PROGRAM GUIDE Future Presents the Nominees and Recipients of the Seventh Annual Honors ALSO FEATURING
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Nominees for the Future Product Innovation Awards
Ross Video................................................30
Future US presents the nominees for the seventh annual Product Innovation Awards, which honor outstanding product introductions that serve TV, professional video and broadcast/online radio users. The products featured in this Program Guide are nominees submitted by manufacturers who paid an entry fee to be considered. The winners, identified by the awards logo, were selected by a panel of professional users, editors and technical contributors of TV Technology, Digital Video, Creative Planet Network, Video Edge and Radio World. Future also recognizes excellence in contributions to the TV, professional video and broadcast/online radio industries by honoring several Industry Innovators. We hope you find this Program Guide useful and informative as we move into a new decade in technological advances. And congratulations to all our winners!
Shure Inc...................................................32
Ultrix IP Software-Defined Platform
SCISYS Media Solutions..........................31
NewsBoard
TwinPlex Subminiature Omnidirectional Lavalier and Headset Microphones
Signiant......................................................33
Jet
Synaptics...................................................34
VideoSmart VS550 Quad-Core Ultra-HD Set-Top-Box SoC
TVU Networks...........................................35
TVU One 4K
TVU Networks...........................................36
TVU G-Link 4K
TV TECHNOLOGY Bitcentral Inc...............................................3
Non-Stop Live Digital Streaming Solution
Blackmagic Design....................................4
ATEM Mini
Broadpeak...................................................5
BkYou
Canon U.S.A................................................6
Canon UHD-DIGISUPER 122
Chengdu Sobey Digital Technology Co. Ltd....................................7
Sobey - Jove Web Editor
Cobalt Digital Inc........................................8
9992-DEC-4K-HEVC
Cobalt Digital Inc........................................9
openGear 9971-MV18-4K
Dalet...........................................................10
Ooyala Flex Media Platform
disguise.....................................................11
gx 2c Server
DTV Innovations.......................................12
Chimera-CP
DVEO.........................................................13
Multichannel Video Synchronizer
EditShare...................................................14
QScan AQC (Automated Quality Check) Comparative Analysis Technology
EditShare...................................................15
Helmut FX
EditShare...................................................16
EditShare EFS 2020
Embrionix..................................................17
Zixi.............................................................37
ZEN Master
Embrionix emVIRTU
DIGITAL VIDEO
ENCO Systems.........................................18
Avid............................................................38
enCaption
Media Composer 2019
Flanders Scientific Inc.............................19
Blackmagic Design..................................39
XM311K 4K HDR Mastering Monitor
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
Harmonic...................................................20
Canon U.S.A..............................................40
VOS Cloud-Native Platform With New Live Video Delivery Optimization
Canon Sumire Cinema Prime Lenses
Interra Systems........................................21
Canon XA55
BATON With Language Detection
LG Business Solutions.............................22
Transparent OLED Signage
LG Business Solutions USA.....................23
130-Inch All-in-One DVLED Screen
Canon U.S.A..............................................41 Canon U.S.A..............................................42
Canon C500 Mark II
Kessler Crane...........................................43
Kessler KillShock
Shure Inc...................................................44
Ncam Technologies..................................24
MV88+ Video Kit
Net Insight.................................................25
VIDEO EDGE
Mk2
Nimbra Edge
OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies.............................................26
FrameDNA
Premier Mounts........................................27
Convergent - LED Mounting Solution
Prime Focus Technologies......................28
Production Cloud
Quantum....................................................29
Quantum F-Series
ATEN Technology Inc...............................45
UC9020
RADIO WORLD Inovonics Inc.............................................46
SOFIA 568 HD Radio SiteStreamer+
INDUSTRY INNOVATORS Mark Sizemore..........................................47 Rob Gonsalves..........................................48
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BITCENTRAL INC.
