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InNews
PlayBox Powers
VIETV Expansion
USA: VIETV Network, the largest
Vietnamese television network
in America, has purchased ﬁve
AirBox servers for integration into
its production headquarters in
Houston, Texas.
Powered by AirBox, VIETV created
the ﬁrst Asian channel to broadcast
in HD in America, and expanded its
coverage to cities from coast to
coast.
The investment enables the
network to expand the number
of channels it produces while
retaining
full
control
of
presentation, scheduling and
playout.

DirectOut For
CTV OB Trailer
GER: CTV, part of the Euro Media
Group, has taken delivery of what
has been described by specialist
UK coachbuilders, A. Smith Gt.
Bentley Ltd. (ASGB) as "probably
the largest OB trailer ever built."
The expandable 84m2 full HD
OB vehicle was manufactured
by ASGB in collaboration with
ProjectBuilders. The truck comes
complete with a complement of
DirectOut equipment including
25 KYRA MADI monitoring and
line checking devices which were
specially designed for CTV.

Management Team
Buys Digital Vision
GBR: Digital Vision, a supplier
of world class colour grading,
restoration and ﬁlm scanning
solutions for the broadcast,
ﬁlm, commercial and archive
industries, has been acquired by
its management team consisting
of Kelvin Bolah, Greg Holland and
Claes Westerlund.
The acquisition from Swedish
company Image Systems, for
6.1 Million SEK, will preserve
the heritage of the 26 year old
company and provide signiﬁcant
funding for future investment.

SIM Group Acquires
Pixel Underground
T

he SIM Group has acquired
Toronto post-production facility
Pixel Underground and its associated
companies FINI Films and stationEX.
The move gives SIM Group the ability
to deliver complete post-production
and media distribution services in the
Toronto market.
Founded by Marc Bachli and Marcus
Valentin in 2009, Pixel Underground
is one of Ontario's leading providers of
post-production services for television.
"Our goal is to offer an array of
services for the content creator to
ensure that their project is what they
envisioned. This includes control of
the technical process from camera to
data management, ofﬂine ﬁnishing and
delivery," said SIM Group President
and CEO Rob Sim. "As we grow, we

are committed to
maintaining the
quality, integrity
and personalised
service
that
have been the
trademark of SIM
for more than 30
years."
The acquisition
of
Pixel
Underground is
the latest in a
SIM Group CTO Chris Parker with Pixel Underground
series of recent initiatives by
Founders Marcus Valentin & Marc Bachli
and SIM Group President & CEO Rob Sim
SIM Group that have expanded
its service offerings and geographic Chainsaw. Last year, it acquired
reach, following its initial post- Canada-based PS Production Services.
production acquisition of Bling Digital
The company has also grown its
in 2009.
presence in Los Angeles, Toronto,
Earlier this year, it merged with Vancouver, Atlanta and Beijing.

Rohde & Schwarz Used In DVB-T2 Pilot
R
ohde & Schwarz gear used in a deﬁnition television while maintaining
DVB-T2 pilot in Berlin will provide the same data rate.
thorough, real world testing of the
It is expected that various
interaction between all components alternatives for data rates, programme
from the studio to the receiver.
coverage and video quality will be
The new HEVC/H.265
tested
and
deﬁned
video coding standard
during the trial period.
will be used for
This will also provide
transmission.
manufacturers with a
The
advantages
test environment that
of the new DVB-T2
they can use to develop
standard
lie
in
compatible
consumer
its
efﬁciency,
electronics.
which
generates
In this testbed, the
improvements for TV
R&S AVHE100 headend
viewers at all levels.
system from Rohde
DVB-T2
enables
&
Schwarz
encodes
reception of more
transmitted
HD
Rohde & Schwarz
programmes and highDVB-T2 trial in Berlin programmes in line with

the HEVC standard. It also contains
the company's headend management
software, multiplexer and T2MI
gateway, which enable generation of
an output stream that is compatible
with DVB-T2.
The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz
Institute, a Rohde & Schwarz
cooperation
partner,
led
the
development of the HEVC encoder
used for the R&S AVHE100.
The R&S AVHE100 headend can
encode/decode signals, multiplex and
generate several physical layer pipes
(PLP) in just one device.
The
system
integrates
more
functions in a few hardware
components than other available
meaning improved fail-safety.
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