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Kodak Finalises
Film Agreements
USA: Kodak has ﬁnalised ﬁlm
supply agreements with major
Hollywood studios.
As part of these agreements, Kodak
will provide motion picture ﬁlm to
20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Co.,
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.,
NBC Universal Inc., Paramount
Pictures Corp. and Sony Pictures
for their movie and television
productions.
The agreements will make it
possible for Kodak to continue
to manufacture motion picture
ﬁlm, supplying camera negative,
intermediate stock for post, and
archival and print ﬁlm.

BCE Invests
In Pablo Rio
LUX: BCE has upgraded its longserving Quantel eQ system to a
Pablo Rio 2KO high quality colour
and ﬁnishing system.
Pablo Rio will provide postproduction services to TV promos
and programmes for French
channel RTL9 and Belgian channel
RTL-TVI, both of which are
owned by the leading European
entertainment network, RTL Group.
BCE is a European leader in
technical services, serving over
400 clients in the television, radio,
production and post-production,
telecommunication
and
IT
industries.

AJA Releases v1.1
Firmware For CION
USA: AJA Video Systems has
released v1.1 ﬁrmware for the CION
4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD production
camera. The software increases
the Exposure Index (EI) values to
EI 320, EI 500, EI 800 and EI 1000,
and offers improved highlight
handling. Recording in Apple
ProRes, including 12-bit ProRes
444, CION can capture to AJA Pak
SSD media at up to 4K/60p.
CION can output AJA Raw at up to
4K 120fps (4x3G-SDI) or up to 4K
30fps via Thunderbolt.

Imagine Communications
Acquires RGB Networks
I

magine
Communications
has has changed the way we consume
acquired the assets of RGB Networks, entertainment and information.
a provider of multiscreen video
"We also gain an enviable customer
delivery solutions based in Sunnyvale, base and will continue to support
California.
the RGB Networks product portfolio.
Imagine Communications CEO Charlie Equally exciting, we are acquiring a
Vogt said: "Our customers require world class technology, operations and
video solutions that enable content to sales team, which has been focused
be delivered anywhere,
on IP and software-based
anytime, and on any
cloud solutions for several
device.
years."
"The acquisition of RGB
RGB Networks provides
Networks, combined with
IP
cloud-based
video
our innovation in video
delivery solutions that help
playout and distribution,
enable media providers to
enables us to strategically
streamline and monetise
navigate the convergence
TV Everywhere and OTT
of IP, mobility, and
services with reliability
Charlie Vogt, CEO
the
Internet,
which Imagine Communications and scalability.

With core technology strengths in
video packaging, cloud DVR, and ad
insertion, RGB Networks' products are
deployed in over 400 communication
service providers.
RGB Networks' Dynamic Ad Insertion
(DAI) technology is designed for ABR
and virtualised data-centre/cloud
environments, and is structured to
dynamically manage and execute
addressable ad and alternate content
campaigns in unison.
By integrating DAI capabilities
into its media portfolio, Imagine will
enable the delivery of personalised
advertising in real-time, across
all video stream types, and
on subscribers' preferred viewing
devices.

ANNOVA Wins BBC Newsroom Contract
A

NNOVA Systems has been awarded
the contract to replace the BBC's
current ENPS newsroom system with
OpenMedia.
ANNOVA will spend up to two years
customising, conﬁguring and testing
OpenMedia software.
From 2017 onwards, the ﬁnalised
conﬁguration will be rolled out
worldwide to over 120 locations and
more than 10,000 users, where it will
replace the existing ENPS application.
The long-term agreement covers
initial services as well as licensing and
operational support for at least the
next 12 years.
"The whole company is very excited
about the future," said Michael
Schüller, CEO of ANNOVA Systems.
"This will be our largest single project

to date, and in many ways will be
a game-changer for our company,
taking ANNOVA to the next level
and establishing our position as
international leader in this market
segment. The new contract has
validated our belief in the direction we
have taken with our software and with
ANNOVA Systems as a whole."
ANNOVA said that following a
highly competitive and detailed
procurement process that started in
September 2013, run under public
procurement regulations, the BBC has
selected ANNOVA Systems to provide
OpenMedia newsroom software for all
of their newsrooms.
The OpenMedia newsroom system
supports both digital output and linear
broadcasting.

As well as delivering agency wires
and enabling users to manage all
input and output in the broadcast
newsrooms, ANNOVA say that
OpenMedia will make mobile working
simpler and more effective.

Michael Schüller
CEO, ANNOVA Systems
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