Non-Stop Live Digital Streaming Solution TM
Increase Ad Impressions and Grow Digital Revenue While Providing Enhanced Viewing Experience FROM THE COMPANY
FUEL® Non-Stop LiveTM is Bitcentral’s newest addition to its industry-changing digital streaming solution. It empowers news stations with the ability to seamlessly stream live newscasts, automatically replacing the on-air ads with digital ads and records and replays the most recent newscast until the next live newscast is available. Viewers start from the top of the newscast, eliminating appointment viewing for the latest news with the capability for breaking-news interruptions. Viewers get a high-quality, TV-like viewing experience on any platform. After the initial setup with Non-Stop Live, the system streams live and recorded newscasts automatically with no ongoing labor to manage the stream, no CAPEX requirements and minimal impact to the existing workflow. Non-Stop Live, in combination with the integration of digital ad platforms, provides a huge lift to ad impressions delivered to online audiences through OTT, web and apps, creating new digital revenue streams.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Viewers get a TV-like experience. Stations get new digital revenue from existing content. • Completely automated, with no ongoing labor to manage the stream. • Easy one time setup. • Viewers start from the top of the newscast, eliminating appointment viewing for the latest news. • Replace on-air-ads with targeted digital ads through dynamic server-side ad insertion. • Allows for breaking news interruptions. https://bitcentral.com/product/non-stop-live
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BLACKMAGIC DESIGN
ATEM Mini New Affordable Live Production Switcher for YouTube Live Streaming
FROM THE COMPANY
ATEM Mini (US$295) has an intuitive, easy-to-use design that makes it possible for anyone to live stream multicamera productions online via services and software, such as YouTube, Facebook Live or even Skype. Users can simply connect four high-quality HDMI inputs that can be used for live switching cameras, computers or even game consoles. While it’s low cost, it has professional features such as built-in DVE for exciting picture-in-picture effects, broadcast-quality transitions, upstream keyers for removing blue- and green-screen background, a downstream keyer for superimposing custom graphics, audio inputs, built-in Fairlight audio mixer and more. To stream, ATEM Mini also has a USB output that works like a webcam, so users can connect to any video software. There’s also HDMI video out for projectors.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT One of the benefits of ATEM Mini is the professional production values that are possible using the range of built-in video effects. The cut button ensures an instant cut when switching between sources. The auto button is a professional term that’s used on large broadcast switchers to enable video effects transitions. There are also duration buttons for video effects, allowing 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 second settings. You can also select the type of effect you want, including fade, which does a smooth transition between sources; and dip, which fades via color during the transition. Or use fun DVE effects that move the image off screen when transitioning between sources. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemmini
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BROADPEAK
BkYou Broadpeak’s Ad Insertion and Anti-Ad Skipping Management Solution
FROM THE COMPANY
Broadpeak’s BkYou personalized ad-insertion and ad-skipping management solution is perfect for operators and video content providers who want to eliminate ad blocking for VOD content and manage ad-skipping policies with a high level of flexibility. Being a server-based solution, it doesn’t necessitate that catchable events are sent, and it hides the names of the chunks, making it impossible to differentiate the video content from the ad content. Supporting content in a wide range of ABR streaming formats, BkYou maximizes monetization opportunities for operators and content providers, enabling them to be more competitive in the video streaming environment. Broadpeak’s ad insertion solution is a game changer, offering several unique features and benefits for operators and video content owners that streamline the delivery of ads within ABR content: • Server-side ad insertion ensures better resistance to ad blockers • Innovative obfuscation technology for blending content • Advanced ad tracking • High scalability, fast startup time • Simplified ad management https://broadpeak.tv
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CANON U.S.A.
Canon UHD-DIGISUPER 122 The Flagship 4K Field-Zoom Broadcast Lens Features the World’s Widest Angle and World’s Longest Focal Length FROM THE COMPANY
Advanced design technologies, optical components and manufacturing processes were used to produce a lens with an extremely high overall optical performance that exceeds basic 4K criteria, and maximize the output video image performance when used with 4K UHD cameras. The lens embodies state-of-the-art optomechanical and electronic advances, designed to capture HDR-compatible, high-contrast 4K imagery and exceed the expectations of the world’s outside broadcast television operators.
to the real thing. However, there can be noticeable color bleeding and flare, so HDR shooting requires high optical performance. Thanks to our exclusive optical design technology and Canon’s Air Sphere Coating (ASC), the UHD-DIGISUPER 122 delivers the advanced optical performance that Canon considers essential for an HDR system lens, enabling the capture of more realistic imagery.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The UHD-DIGISUPER 122 is the first 4K lens with 1000mm on the telephoto end* (2000mm with the built-in 2x extender), making it ideal for shooting live sports, nature, concerts, live events and other applications where focal length on the telephoto end is prioritized. Combined with a best-in-class 8.2mm wide setting*, the UHD-DIGISUPER 122 broadcast lens is ideal for a wide range of 4K UHD outside broadcast television productions. HDR images offer excellent gradation representation and enhanced realism and dimension including texture for image representation close
*Among 2/3-inch 4K UHD field zoom broadcast lenses as of September 12, 2018. https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/ products/details/lenses/broadcast/4k-uhd-field-boxlenses/uhd-digisuper-122/uhd-digisuper-122
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CHENGDU SOBEY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
Sobey - Jove Web Editor Game-Changing Web-Based Editing Tool Enables News Editing Anywhere and Anytime FROM THE COMPANY
Benefiting from its cloud-native architecture, Jove supports fully running on cloud platform, and enables news editing at anywhere and anytime. Jove maximizes media value for our customers, enabling direct editing in cloud, optimizing editing efficiency through onekey operation, AI assistant functionalities, enriching content creation with A/V effects, subtitles, graphics (especially AE template), preparing for internet production by supporting full resolution, multiple formats and bitrates and rich templates in short-form video editing. It is a powerful web-based editing tool. Jove has been widely used in global media organizations, and supports more than 2,000 concurrent users for its largest one customer.
http://international.sobey.com
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COBALT DIGITAL INC.
