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InNews
Magewell's
USB Fusion
now shipping
M
multi-input
agewell has begun shipping
its award-winning USB Fusion
video capture and
mixing device. The versatile new
hardware and accompanying app let
users easily combine camera, wired
screenshare, and media file sources
into attractive live presentations
for online lectures, webinars, live
streaming, event production, video
conferencing, and other applications.
The company also announced an
upgrade
upcoming free firmware
that further expands USB Fusion's
rich
feature
set with
additional
integration and user convenience
capabilities.
Featuring two HDMI inputs and
one USB webcam input, USB Fusion
lets users switch between 1080p60
HD sources or combine two inputs
(picture-in-picture or side-by-side)
into one output and capture the
result into popular Windows, Mac,
or Linux software via its USB 3.0
interface. It also offers an HDMI
output for connection to a projector,
display, or downstream production
equipment, making it equally adept
as a standalone, tablet-controlled
presentation device.
USB Fusion offers three ways for
users to compose and control their
presentations. On-device buttons
allow users
to switch between
sources or select a combined scene
layout, while a browser-based
web interface offers
presentation
management, scene switching,
status
monitoring, and
device
configuration. The full presentation
power of USB Fusion is unlocked
through the free USB Fusion
companion app for iOS and Android
tablets, which provides expanded
layout controls and lets users add
pictures,
music,
video clips, background
handwritten notes, and
more into their presentations. USB
Fusion's live, on-video drawing and
notation features have also been
a hit with sports
and broadcasters looking for easy
telestrator capabilities.
USB Fusion is available
immediately
EditShare Delivers Online
Storage to China's BKW
E
ditShare®
that
enables
, the technology leader
storytellers
to
create and manage collaborative
media workflows, has
a very
market-leading Chinese television
production company
BKW.
The
EditShare environment, developed
and implemented by
and system integrator
local dealer
ThinkTone,
supports multiple concurrent editors
working on a popular reality television
project.
Love Actually is the most popular
reality show on the Tencent Video
streaming platform in China, and is
available globally on Tencent's WeTV
service. 12 Young people live in the
same large house for a month, and
the show tracks their relationships
as they develop. As well as activity
in and around the house, the show
tracks its participants as they go out
and about daily activities such as
food shopping.
The nature of the production means
there are more than 100 cameras
shooting simultaneously, generating
enormous amounts of content and
demanding powerful post production
facilities.
supplied
large storage platform to
art in reality
workflows
was
BKW looked at the state of the
television production
worldwide. EditShare
able to bring considerable
experience to these discussions, and
the system design was tailored to the
specific needs of Love Actually.
The system, developed
by
ThinkTone and EditShare, is built on
the EFS450 storage solution, with
13 nodes and around 2 petabytes
of storage, all available online. To
enable the fast turnaround show to
follow multiple simultaneous stories,
there are 56 edit workstations across
three production rooms. The show's
producers opted for a stylish, glossy
look to the show, with the addition of
highly stylized graphics.
" Reality
television is
growing
exponentially in China, so to really
win and keep an audience, you have
to keep delivering the best insights,
action and storylines, " said Xu Bing,
CEO of BKW. " EditShare and their
Chinese partner
ThinkTone were
willing to work with us to optimize
not just their technology but our
workflows to ensure we can deliver
exciting and engaging programmes,
quickly and efficiently. The result
is that Love Actually
is extremely
successful. "
Said Bacho, Chief Revenue Officer
EditShare commented, " The
of
challenge for reality
television
programmes the world over is that
they
generate massive amounts
of content, which has to be turned
into compelling television virtually
instantly. To do that cost-effectively
while supporting the creative look
and feel of the show demands a very
special production environment: not
just secure and stable storage and
effective asset management to track
the content, but the huge bandwidth
required to deliver it to large numbers
of editors working together. Built on
EditShare's storage and workflows,
BKW's Love Actually is the model for
reality television the world over. "
Appear launches its X10 DSNG in Australia/NZ
A
ppear, the global
technology, has
leader in
media processing and delivery
launched
its
X10 DSNG, tailor-made solution
dedicated to Digital Satellite News
Gathering (DSNG), in Australia and
New Zealand. Appear is represented
in Australia and New Zealand by
Magna Systems and Engineering.
The X10 DSNG includes a switch
module, with built-in satellite
reception and ASI IO ports, that
supports
encoding and
satellite
uplink in a single, 1 rack unit (RU)
chassis.
With increasing demands for live
event coverage, the X10 DSNG
is a compact, powerful solution
that meets the very specific and
challenging needs of DSNG and
mobile production.
DSNG vans are often needed
organizations
through Magewell's
global network of channel partners:
https://www.magewell.com/buy
in conjunction with outside
broadcast (OB) vans to support
live production for large events.
While fibre connectivity has
become more
widespread,
or associated with live event
broadcast, there are still
many
venues
high-capacity
that do not have
fibre connectivity
or
require satellite transmission as a
backup for fibre - which means DSNG
vans still play an important role in
contribution.
For DSNG vans, it is vital to have
equipment that can deliver content
via satellite or IP ports to support
the use of satellite and fibre delivery
simultaneously. Moreover, DSNG
vans are generally small with very
limited space.
Equipment size and
consumption are important factors
when selecting equipment for DSNG
operators, and a
offers
as
need
solution
much functionality
which
as
possible is a necessity.
Supporting both fibre and satellite
delivery, Appear's
X10 DSNG
provides all the functionality DSNG
operators
for contribution,
including encoding/decoding and
satellite uplink/downlink, as well as
integrated reception and monitoring
of uplinked signals.
Over the past year market in A/NZ
power
has seen more remote productions
and large-scale events take place
than ever, which has thrust OB and
DSNG into the spotlight and put more
demands on operators.
DSNG has an important role to
play and the X10 DSNG not only
supports
fibre and satellite,
but
redundancy
with built-in security,
and
support
for an array of compression
technologies and protocols, it
is a comprehensive, powerful
solution that meets operators
needs today and will continue
to support them for
years
to come.
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