In Broadcast - December 2015 - 14


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 12 | December 2015

InNews
Calrec Summa
Edge For Students
USA: Husson University's New
England School of Communications
(NESCom) in Bangor, Maine, has
installed a Calrec Summa audio
console.
"A huge advantage of our program
is that students train on the same
equipment they will be using
to earn a living," said NESCom
Executive Director Rodney Verrill.
Students will receive hands-on
experience on the console and
NESCom expects to expand use
of the console to connect with its
remote production truck via MADI
over fibre.

Tata Signs Up To Net
Insight's Live OTT
T

ata Communications have signed a
framework agreement to use Net
Insight's live OTT solution in its Media
Ecosystem, including its Video Connect
Net Insight CEO
Fredrik Tumegård

mxfSPEEDRAIL
Delivers Dr Phil
USA: For over a year mxfSPEEDRAIL has been in use at the
Paramount lot bringing memorable
daily taped shows, such as Dr Phil
and many others, into the digital
era. Using mxfSPEEDRAIL makes
for an easier workflow. With a web
based interface, VTR control, batch
capture functionality, multiple
resolution and multiple destination capabilities, scheduling, a vast
number of available encoding formats and wrappers, mxfSPEEDRAIL
aids the digitising workflow.

Triveni Digital
CSO At Summit
USA:
Triveni
Digital
has
participated in the Smart Spectrum
Summit:
Broadcast/Broadband
Networks for Public Safety and
Other One-to-Many Applications,
at the Westin Washington, D.C.,
City Center. Triveni Digital's Chief
Science Officer (CSO) and chair of
ATSC's Technology and Standards
Group, Dr Richard Chernock, spoke
on ATSC 3.0 and its impact on video
quality and data management.
During the event, Triveni Digital
highlighted how the technology
enables public broadcasters to
deliver reliable, rich media alerts
during emergencies.

service, underpinned by the company's
global network.
"We have worked closely with Tata
Communications for many years and as
a result of the company's willingness
to drive market innovation and ability
to move swiftly, Tata Communications'
global customers can now experience
a truly live OTT service." said Fredrik
Tumegård CEO of Net Insight.
"Net Insight's ability to support truly
live OTT services and harmonise TV
across multi-user or multi-devices is
game-changing and will put service
providers back into the OTT value
chain."
Brian Morris, VP & General Manager,
Global Media and Entertainment
services, Tata Communications, said:

"By building Net Insight's innovative
technology into our global Media
Ecosystem, we can empower media
companies to manage, deliver and
broadcast live OTT content in sync,
anywhere in the world, and to
harness live sports and music events
for additional revenues, as people's
evolving content consumption habits
continue to disrupt the industry."
Net Insight's live OTT solution
enables customers to overcome live
OTT challenges by harmonising the
first and second screen.
With the capability to synchronise
multiscreen TV in real-time, Net Insight
paves the way for the monetisation
of the commercial value found in live
content.

Mariner xVu Monitors Over
30 Million Devices
M

ariner, the global leader in
Software Defined Monitoring
(SDM), has announced significant
growth in tier-1 operators using its xVu
software, with more than 30 million
devices now under management - an
increase of over 50% year-on-year.
"The technology landscape is
changing, and operators are investing
in customer satisfaction initiatives
while looking to capture economies for
serving entertainment, Internet, and
mobile offers," said Shaun MacDonald,
SVP of Business Development and
Marketing at Mariner. "As operators
continue to face new challenges,
especially with the fragmentation of

additional devices in the home,
Mariner
brings
experience
and expertise to support the
operations teams so they can
efficiently fix problems rather
than
troubleshooting
issues
across an expanding network."
Leading entertainment and
Mariner reports significant SDM increase
Internet operators across the
globe are using Mariner xVu to gain
Currently processing over 18 billion
real-time visibility into the subscriber events per month, the Mariner xVu
experiences, where content is solution identifies over 100 million QoE
available anytime, anywhere and on a service impacting events.
wide range of devices.
Mariner xVu allows operators to take
Using the xVu software, operations smarter action against issues such as
teams can easily identify and resolve network degradations, where the root
issues, driving down operational costs.
cause may be hard to spot.
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