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GOING BEYOND TV BY ADRIAN PENNINGTON
A year ago, Canadian telco TELUS embarked on a digital transformation project designed to go ‘beyond TV’ into a software- driven organisation. “Project Opus involved wholesale changes in how our technology and product teams deliver meaningful experiences to our customers – further enabled through our partnership with Accenture,” explained Tim Fell, VP of Future Friendly Technology Services for the telco at an IBC Showcase Theatre session. Gino Galassi, MD, Accenture,
picks up the story: “They came to us saying they wanted to differentiate with engineering. This is what Amazon and Netfl ix are doing. Hearing this from a telco was fantastic.”
He explained: “A typical telco will have high ARPU from selling broadband and fi bre but be poor in terms of data. Digital products on the other hand are data intensive. It is incredible how much you can understand about a family from digital TV, from their content subscriptions to when they leave and return home. To leverage this data telcos have to overcome traditional siloed
DEJERO JUMPS INTO 5G Dejero
BY ANNE MORRIS
Dejero is embracing the latest generation of mobile communications technology. At IBC, the Canada-based company is showcasing its new EnGo 3 and EnGo 3x 5G mobile transmitters with integrated internet gateway, along with its new WayPoint 3 receiver. Rob Waters, Global Director Sales at Dejero, told IBC Daily that the company was somewhat late with the launch of its 5G products compared to others. However, this was a deliberate move. “We wanted to learn what the market really required. We wanted to work with our customers to fi nd the right solutions for them. And, at the same time, other technology was changing around it. We wanted to work with certain people like Intel, to make sure that we’re providing the right level of product,” Waters said. The EnGo 3 and EnGo 3x transmitters are designed with new RF and 4x4 MIMO antenna architecture. Waters emphasised that the use of four antennas “will allow superior performance”. Dejero also provides GateWay
(L-R): Tim Fell, TELUS; Gino Galassi, Accenture: We want to own and control our future
models and orient an operating model where the customer is at the centre.”
Based on Accenture’s video platform, Opus is counted as a success.
“We want to own and control our future,” said Fell. “We also wanted to work on features that would differentiate us and not be dependent on others to do that. We can now drive our own destiny.”
ROSS ENSNARES SPIDERCAM Ross Video BY DAVID FOX
Waters: Dejero took its time to learn what the real requirements for 5G would be
network aggregation devices that are designed to deliver reliable connectivity for voice, video and data while in nomadic or mobile environments, as well as add wireless connectivity to fi xed locations. Recently, the company moved
from Windows to the Linux OS, “which offers our key broadcast customers signifi cant security enhancements”, Waters said. Dejero will continue to support Windows products in future. He noted that the move to Linux “allows us to use our connectivity that we developed for other products”. For example, the newer EnGo products feature a ‘GateWay mode’ for wireless broadband connectivity and a modifi ed backpack with a wired remote. “It turns it into a massive internet connectivity hotspot,” Waters said. 2.B51
Ross Video has agreed terms to acquire Austrian broadcast cable camera specialist Spidercam, which made its TV debut in 2005 and is now in use worldwide at sporting events, concerts and TV shows. “Spidercam’s technology
creates visuals that are simply spectacular, and we’re thrilled to integrate them into our production universe,” said David Ross, CEO of Ross Video. “We’re committed to continuing Spidercam’s excellent customer experience as a part of Ross while offering more capabilities to even more customers. On a personal level, I just love cable cameras, they’re such an awe-inspiring and dramatic technology.” The Spidercam system is suspended on four cables with winches that navigate a camera dolly in 3D space utilising a stabilised head to provide HD or 4K video. System rentals include an accompanying technician, pilot and camera operator. The company also recently launched a fi xed mini system for smaller internal
Web weaved: Karen Walker, VP Camera Motion Systems, Ross, with Spidercam MD Marc Denker
production environments. Herbert Neff, Spidercam CEO, believes that becoming part of Ross Video can unlock Spidercam’s potential. “We’ve already been working together producing live augmented reality with the combinations of our technology and Ross’s, and there is a lot more we will be able to do in the future.” Spidercam is based in Feistritz im Rosental, Austria, with service facilities in Hamburg, Germany and Kennesaw, Georgia. It also has a joint venture with Gravity Media in Australia. 11.B10
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