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MENA registration opens Compact 4K JVC camcorder on stream
IBC Content Everywhere MENA, the new event for the Middle East and North Africa, is now open for registrations. Designed to deliver a new way to do business and offering unprecedented networking opportunities, the event takes place at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, 20-22 January 2015. The region represents a huge media market. Analysts predict 77% annual growth in mobile data traffic in the Middle East to 2017. Much of this growth will come from media, so the time is right for a new event targeting content and broadband delivery. IBC has already secured ASBU (Arab States Broadcasting Union) as a Gold Supporter, Dubai Media City and Etisalat as Host Sponsors, and a list of exhibitors which includes Cisco, Nvidia, Quantel, Aspera, Irdeto, Vimond and Content Wise alongside the players who have shaped the regional media landscape. Among the unique attractions
planned for the event is the first display in the region of 120 fps 8K Super Hi-Vision by NHK.
The three-day conference
features a mix of local and international speakers delivering case studies as well as debates around the significant issues in the region. The central focus is around digital convergence and how this will deliver new revenues and business models for both content companies and telcos.
The event will use the Touch & Connect technology, which IBC has developed to support a new approach to conventions. Through simply touching, device-to-device or device-to-tag, the visitor connects to a wealth of information and to a new network of peers. You can registration for IBC Content Everywhere MENA at:
www.ibcCE.org/MENAreg. Find out more about the event at
www.ibcCE.org/MENA.
SatLink partners with Pi
SatLink/Pi Telecom By Ian McMurray
At IBC SatLink Communications is announcing a new partnership with Pi Telecom, a specialist in the development and marketing of interactive video solutions for hybrid (DVB+IP), IPTV and OTT networks. Through this partnership, SatLink said it will bring the best of TV online by launching an end-to-end (E2E) OTT cloud-based platform. The platform will enable broadcasters and multi-channel TV operators to offer an immediate TV everywhere service to subscribers on all screens while generating new revenue streams.
The E2E OTT cloud-based platform is being demonstrated on SatLink’s IBC stand.
The solution is available
through what SatLink describes as a cost-effective, pay-per- service model, able to deliver a ready-to-launch managed service via the cloud within days, while avoiding the expense and time associated with creating an OTT broadcasting network. Designed for broadcasters and operators, the E2E OTT Cloud Platform is said to offer a full telco grade broadcasting experience from the aggregation of global multi TV channels, through to the transcoding, live content streaming, VoD library, management tools and creation of new feeds on an easy-to-use, TV-like unified user experience on all screens. Broadcasters and operators also have the option to distribute set-top boxes and maximise profits through the platform’s monetisation features, resulting, says SatLink, in their reaching more viewers on more devices and
extending interaction with their audience. 5.A17
The partnership will allow SatLink to launch a new OTT TV platform
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Flying high at IBC: A ‘Drone on a leash’ is one apt description for this clever device from Switzerland-based Fotokyte, a lightweight tethered remote control drone capable of supporting a GoPro or Sony RX100iii. Company founder Sergei Lupashin put the tiny helicopter through its paces at IBC, describing it as “aerial photography for all” he said it was being used in news-gathering, sports events and by professionals and amateurs for everything from skiing and boating to anywhere where an aerial shot would be a challenge. The Fotokyte is already approved in the US (as a kite) and the company expects similar regulations to apply in Europe.
High-resolution handful: The prototype GY-LS300 compact 4K camcorder
JVC By David Fox
JVC is demonstrating live streaming broadcast camcorders at IBC, along with a range of 4K technology prototypes, including the compact new GY-LS300 4K camera. The GY-LS300 handheld
camcorder uses a new Super 35mm 13.6-megapixel 4K CMOS image sensor, developed by JVC’s sister company, AltaSens, for 4K 24/25/30p recording.
The camera uses Micro Four
Thirds lenses, originally developed for DSLRs to deliver cinema-quality images in a compact camcorder, and
accepts a wide variety of stills and video lenses (converters are available for PL-mount and other lenses).
This first prototype uses an advanced codec and on-board 4:2:2 recording, providing 4K imaging on standard
SDHC/SDXC UHS-I U3 memory cards. The camera’s dual codec system can also deliver simultaneous recording and streaming for both HD/SD and HD/proxy files.
JVC is focusing on live
streaming for its current camcorders at IBC, including a connection from a reporter, out and about in Amsterdam. It is also transmitting a live stream from the stand, showing its stage presentations at
www.jvcpro.eu/ibc2014. 11.G30
In Brief
TV 2 goes for DVS TV 2, a publicly owned television station based in Odense, Denmark, is upgrading its workflow with new gear from Rohde & Schwarz DVS. The R&S Venice ingest and
production server and R&S DVS-SAN storage will be bundled into four independent set-ups. Two will each consist of 40 Venice channels, and one R&S DVS- SAN with 100TB will be responsible for 24/7 playout of TV 2’s main channel in eight regional versions and five other national channels. Another set-up – comprising 32 Venice channels and another 100 TB DVS-SAN – will mainly be used for programme ingest and visual quality control. The fourth set-up with four Venice channels is mainly used to test software upgrades and new workflow options. 7.E25
e.tv prepares move with SI Megahertz Systems integrator and mobile broadcast production specialist Megahertz has won a contract to manage the relocation of South African free-to-air broadcaster
e.tv. The station is moving to a larger space in a purpose-built facility in Roeland Park, about 2km away from its original location in Longkloof Studios in Cape Town.
Roeland Park will be home to the transmission facilities for eight channels managed by
e.tv, and the facility being built by Megahertz will include space for future expansion. Also to be transferred will be the operations of three existing studios, again allowing for expansion in the future. 11.F20
SBE award for DOZER IP video traffic-smoothing technology DOZER, on show at IBC2014, has won the Society of Broadcast Engineers technology award for 2014. DVEO’s DOZERbox II IP gateways allow broadcasters, IPTV operators and OTT video providers to improve their video distribution over public internet or less reliable private lines by providing invisible packet loss recovery. 2.A34
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