Archive of the IBC2008 Category

A Point and Shoot 5.1 Surround Recording at an Aggressive Price Point

AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 — Holophone®, the leading manufacturer of surround microphones, is introducing the revolutionary PortaMic 5.1 camera-mountable surround microphone, an easy-to-use and cost-effective means of recording surround sound, to the European market at IBC 2008 (Stand 8.C10). more

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 – Building on the success of its widely accepted and innovative Stasis body support system, Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, is introducing its new Stasis® Flex at IBC 2008 (Stand 9.C40b). more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – September 5, 2008 – Ross Video is launching SoftMetal Version 4.0 software during IBC 2008 at Stand 9.D30. Version 4.0 will begin shipping after IBC, and will be available at no charge to all current SoftMetal customers.

Summary of key new features in SoftMetal version 4.0 software:

• MXF Native Record and Playback Support for HD and SD Clips

• QuickTime Native SD Playout

• Close Captioning Support

• Embedded Audio Support, 16 Channels per video input and output

• Stereoscopic (3D) Record and Playback

• Numerous other Enhancements

“We are pleased to launch these significant advancements to the SoftMetal feature set,” said Jeff Moore, Ross Video Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “All of our customers will enjoy the benefits of version 4.0 with its free upgrade.” more

September 3, 2008 – Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices — has released a powerful new version of the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager enterprise-class live encoder management software.

Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager provides robust management, monitoring and fault tolerance for multiple live streaming encoders. more