9992-DEC-4K-HEVC The 4K/AVC/MPEG-2 Software Defined Broadcast Decoder With Single-Channel 4K or Dual-Channel 2K Video Paths FROM THE COMPANY
The Cobalt® 9992-DEC-4K-HEVC 4K/AVC/MPEG-2 Software Defined Broadcast Decoder with single-channel 4K or dual-channel 2K video paths is a broadcastgrade multistandard decoder designed to meet the most stringent requirements for today’s broadcasters. It supports MPEG-2, AVC (H.264) and HEVC (H.265) with resolution up to 4K, and a full complement of audio decoding capabilities. The 9992-DEC-4K-HEVC is an industry standard openGear® card module and provides an ideal platform for transitioning to state-of-the-art decoding capabilities. It is fully compatible with the Cobalt Digital 9992-ENC-4K-HEVC encoder for end-to-end low-latency broadcast applications. The 9992-DEC-4K-HEVC has a flexible licensing structure that allows customers to manage CAPEX while allowing room for future growth as their needs change. MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • High Density — The 9992-DEC-4K-HEVC supports up to two independent 1080p60 input streams, or a single UHD 4Kp60 input stream. One openGear frame can support up to 10 cards, for a total of 20 HD or 10 UHD 4K channels. • Full Audio Support — The 9992-DEC-4K-HEVC supports MPEG-1 Layer II, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, Dolby AC-3/EAC-3 and LPCM (SMPTE-302M), as well as Dolby AC-3/EAC-3 passthru. With an optional audio board, the decoder can support up to 16 audio channels with each video service. • Ultra Low Latency — Low latency modes available.
https://www.cobaltdigital.com/products/4953/ 9992-dec-4k-hevc
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COBALT DIGITAL INC.
openGear 9971-MV18-4K Cobalt Digital’s 12G/6G/3G/HDUHD Multiviewer
FROM THE COMPANY
The Cobalt® 9971-MV18-4K 12G/6G/3G/ HD/SD 18-input UHD multiviewer is part of Cobalt’s next generation of advanced UHD high-capacity channel multiviewers for the openGear® platform. Full-flexibility design accommodates 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI and UHD1 3840x2160 Square Division (SDQS) or Two-Sample Interleave (2SI) quad 3G-SDI-based formats as I/O, and can output ST 2082 12G-SDI for single-wire 4K transport. Using 12G-SDI “single-wire” inputs, up to 18 discrete PiP images can be supported. With both 12G-SDI and quad 3G-SDI inputs, the 9971-MV18-4K can downconvert 12G and quad UHD. The 9971-MV18-4K provides up to two HDMI 2.0 outputs for economical 4K video monitoring.
that can correlate the images displayed with contextual information. Numerous preset layout formats are available, as well as custom layouts, as desired. Custom layout and configuration settings can be saved to user presets, allowing the custom settings to be recalled with one click. The high-density openGear® design allows for up to five 9971-MV18-4K cards to be installed in one 2RU openGear® frame. Card control/monitoring is available via DashBoard user interface, integrated HTML5 web interface, SNMP or Cobalt’s RESTful-based Reflex protocol.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The 9971-MV18-4K suite offers unprecedented ease of setup and also offers an unprecedented ease of use. Fully flexible layouts allow the customer to use any of several one-button template presets or fully customizable layouts using easy-to-use sizing/positioning custom controls. Any template layout or custom layout changes can be done “on-the-fly” in real time, without tedious setup or layout programs like many other multiviewer products. Graphical overlay features include user text “burn-in” insertions
https://www.cobaltdigital.com/products/4765/9971-mv18-4k
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DALET
Ooyala Flex Media Platform ‘Connect the Entire Content Supply Chain - Start Anywhere, Go Everywhere’
FROM THE COMPANY
The Ooyala Flex Media Platform is built to deliver more engaging content to more channels and consumers in less time and at less cost. It serves every stage of the supply chain from preproduction to delivery and monetization, with full data insights and reporting. The platform is built on three pillars: flexible and configurable workflows, rich business-led metadata and powerful data-driven analytics. The platform serves each stage of the supply chain, providing applications that fulfill the needs of each stage, either end-to-end or focused on specific areas and workflows, whether our client’s business focus is in production, aggregation, distribution or all of the above. The platform is configurable, can run onpremise, in the cloud or a hybrid of both, allowing our clients to decide exactly how to deploy it and use it. And it’s extensible so that it can grow and evolve as their business does, including integration with existing and new tools.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • On-Premise, Cloud or Hybrid — Choose public or private infrastructure and maximize your investment. • Easy Syndication — Build custom delivery pipelines to serve your partners’ needs and monitor with OoyalaTRACK. • Broad Integrations — Leverage pre-built plug-ins or use the REST APIs to create new ones. • Set Your Metadata Rules — Configure how metadata is populated with the Metadata Designer.
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Review and Approvals — Internal and external users can securely review content anywhere with OoyalaREVIEW. OVP-Friendly — Publish to multiple OVPs; expedite OTT workflows and multiplatform distribution. Self-serve Workflows — Build your own automation with the integrated Workflow Designer. New Synergies — Connect Dalet AmberFin for media processing, and Dalet Media Cortex for AI-augmented workflows. Enhanced Security — Benefit from the improved OoyalaMAM user experience now featuring single sign-on for added security.
https://www.dalet.com/ooyala-flex-media-platform
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DISGUISE
gx 2c Server Unlocks Powerful Capabilities for Broadcast and Live Productions
FROM THE COMPANY
The gx 2c server features even more GPU processing power, more capture and storage, as well as 10bit and HDR support. Creatives can now build environments with more particles, effects and richer scenes, at higher resolutions and smoother frame rates. Designed to scale and fit in as part of a bigger media server system, the disguise gx 2c enables creatives to go beyond the power of a single server solution, into distributed systems, with many servers working as one to create a seamless immersive experience. Featuring disguise’s unique Video Format Conversion (VFC) technology, users can output HDMI, SDI, DVI or DisplayPort without changing the system, and mix signal formats and resolution types in the same project. A fitted 4 TB NVMe drive also doubles the storage for better quality codecs. The gx 2c is an innovative advancement from disguise’s in-house team, which constantly strives to enable creative and technical professionals to imagine, create and deliver spectacular, live visual experiences at the highest level across broadcast, live events and esports.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Video Playback— Next-generation playback with 2x 4K outputs, which are also 10-bit capable of pushing 38,433 Notchmarks, the gx 2c provides a large step up in terms of capabilities to enable the latest in xR workflows.
