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Ahead of the curve: The interior of Videohouse’s new OB14
What real benefits from Cloud?
IBM Videohouse’s radical OB truck ProjectBuilders By David Fox
Videohouse, Euro Media Group’s Belgian operator, has added the new OB14 to its fleet. Rather than replicate previous designs, its in-house system integrator, ProjectBuilders, unleashed what it believes is a radically new design – as can be seen in the Outside Exhibit area.
The company wanted to create an optimum, future-proofed working environment with maximum flexibility and, together with system consultant, Crosspoint, identified new concepts, particularly a separate corridor through the truck. “Outside broadcast trucks are busy, with people coming and going all the time,” explained Michiel Spaepen, project manager at ProjectBuilders. “By separating internal sections operators don’t need to pass through the main production area making it quieter and less disruptive.” The equipment racks have externally
removable sliding trays, making it easy to load gear for each job, “allowing sharing of equipment amongst the fleet, reducing stock holding,” he explained.
An IHSE (7.F33) Draco tera compact KVM switch gives staff direct access to servers and production equipment from individual workstations. Operators can easily switch between source devices, such as character generators, rasterisers, servers and slow motion devices via hotkey selection as they need to. “Maximum flexibility is achieved by allowing every operator position to be set to personal preference,” said Spaepen. “The tera delivers instant switching of sources without video or data latency; essential in live broadcast production, creating a truly flexible and efficient workflow.” The 32-port Draco tera switch
provides access from 16 individual servers and computers to 12 operator workstations over a dedicated Cat7 network with USB2.0 support. Extra pairs of KVM fibre cross-repeaters enable remote connection of peripheral sources or displays up to 10km away. “Operators aren’t aware of the KVM switch; it simply operates in the background delivering the instantaneous connection and switching of sources they demand in a live broadcast environment; exactly as it should be,” added Gert Vandoninck of Crosspoint. OE110
WinPlus Remote prompts iPad app Autoscript By David Fox
WinPlus Remote, an iOS-based teleprompting system that delivers up-to- date scripts anywhere in the world, has been launched by Autoscript. The technology is also suited to remote news bureaux and smaller newsroom operations, and works on an iPhone or iPad.
The software enables a script to be automatically uploaded to an FTP site where it can be downloaded onto an iPad and kept constantly updated. It works in conjunction with the iOS app, picoPrompt, and is supplied with a hand control. “There have been iPad prompting apps on the market for some time,” said Robin Brown, product manager, Autoscript. “However, the link to the newsroom has been missing, which effectively means that there is no access to live updated scripts on location.” But, WinPlus Remote will mean that users “will always have the
latest version of the script on their iPad.” It has been trialled by Channel 4 News, whose senior programme director, Martin Collett, said: “We worked with Autoscript and picoPrompt to integrate iPad prompting into our workflow. Previously we might have relied on presenters or reporters learning scripts and delivering from memory. Now we can deploy an iPad and simple prompting hardware and get a reliable prompter where otherwise we’d be struggling. There are some clever tricks in the setup that minimise the amount of data transferred during each update, so even on a low bandwidth connection we can still see script updates. We’ve used WinPlus Remote on numerous tricky live assignments with great success.” Broadcasters don’t need to be WinPlus users. “If a newsroom is running other prompting software, WinPlus Remote can be used in parallel. It effectively runs in the background and enables technicians to take the same script as their current prompting solution and upload it to the FTP site,” explained Brown. 11.E55
theibcdaily 29 By Adrian Pennington
Cloud computing is coming of age, with companies of all sizes across varying industries now fully embracing this new way of accessing technology solutions. Experts predict this trend will continue to grow as more companies seek to exploit the benefits of Cloud.
Despite the obvious benefits, though, some companies are hesitant about adopting Cloud, citing several drawbacks. According to IBM there are concerns over data security since the data is only as safe as the Cloud provider's security mechanisms. In particular, personal data, governed by various country specific data protection regulations, must be adequately protected, and organisations can face large fines for loss of such data. Another concern, states IBM, is the
Cloudy future?: Paul Drinkwater chairs today's IBC conference session
service levels offered are typically the same for all clients based on the 'standard service'. Consideration must be given to how adequate the standard service is, particularly in the context of service availability, scalability, and software currency.
Paul Drinkwater, IBM, partner and media industry lead, chairs the session 'Can Broadcasters get real benefit from Cloud Computing?' today at 14.00 where the benefits and drawbacks of Cloud for the broadcast industry will be aired. MS22
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