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Shotoku is in the Zone with TR-XT
Control System Advanced Features
TR-XT. Each Zone is created through
an intuitive user interface and the
operator is provided with real-time
feedback on the camera position
only shot recall commands from main within the safety and no-go areas.
and backup automation systems, Complex curve sequence moves
but also complete joystick control, can be previewed with the Zone
so on-the-fly adjustments to camera display to show operators exactly
positions, even while under computer how the camera will transition through
control, can be achieved from an the studio.
external automation or face tracking
See the Bigger Picture with
system.
LiveView: TR-XT is now available with
Studio No-Go Zones: TR-XT also now the revolutionary new LiveView system,
supports the creation and management enabling highly intuitive control of
of operational zones for free roaming the cameras based on live video
(SmartPed) and rail-based (SmartRail) touchscreen technology. No longer are
cameras such that safe
thumbnails the only way
areas, and no-go zones,
to recall head positions
are always enforced. Zones
on the touchscreen, it is
are dynamic, meaning for
now possible to command
a different show a different
heads to new positions
set of no-go zones can
simply by touching on a
be
created,
reflecting
wide-angled live video view
the studio layout. Studioof the studio. Crucially,
specific Zone information
the live video image is not
is stored within the
provided by the (normally
Show definition of the LiveView studio camera narrow view) broadcast

By James Eddershaw, Managing Director
of Shotoku UK

S

hotoku's TR-XT system has become
the centre piece of the Shotoku
robotic camera control system and is
deployed across the globe in studios
ranging from single camera set-ups to
large scale, multi-city, transcontinental
systems.
Its ease-of-use combined with
complete scalability make the TR-XT
the ideal system for any live studio
production that's on-air day in, day out.
Shotoku recently incorporated several
new and highly advanced features
into the control system, so operators
can now make on-the-fly adjustments
from a third party system, create and
manage safe zones for free roaming
peds, and reposition heads with
additional touch control options for
more creative shots.
Adjustments On-the-Fly: As part
of the extended automation interface
(ECIPlus) the system now accepts not

TR-XT LiveView

camera, but from a dedicated wideangle camera mounted on each
camera - showing the entire viewable
area for that head. Touching an area
on the LiveView screen will smoothly
reposition the head towards the
selected presenter, guest or other area
of interest.
Automation, Zones and LiveView
are just three of the many amazing
features that have made the Shotoku
platform, and TR-XT in particular, so
popular among major broadcasters
around the world.
See the TR-XT and Shotoku's other
solutions at IBC on stand 12.E42.

How Are Speech Processing Technologies
Changing Media Monitoring Systems?
T

he expectations around a
competent Media Monitoring
Solution are evolving by the day knowledge is the keyword that better
describes a state-of-the-art system.
To cope with the dynamic pace of
TV production and management,
TV stations need a system that
is not only able to provide all the
typical recording, monitoring and
compliance features but most of all
to make available content specific
knowledge. With a strong speech
processing and Machine Learning
background, VoiceInteraction tailored
its Media Monitoring Solution to TV
Broadcasters' specific needs and
introduced never seen before features
in such a system:
*	 Permanent availability of a
speech recognition system to retrieve
language specific data;
*	 Natural Language Processing
engine to analyse, classify and cluster
the spoken concepts;
*	 Identification of known speakers

associate every utterance with a and analyse it thoroughly allows the
speaker;
internal optimisation of processes and
*	 Advertisement
identification supports production planning
based on the audio track;
Commercial and Marketing - these
*	 Program segmentation based on key aspects of the operations are
automatic content classification;
sustained in MMS by the analysis of the
*	 Spoken language detection for share and ratings performance of the
multi-language feeds.
channel programming and the content
The distinctive overlay of content compared to local market competitors.
specific data with monitoring reports
VoiceInteraction
will
be
also
enables MMS - BE to be effectively showcasing its acclaimed automatic
shared amongst several departments captioning solution Audimus.Media.
in a TV Station:
Currently it is producing automatic
Engineering have access to all the captions for live shows that reach more
recording and operational
conditions of the system
through an exhaustive alert
centre system.
Journalistic can make use of
the knowledge search system
to gather information about
the context of the past topic
coverages to substantiate the
creation of current reality views
Production are able to collect
all the broadcasted TV data VoiceInteraction Media Monitoring Solution

than 600 million viewers worldwide
through over more than 300 TV
stations.
Audimus.Media is not only just an
AI system but a complete and mature
product that is recognised as probably
the best automatic captioning solution
currently available. Being deployed in a
national TV station for the first time 11
years ago, Audimus.Media incorporates
the needs from our customers and has
in place an automatic update system
that allows it to quickly adapt to the
constant vocabulary change.
Audimus.Media is also able
to work as a software closed
caption encoder, which means
that a single system is able to
automatically generate captions
and encode them in live streams.
The newest feature and a
worldwide premiere, is the
ability to add closed captions
into live feeds containing
streams encoded with the recent
AV1 video codec.
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