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Fincons Group Showcases
News And Innovation
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incons Group, an international
system integration consultancy
with offices worldwide, is showcasing
the year's many achievements driving
the continuous evolution of OTT and
HybridTV technologies alongside major
international broadcasters, content
producers and telcos together with our
customers in UK, Ireland, Germany,
Italy, Switzerland, France and the U.S.
at IBC.
In spite of the complex global
market situation, the Group has in fact
continued to invest in innovation for
the Media sector and in new resources
and teams to continue to bring cuttingedge developments to its clients.
In addition to the strategic
acquisition of Mondadori Group's IT
Factory unit, bolstering the delivery
services offered by the Group in the
publishing sector and consolidating
the Group's presence in Italy and
France, further notable achievements
for 2020 include:
*	 Launching its ground-breaking

new Smart Digital Platform at CES in
January;
*	 Successfully trialling its Sport
Gamification solution and launching
a prototype Watch&Buy interactive
cooking app specifically designed
around the popular CBS This Morning
Saturday segment, The Dish, at NAB;
*	 Winning the prestigious NAB
Technology Innovation Award with the
Content4All accessibility project for
broadcasters.

Fincons' HybridTV technology

In addition to all this, Fincons Group
shared its expertise in Next Gen TV
technology applied to the sports
entertainment sector by publishing a
content-rich whitepaper illustrating
how to increase fan engagement
and monetisation opportunities. The
whitepaper and other resources are
available via the Group's virtual stand.
Michele Moretti, CEO of Fincons
Group comments: "Although this year

has posed a number of challenges
to the industry, we have kept our
investment in growth and development
constant and now have the results
to show for it. We are confident that
our rich range of activities provides a
useful launch pad for more in-depth
conversations with the market."
"We have worked hard to ensure
that our investment and growth efforts
didn't miss a beat this year and our
new corporate and international
structure reflects our efforts to
support scalability and development.
We are also proud to have cut the
ribbon at new office in Paris in
early 2020, hot on the heels of our
German offices that opened in 2019,
in Munich," adds Francesco Moretti,
Deputy CEO of Fincons Group.
Oliver Botti, Strategic Marketing
and Innovation Executive Director
of Fincons Group, concludes: "The
key investments put in place in the
development of innovative software
have continued to come to fruition
with the successful launch of our Smart
Digital Platform, of a number of new
vertical Smart Applications serving our
markets, and with growing demand
for NextGen Video-Communication
Services by non-media markets."

GatesAir Integrates Intraplex Within Flexiva
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atesAir has announced two new
Intraplex IP Link Audio over IP
innovations that move the brand into
new designs and applications.
The IP Link 100e is the Intraplex
family's first modular plug-in card
built for integration within radio
transmitters, while the IP Link 100c
is a new compact hardware codec
built for remote contribution and
standard STL IP connections. GatesAir
will showcase both products on its
microsite at the IBC Showcase virtual
event, taking place September 8-11.
The IP Link 100e is purpose-built to
receive FM and digital radio content
directly within GatesAir Flexiva
transmitters. The module is added
to Flexiva FAX exciters to reliably
receive and feed AES67 and other

IP Link 100c standard hardware codec

Audio over IP formats direct to the
exciter. The smaller, integrated form
factor reduces the cost of using
Intraplex Audio over IP transport at
the transmitter site since no separate
hardware codec is required, and frees
a 1RU equipment rack slot for auxiliary
equipment.
The module retains all functionality
associated with IP Link codecs. In
addition to GatesAir's traditional
robust connectivity, the IP Link
100e builds GatesAir's industryfirst Dynamic Stream Splicing (DSS)
software into the module. DSS
software sends multiple identical
streams over the same network or
two separate paths, and each stream
borrows data from companion streams
to avoid service interruptions from

Flexiva FAX compact FM radio transmitter exciter

packet loss. The IP Link 100e also
supports the SRT (secure reliable
transport) protocol and provides
failover service to Icecast or locally
stored audio for optimal reliability.
The module also provides storage
for program content and full duplex
capability, allowing engineers to
monitor signals off-air.
"The Intraplex team is always
seeking new and innovative ways to
build Audio over IP transport into
existing networks and infrastructure,
as demonstrated last year with our
Ascent solution," said Ted Lantz, Vice
President and General Manager, Radio
and Intraplex Products, GatesAir.
"The IP Link 100e optimizes total
cost of ownership by leveraging the
same reliable IP Link and placing
it on a Flexiva module. The module
establishes a foundation to integrate

audio processing and additional
air chain applications in future
generations, which sets us on the path
toward a truly all-in-one platform."
The IP Link 100c also adopts a
cost-reducing strategy but within a
standard hardware codec. GatesAir
has halved the form factor to better
serve portable applications, providing
a half-rack-unit footprint ideal for
remote broadcast and studio-tostudio applications. The codec design
includes a DC power supply, allowing
broadcasters to quickly plug in and
stream program audio for sports
contribution, live remotes and news
coverage, for example.
The IP Link 100c is also suitable
for STL service, particularly as an
affordable backup for primary STL
connections, or for delivery to Icecast
streaming servers.
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