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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 8 | August 2015

InPreview

What's New For IBC 2015
Contributing Editor David Kirk previews the new innovations we can
expect to see at IBC 2015 in the first of a two-part feature...

I

BC returns to its normal annual
venue, the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition
and Convention Centre, September 1015, whence it moved from Brighton
on the UK south coast in 1992. In case
you ever wondered, the RAI derives its
name from a group of bicycle and car
manufacturers (Rijwiel en Automobiel
Industrie) which held exhibitions in the
vicinity from 1900 onward. The current
group of buildings opened in 1961. The
IBC acronym, despite its appearance
and the amount of two-wheeled traffic
around the RAI, has nothing to do with
cycles apart from the electromagnetic
variety.
The dominant theme at IBC this year
will undoubtedly be 4K UHD, followed
at a distance by audio/video-over-IP.
Some exhibitors will be promoting
both. With large-screen UHD television
displays now affordable, and 8K
broadcasting starting in Japan in time
for the 2020 Olympics, programmemakers are already making the
obvious decisions necessary to
protect the long-term value of their
productions.
AJA
Video
Systems
will
demonstrate the new HB-T-HDMI,
HB-R-HDMI, ROI-DP, FiDO-4T and
FiDO-4R mini-converters. ROI-DP

Calrec's
Fieldbox

provides real-time region-of-interest
output to HD-SDI video from any
DisplayPort enabled computer. The
HB-T-HDMI and HB-R-HDMI offer easy
extension of UltraHD or HD HDMI
signals over Ethernet cable, using
HDBaseT protocol. FiDO-4T (transmit)
and FiDO-4R (receive) deliver up to
four channels of 3G-SDI over fibre on
standard LC connectors.
Appear TV
will
exhibit
a
contribution-to-distribution-format
transcoder
module
supporting
MP2/4 420/422 8/10-bit contribution
decoding for redistribution MP2/4 SD/
HD 420 8-bit format, without the need
to decode the primary broadcast to
baseband.
Blackmagic Design's DeckLink 4K
Extreme 12G - Quad SDI card connects
4K devices that use quad link 3G-SDI
connections to a computer through
an existing DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G
video capture and playback card.
DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G has native
12G-SDI connections for working with
high frame-rate 4K equipment over
a single high speed SDI cable. High
speed 12G-SDI connections and four
3G-SDI connections can be handled on
the same card.
Calrec will show two portable
units that can be used to expand and
distribute the company's Hydra 2 audio
mixing network. The new Fieldboxes
are half-rack-width units with dual
cables for full redundancy.

Custom
Consoles'
MediaPost

Cinegy will launch Cinegy Capture
PRO Version 10 software which unifies
the task of ingesting material and
generating edit or web proxies through
Cinegy's centralised capture control
services so that anyone in a workgroup

can control the ingest process. Version
10 features multicam ingest, flexible
recording, support for UHD formats
and live previews with PPM and VANC
indicators.
Clear-Com will show a new mobile
app that enables users to access
Eclipse-HX Matrix intercoms from
portable handheld devices. Features
include point-to-point calling, pointto-multipoint group calling, partyline,
PTT, local cross-point audio level
control and notification. Access
is password-secured and
audio-encrypted.
Custom
Consoles'
new MediaPost is a freestanding portable mount
capable of accommodating flat
monitor displays of up to 65 inch
diagonal screen size. Two MediaPosts
can be coupled by a three metre
wide horizontal beam supporting
up to three 65 inch monitors in a
single row. It is designed primarily
for situations where the company's
standard MediaWall would be too
large. Applications include discrete
monitors supplementing an existing
monitorscape, studio floor monitors,
off-camera talent prompts or part of
an in-view studio background.
Danmon will promote the range
of systems integration services
offered by ATG Danmon and Danmon
Systems Group. Recent projects
include expanded playout facilities
at TBN UK & Europe (ATG Danmon)
and a complete high-definition facility
upgrade for TV2 FYN-DENMARK
(Danmon Systems Group).
Elemental will demonstrate its Delta
video delivery platform for just-in-

time packaging, ad insertion, DRM for
multiscreen video distribution, liveto-linear VOD and time-shift revenue
services, such as catch-up TV, startover TV, nPVR and delay TV.
Eyeheight's
BroadcastSafeMC
compliance software is designed for
use with the latest versions of Avid's
Media Composer editing software. It
incorporates a Broadcast Evaluate
display indicating which parts of a
video image require adjustment in
order to be fully broadcast compliant.
BroadcastSafeMC comes complete
with BroadcastSafeArea which can
be used to generate a wide range of
safe-area markers for superimposition
over the video monitor display. Also
included is a centre marker plus
a measurement utility to ensure
minimum text height conformance in
commercials.

Fujinon's
UA22x8
22x zoom lens

Fujinon's UA22x8 is a 22x zoom
lens designed for use with compact
4K broadcast cameras. Focal length
can be adjusted from 8 mm wide
angle to 176 mm in telephoto. Floating
focus controls multiple lens groups
according to the shooting distance.
Hiltron's HMAM motorised antenna
mount continues to form a basis
for new development. It will be
shown in a compact form supporting
dish antennas or up to 2.7 metres
diameter. A second version is available
for antennas of up to four metres
diameter. The combined head and
drive form a high-precision three-axis
motorised system with 180 degrees
of azimuth adjustment, 90 degrees of
elevation adjustment range and fully
adjustable polarisation. The HMAMIOT variant incorporates inclined-orbit
tracking.
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