EXHIBITIONS ///


BVE Keeps Growing


/// By Ann-Marie Corvin


Now the second biggest event of its kind in Europe, BVE boasts a show profile that extends across production services, acquisition, post, storage, broadcast and connected multiplatform delivery.


CONNECTED & 4K THEATRES According to the event director, James Rowley Ashwood, almost a fifth of the 15,000 visitors to this year’s show, which takes place at London’s ExCeL centre from 25 to 27 February, expressed a desire to understand the connected world and BVE’s Connected Theatre and dedicated exhibition space will be bolstered as a result. Headlining BVE’s Connected


Theatre will be the British Film Institute’s director of digital Edward Humphrey, who will speak about the BFI Player, the VoD platform which accesses the BFI’s archive. A 4K Theatre, meanwhile, will be doing double duty as a 4K cinema, offering free 4K content each day. The show’s free seminar


programme has also expanded to include key European names this year, including Alessandro Reitano, director of sports production at Sky Deutschland. The organisers note that the


event, which hosts over 300- plus exhibitors, appears to be growing globally, with international visitor numbers rising by 12% in 2013, with 85 countries represented. “We fully expect this trend to continue as the UK continues to be at the forefront of the broadcast industry,” Rowley Ashwood adds. On the exhibition side, many


come to BVE to launch products ahead of the NAB in Las Vegas -


so delegates can expect to see some exciting new technologies. New exhibitors include a host of European vendors, including ANNOVA Systems GmbH, DeCS Media GmbH and F&V Europe BV. New exhibitor Orban, a


manufacturer of television loudness controllers amongst its large audio portfolio, will be exhibiting its full line. While not strictly European, the US firm, founded by Bob Orban, moved its manufacturing, worldwide sales and technical support to Orban Europe GmbH in Germany a few years ago. At BVE, Orban will unveil the


Optimod-TV 8685 - the manufacturer’s second- generation surround/2.0 processor, offering 3G HD-SDI


JVC’s GY-HM650 camcorder features live streaming capability.


event to demonstrate their versions of compliant kit. Aspen Media will be


displaying tools to ensure TV content meets all the DPP’s requirements – including demonstrations by Jünger Audio and RTW. Jünger Audio’s Anthony Wilkins is scheduled to introduce the T*AP Edition - an advanced audio processor,


at this year’s show. This includes the firm’s scalable playout platform, iTX. New enhancements include version 1.1 of iTX Render Service for Adobe After Effects, while CS6 software automates and manages fully rendered After Effects graphics. Also on display will be the


vendor’s multiviewer, Kaleido- MX, and its modular version, Kaleido-Modular-X. Fibre connectivity solutions from Miranda’s Telecast product line and a range of cables from parent company Belden are also set to figure prominently at BVE. OKNO-TV, a UK systems


Videosys will have the new Cobham Nano transmitter on display


I/O, CBS Loudness Controllers and metres, a BS.1770 safety limiter, and BS.1770-3 loudness metres.


DPP COMPLIANCE ON SHOW File-based delivery remains a big issue in the UK, as the nation’s terrestrial broadcasters will soon require all file-based deliverables to be compliant with the new Digital Production Partnership (DPP) standard. In anticipation of this, some companies – audio vendors in particular - are using this year’s


which claims to intelligently solve the problem of loudness changes without adding any undesirable audio artifacts. Fellow audio firm RTW, specialises in EBU R128 compliant audio metres and will be displaying the modular TouchMonitor series and the compact TM3 and TM3-3G on Aspen’s stand. Wohler also has a DPP


compliant tool to show for BVE - the WohlerDPP. Powered by RadiantGrid, the company claims it is the first to offer a file- based, automated processing solution that addresses the full DPP delivery workflow. Miranda, meanwhile, will be


Orban will unveil the Optimod-TV 8685, its 2nd gen surround/2.0 processor //////////////// 8 TV Technology Europe I February-March 2014


holding detailed discussions regarding its key production, playout and monitoring solutions


integrator, acquired Megahertz last October, and will use BVE as a platform to announce its adaptation of the Megahertz brand, with the combined companies now trading under the name of Megahertz Ltd. Megahertz, which was


responsible for the new BT Sport studio build last year in London’s Olympic Park. has also strengthened its technical and commercial expertise, which the firm claims has enabled it to reach a more diverse and international market. “Megahertz has a


remarkable reputation worldwide for the quality of work in both mobile and fixed installations,” said Jon Flay, MD of Megahertz Ltd. “OKNO-TV provides us with the financial and commercial stability, drawing on its remarkable reputation. Together, the rejuvenated Megahertz has new horizons and new strengths,


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