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Markus Fritz director of commercial development and marketing, Eutelsat
Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? Definitely! IBC has always been the place to be for discussing the main trends shaping the broadcast sector and this year will be no exception. One obvious example is 4K, where we will be demonstrating our latest developments. Eutelsat recently launched Europe’s first 4K demo channel encoded in HEVC and broadcast at 50 frames per second with one billion
colours! It’s been launched at our HOT BIRD neighbourhood and is the first Ultra HD channel which can be received by consumers using 4K TVs equipped with DVB-S2 demodulators and HEVC decoders.
What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time? The key trend is about video content availability anytime,
Launching ‘Behind Every Screen’ Thomson Video Networks
By Monica Heck
A new strategy for streamlined broadcast and multiscreen video delivery has been unveiled by the company. ‘Behind Every Screen’ is described as a unified and intelligent video delivery approach that combines on- premises and cloud-based resources to support broadcast and multiscreen services. It brings together ingest, branding, ad insertion, encoding/transcoding and packaging technologies to provide a complete video infrastructure to broadcasters for profitable and convergent multiplatform video delivery. Central to ‘Behind Every
Screen’ are the company’s compression solutions and the MediaFlex unified service operation and management software suite. MediaFlex facilitates overall service configuration, scheduling and monitoring. This enables a simplified operation in which branding and compression resources can be allocated based on priorities for deployment speed, video quality requirements, bandwidth optimisation and content customisation. “Previously, our customers had to make the trade-off between encoding performance (affecting video quality), cost per channel (affecting density), and capex versus opex regarding cloud solutions,” said Christophe
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Delahousse, president, Thomson Video Networks. “With ‘Behind Every Screen’, they no longer have to compromise on video quality and density and they’re able to choose the mix of cloud or on- premises technologies that is most appropriate for a given project or service.” 14.A10
anywhere and on a multitude of devices. This is what many, especially younger consumers, want. Telecoms operators in most cases will not deploy fibre everywhere, and are working on complementary technologies. Satellite is very high on the list, thanks to its ubiquitous coverage and bandwidth availability that make it commercially a viable solution.. So we see this as an opportunity and are developing solutions that meet this requirement.
Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? Global Connectivity is the main focus of our stand at IBC this year. With Satmex joining our Group at the beginning of the year (and renamed Eutelsat Americas), we now have a broader range of satellites providing global coverage as well as a network of owned and partner teleports complemented by terrestrial fibre links and Points of Presence, to strengthen our response to customer
V-Mount becomes new Gold standard Anton/Bauer By David Fox
The V-Mount battery is increasingly the standard connection for broadcast cameras, which is why Anton/Bauer, best known for its Gold Mount units, has now launched a new V-Mount Digital Battery Series.
The batteries, which will also
requirements. Join us for our seminars tomorrow Saturday 13 September and Monday 15 September where we will be presenting the latest news on our satellite fleet, our Ultra HD and connected TV solutions, and much more. 1.D59
be available with Gold Mount connectors, are claimed to be “the first battery line designed specifically to power today’s digital productions, including the unique needs of 4K camera set- ups and other digital cameras, while providing top-tier levels of safety, performance and reliability.” The V-Mount option means that Anton/Bauer’s batteries will now be available for use with any camera and any accessory.
The new design includes a proprietary digital filter that increases run time and lengthens life cycle. The series come in three sizes
(90 Watt hour, 150Wh, and 190Wh), all fitted with high- quality cells that are claimed to deliver a long performance life. 11.E55
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