Integrated solution creates more efficient workflows, scalable options for broadcast and media operations
Harris Corporation and Active Circle have finalized a worldwide OEM agreement that enables Harris to greatly extend digital asset management capabilities for its customers.
Harris will incorporate Active Circle storage and archive technology within its Invenio® Motion media asset management product line. The integration benefits extend beyond asset management to the greater workflow operation, giving customers an archive solution complementary to Harris broadcast automation and media asset management solutions.
Harris will offer the complete solution to traditional broadcast and cable operations, as well as new media, production and post-production facilities.
The key benefit for Harris customers is an integrated product line that simplifies the workflow architecture. In operational terms, everyone from single channel entities to large network facilities can turn their digital asset management function into a true more
Newest Member of sideKick HD Family Delivers Highest Possible Image Quality and Supports Seamless Movement of Content Into Editing and Playout Workflows
IRVINE, Calif. — March 27, 2012 — Fast Forward Video (FFV) today announced the launch of the sideKick HD Studio(TM), a rack-mounted version of the company’s groundbreaking new sideKick HD family of multiformat, straight-to-edit digital video recorders (DVRs). Designed for use in base stations and studio locations, the sideKick HD Studio delivers unrivaled image quality for video captured by today’s state-of-the-art camcorders. Also, by recording video directly into industry-leading NLE codecs such as Avid(R) DNxHD and Apple(R) ProRes, the sideKick HD Studio enables the seamless movement of high-quality content directly into studio editing and playout workflows. more
Dalet’s MAM platform, integration expertise, and workflow tools deliver metadata and media management with streamlined production for broadcast, web, and VOD
New York, New York – March 22, 2012 – Dalet Digital Media Systems has announced that Shaw Media, one of Canada’s largest privately owned television broadcasters, has begun deployment of Dalet Enterprise Edition at its Television Playout Center in Toronto. Eighteen of the country’s most popular specialty channels, including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, History Television, and Showcase, originate from the Center. The deployment was executed in cooperation with broadcast consultant and reseller Majortech; it unifies all of the Toronto facility’s production, playout, and distribution systems within a robust and flexible framework for media and metadata management.
“Dalet Enterprise Edition has been incredibly open and agile in meeting our functional and technical requirements, which include Media Asset Management and a large number of third-party more
See Calibre UK at NAB 2012, Booth N1817, 16-19 April 2012, Las Vegas
Cost-effective HD and SD motion compensated standards converter with real-time noise reduction and image enhancement
British video image processing hardware manufacturer, Calibre UK will introduce the new FoveaHD MEMC motion compensated frame rate converter into the broadcast marketplace at NAB 2012.
“The FoveaHD is a completely new motion compensated standards convertor designed for cost-effective and smooth SD and HD broadcasting. Typical applications for FoveaHD include newsgathering, mobile operations, outside broadcasting and live events to studio dubbing and satellite broadcast communications,” says Tim Brooksbank, Chairman at Calibre UK.
The convertor has multiple SD and HD inputs and outputs to enable upconversion, downconversion, cross conversion, as well as converting between all common frame rates. Adding to its functionality, the FoveaHD convertor more
Small Tree will introduce its ST10G-28Cat6, a 24 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch offering video editors the ability to support 10 Gigabit Networks without needing expensive optics and cabling, at NAB 2012 (Booth SL7425). Leading experts in Mac OS X technology and converged networking, Small Tree is bringing two technologies together to allow fast, low latency storage protocols to run over Ethernet. The company’s newest offering enables businesses to effectively migrate to the latest in 10 Gb technology significantly increasing their workflows due to the increased video streams being supported.
