Display Technology Display systems gives studio control Media technology company NEP The Netherlands is using IDS across its network to control lights, cameras and studio door information D E
ensitron, who work with Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and display technology, has announced that NEP The Netherlands is now using the
Intelligent Display System (IDS) solution for a wide variety of production tasks at its broadcast centre in Hilversum. The media technology company’s road to implementing IDS began in 2015. Lead solutions consultant Theo Stam explains, “We set about the process of centralising our production so that our galleries at our main location in Hilversum could be used for production across the Netherlands and also in conjunction with NEP’s European network. We wanted to have a standardised choice of information display system, and it was in the process of looking for a suitable solution that we first met Reuben.”
Reuben Such, who is the global business development director at Densitron, introduced Stam and his team to the IDS solution, which is now being used across multiple studios and
all seven galleries at the Hilversum facility. Discussing the advantages of using IDS, Stam says that “the most important one is that the system is extremely flexible. You can build a logic map and include precisely the elements you want to display – and exclude everything else. Hence we are able to customise the system for every room and production.” NEP The Netherlands’ reliance on IDS has increased over time, and as of 2020 it is being used to control lights, PTZ cameras and studio door information. IDS has also been integrated with several other core systems, including the Ross OverDrive automated production control system and – thanks to a bespoke plug-in developed by the Densitron team – with the Avid FastServe playout server
Most recently of all, NEP The Netherlands has also installed IDS in its intelligent outside broadcast unit, iOB, that was introduced in 2019. A pod-like facility delivered on a flatbed truck, iOB serves as a remote production gallery that can utilise shared system resources in Hilversum and other
NEP locations as part of the Centralised Production concept.
Reuben Such – who notes that the media technology company is also now using Densitron’s 2U full-service rack displays – points to the “close working relationship that has developed with NEP. They are
Flexible, colour ePaper displays
Ink Holdings, provider of electronic ink technology, and Plastic Logic, designer and manufacturer of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), are partnering to
provide flexible colour displays based around E Ink’s Advanced Color ePaper technology. Plastic Logic’s advanced oTFT (organic Thin Film Transistor) displays are high-resolution, lightweight and ultra-low-power. They are
more rugged than standard glass-based TFTs and being thinner and lighter makes them ideal for applications such as wearables. E Ink ACeP is a high quality, colour reflective electronic paper that can produce full colour at every pixel, without the use of a colour filter array (CFA). Currently, E Ink’s ACeP display has been used in signage applications that do not require flexible form factors. The addition of Plastic Logic’s technology allows for expansion into applications that can require thinner and lighter weight displays. “E Ink is excited to partner with Plastic Logic to offer the world’s-first flexible color display technology to customers,” says Johnson Lee, CEO of E Ink. “Plastic Logic’s advanced oTFT displays are more robust than traditional amorphous silicon transistors on plastic substrate, which maybe more suitable for wearable applications.
“We are very excited to collaborate with E Ink to provide the market with the world’s first plastic displays using
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ACeP film,” says Tim Burne, CEO of Plastic Logic. “Our flexible, glass-free displays are a perfect addition to any wearable technology designer’s toolkit—they are extremely lightweight, making them well suited for integration into a host of wearables, including smart jewellery and smart clothing.”
He adds: “Our new range of LegioTM flexible colour displays will enable customers to bring new colour applications to market faster and, we believe, more cost effectively. Evaluation Kits will be available later this year so that designers can try out the displays in ‘real world’ applications.” Legio products are made using oTFT backplanes manufactured by TENFlecs, one of Plastic Logic’s manufacturing partners – illustrating a further important milestone in the company’s strategy to move to a fully outsourced supply. Market predictions for wearable devices consider the sector is expected to reach over $150bn annually by 2026.
plasticlogic.com
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a very progressive and forward-looking company, and they invariably have valuable feedback to impart. It is great to see IDS playing such a major role in their day-to-day operations as their Centralised Production concept continues to evolve.
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