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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 2 | February 2016

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CABSAT 2016
Preview - Part I
In the first part of InBroadcast's coverage of CABSAT 2016,
Contributing Editor David Kirk looks ahead to the show...

T

he 22nd Cable and Satellite
exhibition
and
conference
(CABSAT) will be held at the Dubai
World Trade Centre March 8 to 10.
It has long been the region's most
important broadcast industry event,
not least because it gives some
exhibitors the opportunity to rehearse
their presentations for 'The Big One' in
Las Vegas just a few weeks later.
The following preview is based on
information available ahead of the
three-day event and will be followed
by a second report in the March issue
of InBroadcast.
ABOX42 will display a new Android
set-top box platform called ABOX42
OPA (Operator Android). Most current
Android set-top boxes are designed
for the retail market. ABOX42 OPA was
designed for security and management
applications.
Axon Digital Design will exhibit
new additions to its Synapse signal
processing line including a 4K
upconverter,
a
downconverter,
a distribution amplifier and two
production tool boxes. Both production
tool boxes (U4T100 and U4T140) carry
Vanc and Hanc data such as timecode
and embedded audio. The U4T140 also
has a Dolby E encoder and decoder.
Broadcast Electronics will be
promoting is new STX 10 10kW FM
solid state transmitter which occupies
22RU and has a claimed 70% AC to RF
efficiency. Features include multiple
hot-pluggable power amplifier and

ABOX42
Android STB platform

power supply modules. The STX 10 can
be accessed from any PC, tablet, or
smart phone and is SNMP V2 and V3
compatible.
Calrec Audio will show the Waves
SoundGrid option for its Hydra2
platform of audio consoles. The
module provides direct connection
between Hydra2 and the Waves
SoundGrid network, allowing simple
integration, lower latency and fewer
parts in the chain. Calrec customers
can control Waves software such as
MultiRack from the integrated touch
display in Apollo and Artemis surfaces,
enabling direct control of Waves
plugins from the mix position. This
capability gives Calrec users instant
access to tools such as the UM225/226
stereo-to-surround upmixers, WNS
noise reduction tools and a variety of
creative processors.
Custom Consoles' MediaPost and
the latest version of the EditOne
desk will make their first Middle East
exhibition appearance. MediaPost is a
free-standing portable monitor mount
matching the styling and build quality
of MediaWall. MediaPost can
be moved easily around a
studio or used to supplement
an existing control room
monitorscape.
MediaPost
accommodates
monitor
panels of up to 65-inch
diagonal screen size and
auxiliary devices such as
loudspeakers.
Applications
include studio floor monitoring, script
display prompts and in-view studio
backgrounds. Developed for use in
video editing suites and broadcast
graphics areas, the Custom Consoles
EditOne desk incorporates sculpted
MDF support panels rather than
traditional legs. Its curved design is
carried through to the desktop and a
raised monitor shelf.
EditShare will show its latest
AirFlow 'private cloud' remote

workflow offerings.
This
is
now
included
with
every
EditShare
storage
system
as part of the
integrated
Flow
MAM toolset. It
CABSAT 2016: Dubai
is also available
World Trade Centre
for
integration
with
third-party
storage products such as Avid ISIS or animations. The switcher has
5500, allowing organisations to dedicated bus buttons, aux buttons,
provide secure remote access to a fader controller, and direct user
outside collaborators from their own buttons for various functions, and
production centres. Collaborators comes standard with eight HD/SD SDI
anywhere in the world can use a inputs, four HD/SD SDI outputs and
standard web browser to play, log, one HDMI output.
search and organise media content,
and also upload and download content
GatesAir' Maxiva StreamAssure
directly to and from central storage gives broadcasters monitoring and
systems.
verification of multiple formats
and stream layers along an entire
For-A will show the HVS-100 transmission path. It is scalable from a
portable video switcher which single transmitter deployment to large
includes mixed HD/SD input, frame national networks. Monitoring can be
synchronising, re-sizing, 2.5D wipe centralised to single screens.
effects, DVE, chromakeyer and DSK. A
built-in web browser controls remote
Ikegami has chosen CABSAT 2016
control. A clip memory feature in the as the venue for the first Middle East
still store allows playback of video
demonstration of its new
Unicam UHD 4K-native
camera to encourage
feedback from potential
customers.
Also making their
debut will be the
Ikegami
BS-98/CCU980
hybrid
2K/4K
rack-mountable opticalfibre transmission links and HDL-57
compact high-definition camera.
The Unicam UHD 4K-native camera
is a compact and lightweight model
designed for easy integration into 4K
studio and 4K field/OB truck systems.
It incorporates three 2/3-inch CMOS
sensors which provide deep focus
capability.
Uncompressed
RGB
4:4:4 baseband is delivered
from the camera head to the
control unit. Ergonomic and
Custom Consoles'
operational features are the
MediaPost
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