UK-based transmitter, codec and audio processor developer BW Broadcast arrives at IBC after another successful year that has seen it expand its presence worldwide. Designed with the emphasis on reliability, the company describes itself as ‘London by design – London by nature’. Innovation is integral to the company’s ethos, and the R&D team is to be expanded with the addition of two more members. The company recently moved into a new custom-built facility, designed to satisfy the requirements of a growing business. Product offers include the RBRX1 FM receiver, the Aptus range of FM transmitters, and the STL receiver line. 8.E74
Sunday 09.09.2012
77 Another dimension for video legalisers
Eyeheight By Michael Burns
Eyeheight is using IBC2012 as the European-mainland launch of the world’s first multi-rate stereoscopic video legaliser. Developed in co-operation with one of London’s top facilities, the LE-3D is a dual-channel 3D video legaliser. The company said the unit offered a simple way of helping edited stereoscopic programmes pass broadcasters’ technical quality-
assurance requirements. Legalisation parameters for left and right video channels can be adjusted from a single operating panel, ensuring precise compliance with industry standards. Operator-adjustable settings within the LE-3D include RGB, YUV or composite mode selection, clipping level, soft clipping knee, luma and chroma gain, black level, and hue rotation. Once set, the legaliser automatically detects and corrects any parts of a video signal that do not conform to
Eyeheight has developed the world’s first multi-rate stereoscopic video legaliser
industry-agreed component or composite colour space levels. Based on Eyeheight’s
geNETics platform, the LE-3D 3D video legaliser has two independent HD-SDI inputs and outputs. Processing is to full 10-
bit depth throughout. Multiple LE-3D modules can be accommodated in a 1RU 19- inch chassis for operation under local control from an Eyeheight FP-9 generic control panel. 8:B97
Panasonic adds satellite capacity Intelsat By Ian McMurray
In-flight entertainment and communications company Panasonic Avionics Corporation has contracted with Intelsat for up to 1Gbps of capacity on the recently announced Intelsat Epic satellite platform, to be used in the delivery of aeronautical
consumer broadband and live TV services.
Panasonic’s Global Communications Services provides in-flight broadband connectivity, mobile phone services and live television programming to airlines flying land-mass and transoceanic routes. Today, this solution is available over the company’s global Ku-band aeronautical network. With more than
1,500 aircraft committed to the Global Communications Services, Panasonic has selected the Intelsat Epic satellite platform to ensure the highest possible bandwidth for existing and future airline customers. According to Intelsat, the multi-year agreement will enhance Panasonic’s broadband service by leveraging Intelsat’s broad
geographic coverage and specialised beams for the territory spanning the United States and North Atlantic, which is one of the busiest long-haul flight corridors in the world. With Intelsat Epic, up to 80Mbps per aircraft and 200Mbps per spot beam will be available to any Panasonic- equipped aircraft flying this high-traffic route. 1.C71