InBroadcast - April 2022 - 8

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Accedo appoints VP
People and Culture
SWE: Global
provider, Accedo, announces
appointment
video solutions
the
of Pernilla Wranéus
as its new VP People and Culture,
reporting to CEO Michael Lantz.
MediaHub Australia
Selects Actus Digital
A
that
ctus Digital, the premiere
quality
alerting, compliance logging,
content
AI-based workflow solution
company, has
is deploying its
monitoring and
repurposing, and
announced
MediaHub Australia
intelligent
monitoring platform as part
of a new mux-based DTT
broadcast headend.
Using the Actus
Pernilla Wranéus brings more than
20 years of experience from the IT/
Telecom sector in
leadership roles, most
role,
she was
different senior
recently
at Ericsson as Head of People for
the global IoT business unit. In
that
for
the
headcount
implementation
talent
of
responsible
the
of
people strategy and organizational
and
development, with
a
more than 1,000
people located across the globe,
predominantly in Sweden, Finland,
India, China, Canada and Hungary.
Accedo is a global organization with
more than 600 team members across
17 offices.
Michael Lantz, CEO, comments,
" Pernilla is an experienced leader
of the People function, and with her
experience from the complexities in
a modern, global organization, she'll
be able to take us to the next level as
we continue our growth journey " .
Pernilla Wranéus, VP People and
Culture, adds, " I'm impressed with
the position Accedo has
created
in the OTT technology market,
and believe that we are just in the
beginning of the transformation of
a very exciting industry. I'm pleased
to be able to contribute to the
continued success of the company. "
to television audiences
locally,
nationally, and internationally. With
the Actus
best-of-breed platform,
the broadcaster can perform a wide
range of tasks including compliance
and logging, content monetization,
competitive analysis,
technical monitoring, alerts,
AI, and ad detection. Initially,
MediaHub will use the Actus
platform to record and store
18 proxy
channels for 132
services, leveraging the Actus
transcoding feature and three
native TS totaling 650 GB per
day. In addition, MediaHub
will use production solution
MediaHub can record and
platform,
store
multiple proxy channels, as well as
perform critical transcoding on native
transport streams.
Magna Systems and Engineering,
a distributor and systems integrator
serving the APAC region, is providing
MediaHub Australia with deployment
expertise, local
technology, and
technical support.
" Our monitoring and compliance
are constantly
requirements
evolving, and we needed a solution
that
is reliable and packed with
functionality, " said Simon Scott,
Executive Head of Technology
MediaHub Australia.
" We chose the Actus platform
for its feature-rich toolset and the
company's
history
all
of
of
successful
deployments by leading broadcasters
around the world. The Actus platform
meets
our post-broadcast
requirements today, while offering us
room to grow in the future. "
MediaHub provides hundreds of
broadcast and live streaming services
at
metrics provided by Actus.
Magna will serve as an invaluable
on-the-ground resource in deploying
the new Actus platform. As the Actus
system is further integrated into the
new broadcast headend, Magna will
provide MediaHub with local and
front-line support
comprehensively
backed by Actus' 24/7 global support
operation.
Actus will demonstrate version 8
of its AI-based intelligent monitoring
platform at the 2022 NAB Show, April
23-27, at booth #C2331.
AJA Unleashes New Firmware for openGear Cards
A
JA Video Systems has
released
feature-rich
firmware updates for OG-Hi5-4KPlus,
OG-HA5-4K, OG-4K2HD,
and
OG-12GM openGear
cards. Building on AJA's latest
Mini-Config v2.26.3 software
update for its Mini-Converter line,
the new releases help production
professionals maintain the integrity
of
signals
and
better manage
associated metadata as they move
throughout the chain.
Available as free downloads from
the AJA support page, OG-Hi5-4K-Plus
v1.6.2, OG-HA5-4K v1.6.2, OG-4K2HD
v1.5.2 and OG-12GM v1.2.2 include
powerful new enhancements such
as HDR VPID pass-through, BT.2020
and dual-link support, Dolby Audio
compatibility, and more.
The new firmware releases reduce
the opportunity
it
automatic
infoframe
for upstream equipment
to generate HDR metadata
and pass
to downstream
equipment, without having it
stripped or manually configured
along the way. Additional
feature updates
include
generation,
and custom HDMI metadata and
mastering display
information
for color and
brightness errors during this process
via new VPID metadata pass-through
for each openGear card with optional
override functionality. Automating
HDR metadata pass-through, the
new improvement makes it easier
generation for HDMI outputs,
which streamline the movement of
metadata between SDI and HDMI
equipment
for simpler workflows
and troubleshooting. OG-Hi5-4K-Plus
and OG-HA5-4K also gain additional
HDR capabilities with color space
converter support for BT.2020.

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