Broadcast TECH ALL POINTS NORTH
With 93 exhibitors signed up and delegates from Scotland, Ireland and across the north of England, George Bevir looks at the highlights of the inaugural BVE North exhibition and conference in Manchester
North began to be fulfi lled, with the BBC shift- ing its Children’s, Sport and 5Live departments to Manchester’s MediaCityUK. The move has paved the way for others involved in broadcast, with London-based post facility The Farm fol- lowing the broadcaster to Salford, joining the already well-established community of produc- tion companies and post houses in the North. It will also be the fi rst time that Emap-owned and operated trade show BVE will be staged outside London, with the inaugural BVE North exhibition and confer- ence taking place this month. The main reason for hold- ing the show in the North is to reach broadcast profes- sionals who aren’t based in London. Indeed, BVE event director Charlotte Wheeler says that 80% of the delegates registered for BVE North have never attended BVE and 10 of the BVE North exhib- itors have never exhibited at BVE, including XTFX, Wendy’s Broadcast, the University of York, Screen and Music Travel, Mediaspec, Flashlight and Slowmo. As Broadcast TECH went to press, there were
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2,700 pre-registered delegates, 93 exhibitors and 16 sponsors/partners confi rmed, including JVC, Tektronix, Cirro Lite, Arri, Route6, Visual Impact, Holdan, Canon, AJA, Sony and Avid. “It’s a totally new audience,” says Wheeler.
“The majority are from the north-west, the north-east, Birmingham, Ireland and Scot- land. We knew there would be an audience out there and, through the seminar programme and range of exhibitors we have lined up, we have been able to reach out to them.” One of the likely highlights of the exhibi- tion will be from Avid, with the company’s
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011 was the year when commitments to move production from the South to the
recently launched Media Composer 6 software making its debut at the show. The software has been rebuilt as a 64-bit applica- tion, which will give it access to more Ram for increased performance. Avid has also signed deals with fi ve manufacturers – AJA, Black- magic Design, BlueFish, Matrox and MOTU – to expand customers’ choice of hardware to use with the editing software. “Media Composer is used by different
registered for BVE North who have never attended BVE
Number of delegates 80%
editors in different environments, so we have added features and functionality for all,” says Avid marketing manager, professional segment, Angus Mackay. “There is something for independents, broadcasters and all in the release. The 64-bit rebuild will benefi t anyone in a post environment, while increased ancillary data support through AMA (Avid Media Access) is
more suited to broadcast and large media enterprises.”
Key exhibitors Holdan will host the UK debut of Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 8.1, which includes new layer node composite effects, ACES colour space support and compatibility for Avid AAF. Holdan will also demonstrate new Panasonic camcorders including the P2 model AG-HPX250 – the fi rst 10 bit hand-held model to feature the AVC-Intra 100 codec – and the AG-AC130 and AC-160 AVCCAM camcorders. JVC will demonstrate its GY-HM750 device and the new handheld GY-HM150 camcord- ers, which record directly to SDHC memory cards in the QuickTime format for Final Cut Pro, and in the MP4 format for use with other editing systems. JVC’s ‘Creation Truck’, which will showcase its studio monitors and the KM-H3000 high-defi nition production
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