In Broadcast - September 2015 - 14


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 9 | September 2015

InNews
Cantemo Presents
Portal Version 2.1
SWE: Media Asset Management
solutions provider Cantemo will
present the latest version of its
flagship Portal at IBC.
Cantemo Portal 2.1 introduces
a range of features including
a customisable dashboard for
live monitoring of assets, jobs,
and work lists. A Transcoder
Framework allows easy integration
with Telestream Vantage or
Episode transcoders and Cantemo
say more integrations are due to be
introduced.
An Archive Framework means
Portal can now use the StorNext
API natively.

NOA Introduces
FrameLector Pico
AUT: At IBC, NOA will launch
FrameLector Pico, an entry-level
ingest system for high quality
video archiving.
Packaging NOA's FrameLector
software with VTRi hardware,
FrameLector Pico is supplied on a
suitably-configured PC.
Reducing the cost of entry
into quality video archiving,
FrameLector Pico offers a single
channel or two parallel channels
of ingest, and can be extended
with NOA's full JobDB workflow
software for 24/7 operation.
NOA's FrameLector Pico will ship
September 2015.

CB Electronics'
TMC-1 Avid S6
GBR / NED: CB Electronics will
launch the Avid S6 version of
its TMC-1 multichannel monitor
controller at IBC. The unit has been
described by one customer as "the
large console monitor controller,
without the large console".
CB Electronics recently installed
the TMC-1 Penta in Pinewood
Theatre 6, a Dolby Atmos room at
Pinewood film studios.
A second TMC-1 Penta has been
installed by a Television Network
sound engineer in Chicago.

EBU & VRT Unveil LiveIP
Project
T

he EBU and Belgian public
broadcasting company VRT have
unveiled the LiveIP Project, a multivendor system integration to showcase
IP-based live broadcast production.
The collaboration between EBU, VRT
and a group of innovative industry
partners sees the implementation of
a live TV production studio at VRT's
premises in Brussels.
It uses state-of-the-art IT-centric
hardware and software, including
Axon's Synapse based networked
multiviewer technology, to enable
broadcasters to produce programmes
quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
A scaled down version of the LiveIP
setup will be shown as a proof-ofconcept demonstration on the EBU
booth at IBC.
The multi-phase LiveIP Project is

LiveIP project in action.
Courtesy of VRT Sandbox

part of Sandbox+, an international
joint platform for collaborative
innovation put together by VRT, EBU
and iMinds. Industry technology
partners participating in the project
include Axon, Dwesam, EVS, Genelec,
Grass Valley, Lawo, LSB, Nevion,
Tektronix and Trilogy who provide all

the elements of a live production chain
driven by IP.
Visitors to the EBU booth at IBC will
see a demonstration of the system,
which uses open standards - in this
case SMPTE 2022/6, AES67, and PTP
- to transport broadcast feeds via an
SDN.

GatesAir Next-Gen TV & DAB Radio Exciter
G

atesAir will introduce its nextgeneration
software-defined
exciter for TV and DAB Radio
broadcasters and network operators
at IBC.
Claiming
unparalleled
signal
processing power, a smaller footprint
and advanced IP capabilities, the new
GatesAir Maxiva XTE exciter builds
on the groundbreaking, previousgeneration Maxiva M2X exciter with
new efficiencies and improvements
for future generations of digital
broadcasting.

Like the M2X exciter, the Maxiva
XTE exciter is a GatesAir innovation
developed by the company's signal
processing and modulation specialists.
Offering market-leading efficiency
and performance for broadcast
network operators, the XTE further
enhances signal correction to improve
Modulation Error Ratio (MER) and
address other signal imperfections in
over-the-air broadcasts.
Delivered in a 1RU platform - half
the size of its predecessor - the XTE
incorporates a 300% increase in
digital
signal
processing
capability, along
with a 1 GHz
quad-core CPU
GatesAir Maxiva XTE exciter promises efficiency improvements

featuring 20 times the horsepower.
GatesAir says that this ensures
improved signal quality, throughput
and IP networking capabilities for
today's leading DTV standards (and
DAB Radio) and emerging broadcast
opportunities, including LTE Mobile
Offload and next-generation TV
standards like ATSC 3.0.
Additionally, its software-defined
design provides a field-upgradeable
platform,
ensuring
broadcasters
worldwide can quickly and seamlessly
upgrade as standards evolve.
The software-defined XTE gives
broadcasters the latest technology
and state-of-the-art digital correction
for today's transmitter amplifier
technologies.
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://sandbox.vrt.be/liveip/ http://www.gatesair.com/ http://www.ibc.org/Exhibitor/ProConsultant-Informatique http://proconsultant.net/ http://proconsultant.net/
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