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TACTICAL FIBRE ROLLS OUT THE ARMOUR Percon BY DAVID FOX
New high-quality fi bre products are available from Percon that complement its range of cables and connectors. These include HMA expanded beam
single-mode and multimode cables supporting two or four channels, assembled with tactical military cable available with or without metallic armour. Percon has also brought in new MTP/MPO cabling assemblies with military tactical cable with
helicoidal metallic armour and a 6mm diameter and 12 or 24 fi bres. These cables comprise compact metallic connectors reinforced with a plastic case that make them suitable for outdoor use and harsh environment. An IP68 rating ensures protection against dust and water.
The company has also released a range of IP66-rated connection boxes designed for stadium use that can be available with or without a stand. They incorporate some interesting features, such as the use of AI to maximise effi ciency. 10.D46
More than basic cable: Percon MTP/MPO panel to LC/UPC breakout assembly
LIVE PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE WAIT Marquis
BY KEVIN EMMOTT
In an update debuting at IBC2024, Marquis has enabled ‘growing fi le’ support within its live production workfl ow.
Designed for fast-turnaround news and sport programmes, Marquis’ fi le support lets customers begin editing in Avid software as soon as live recording starts via either LiveU Ingest or the Sony C3 Portal, dramatically reducing the time required to create a fi nal edited programme
In-progress fi le recording for LiveU Ingest is now supported
or versions for different platforms. Its primary innovation is to enable the use of chunked transport streams, which supports growing fi les in cloud environments such as S3 buckets,
as well as on-prem. Marquis uses compute-only translation of the transport streams to OPAtoms for immediate news and sports editing. The growing fi le workfl ow is
TAKING A GREENVIEW OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT VIDEO Fraunhofer Digital Media BY KEVIN EMMOTT
Fraunhofer Fokus is introducing its Famium GreenView technology, which dynamically adjusts the presentation of streaming content on modern Smart TVs without altering the original content, in Hall 8.
Designed to make video streaming playback more energy-effi cient and sustainable, Famium GreenView provides a library that integrates with a streaming service’s application, along with a backend component providing optimal settings for
an individual streaming session. Leveraging context parameters such as content, device and display type, the AI model delivers individually tailored confi gurations to optimise streaming sessions for energy- effi cient playback. Currently available for Android- based Smart TVs through Exoplayer and HTML5-based app environments, including Samsung Tizen and HbbTV, Fraunhofer says Famium GreenView extends beyond a use for OTT and media library content by also offering energy savings for traditional linear broadcast TV. In lab tests, applying gradual
enabled via Marquis Medway middleware, which connects LiveU Ingest or Sony C3 Portal directly with Avid. Marquis is also launching a native
Avid Media Composer panel that supports its Sony C3 Portal ingest and proxy-relinking workfl ow, allowing the editor to see directly into the Medway system to select and ingest any new media from the Medway watch folder. It is also unveiling its integration with Sony’s Ci Media Cloud, delivering bidirectional media and metadata workfl ow with Avid. 7.A06
The Fraunhofer Fokus technology delivers energy-saving playback without altering the original content
modifi cations to streaming content enabled Famium GreenView to achieve up to 20% energy savings on OLED-based Smart TVs.
Test scenarios included a nature scenery clip and a sequence from a football match. 8.B80
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