Capture — Capture up to two 4K sources at 60fps (2160p60); or up to eight 3G-SDI sources at 60fps (1080p60). The inputs are also 10-bit capable, with the same low latency as existing disguise pro and gx range machines. Storage — 4 TB NVMe drive fitted, freeing creatives to work with higher-quality codecs, including support for NotchLC. 10-Bit Support — The gx 2c supports 10-bit content playback and 10-bit displays. As the industry adopts 10-bit display products, 10-bit content pipelines and more dynamic shows, the gx 2c has been future-proofed for the shows of tomorrow. HDR Support — Supports HDR content and provides a means of applying color profiles. Consisting of a color space and a gamma curve, users can set a color profile to their content, or capture live video from HDR cameras, and disguise performs a real-time conversion to the HDR display device — even changing between HDR standards. Genlock — The workstation-grade GPUs in all gx range machines allow users to genlock machines to form a bigger media server system with many servers working as one. Networking — 2x 10GbE network ports enabling fast content transfer.
https://www.disguise.one/en/products/gx/gx-2c
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DTV INNOVATIONS
Chimera-CP Unique Professional, Portable Video Encoder/Satellite Modulator in Your Palm
FROM THE COMPANY
DTV Innovations’ Chimera provides broadcasters with a compact, portable video encoder capable of fulfilling OTT streaming, ENG/DSNG and over-the-air broadcast encoding requirements. Chimera was designed to address the requirement for a highly portable and easyto-use video encoder most often deployed in locations where physical space is limited, power is unavailable (Chimera is 12 VDC), rentals or package with a fly away. With professional HD-SDI and HDMI inputs, broadcasters and “prosumers” can choose the camera that fits their requirements and budget. You can stream directly to YouTube via Chimera’s TSoIP (with full FEC supports, SMPTE2022-1,2,3), RTMP and DASH (HTML 5.0) outputs one day. Then the Chimera can be repurposed using the satellite modulator output to a fly-away system the next day to deliver broadcast-quality video from the most remote regions. It can also be used as a backup Encoder in the main transmission. It supports Dolby AC-3 and MPEG-2 Encoding.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • ATSC Disaster Recovery — Chimera-CP makes an excellent, low-cost emergency ATSC-compliant encoder for use at the transmitter site, complete with support for static PSIP as standard, or with dynamic PSIP optionally.
DSNG Outside Broadcast — Chimera-CP when equipped with its internal satellite modulator, is perfectly suited for use in flyaway, mobile or fixed-station satellite broadcast installations. Live IP Streaming — In addition to high-resolution, broadcast streaming, Chimera-CP can simultaneously stream your content directly to popular social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook or Twitter, with no additional equipment required. Versatile and Flexible — Chimera-CP is the only product available today that is powerful enough to encode, decode, transcode, record and stream via IP and satellite simultaneously. Applications — Terrestrial ATSC emergency/backup, outside broadcast distribution, live IP/web streaming and satellite/ DSNG broadcast systems requiring MPEG2 or H.264 encoding.
http://www.dtvinnovations.com
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DVEO
Multichannel Video Synchronizer Can Synchronize Up to 50 UDP Camera Streams
FROM THE COMPANY
DVEO’s newly debuted Multichannel Video Synchronizer is able to synchronize up to 50 UDP camera streams. It’s perfect for directors who are capturing live events. Now they can easily switch between multiple live video streams at events remotely, via a remote GUI that can be accessed from anywhere. This product is also cost-effective when it’s paired with POV ( Point of View) cameras, which can be set up at various vantage points in the arena or special events, and stream the transport streams back at the master control for a fraction of the previous costs. It can individually delay each separate stream by 1–50 frame times. The device is designed for esports, sports, live events, seminars and much more. There are a few video synchronizers on the market, but our product is unique in the sense that it can synchronize up to 50 channels seamlessly. This is what sets us apart from the others.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Features: • Remote management from anywhere via browser. • Supports UDP, RTP, HLS. • Supports any resolution codec since the streams are not parsed. • Tested compatible with major brands of IP cameras. • Flexible stream buffer able to delay streams from 30 minutes. • Relies on NTP for time synchronization. • Supports Verimatrix® VCAS™ and other rotating key servers. • Remote GUI includes some scheduling. • SNMP, REST, SOAP support for remote management and monitoring. Applications: • Allows content directors to seamlessly switch between multiple live video streams at events. • Perfect for multicamera production trucks, which are not equipped to retime in the field. • Perfect companion for DVEO 16 channel Gearbox II encoder and matching 16 channel decoder. https://dveo.com
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EDITSHARE
QScan AQC (Automated Quality Check) Comparative Analysis Technology Easily Compare Original Files With Different Deliverables Including AS-11, IMF and More FROM THE COMPANY
QScan Comparative Analysis is a first-ofits-kind solution in the AQC space. While other solutions only analyze single files in isolation, QScan Comparative Analysis shows the relationship between up to four different revisions of the same file and can show these differences along a timeline view for even easier review; clients can review multiple different QC deliverables and compare side by side. The business benefits of QScan Comparative Analysis are quickly realized. By providing context around the changes made to a file after testing, creatives are able to minimize the time spent confirming that the file is ready for delivery. At a glance, users can see what changes were made to the file compared to the original; the timeline view gives additional context on when changes were made. With ever-tightening deadlines, QScan Comparative Analysis helps creatives hand off final projects with confidence, increasing output and efficiency.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Template-driven AQC for comprehensive or partial file testing. • Single Pass analysis provides the fastest understanding of any content and template setup without the need to constantly retest.
