6 Sunday 09.09.2012 In Brief
Galapagos and Games The audience for tonight’s IBC Awards will be the first anywhere to see two incredible videos. Olympic Broadcasting Services has created a fascinating behind the scenes look at the television coverage of London 2012. There is also a stunning 3D preview to Sky’s latest production with Sir David Attenborough: Galapagos. It features some of the most remarkable and intimate 3D wildlife
photography yet. All this – and the IBC Awards – is free to all visitors, starting at 18.30 tonight in the Auditorium.
Magic for TV Nova Czech commercial television station TV Nova has replaced its former audio processors with Jünger Audio’s Level Magic technology to help improve the audio experience of its viewers and prevent surprise level changes when switching from one audio source to another.
Level Magic is an adaptive loudness control algorithm designed to adjust the loudness from any source at any time with no pumping, breathing or distortion. It is based on a simultaneous combination of an AGC, a transient processor for fast changes and a look-ahead peak limiter for continuous unattended control of any programme material, regardless of its original source. 10.D20
chooses Adtec Multi-platform managed broadcast solutions provider iStreamPlanet has used Adtec Digital’s decoding technology as part of its ‘Go Live’ turnkey, live streaming solution for Olympics rights holding broadcasters. iStreamPlanet provided the live streaming technology, ultimately delivering 19 concurrent feeds covering 300 Olympic events, and delivering over 60 terabytes of video traffic. iStreamPlanet connected Adtec’s RD-60 IRDs to the company’s HOS farm and IP backbone. “Once a particular antenna was routed to the receiver, we would use it to decode high definition video,” explained Khurram Siddiqui, vice president and general manager of iStreamPlanet Europe. “In this specific application we needed an MPEG 4 platform with 4:2:2 acquisition capabilities. The RD-60 provided that very well.” 1.D01
iStreamPlanet
theibcdaily Independence a bigger issue than spectrum By George Jarrett
EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre has identified funding and political grasping as more insidious threats to public service broadcasters than the fight to retain spectrum. “Funding is one part of the big issue,” she said, “It is all about remaining a trusted source, which means editorial independence. When I look at the whole area the EBU covers, funding has an impact on how the broadcaster is going to develop. Is it able to innovate? How is it going to go digital successfully?
“Maximising what the new
the other thing is editorial control. Some national broadcasters have lost market share because of heavy interference by the government that diminishes editorial standards. “There is a political climate which makes it very hard for public service broadcasters.” On the matter of spectrum
Ingrid Deltenre: “Political climate makes it very hard for public service broadcasters”
digital possibilities can deliver in the future helps to establish a
Cameras and editors catching the IBC Eye
Conference Analysis By Ann-Marie Corvin
Former BBC R&D research Engineer and Consultant Alan Roberts has carried out the legwork for delegates interested in camera systems and, on Saturday morning, shared his findings during the first of three IBC ‘What Caught My Eye’ sessions. Roberts visited Blackmagic’s stand to glean more details about the manufacturer’s first eagerly anticipated camera. Stuart Aston, director EMEA, Blackmagic said: “We didn’t want reams of menus, just
simple design and usability. There is a single record on the front, and a back menu button that opens up a touchscreen. With the touchscreen you can tag metadata and bring it with you into a NLE environment. This speeds up the editing process.”
Roberts described Blackmagic’s offering as “a really innovative camera in the same bracket as the Canon C500”.
Roberts also pointed to new Panasonic offerings, Remote Edit & AJ-HPX600. The manufacturer’s new app allows users edit and deliver content in-camera. The app is so new that it’s not yet in production
much better relationship with the consumer,” Deltenre added. “But
Deltenre is pragmatic. “I am not sure it is a big issue,” she said. “Having enough for terrestrial broadcasting is important, but using spectrum for mobile distribution is as important to broadcasters because audiences expect to access content wherever and whenever.”
Stuart Ashton: “We didn’t want reams of menus”
with a delivery date and price to be decided. Panasonic’s European parts Manager Rob Tarrant added that the app would not be retrofitted into any of its older ranges but would be interoperable with the AJ-HPX600 and all future lines.
Roberts added: “If it makes
the production easier that’s got to be a good idea. The camera will export the EDL as well which means you can do your rough cuts on site and do half your edits before end of play.”
Ronin and Recordinator No-gimmicks 3DTV Dolby
can switch between battery, mains and DC (D-tap) power, giving it “triple redundancy, which is perfect for OBs”, said Atomos CEO Jeromy Young. Two Ronins can fit in a rack, but it also has flip-up feet for desktop use. The units have dual XLR I/O, serial interface for deck control (and can also be triggered from cameras and switchers), and will record ProRes or DNxHD. A unit will cost $2195 (about
Young put his Samurai on a rack to create Ronin
Atomos By David Fox
Atomos has entered the studio and OB market with a new rack- mountable version of its HD-SDI recording system. The Ronin
€1650), but the Ronin Duo with two units in a rack mount will be $3995 (about €3000). It can also offer HDMI I/O if used with Atomos’ Connect convertor products and should ship in the New Year.
Also on show is a prototype: the Recordinator, another rack- mountable unit built for a customer who works on chat shows and wanted a recording system that the director could easily start/stop – via large, friendly buttons. 9.D25
By Heather McLean
Dolby and Philips are set to take the gimmick-factor out of 3DTV following its current cumbersome consumer image, with a joint project that has resulted in Dolby 3D. This is designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices including glasses-free displays. Roland Vlaicu, senior
director for broadcast video ecosystems at Dolby, told The IBC Daily: “3D has been pushed into the gimmicky section as it has been unwieldy to use in the home. We want to make it seamless, so when 3D content is available on TV or video, you, as a user, don’t have to do anything. “3D has the potential to become the norm in the long run, but only if the experience
is convenient and painless,” he added. “Dolby 3D is designed to change things for the consumer, to make 3D comfortable to use, enjoyable and adjustable to everyone’s personal preference.” Glasses-free 3DTV will be widely available at affordable prices from 2014, Vlaicu estimated. He said manufacturers will bring flagship expensive products out during 2013, although Toshiba already has first mover status with its cool but high-priced 55ZL2. 2.A31
Dolby’s Roland Vlaicu and Philip’s Joop Talstra look to make 3DTV mainstream
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