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

InNews
Canon Video
Camera Duo
GBR / IRE: Canon has announced
the addition of two new handheld
video cameras to its X-series, the
XA35 and XA30.
Designed for professionals and
enthusiasts alike, the highly
compact and lightweight models
feature a newly developed HD
CMOS Pro sensor which provides
higher sensitivity and improved
low-light performance.
Both cameras also include new
Wide Dynamic Range (DR) and
Highlight
Priority
settings,
making them suitable for shooting
everything from news and
documentaries to corporates.

PixStor Boosts
Productivity
A

SpectraCal Supports
HDR-10 Standard
USA:
SpectraCal
recently
announced support for High
Dynamic Range standard HDR-10
in a new version of its monitor
calibration software CalMAN.
CalMAN Version 5.6.1 creates the
HDR-10 metadata information
to test, measure, and calibrate
currently
shipping
HDR-10
televisions. Previous versions of
CalMAN already fully supported
Dolby Vision, the first shipping
HDR standard.
SpectraCal is working to add
support for the HLG version of HDR
proposed by the BBC and NHK.

Lukk Joins
SMPTE Team
USA: Howard Lukk will be joining
SMPTE's staff as the society's
Director of Standards. Lukk will
transition into the position that
has been held by Peter Symes for
the past eight years. Symes will
retire at the end of 2016.
Lukk is a writer and director at
independent film production and
management company Pannon
Entertainment, where he has
been working on short films and
providing technical consulting and
education for clients.

Azimuth Post is using PixStor technology

zimuth
Post,
the
independent Soho-based
post-production facility, has
benefited from efficient 4K
workflows and increased
its competitiveness since
installing
Pixit
Media's
bespoke PixStor storage
system.
"There are many companies
offering a lot of different
options when it comes to
storage
solutions.
Pixit
Media stood out by being a
challenger in the market,"
said Chris Churcher, Head of
Operations at Azimuth Post.
"Pixit Media offered both
functionality for nearline

as well as performance and storage
that can power the online suites.
PixStor gives us the efficiency and
performance that we require and
it is based on commodity / nonproprietary hardware, which makes it
competitively priced."
Pixit Media installed a single
storage node PixStor with 144TB net
useable capacity and 1GB of available
storage IO throughput. The system
was supplied by Pixit Media's channel
partner root6.
PixStor provides a central asset
repository for all file-based media and
also functions as the workflow hub for
the offline to online process.
This provides multiple pools of
storage for different user groups as
part of a single system. The nearline
storage used for parking file-based
media (PixStor) is also the primary
storage for the grade/online suite
(Smoke).

PROMISE Qualify For
Adobe Anywhere
P

ROMISE
Technology's
VTrak
A-Class and NAS G1100 series of
storage solutions has been qualified for
use with Adobe Anywhere.
"PROMISE is excited to have the
VTrak A-Class qualified for Adobe
Anywhere," said James Lee, CEO,
PROMISE
Technology.
"Adobe
continually provides their customers
with tools and services that help create
groundbreaking digital content and
deploy it across media and devices
to achieve greater success, and we
are proud to have supported Adobe
applications from the very start."
Adobe Anywhere can be connected

to the VTrak A-Class Shared
SAN Storage Appliance, which
offers
a
high-bandwidth
and low-latency file system,
the VTrakFS, giving users
complete control and security
over their stored media.
"Our customers want to focus on
their creativity, and not worry about
having enough - or the right kind - of
storage," said Sue Skidmore, Head
of Partner Relations at Adobe. "They
simply want it to work, and that is what
PROMISE offers, along with control
and security. Adobe Anywhere enables
teams to work together no matter their

Adobe qualified -
PROMISE VTrak series

location. Coupled with PROMISE, our
customers have a robust, collaborative
solution."
With
Adobe
Anywhere
and
PROMISE's VTrak A-Class, users can
share video files in real-time using
Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe
Prelude.

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