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David Ross, Chief Executive Offi cer, Ross Video What are the biggest
challenges facing the media and entertainment industry? We’ve been saying this for decades, but it’s never been more true: We need to do more with less. Most broadcasters have more competition for eyeballs and ad revenue than ever before. Most suppliers are working hard to meet this need, but there are a lot of competing ideas and solutions on how to improve effi ciencies. It’s a tough (and exciting!) time to be a customer who must sort through what solutions are best for them. Do they stay with, or return to, 12G-SDI? Do they go all in on 2110? Do they try out NDI? Do they investigate IPMX? Do they stay with on- prem hardware? Do they try out on-prem compute? Do they fl ex or move to the cloud? Do they dabble in all the above? In the end, customers need to determine what makes the most money for the lowest investment that meets their quality needs. There’s tremendous pressure to get this right.
How is your company helping its customers to address the challenges faced by the media and entertainment industry? Our goal as a company is to say Yes. If a customer wants 2110, we’ll say yes. If they want NDI, we’ll say yes. If they want 12G, we’ll say yes. If they want cloud, local compute, or on-prem hardware, we will say, ‘Yes, we have a solution for that’. It’s a tremendous investment for Ross to push the boundaries of all those areas at once, but we’re up to the challenge!
What are the main areas of focus for your company during IBC2024? Our new robotic camera system Artimo will be huge this year. People are also very interested in what we’re doing with Carbonite Code, our software-based switcher built for NDI. We’ll be seeing the IBC debut and the continued evolution of our new Raiden weather system. We’re also showcasing our latest acquisition Bannister Lake, to talk about HTML5 graphics.
Which trends or themes do you expect to emerge during IBC2024? There’s going to be a lot all at once. AI will continue to make progress in many ways. People will start hearing the words IPMX, a new version of 2110. Suppliers will fi ercely compete with their current and future visions of what on-prem and cloud compute solutions look like for live production. We’ll probably hear more talk about the unique production needs for digital distribution and phrases like 9x16. It’s likely to be a bewildering and interesting show for many.
What are your priorities for the next 12 months?
The next 12 months will see the largest total R&D reinvestment in our company’s history. We have some big projects underway. Some have been announced, such as our new Artimo camera motion system, our new Raiden weather graphics, our launch of HTML5 graphics, and our new
AUDIBLE ESSENTIALS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Zoom Europe BY KEVIN EMMOTT
The Zoom Hessential Series of audio recorders are the fi rst to provide blind and visually impaired people with the ability to navigate a menu with audible descriptions. The trio of portable audio recording devices offer 32-bit fl oat recording and built-in X/Y microphones.
The Zoom H1essential Handy Recorder can handle sound pressure levels up to 120dB SPL and offers features such as overdubbing, pre-recording and playback speed control. It can also be used as a USB
microphone when connected to a computer via USB-C. Meanwhile, the Zoom H4essential Handy Recorder is the successor to the H4nPro and features four tracks, improved X/Y microphones that can handle up to 130dB SPL, and two XLR/jack inputs with locking connectors. The fl agship Zoom H6essential Handy Recorder boasts dual A/D converters, six recording tracks, four XLR/ jack combo inputs and an interchangeable X/Y microphone capsule that can handle up to 135dB SPL.
Both the H4 and H6 models can be used as a 32-bit fl oat audio interface via USB-C on a
Carbonite Code software-based switcher. As exciting as those are, there are several even more impactful projects that we think customers will love on the way. The next 12 months will continue to be exciting times! 8.B91
32-bit fl oat recording safeguards against clipping or losing information in the audio signal
computer, and users can also record to the internal SD card at the same time. Using the optional BTA-1 Bluetooth adapter,
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