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InNews
Quantum Acquires
WD's ActiveScale

USA: Quantum has entered into
an agreement with Western
Digital Technologies to acquire
its ActiveScale object storage
business. The addition of the
ActiveScale product line and talent
brings object storage software
and erasure coding technology to
Quantum's portfolio, and enables
the company to expand in the
object storage market.
The deal underscores Quantum's
commitment to innovation and
growth, extending the company's
leadership role in storing and
managing video and unstructured
data using a software-defined
approach.

Cooke's Anamorphic/i
Full Frame 85mm Macro
GBR: Cooke Optics presented
its latest lenses including the
Anamorphic/i Full Frame 85mm
Macro at the BSC Expo.
Both coatings of the Anamorphic/i
Full Frame Plus prime lenses,
Standard and SF (Special Flair),
were shown. Producing true front
anamorphic characteristics these
lenses represent the next logical
step for the full frame sensor. The
SF's produce an exaggerated lens
flare effect.
All focal lengths feature a 1.8x
squeeze and a T2.3 stop, except for
the 85mm Macro, which is T2.8.

ENENSYS OneBeam
DVB-SIS Solution
FRA: ENENSYS Technologies latest
OneBeam solution brings it into
compliance with the DVB-SIS
standard. The company's OneBeam
DVB-SIS solution allows Network
Broadcast Operators to optimise
their TV delivery services using a
single satellite feed for DTH and
DTT in a SFN.
One satellite distribution serves
both DTT transmission sites
and DTH consumers. At the DTT
transmission site, the ENENSYS
TxEdge OneBeam creates the
DVB-T or DVB-T2 SFN bouquet
based on the services carried over
DTH satellite.

VITEC Acquires IPtec Inc
V

ITEC, a worldwide leader in
advanced video encoding
and
streaming
solutions,
has announced the strategic
acquisition of IPtec
Inc., a developer
and manufacturer
of industry-leading solutions for lowlatency transfer of telemetry and
video-over-IP networks.
"IPtec is highly respected in the
military and broadcast verticals," said
Kevin Ancelin, VP Worldwide Broadcast
Sales, VITEC.
"IPtec introduces the benefits of J2K,
MPEG-2, and legacy H.264 4:2:2 10-bit
codec support, as well as a full duplex
encoder/decoder and a telemetry-toIP gateway that complement VITEC's
portfolio of high-quality, low-latency
HEVC codecs. Together, our solutions
will provide customers with a purposebuilt technology platform capable of
delivering broadcast-quality media
streams even under the most extreme

conditions."
Effective this month, this acquisition
will add IPtec's product families to
the VITEC lineup. This includes the
VNP Series video network processors,
which support full-duplex encodedecode; H.264, AVC-I, and MPEG-2
video standards; and AAC and
MPEG-1 Layer II audio standards, in a
redundantly powered ½RU package.

The current IPtec VNP Series will be
maintained as its product roadmap
merges into VITEC's HEVC portfolio
offering. VITEC will also add the
TNP Telemetry Network Processor
Series, which addresses the need
for
transmitting
timing-sensitive
data signals over IP networks in
telemedicine, defence, and industrial
applications.

Make.TV Drives CBC Celeb Talk Show

G

ermany's Cologne Broadcasting
Centre (CBC) deployed Make.TV's
Live Video Cloud for its popular nightly
live talk show, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me
Out of Here - the Hour After.
CBC used Make.TV's cloud solution
to simplify the show's production
management by streamlining remote
live video contributions from guests
across the world.
"This show has a very strong appeal
in Germany and attracts significant
viewership figures, so we're pleased
that our solution is being used for
a crucial element of the show's
format," said Andreas Jacobi, cofounder and CEO of Make.TV. "This
is a strong example of how cloud

Last year the live nightly The Hour
After talk show attracted on average of
2.29 million people.
CBC is part of Mediengruppe RTL
Deutschland and provides production
to several television channels including
RTL and RTL Plus.
Make.TV's Live Video Cloud opens
pathways for video to be shared
between content creators, producers,
programmers and advertisers with
scale, speed and relevance not
previously possible.
It makes it easy to acquire content
quickly, handle remote production and
deliver content across broadcast,
online
and
social
media
Andreas Jacobi, Make.TV CEO
networks.

infrastructure is evolving production,
giving operators an uncomplicated,
flexible and a cost-effective approach
to live video management without
compromising on quality."
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