Log into the QScan UI from any location within your facility, or from anywhere in the world, and set up a task that you need immediately. Post-process logic allows content to be moved/copied or deleted, based on AQC results. Break out tasks to different groups. For example, an audio Pro Tools group might have a certain set of parameters for checking loudness, whilst the video departments runs their own set of rules to confirm picture quality. Leading-edge multiformat and multiparameter analysis, now with DPX support.
https://qscan.editshare.com
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EDITSHARE
Helmut FX Provides Back-Office File Management and Services for Adobe Premiere Workgroups FROM THE COMPANY
The HelmutFX software solution connects Premiere Pro and storage environments, simplifying production management and streamlining working processes. Adding a layer of control and automation, HelmutFX manages a broad range of administrative and organizational tasks, communicating with third-party systems (ingest, archive, backup, MAM, PAM, etc.) to reduce complexity and improve workflows, so editors have more time to focus on the creative aspects of production. In contrast to the typical approach where workflows are adapted to the software, the HelmutFX tool actually adapts to the workflow. The core of the software has been deliberately designed with a small number of functions that are used in every production environment. Expansion modules are available that allow the software to be adapted to customer-specific requirements. This approach creates maximum flexibility and secures the value of the original investment, and enables facilities to move from one NLE — such as Avid — to Premiere without losing workflow capabilities.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT HelmutFX simplifies workflow management through a template-based approach. Power users are able to define role-based project templates for specific users or departments. If the user is a cutter, for example, when they create a Premiere project, the functions and layouts they see will differ from those available to an editor. HelmutFX works in the background and manages search and administrative processes for Premiere project files. The tool supports cutters and editors as they work, thanks to a customizable program interface and personalized settings in the editing panel of their editing software. HelmutFX sorts, distributes and backs up edited files automatically. Users can focus on their core tasks — whether they are part of a small production environment or a large-scale project with multiple participants across networks. https://www.editshare.com/products/helmut-fx
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EDITSHARE
EditShare EFS 2020 Media-Engineered File System That Simplifies Workflows, Bridges Collaboration While Improving Security FROM THE COMPANY
EFS 2020 is EditShare’s nextgeneration file system and management console. Featuring key advancements in speed and security, EFS 2020 helps customers effortlessly manage the growing requirements for high-bandwidth, multistream 4K workflows and beyond. Unlike generic IT storage systems, EditShare has written its own ultra-efficient drivers for EFS, for use with Windows, MacOS and Linux. EditShare manages the entire EFS 2020 technology stack from the file system to OS drivers, meaning enterprise-level stability and faster video file transfers. This is the industry’s only solution to provide no single point of failure all the way to client workstations and servers. Additionally, EFS File Auditing is the first and only real-time, purpose-built content auditing platform for the entire production workflow. Aligned with the MPAA security guidelines, EFS File Auditing is designed to track the life cycle of all content from inception through to delivery, providing complete accountability for facilities working on highly valuable and sensitive content. EFS File Auditing provides a complete, user-friendly activity report with a detailed trail back to the instigator.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Powering faster EditShare storage nodes and networks, EFS 2020 enables media organizations to build extensive collaborative workflows, shielding creative personnel from the underlying technical complexity while equipping administrators and technicians with a comprehensive set of media management tools. To the end-user, the latest release offers an improved, fast and flexible collaborative storage space with an increase in throughput performance of up to 20%. To the engineers who manage it, EFS 2020 offers a scalable, stable and incredibly secure media storage platform. https://www.editshare.com/news/pr-efs-2020
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EMBRIONIX
Embrionix emVIRTU All-IP Core Infrastructure and Media Signal Processing Hub
FROM THE COMPANY
When transitioning to IP, broadcasters, media production and military/missioncritical environments and others, must adapt a range of signal types, formats, frame rates, timing and resolutions to their workflow. To address these challenges, the Embrionix emVIRTU All-IP Core Infrastructure and Media Processing Platform is designed to provide an extremely high-density 1RU hub packed with virtualized IP signal processing services. Users can build up their processing power modularly as their needs grow and change, seamlessly adding or interchanging virtualized processing functionalities including frame synchronizer, down converter, up/down/cross converter, multiviewers, quad links to single-link UHD, SDR-to-HDR converters and color processors. Designed to drastically reduce energy costs and space requirements, the emVIRTU comprises sixteen (16x) 100GE aggregation links that connect directly to an IP core switch. And, with passive connections between the IP-to-IP processors and aggregation ports, there is virtually no point of failure. Control, synchronization and data use the same interface, greatly minimizing the use of cabling.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Features: • Eight clusters of 4x emSFP processors. • Each cluster offers dual aggregation links for ST 2022-7 support. • Selectable network interfaces with 100GE, 40GE. • Software-selectable processes including: up/down/cross conversion, down converter, clean switching, color correction, quad split multiviewer, quad links to single-link flow conversion. • Can be used as a bulk gateway with 64 UHD gateways per 1RU. Benefits: • Virtualized, fits anywhere. • Optimize bandwidth to your core. • Virtually no point of failure. • Passive hub = full resiliency. • Support for SD-up-to-UHD IP production. • Modular — build as you grow. • Minimize OPEX. • Highly robust solution — Redundant power supplies and full support of ST 2022-7. https://www.embrionix.com/product/emVIRTU
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ENCO SYSTEMS
enCaption Live, Automated Captioning With Punctuation, Lip-Sync and Translation
FROM THE COMPANY
