in July in readiness for the Olympics and we very much want to demonstrate the


technology to Russian viewers. Our tests were using the H.264 mosaic cluster of four images using Canon cameras and Ericsson encoders, and using Eutelsat satellites. As an intermediate solution this works but we need to move forward so that the complete image is encoded in one go. We have planned for other tests this autumn, but using HEVC technology.” Eutelsat’s panelists include


Jerome Vieron, advanced research manager at Ateme,


who stressed that 4K was much more than just a boost in pixel-count. “Our objective is to create a truly immersive experience and with our 4EVER partners we want to take this technology rapidly forward. But the truth is that we are only now at the starting block of the race,” he said. Samsung’s John Adam, head of business development, said: “This IBC is a 4K show. Last week’s IFA show was very much a 4K event, although in truth we need to say 4K is kind


of here today. There are still gaps that need filling. There are discussions about the connectivity with the set-top box, and we have to solve copy-protection issues, but looking forward we are seeing broadcasters in Europe, North America and Asia who are gearing up for 4K. The 4K train left the station at CES in January. The industry is now awash with 4K displays and it is only going to get better.” Massimo Bertolotti, transmission & distribution


indieUIP is broadcast USP


Indiecam By David Fox


(L-R) NEP CTO George Hoover; L-S-B’s Wilfried Luff and Jamie Dunn; Jeff Joslin, NEP and Anthony Teunen, L-S-B


NEP chooses VSM for OB L-S-B Broadcast


By Michael Burns NEP has announced the implementation of Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) from L-S-B as the central control system for its SS22 flagship HD mobile production truck. The SS22 boasts Pesa routers, a GVG Kayenne Switcher, Harris multi-viewers, Calrec Audio console, RTS intercom plus Cobalt and AJA processing technology. VSM talks directly to all these components, providing a single


The new indieUIP (Indiecam Universal Image Processor) is a “powerful but still miniscule standalone Image Processor” for broadcast use that “gives our camera very high-quality enhanced de-bayering, detail enhancement, noise


toolbox that is able to create control user interfaces and logic. Jeff Joslin, VP of nepLABS and chief engineer, led the project for NEP and said the goal for using VSM was to reduce truck setup times and offer operational simplicity through a combination of custom- configured touch screen software panels and flexible LCD hardware panels. “VSM had great appeal to us,” he added. “The variance of vendor equipment across our fleet means that a universal control system eases training, support and collaboration of innovative methodologies.” 8:B31


management and RGB black balance”, explained Raphael Barth, managing director. It’s necessary because the indieGS2K camera is Raw (eight were used on the new movie Rush, in the Formula 1 cars), “but broadcast doesn’t like Raw so much because it’s a lot of work in post.”


The UIP is small enough to use at the camera, but can be anywhere (via 3G HD-SDI). It can also be used with any 4:2:2 SDI camera as a 3D LUT box. Indicam is also showing indieGS2K Raw recording on Convergent Design’s Odyssey and Gemini 4:4:4 recorders,


Barth: IBC is “busier than NAB”


which can take CinemaDNG Raw footage from up to four indieGS2Ks at once – two at up to 120fps – recording 90 minutes per camera per SSD-module. The combination is being used on the new Ron Howard movie In the Heart of the Sea where everything had to be completely waterproofed. Indiecam has announced new, lower prices, and has had a great IBC. “We’ve been very busy. Busier than at NAB,” said Barth. 11.A65


Felix Poulin: “It is vital that it’s interoperable”


defined networking versus AVB, or a combination. That is the question.


manager at Sky Italia, stressed that for Sky-I its 3D transmissions remained a good revenue stream even though the company was looking ahead to 4K, and test transmissions (soccer, Formula 1, motor-bike racing) had already taken place. “We at Sky see 4K as the new experience. Today the system isn’t stable, because all of us are cutting and pasting existing technology and we have yet to see a complete 4K eco-system. We are discussing the FIFA World Cup with Sony for next year, but I am not sure the full chain will be in place for the soccer.”


Conference highlights today at IBC


Does Innovation Sell Popcorn? What’s Next For Cinema?


(Auditorium: 09:00-12:30)


Immersive Audio – Advancing Sound Through Healthy Competition or an Unwanted Standards War


(Auditorium: 13:30-15:00)


Has 2D-3D Conversion Finally Come to an End? (Auditorium: 15:30-17:00)


Smart Viewers Dumb Screens (E102- 11:00-12:30)


In IP We Trust (E102: 15:30-17:00)


Video Delivery Media – Whatever Next? (Forum: 15:30-17:00)


Production Technologies 1: New Studios


(Forum: 11:00-12:30)


Preditors, DITs and Wranglers and Managing Change at Production Level (Emerald: 13:00-15:00)


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