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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 11 | November 2015

InNews
Moving Images
Public Trailer
USA: SMPTE has released a public
trailer for its Moving Images film
project aimed at documenting
the history of motion-imaging
technology.
"I'm extremely proud of what
we've accomplished with this
project - the wealth of video,
audio, still images, and historical
records we have gathered so far is
remarkable," said Director Howard
Lukk.
The production team has captured
more than 48 hours of interview
footage and gathered archival
material from the past 100 years.

Pronology Features
Location Intelligence
USA: Pronology will showcase its
new Location Intelligence feature
for its MAM system at CCW.
Location Intelligence assists those
working in the field by streamlining
workflow for various production
applications, spanning from an
ENG truck all the way to post
production.
It lets a user determine at a glance
whether the content required is
available immediately or needs to
be transferred. This ensures the
most efficient use of bandwidth
and storage resources.

Cantemo Portal 2.2
Unveiled
USA / FRA: Cantemo will be
previewing the latest version of its
flagship solution, Cantemo Portal,
at CCW and SATIS.
Cantemo Portal is an enterpriseclass asset management software
able to support small workgroups
on a single server or accommodate
thousands of users and many
nodes in different geographical
locations.
Version 2.2 marks a shift of release
strategy, with Cantemo intending
to instigate smaller, but more
frequent updates to Cantemo
Portal.

Bente Picks Up
Riedel U.S. Reins
R

iedel Communications has named
Joyce Bente as President and CEO
of Riedel North America.
Bente joins the company with
nearly 30 years of experience in the
broadcast industry, and she will lead
strategy and operations with the
primary goal of expanding Riedel's
presence across North American
markets.
"Joyce has provided strategic
business development guidance for
some of the world's largest and most
successful companies, and we are
confident that with her knowledge,
experience, industry connections, and
leadership skills, she will help us to
bring our North American business
to a new level," said Rik Hoerée,

Director International Sales at Riedel
Communications. "We are enormously
pleased to welcome her to the
company."
Bente joins Riedel having most
recently served as the Director of Sales
for broadcast rental company Bexel.
"Riedel Communications is setting
a worldwide standard for flexible,
reliable, and robust communications
and
signal-transport
solutions,
particularly for demanding liveproduction environments," said Bente.
"I see tremendous potential for
further adoption of Riedel products
and solutions across North American
markets, and I look forward to helping
the company capitalise on these rich
opportunities."

Joyce Bente
President
and CEO
of Riedel
North
America

Bente's earlier roles within the
industry include Vice President of
Sales with Band Pro Film & Digital,
a provider of professional digital
cameras, accessories, and workflow
solutions.

IEEE & SMPTE Connect Digital
Libraries
T

he SMPTE Digital Library has been
incorporated into the IEEE Xplore
Digital Library.
The SMPTE Digital Library includes
more than 800 standards documents
dating back to 1916, the peer-reviewed
SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, and
proceedings from SMPTE conferences

- more than 20,000 documents in
total.
"This partnership with SMPTE
aligns with the ongoing IEEE goal of
continually enriching IEEE Xplore
with
high-quality,
leading-edge
content that empowers engineers to
advance technology for the benefit of
humanity," said Sheila Hemami, Vice
President, IEEE Publication Services
and Products.
IEEE Xplore provides online access to
nearly four million full-text documents
from some of the world's most
highly cited publications in electrical
engineering, computer science, and
electronics.
"The IEEE Xplore Digital Library is
a robust, user-friendly platform with

powerful search tools and convenient
access options that help users to
find the information they need," said
Barbara Lange, Executive Director of
SMPTE. "The migration of the SMPTE
Digital Library to this IEEE platform
represents a significant milestone in
that it increases the availability and
utility of SMPTE-developed content for
our worldwide community of members
and subscribers."
The many industry standards and
tools developed by SMPTE include the
widely implemented SMPTE Color Bar
television test pattern, SMPTE Time
Code standard, digital cinema, and
SMPTE Timed Text standard, as well
as recent standards defining UHD and
HDR imaging, immersive audio.
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