Greatly reduce overall costs by automating your captioning and subtitling workflows with enCaption4 by ENCO. enCaption4 is a turnkey solution, available on-premise or in the cloud, for providing around-the-clock generation of captioning on live or recorded programming. The latest version includes a powerful video delay feature that enables lip-sync-grade caption synchronization, as well as updates to its punctuation and speaker separation abilities. When used alongside enTranslate, enCaption can provide real-time translated captions in 46 different languages. See why more broadcasters are relying on enCaption4 and enTranslate to cost-effectively meet regulatory requirements and growing consumer demand. MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT enCaption is a patented, totally automated appliance that can automatically generate captioning for video. Using enCaption, content creators can provide real-time, live captioning to their hard of hearing audience any time, without any advance notice and without the high costs of live captioners or signers. enCaption uses ENCO’s latest enhanced speaker-independent deep neural network-based speech recognition engine to closely inspect and transcribe your audio in near real time.
The latest generation of enCaption also offers an offline, file-based mode for automatically captioning prerecorded content. Audio or video files can be ingested into the system and immediately output to a number of different captioning file formats or sent out for optional human transcription. https://www.enco.com/products/encaption
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FLANDERS SCIENTIFIC INC.
XM311K 4K HDR Mastering Monitor Features and Specifications Make It Ideal for a Wide Variety of Demanding HDR Workflows FROM THE COMPANY
The XM311K is a 31-inch true 4K resolution HDR and SDR reference master monitor equipped with professional 12 Gbps SDI inputs. The XM311K qualifies as a Dolby Vision mastering monitor. A full-screen peak luminance of 1,000cd/m2, support for both PQ and HLG EOTFs, multiple color gamut selections, and a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 make the XM311K ideal for a wide variety of demanding HDR workflows. It utilizes a groundbreaking new LMCL technology that introduces an independently controllable layer of light modulating cells between the backlight and traditional display cell. This allows for greatly expanded individual pixel-level control of light intensity, resulting in several benefits over traditional LCDs including truer black levels, higher contrast ratios, no halation/ flare artifacts, and no loading behavior. LMCL also has the distinct benefit of avoiding burn-in as well as being able to maintain consistent peak luminance regardless of overall scene brightness.
in both 2SI and Square Division-based variations, ensuring compatibility with practically any type of 4K or UHD output. The XM311K supports advanced 12bit 4:4:4 YCbCr, RGB, and XYZ signals, setting it apart from less advanced monitoring solutions. The XM311K features the unique ability to simultaneously supply a clean 12G/6G loop through and real-time down-converted 3G or 1.5G output. Any incoming single link 4K or UHD signals can be converted to 2K or HD outputs for downstream HD monitors or scopes, all without needing any standalone down-conversion equipment.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The 12 Gbps SDI connections greatly simplify room design by allowing you to feed 4K and UHD signals to the display over a single cable. Quad 1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps SDI connectivity are also supported
http://flandersscientific.com/XM311K
19 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
HARMONIC
VOS Cloud-Native Platform With New Live Video Delivery Optimization Groundbreaking SaaS With Real-Time Scalability for Mission-Critical, High-Demand Live Video Streaming Services FROM THE COMPANY
The biggest challenge with live video streaming is being able to handle the unexpected peaks in viewership, especially during premium events, while delivering broadcast quality. In addition, today’s service providers and operators need to minimize the expense of delivering live content. Using Harmonic’s new access network capability, operators now have the ultimate trifecta for live premium-quality video streaming: immediate scalability; critical reliability; and smart, flexible pricing models. The groundbreaking new extension of Harmonic’s VOS offerings is a fully managed service, utilizing a single control platform and a multitiered, multi-CDN approach that leverages established partnerships with third-party CDNs and video delivery nodes deployed by Harmonic. With no upfront investment, it enables telco, cable and mobile operators to achieve unparalleled scale, decrease costs and improve quality-of-experience for live video streaming and on-demand content. It’s essentially an insurance policy for live video delivery and an exclusive capability not achievable with other business-as-usual solutions.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Harmonic’s VOS offerings support disruptive business models that can be tailored to customers’ needs, enabling them to “pay as they grow,” based on the success of their streaming services. As their audiences increase, operators can easily scale up their services, without having to maintain expensive infrastructures or having staff available 24/7 to monitor and support services. Harmonic’s video delivery service resolves the challenges of unexpected peaks in demand and helps telco, cable and mobile operators deliver broadcast quality video experiences, guaranteed service continuity and low latency to any viewing device — even during live premium events. http://www.harmonicinc.com
20 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
INTERRA SYSTEMS
BATON With Language Detection The Most Accurate Way to Identify Audio Language in Media Files FROM THE COMPANY
An increasingly global audience for video content means that ensuring audio in the right language is on the correct track is becoming more important. Doing this, however, remains a cumbersome, labor-intensive, task. Audio content is usually accompanied by music/noise, so pinpointing languages is difficult. Furthermore, some dialects/languages are phonetically similar, making accuracy even more challenging. Using machine-learning (ML) technology, BATON Language Detection automatically detects and verifies audio languages within media files, and corroborates metadata information for languages against content. It provides an interface to identify and validate audio language for audio programs/ tracks, against specified restrictions and specified layouts, accurately classifying sequences of sounds as languages while ignoring dominant music and noisy segments. The solution enables broadcasters and other media professionals to deliver video to more viewers around the world, on more screens and increases monetization. The solution currently offers auto-detection support for 20 languages with support for more planned for future releases.
