InBroadcast - February 2023 - 8

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 13 - Issue 2 | February 2023
InNews
Amagi appoints
Vijay NP as its CFO
as it prepares for
accelerated scaling
disguise Launches New Previz
Integration for Cloud Platform
d
isguise has announced a
major upgrade to its Cloud
platform that
streamlines
content reviews for distributed
teams working with 3D in
media and entertainment.
Featuring the successful
incorporation of Previz - a webbased
app used to import,
previsualize
and
The new CFO will drive Amagi's financial strategy
for media SaaS industry transformation as the
company embarks on a new phase of global
business expansion.
A
magi, the global
cloud-based
leader in
SaaS technology
for broadcast and connected TV,
announced that it has appointed Vijay
NP as its Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining Amagi, Vijay spent
over 5 years at Amazon and was the
CFO of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
for India and ASEAN. Before Amazon,
he had a 10+ year stint with General
Electric in various finance, strategy
and operating roles in the Americas,
Europe, and Asia Pacific
across
different GE businesses. As Amagi's
CFO, Vijay will
drive the company
M&A strategy, process excellence and
help scale the company towards an
IPO.
" Having raised $100 Million from
General Atlantic in our latest funding
round, we feel the need to have an
experienced leader at the helm of our
finance function to help us develop
a strategic roadmap for our IPO. The
breadth of Vijay's experience will
be invaluable to us at this exciting
stage of our growth " , said Baskar
Subramanian, CEO & Co-founder,
Amagi.
" I am grateful for the opportunity
to lead the financial transformation
for a trendsetter and industry leader
like Amagi which is at an inflection
point. I look forward to bringing more
value to the company and playing a
strategic part in shaping its future, "
said Vijay NP, CFO, Amagi
Amagi provides a complete suite
for channel creation,
of solutions
distribution and
monetization.
Amagi clients include ABS-CBN, A+E
Networks UK, beIN Sports, Curiosity
Stream, Discovery
Networks, Fremantle, Gusto
Networks, Fox
TV,
NBCUniversal, Tastemade, Tegna,
USA Today, Vice Media and Warner
Media, among others.
Panasonic Connect Announces Next Generation
KAIROS Live Production Platform
P
anasonic
has
Connect
Europe
announced the next
generation of KAIROS, its state-ofthe-art
live production platform.
The new release grows
the
Kairos ecosystem by adding two
new powerful and quiet Core
mainframes, expanding the
platform's
already
GPU processing to support
action. The KAIROS
2110 support
innovative
larger
and more complex productions and
enabling it to deliver rich content to a
higher quantity of larger screens than
ever before.
Ideal
for productions
ranging
from broadcast studios to remote
production and streaming of live
sports and concert events, KAIROS
virtualises
traditional
switcher
functions eliminating many legacy
switcher hardware constraints with
innovative CPU/GPU architecture
and utilises a multi-format
Agile
I/O feature to remove the one-toone
input constraints of SDI only
switchers. The current
entry
KC100 delivers a more flexible
platform to support
productions
level
that might utilise a 3ME broadcast
switcher and the KC1000 doubles
that processing capacity
and more complex
displays. The
latest versions announced today add
two new KAIROS Core mainframes,
the AT-KC200 and AT-KC2000.
The new KC200
expands
connectivity options and processing
power beyond the KC100, and the
KC2000 offers the most capacity yet,
doubling the KC1000 for number
of sources and outputs, increasing
processing performance by minimum
30% and clip player capacity by
500% totaling 900GB.
The new 4RU chassis
for both
models features high airflow at lower
fan speeds, significantly
reducing
for bigger
noise and allowing the platform
to be placed directly next
to the
platform
natively supports the transition
to IP and cloud workflows with
simultaneous
and
streaming support.
streamlines
the
connection to Panasonic's latest
ST 2110 compatible cameras,
the AW-UE160 PTZ and the AKPLV100GJ
Cinelive studio camera,
perfect for multicamera productions.
Both new Cores will be available
in 2023 and the associated new
software will
deliver many
party
new
features and increased functionality,
including enhanced audio support,
3rd
alliance integrations,
deeper system log support and GUI
operational improvements.
These latest
such as
Compact Control
control
introductions build
on other recent KAIROS ecosystem
developments
of multiple scene/multiple
output production with 12XPT style
operation, control of Ross XPression
graphics and the release of new
KAIROS software control modules.
KAIROS
to provide easy
SDI, ST 2110,
ST
share 3D
interactive scenes of your production,
the new solution will make it easier
than ever before for creatives to
iterate and collaborate, no matter
where they are located.
" With more people working
being
remotely, and productions
global, we wanted to enable teams to
share more accurate representations
of their creative vision and execution
with their clients.
This
opens
workflow for sharing files
projects as well as
simultaneously
possibilities
collaborating
up new
for working together
in media and entertainment, " says
Niall Thompson, disguise's Head of
Cloud Solutions.
The Cloud platform is a production
hub designed for the media and
entertainment industry and it will
continue to expand in the upcoming
months. With a direct integration,
Previz
is
now connected
with
disguise Drive, allowing users
to conveniently
share their 3D
visualizations and preview models
from all
angles and easily make
seamless
and
changes while storing, viewing and
managing assets in disguise Drive.
Creatives can also leverage a new
feature called Share to Previz, which
enables users of disguise's Designer
software to export a model of a
3D LED stage, including geometry,
textures and a baked version of the
timeline, into a shareable link that
uploads to their disguise Drive for
teams and clients to then preview
and comment on.
disguise Cloud enables users
to manage multiple file types
including 3D, animations,
cameras and lighting from its
mobile-friendly, web-based
interface. With this speedier
and simpler design process,
production teams
can,
example, preview and approve
a 3D model of their LED stage
content in real time on disguise's
Cloud platform - all before arriving on
set.
Troy Fujimura, Centerstage Head of
Design and Technology and disguise
Cloud user says, " the introduction
of Previz to disguise Cloud for 3D
visualization
has
allowed
us
to
communicate ideas and concepts in
a meaningful and visual way that is
simple to use and straightforward
to create and share. Working with
this tool will increase the speed and
efficiency
of the iterative design
process. "
Previz is now available as part of
the disguise Cloud Pro and Studio
subscriptions. disguise is currently
offering a free 14-day trial for users to
get started with Previz.
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