In Broadcast - August 2015 - 8


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 8 | August 2015

InNews
ABS Expands
Regional HQ
SIN: Advanced Broadcast Solutions
(ABS) - Asia Pte. Ltd. is adding
staff and moving to new offices in
Singapore.
"Focusing on emerging markets
and helping business owners grow
a profitable business has been
key to our success," said Dennis
Breckenridge, Managing Director,
ABS - Asia. The new ABS Asia
headquarters is at 28 Genting Lane,
#06-07 Platinum 28, Singapore,
349585
Last year, the professional AV
systems integrator opened an
office in Myanmar.

Kodak Film
Archive Deal
GBR: Kodak has launched an
archival program for independent
UK filmmakers.
In collaboration with Cinelab
London, the Kodak Archive Package
offers flat-rate pricing for film,
digital recording and processing.
This allows Kodak to work with
independent content owners to
deliver a cost effective archive
master on film regardless of the
origination format of a production.
Kodak says that the package
provides a single affordable price
for any title shot on digital or
analogue.

Digigram V7 Software
FRA: Digigram, developer of
innovative audio and video
solutions, has announced a
new V7 software release for
the company's AQILIM range of
encoding and transcoding solutions
for
multiscreen/OTT
video
delivery and its AQORD encoding/
decoding solutions for broadcast
contribution applications.
The refinements introduced in the
V7 software release make it even
easier for AQILIM and AQORD users
to establish reliable, flexible, and
cost-effective IP-based distribution
and contribution of high-quality
video.

RadiOhio Virtualises
Automation Core
E

NCO has virtualised the automation
core for RadiOhio's radio network,
deploying an ENCO1 server to reduce
footprint, costs and complexity for
the Columbus, Ohio broadcaster's two
radio stations (WBNS-AM-FM).
ENCO1 is a fault-tolerant virtualised
system with a unique specification for
radio automation environments. Its
reliable and scalable design replaces
many disparate workstations and
servers across a facility, leveraging
IP audio technologies to operate
virtualised ENCO DAD automation
systems.
"On a purely operational level, ENCO1
eliminated the performance issues we
were having with keyboard, mouse and
touchscreen responsiveness across
the KVM architecture," said Greg
Armstrong, Director of Engineering for

WBNS-AM-FM, RadiOhio.
"But the beauty of what
ENCO1 offers is complete
duplication
of
our
automation
operation
across the entire facility,
due to a fully redundant,
fault-tolerant server...
ENCO appears to be
well ahead of the curve
in terms of virtualising
radio automation."
For RadiOhio, the
long-time ENCO DAD
customer had been
seeking a way to streamline costs and
operations across its six studios and
four edit suites.
Since transitioning to ENCO1,
the network has enjoyed a true
simplification of infrastructure and

Virtualised core is the heart
of RadiOhio

operations, eliminating bulky studio
hardware, redundant power supplies,
and reducing 25RU of rack space to
4RU in the technical core.

IABM Names Board And Chair
T

he IABM has announced its board
members and the appointment
of James Gilbert, Founder and Joint
Managing Director, Pixel Power as
IABM Chair.
Joining Gilbert on the IABM
board are: Immediate Past Chair,

James Gilbert, IABM Chair

Jan Eveleen, Axon Digital Design;
Kevin Usher, Avid; Mark Gederman,
ChyronHego; Nicki Fisher, Clear-Com;
Ben Davenport, Dalet; Marco Lopez,
Grass Valley; Tom Favell, Hi-Tech
Systems; Glenn Lebrun, Imagine
Communications;
Paul
Nicholls,
Phabrix; Roger Thornton, Quantel;
Peter Sykes, Sony; David MacGregor,
TSL; Mark Osborn, Vitec Videocom;
Jordi Capdevila Espitia, VSN.
Rounding out the board are its four
non-elected members: Derek Owen,
Non-Executive
Director;
Graham
Pitman, Vice-Chair; Lucinda Meek,
Finance Director and Peter White,
Chief Executive.
Commenting on his appointment,
Gilbert said: "These are exciting and

challenging times for our industry
with the rise of multi-platform content
delivery and IP based solutions.
"Looking forward, I believe IABM
needs to play a leading role in this
transition, by supporting both the long
established and the newer companies."
Welcoming Gilbert and the board
appointments, IABM Chief Executive
Peter White said: "His experience in
the industry will prove invaluable to
us, and we look forward to growth and
success in the next few years under
his guidance. We're also delighted to
welcome such a diverse and talented
range of professionals to our board."
Elected every two years, the board is
responsible for the overall operation of
IABM.
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