http://www.interrasystems.com
21 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
LG BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Transparent OLED Signage Unique Ultra-Thin, See-Through Display Is Designed to Deliver an Immersive Customer Experience FROM THE COMPANY
The LG Transparent OLED Signage display is an ultra-thin, see-through display designed to deliver a unique customer experience in specialized commercial applications, particularly retail and hospitality. The solution illuminates spaces that were once hidden behind signage displays, unleashing a new level of creativity for displaying content that harmonizes with its surroundings. With the LG Transparent OLED display, watching video on the screen is augmented by seeing objects and images behind it. The versatile 55-inch class display delivers LG OLED’s unrivaled picture quality that brings content to life while maintaining high transparency, much more than traditional transparent LCD displays. Designers can also add other “wow” factors to the viewing experience with touch-screen versions and AR (augmented reality) effects in the dark — surprising viewers by making the displayed content appear more lifelike.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Unrivaled Picture Quality — LG’s OLED technology, featuring self-lighting pixels, maintains accurate and vivid colors even when the display becomes transparent. It brings content to life, making it difficult for people to separate content from the real objects placed behind the screen. • High Transparency — Thanks to its high transparency (38%),
much higher than conventional LCD transparent displays, LG Transparent OLED signage blends into its surroundings. The display’s see-through view turns places where it is installed into open and interactive spaces. Customizable and Expandable Design — LG Transparent OLED signage is designed as a semi-assembled display, meaning you can install it in various ways to fit into existing structures and spaces. There is no limit to the applications of Transparent OLED signage, and it can complement any venue in which it is installed. AR Effects in the Dark — Using LG transparent OLED signage, you can surprise viewers with AR effects in the dark. The content displayed seems life-like, adding another “wow” factor to the viewing experience.
https://www.lg.com/global/business/information-display/ oled-signage/lg-55EW5F-A
22 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
LG BUSINESS SOLUTIONS USA
130-Inch All-in-One DVLED Screen The Direct-View LED Screen Displays Content Without Lines or Distortions FROM THE COMPANY
LG’s 130-inch All-in-One Direct View LED Screen offers major advantages over video walls because it is entirely bezel-less. Even bigger than four 55-inch conventional LCD displays combined, it displays content without lines or distortions and provides a more immersive visual experience. With HDR10 Pro support, content becomes more vivid and has greater visual impact. The wider color spectrum and greater contrast ratio allow viewers to fully enjoy content as it appears in real life. It also allows users to easily access settings, such as picture mode, volume, etc., using a remote control instead of needing to connect to a PC. It uses the same UI as other LG digital signage displays, allowing for ease-of-use for setup and operation. Ideally suited to replace projectors, this allin-one display is optimized for boardrooms, conference centers and hospitality venues.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Immersive Surface Sound — The screen doesn’t require any additional speakers for its impactful audio effect. Its embedded Surface Sound comes from the entire screen with 162W (4.5W x 36 points) and is able to reach all meeting attendees, including people seated far from the screen. • Front Serviceability — The LED screen can be easily installed and managed from the front side for easy operation. Its LED
modules can also be simply attached or detached by hand or with a magnetic tool (not included). Auto Configuration — LG’s 130-inch All-in-One LED Screen is composed of one master unit case and eight slave unit cases. Each unit case automatically recognizes its location and setting values, so the screen doesn’t require any complicated screen setup process. All you need to do is turn on the screen. High-Performance SoC With webOS — Built-in Quad Core SoC can execute several tasks at once while providing smooth content playback without the need for a media player. Also, LG webOS platform enhances user convenience with intuitive GUI and simple app development tools.
