April 2014
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NAB marks Miller’s 60th
Miller
MILLER CAMERA Support celebrates its 60th anniversary at NAB. The company is releasing new, limited edition LP 54 tripods, built by hand as they were when first introduced, from remaining components left after the last production run of the Light Professional (LP). A family-founded company, by 1958 Miller was exporting the Miller Fluid Head worldwide, including the first fluid head tripod to Hollywood. The company also began manufacturing polished wooden tripods. With the release of the first portable video camera in the mid 1970s, Miller transitioned from a company focused on the manufacturing of film fluid heads and tripods into one specialising in products for ENG. Miller has since supplied many broadcast networks around the world with its Arrow system
Switch to Vantage Telestream
TELESTREAM IS demonstrating four new products at NAB; three products based on the Vantage file-based video transcoding and workflow automation platform and a new desktop application, Switch. The complete family of
Vantage transcoding and workflow products, including new HEVC/x265 encoding, 4K support and Lightspeed K20 GPU-acceleration are on display at the show. TrafficManager aims to
‘Classic’ limited edition LP 54 tripods
and, more recently, its Skyline system. Miller’s systems are currently used by more than 265 television networks, including the BBC, CBC Canada, CCTV China, NBC USA, and ABC Australia.
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streamline ingest and manage commercial and syndicated content. It automates the ingest of local, regional and national spots, processes and delivers the media to ad-insertion or on-air servers, automates loudness correction, format conversion,
Telestream’s Post Producer, shown at NAB
and decision-making based upon media attributes. Also available on the Vantage
platform, Post Producer is a new content production and assembly product that addresses the issue of repetitive rendering of different versions of media.
Media transformation
Digital Rapids DIGITAL RAPIDS is bringing its complete range of media transformation and workflow solutions to the 2014 NAB Show. Highlights include the StreamZ
Live 4000EX, for live and linear multiscreen applications from IPTV and OTT headends to live event streaming. The new StreamZ Live 4000EX multiscreen encoder builds on the StreamZ Live family with increased performance, fault- tolerant redundancy and expanded control capabilities. Also on show is the StreamZ Live 8000EX integrated multiscreen and broadcast live encoder. Digital Rapids is showcasing
Next-gen graphics workflows Pixel Power’s Pixel OnDemand
Pixel Power AT ITS 26th consecutive NAB, Pixel Power is demonstrating highlights from across its range. Pixel Factory is intended to support file-based operations. It can be used as a solution for adding extra graphics capability to support quality control, web delivery and post production, or to enhance programme material and add graphics overlays for playout and streaming applications. Pixel OnDemand aims to give companies the flexibility to pay for the rendering time they actually need rather than spend on unused capacity, and runs on standard IT servers.
Gallium provides the intelligence to build a variety of playout solutions using Pixel Power output devices for file, IP or SDI domains. The ChannelMaster
integrated playout system reduces the traditional playout signal path to a single system. Newsroom allows users to insert graphics throughout the entire workflow, from production through distribution and, finally, Pixel Promo is a fully automated branding and promotion software tool that aims to lower the cost of delivering branding and dynamic, accurate promos to air.
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recently-released extensions to its Transcode Manager 2 powered by Kayak.
MINIVATOR II emerges
MSE MATTHEW STUDIOS Equipment is unveiling its MINIVATOR II in Las Vegas at NAB. The MINIVATOR II is the stronger and taller version of the MINIVATOR stand. MINIVATOR II features a
double cable mechanism that will keep both risers travelling at equal proportions with each of the handle, allowing for steady movement of any lighting fixture attached. The addition of ‘combo’ dual-purpose top castings allows for use of both Junior pin and Baby receiver fixtures. MINNIVATOR II reaches a maximum height of 361cm, a
MINIVATOR II stand
load height of 140cm, with a maximum load of 36.4kg, weights 21.8kg and covers a footprint of 150cm. “MINIVATOR II is the perfect complement for these and other shots,” said Robert Kulesh, VP sales and marketing, MSE. “We’ve beefed up the payload of the MINIVATOR II from 60 to 80 pounds and added to the maximum height without sacrificing strength, safety or stability.” MSE’s MINIVATOR II accessory package includes a Rocky Mountain leg and optional 4-inch casters.
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Switch is a new multiformat
player that allows users to play, inspect and correct their media. It supports high-quality playback for MOV, MP4, MKV, MXF, GXF, MPS, MTS and more.
www.telestream.net SL390
Digital Rapids Transcode Manager 2, powered by Kayak
Kayak Media Processors bring the media transformation and workflow capabilities of Digital Rapids’ Kayak platform to the cloud, enabling Microsoft Windows Azure Media Services users to build cloud-based media processing applications and
services that scale with their business. Finally, the latest version of the software for the company’s StreamZHD multi-format, ingest and encoding system is being showcased.
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