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Macnica SoC Solution at Core of New
ASTRODESIGN IPMX AV over IP Gateway
M
acnica arrived at the recent
ISE 2024 show with strong
momentum behind
product
its
development
IPMX
business.
In addition to the launch of the
MEG1, Macnica's first IPMX ethernet
gateway, ASTRODESIGN previewed its
forthcoming IPMX AV over IP Gateway
powered
by Macnica's
ME10 SoC solution. ASTRODESIGN
anticipates the IA-1568 IP Gateway
will begin shipping in June.
ASTRODESIGN specializes
digital
in
real-time
signal
processing
technology for several industries, and
manufactures a wide range of video,
audio and measurement products
and solutions for use in broadcast
and AV environments, including live
event venues. The company offers
a broad range
of
product
lines,
including IP Gateways to support
8K video transmission and JPEG
XS compression in SMPTE ST 2110
systems. These products were chiefly
engineered for use in the Japanese
market. ASTRODESIGN became an
AIMS Alliance member to join forces
with companies
included
like Macnica to
advance IPMX product development.
That
also help ASTRODESIGN
together before,
developing a new
IP Gateway for IPMX systems that
would
expand into new business regions,
including North America and Europe.
Having worked
full-stack
ASTRODESIGN quickly chose Macnica
as its development partner for the
IA-1568. Macnica's ME10 SoC gave
ASTRODESIGN a complete 1G AV over
IP solution for low-latency transport
of 4K60 4:4:4 video, along with a
compact,
low-profile
ME10
design
that
perfectly fits within the IA-1568's 1RU
hardware design.
" Macnica's
solution
provided
our engineering team
with the proven reference designs
we needed
to accelerate both
product development and time to
market while reducing our in-house
engineering
Yoshioka,
costs, "
said
Sales General Manager,
International Business Division,
ASTRODESIGN. " The ME10 also
provides with a futureproof solution
Sean
that allows us to add new features
and functions to IA-1568 even after
the product comes to market. "
The Macnica ME10 SoC transports
HDMI 2.0 4K 4:4:4 video, audio and
control data over 1Gb networks in a
compact 23x23mm form factor. Ideal
for use in larger production runs or
within compact product designs, the
ME10 supports key functions for IPMX
interoperability
(device discovery
and registration, network resiliency,
subframe latency and more) and
provides a customizable API and
web interface to all IPMX product
developers.
Yoshioka anticipates pairing the IA1568
IP Gateway with ASTRODESIGN's
8K camera to move 4K video to
monitors and display systems inside
production studios and stadiums,
though this
represents
just
one
of many potential use cases. He
adds that the ME10's compatibility
with HDMI and its related features,
including HDCP for digital content
protection and EDID for display
identification will be useful
in
bridging legacy
ME10
Module
systems
connections with IP networks.
" ASTRODESIGN customers
use the IA-1568 can cleanly
and
who
feed
video from any HDMI output to the IP
network, and then receive that video
anywhere throughout the network, "
said Motoki Nagashima, VP of Video
Transport Solutions, Macnica. " That
can include feeding a large monitor
inside conference rooms to support
live presentations, or feeding a
large number of displays
throughout a large sports
spread
venue.
What's most exciting for our industry
in general is that this partnership
represents a major step forward for
the IPMX suite of standards, and for
freeing end users from the limitations
of being locked
into proprietary
solutions. "
https://macnicatech.com
KNR and nxtedition continue partnership
I
Greenland broadcaster continues strategic relationship for the next five years...
in microservicesnnovators
based
production
environments
nxtedition has received continuing
endorsement for its news and live
platform from Kalaallit
Nunaata
Radioa (KNR), the state-owned
national broadcaster in Greenland.
A new strategic agreement provides
for continuing cooperation between
nxtedition and KNR for the next five
years.
Despite serving an audience of
little more than 56,000, KNR creates
800 hours of television and 6000
hours of radio each year. Needing to
create a lot of high-quality content
with a limited budget and staff, the
broadcaster needed to identify a
powerful, professional, flexible and
easy-to-use workflow platform.
The nxtedition approach fully
met these requirements. It brought
together pre-production, ingest,
media management, scriptwriting
and editing, graphics, prompting and
live studio automation, delivering the
final output for broadcast to radio,
online and social media platforms.
" Before moving to nxtedition, KNR
had been working with outdated
technical equipment which limited
what we could achieve, " said Annga
Lynge, CEO of KNR. " nxtedition
transformed our operations, allowing
the team to put their focus on the
content
enabled
and
collaboration across
productivity. It also
the
organisation and our platforms. We
are keen to continue this success,
and we are pleased to confirm the
support of nxtedition until 2029 at
least. "
Roger Persson, Sales & Marketing
Director at nxtedition, emphasised:
" Our approach has been distinct
from the
with seasoned
outset. We collaborated
broadcasters
and
innovative minds in software and IT
to create a platform tailored to the
actual
requirements
of
working under tight
producers
schedules,
producing more with less. The goal
is
to make technology seamless,
allowing storytelling to take center
stage. It's gratifying to see KNR, the
world's sole Kalaallisut broadcaster,
experiencing the positive outcomes
of this approach, becoming more
creative and efficient " .
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