Walking into the Ross Video’s booth at the NAB Show April 21, I was a bit surprised to see the company was in the character generator business.
The company was enjoying a sizable crowd of people looking at its new XPression character generator. The CG’s introduction into the Ross Video family of products is the result of Ross’s March acquisition of Media Refinery. Well-known in Europe, the character generator is new to the Americas and the rest of the world.
I spoke with David Ross, CEO and owner of Ross Video about the character generator and the company’s other new NAB introductions. That interview is presented as a podcast.
Sony booth (C11001) has expanded its successful line of MVS Series production switchers with the new MVS-6000, which inherits many of the capabilities of the MVS-8000G in a smaller and efficient design. The new multi-format switcher is expandable with up to 49 inputs, and is available in configurations up to 2.5ME. more…
Grass Valley (SL 106) is busy demonstrating many new digital workflow products in their South hall boot. Among those being highlighted is the new K2 Dyno replay controller and Grass Valley Ignite with version 5.3 software. more…
Rohde & Schwarz SCx8000
While many US broadcasters have already built much of their digital plant, the need for lower power gap-filler and fully ATSC mobile TV compatible is growing. This is where the new Rohde & Schwarz SCx8000 transmitter fits in. This transmitter is designed for low- to medium-power market segments and is fully compatible with digital TV standards such as ATSC, ATSC Mobile DTV, DVB-T, DVB-H and MediaFLO.
The compact design of the R&S SCx8000 means a smaller footprint in the transmitter building. The unit uses a novel module-based air-cooling concept that avoids the need for a central rack cooling system. It uses an integrated RF splitter and combiner solution in the amplifier modules, resulting in less need for component real estate. more…
One of the biggest challenges facing broadcaster is maintaining audio and video synchronization throughout the broadcast chain. Evertz (N1602)is showing the Intellitrak, a device to measure lip sync errors.
Intellitrak performs program audio and video synchronization measurement in a non-intrusive way without the addition of a watermark. more…
The Sony (C11001) HDVF-C30WR HD viewfinder delivers new, higher levels of color accuracy and reproduction than previous models. The new viewfinder is designed for use with many of Sony’s professional HD cameras and camcorders, including the CineAlta F23 and F35 digital cinematography cameras; XDCAM HD422 optical camcorders and HDCAM camcorders; the HDC-1500/1000/1550/1400/1450 series of multiformat studio and field cameras; and the HDC-3300 Super Slow Motion camera. more…
New wide-ranging functionality being provided
Grass Valley (SL106) showing several new features for Grass Valley K2 Family of media servers. Targeted at facilities needing a file-based workflow, the servers provide even tighter integration with third-party applications to streamline HD content production and distribution. more…
Sencore (N2530 and SU4412) is showing the Atlas MRD 3187B. It combines dual-channel processing with MPEG-2, MPEG-4, 4:2:0, 4:2:2, SD and HD video decoding; adapts to virtually any contribution, distribution or backhaul environment while allowing upgrade paths to future technologies; features DVB-CI and SCTE35/104 messaging support. more…
How many times have you had to reach for the volume button because someone overly compressed a commercial or failed to properly ride gain on a program? With the Evertz Intelligain, variations in loudness between programs and commercials or between channels, are over. more…
Value is key to gaining customers says company
At a press breakfast Tuesday morning, Avid officials at times sounded contrite about the company’s previous behavior. Even so, to a person, they were always enthusiastic about the company’s future plans.
Our key is to “pay attention to customers”, said Kirk Arnold, Executive VP Customer Operations. Kirk has been busy reorganizing, rebranding and, in general, helping refocus the company on products and customers. The company is coming together with a one core theme, “Avid is Back. We’re a different company now”, said Arnold. more…
