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InReview

IBC2016 Expo
Mergers And Acquisitions
There were some significant
mergers and acquisitions timed to
be announced at the show. Boris
FX announced it had bought fellow
plug-in developer GenArts which
unites GenArts' Sapphire, a suite of
transitions and effects tools, together
with the effects and motion graphics
package Boris Continuum Complete
(BCC) and with mocha Pro, the
motion tracking software developed
by Imagineer Systems which Boris
acquired at the end of 2014.
The companies are at pains to
stress that none of these tools will be
shelved - on the contrary the merger
of development teams could see the
launch of entirely new applications in
due course.
The second notable M&A was
courtesy of Blackmagic Design. In
customary fashion it pulled not one
but two rabbits from the hat, having
bought keying specialist Ultimatte
and audio company Fairlight.
Ultimatte is the de facto standard in
live to air keying presenters in front of
weather maps, stock charts, and other

cont'd...

info graphics, while Fairlight - maker
of audio engines that can deliver up
to 1000 tracks with 64 channels of
monitoring - gives BMD an immediate
entry into sound post-production.
Ross Video also snapped up
Coveloz Technologies, a specialist
in IP networking and processing. Ross
intends use the expertise from that
company to accelerate the adaptation
of its kit, ranging from graphics
engines to cameras, into IP.
Meanwhile
Telestream
quietly
acquired QC technology specialist
Vidcheck, maker of file-based
automated QC Vidchecker
Its Not VR Or AR So What Is It?
VR was all the rage as a potential
new money spinner but there's a
related emerging technology which is
applicable to conventional broadcast
transmissions. If VR is fully immersive
and AR is graphical overlays on real life
then Mixed Reality is the integration of
virtual objects and characters that you
can actually interact with.
Typically, this makes use of the
technology behind video games such

as Epic's Unreal Engine. At IBC, Ross
Video collaborated in a MR demo led
by Norway's Future Group. The Future
Group has devised a system called
'Frontier' which uses Unreal Engine to
generate photorealistic scenery, which
at IBC was seen working with Ross's
XPression motion graphics system in a
virtual studio environment.
The tech will reportedly feature in
"several of the world's biggest new
live game shows, as well as worldwide
sporting events" in 2017 says the
Future Group - which boasts Bard
Anders Kasin as a Founder. He had
a hand in The Matrix while Technical
Director at Warner Bros.
"The Future Group is using unreal

Ultimatte acquired by Blackmagic Design

engine technology in a way that blurs
the lines between broadcast TV and
what has only been possible in video
games," said Epic Games CTO Kim
Libreri.
NewTek has spotted the convergence
of live video production and gaming
engines too, linking Unreal Engine
4 into the NewTek NDI ecosystem.
Brian Olson, VP Product Management,
NewTek, said of the union "it will
streamline virtual production and
make full resolution gaming streams
accessible for arena events and online
competitions... and help producers use
virtual technology to provide a whole
new level of storytelling."


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