Optimized for video editing and providing “no compromise” performance, the ST10G-28Cat6 is an advanced system featuring Layer 2 switching, IP v4/v6 routing, QoS support and management capabilities. The system is built for superior flexibility, enabling RJ45 copper connectivity to 10GE or more
Multi-channel instant replay solution helps production crew bring the excitement and adrenaline of all-star bull riding events to venue fans and TV viewers with efficiency
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, March 12, 2012 – Tightrope Media Systems announces that the Professional Bull Riders, with 1,200 bull riders competing in more than 300 annual events, has added the ZEPLAY system to trigger lightning-fast instant replay of exciting moments for live audiences.
The Professional Bull Riders organization has relationships with CBS Sports Network, NBC Sports Network, YouTube and other broadcast entities for its Built Ford Tough Series, televised weekly. Two mobile trucks accommodate live show production and broadcast links on location at each event, with ZEPLAY precisely and efficiently handling all instant replay duties.
Danial Semar, live events video director for the Professional Bull Riders, notes that ZEPLAY brings new multichannel capabilities to the production, displaying four more
Having expanded from two small offices to a new large office, Young Hollywood simultaneously consolidated its workflow environment with the installation of GraniteSTOR ST-RAID II, a cost-effective and easy-to-install shared storage solution from Small Tree. For the online celebrity content provider, working with clients such as Google, Yahoo, Unilever, AT&T, FOX, Samsung, Coca-Cola, and AOL, the shift to Small Tree technology was made in concert with the organization’s efforts to improve efficiency in the face of increased production and archival demands.
In April 2010, Young Hollywood formed a strategic partnership with the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills to build a high-definition broadcast studio within the hotel property, from where it conducts scheduled celebrity interviews on a daily basis. The workspace also includes four connected hotel suites that have been converted into a fully functional lounge space, green room, and editing facility featuring six more
Dalet Enterprise Edition manages prep and production for long-form content and archive; additional Dalet systems drive news production and broadcasting for 20 television, 10 radio channels, scores of production studios
Levellois-Perrot, France – March 8, 2012 – Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for broadcasters announced today the initial deployment of Dalet’s advanced Media Asset Management platform and specialized video and audio solutions at the recently opened Astana Media Center (AMC) in Kazakhstan. Four Dalet Enterprise Edition systems will provide the operational MAM backbone for the center’s many workflows including: production / program preparation for long form and episodic TV series for broadcast; the country’s National Media Archive; news production; and radio broadcasting.
When it formally opens in May 2012, all of the country’s national TV and radio stations, the National Media Archive as well as other more
Leading international System Integrator Visual Unity will use NAB 2012 (Stand N4019) to showcase vuMediaTM, its award-winning integrated content management and delivery framework that allows broadcasters to rapidly access new multiscreen audiences.
Visual Unity will demonstrate how vuMediaTM enables broadcasters and content owners to deliver a cutting-edge viewing experience to any screen or connected device, comprehensive Video on Demand (VoD) services and secure content distribution – all of which can be deployed into existing operations and workflows:
vuChannelTM for web-based and mobile viewing, fully integrated into the station backend
vuDemandTM for comprehensive Video on Demand (VoD) services, including billing and reporting
vuMobileTM for mobile content, applications and real-time engagement
vuNetTM providing secure control over content distribution, via The Cloud or using Visual Unity’s own Content Delivery Network with local POPs across Europe and the Middle East
New XenData SX-500 Series Archive Servers provide long-term storage of video assets on LTO-5 tape libraries and RAID
Walnut Creek, CA, March 6, 2012 – XenData® (www.xendata.com), the leading provider of digital video archive solutions for the media and entertainment industry, today announces the launch of its new range of SX-500 Archive Servers for archiving video assets to high capacity LTO-5 robotic tape libraries and RAID.
Digital video archives based on XenData’s SX-500 Series Servers can scale to manage over 100 TB of RAID, multiple Petabytes of near-line LTO storage and an unlimited capacity of offline LTO-5 data tapes, easily addressing the archiving needs of most broadcasters, video production companies and the media operations within corporations, non-profit organizations and governmental entities.
SX-500 Archive Servers are offered in three models that provide different levels of performance. Each model is a 2U rack mount unit that manages a more
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