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UK partnership focuses on FileCatalyst transfer
ATG Danmon By Michael Burns
Unlimi-Tech Software, creator of the FileCatalyst accelerated file transfer solution, has announced the appointment of the company as its UK-based channel distribution partner. “ATG Danmon is one of the world's most highly experienced and innovative broadcast system integrators” said Unlimi-Tech VP of business development, Alan Atkinson. “We’re thrilled to partner with them to bring innovative, file transfer solutions to their clients. ATG Danmon will offer our range of accelerated file-transfer solutions to media and broadcast clients looking to increase transfer speeds without compromising reliability or security.
FileCatalyst, which is immune to packet loss and latency, is designed to transfer large files over vast distances.” Secure accelerated file movement has revolutionised
Tools for content production
Vizrt By Carolyn Giardina
Highlights of the Vizrt stand include Viz Artist, a realtime 3D modeling and animation tool with Maxon Cinema4D and Adobe After Effects CC integration; Viz One, a file- based video workflow with the
the way media content is shared and collaborated upon. With the transition to digital content several years ago, movement of large files became a major issue for broadcasters and studios. The subsequent evolutionary shift to HD, and now to 4K/UHD, has caused file sizes to grow far beyond the capabilities of traditional FTP.
FileCatalyst has been selected to receive the 66th annual technology and engineering Emmy award for secure accelerated file movement over IP including the internet.
“Our customers have been looking for solutions capable of delivering large media files quickly and efficiently,” said ATG Danmon Product Sales Manager Chris Elson “FileCatalyst ensures the transfer of any file, of any size or format, at speeds up to 10Gbps. It gives video production companies, post- production facilities and broadcasters the ability to collaborate globally.” 8.B51a
Viz Content Pilot timeline editor tool; and the new Viz Mosart, a newscast automation system. Also on display are the Viz
Social TV tool with maps and interactive touchscreen capabilities: Viz Libero, a 3D virtual sports tool with Viz Arena image-based tracking for displaying live player- attached graphics in real time; and Viz Pilot, a template- driven graphics and video management tool with multi- channel playout. Visitors are also able to examine Viz Virtual Studio with augmented reality and social TV graphics features. 7.A10
New initiative makes Open IBC debut
DTVKit
By Ian McMurray IBC2014 is the first
tradeshow ever attended by the newly-formed DTVKit Open Software Foundation (DTVKit), an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to developing and maintaining a shared pool of the software components that are the essential building blocks of CE products based on DVB standards. DTVKit says it will provide
a ready to use mature and stable software solution to its members. This is based on the Ocean Blue Software range of widely deployed software components, including a broadcast stack supporting DVB-
T/T2/S/S2/C, MHEG, CI+ and HbbTV. This will form the basis of the first full software release. Members of DTVKit will have full access to the source code and will also benefit from a royalty-free commercial licence.
“For too long our industry has competed in the development of these fundamental building blocks, duplicating effort and exhausting precious resources,” said Paul Martin, CEO of DTVKit. “I am excited to be leading an initiative which will transform our industry, reducing cost and accelerating time to market for member products. Our community will thrive through active member support, and I look forward to hearing from any organisation which shares our vision and is keen to help define the future for digital television products.” 4.A81c
Amino partnership Vision247 By Monica Heck
The result of a partnership between Vision247 and Amino is on show in Hall 14 where visitors can see a joint showcase of Vision247’s Perception platform running on Amino STBs. Perception delivers a complete OTT multiscreen TV service with live TV viewing, catch-up, VoD and a personal video recorder in the cloud.
New entrants to the TV market and TV incumbents wishing to roll out profitable new services can offer multiscreen internet TV packages across smartphones, tablets and Amino’s STBs. The companies have
partnered to offer ISPs, telecommunications service providers and content aggregators a fully scalable, cloud-based platform that delivers an intuitive and consistent OTT multiscreen experience. 14.H12
Modular approach delivers scalable sound
Salzbrenner Stagetec MediaGroup
By Michael Burns
Modular audio mixing console Polaris evolution is being showcased, with the focus on a new DSP engine.
The individual components of Polaris are connected via a standard Ethernet network and recombined with each other for mixing projects.
The components include the
control surface Polaris access, which has 16 faders, 16 dual rotary encoders, 48 buttons and a display screen strip across the width of the console. The Polaris view touch screen upgrade can be docked at an angle onto Polaris evolution and provides a convenient user interface. Polaris scala is the DSP engine of the mixing console, able to run up to 256 inputs, 128 matrix channels and 256 output busses. This can be increased to 640 inputs or beyond by cascading further frames. Currently the Polaris scala interfaces with any physical AD/DA convertor via MADI.
The scala is controlled by one or more Polaris access modules over a standard CAT5e Ethernet network. This can be either a single console surface or multiple
independent Polaris access surfaces. This enables different shows/productions to be run concurrently using only a single DSP core. The company said each input and output bus can be allocated freely per project to use the DSP capacity to its fullest extent. Polaris scala is equipped as
standard with the Live software package. There are also optional theatre and broadcast modules available, offering functionality such as show automation, N-1 and audio- follows-video. The company claimed that, because these modules run on the DSP, theatre/broadcast functionality is no longer limited by the console surface employed, but just by the scala DSP channels available .
The thermal design of the Polaris scala makes it completely fanless and noiseless, while the component comes with a redundant power supply. 8.C80
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