https://www.lg.com/us/business/direct-view-led-signage/ lg-laa015f
23 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
NCAM TECHNOLOGIES
Mk2 New Lightweight, Compact Camera Bar Features Intel® RealSenseTM Technology With New Ncam Reality Software Running on HP Workstations FROM THE COMPANY
Ncam partnered with the Intel® RealSenseTM group to create Mk2. The Intel RealSense technology was adapted and integrated by Ncam to meet the requirements of the media and entertainment industry and enabled it to reduce the size and weight by a massive five times compared to its predecessor. The Mk2 camera bar weighs just over 330g with dimensions of 160mm X 40mm X 40mm. This weight and size reduction makes it easier to use with handheld and stabilized rigs, which gives directors and camera operators more options for shooting. The robustness of Mk2 makes it more accurate, since everything is calibrated in manufacturing, meaning that users don’t have to recalibrate on set. Its ease of use extends to the hardware profile of the rest of the Ncam solution too, the latest Ncam Reality software running on standard HP workstations and providing the industry with trusted processing power coupled with easily accessible global support. This powerful mix of Ncam’s software and industry knowledge, Intel RealSense technology and HP’s trusted workstations combine to make the Mk2 an incredibly accurate, robust and flexible camera tracking product that is set to continue the company’s work of transforming the VFX workflow.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The Mk2 camera bar is a newly designed bar that mounts freely on any camera, and is based on Intel® RealSense™ technology to capture spatial data that then feeds back to the Ncam Reality server. The weight reduction of the Mk2 camera bar will be welcome for handheld and stabilized rigs, while the compact size will allow for easier, better balanced rigging and more flexible mounting options. All existing Ncam customers will have an upgrade path to the Mk2 camera bar, which is scheduled for release in Q1 2020. https://www.ncam-tech.com
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NET INSIGHT
Nimbra Edge Ultra-Scalable, Secure and Reliable Live Media Cloud Transport
FROM THE COMPANY
Nimbra Edge is a highly scalable, redundant and interoperable cloud transport platform for live media contribution and distribution designed to meet the requirements of modern media companies. With its sophisticated cloud-based orchestration engine, the system automatically adapts to scale to network demands, while simultaneously providing a real-time view of all services and resources. Nimbra Edge’s micro-service architecture simplifies network operations by minimizing architectural complexity, minimizing both time spent and human errors. Nimbra Edge’s open architecture enables media companies to seamlessly exchange content with one another regardless of video formats, technologies or transport protocols. Designed to be deployed in private datacenters, at public cloud providers or a combination of these, Nimbra Edge provides you with the ultimate flexibility between cost and reach. Leverage private assets for the optimal price/performance for demanding live linear services, and dynamically use public cloud resources for instant reach into any part of the world.
al workflows. By leveraging the power of hybrid infrastructure, the network becomes intelligent; auto-scaling, resiliency and on-demand capabilities per endpoint. To ensure that you don’t have to leave any installation behind as you migrate to the cloud, Nimbra Edge is designed to be fundamentally open to support both our own protocol as well as the industry standards such as RIST, SRT and Zixi. Further, using our Edge connect containers you can integrate edge capabilities into any workflow, just like you can use our open northbound APIs to integrate performance, provisioning and scheduling capabilities with your current infrastructure.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT As content production and distribution is moving to the cloud, Nimbra Edge brings a cloud-based media pipeline for profession-
https://netinsight.net/products-and-services/nimbra/ nimbra-edge
25 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
OWNZONES ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES
FrameDNA Revolutionizes the Way We Store and Localize Media in the Cloud
FROM THE COMPANY
OWNZONES ConnectTM, the cloud-native content supply chain platform, has launched FrameDNA, an AI-driven tool focused on consolidating media in the cloud. FrameDNA enables you to better manage and prepare versions for global markets while eliminating redundancies and reducing your storage footprint by up to 73%. FrameDNA uses AI to make frame-byframe comparisons between multiple files. Harnessing OWNZONES’ proprietary parallelscaling technology, FrameDNA scans millions of hours of content in a few hours, deduplicates and consolidates your library, and prepares localized versions simultaneously with the click of a button. FrameDNA has the power to turn 100,000 files in an on-prem system into 10,000 IMF packages stored in the cloud that can be quickly converted into any format needed. By programmatically consolidating your library into nimble IMF packages, FrameDNA empowers you to better monetize your content and futureproof the efficient archival and delivery logistics of your content for years to come.
DNA to the product stack supercharges those features and allows content operators to: • Create new content versions without the need to edit the file externally (via Premiere for instance). FrameDNA analyzes and fingerprints each frame, then automatically suggests a new version for you based on the file’s pixels. No offline editing needed. • Take a normally manually intensive process of creating new versions of content and automate with artificial intelligence. • Make streamlined additional fixes or changes to content. FrameDNA can automatically determine differences between multiple versions of content and create CPL’s which aggregate those differences into data-driven versions, eliminating redundant frames, video components and metadata.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT FrameDNA is a crucial tool for content producers looking to expand internationally or optimize their international operations. The technology is a powerful new feature to OWNZONES Connect, the groundbreaking cloud-based solution that enables entertainment companies to manage and deliver video efficiently and securely. Adding Frame-
http://www.ownzones.com
26 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
PREMIER MOUNTS
Convergent - LED Mounting Solution Adjusts Based on Video Wall Array Size
FROM THE COMPANY
The Convergent series from Premier Mounts is our newest line of narrow pixel pitch, direct-view LED mounts. This mount makes installation of LED displays safer, faster and more costefficient than any other mount on the market. Convergent can scale from as small as a 2x2 video wall to unlimited width or height through its modular design. The mount serves as the foundation of any LED video wall because it is critical to removing unwanted seams using builtin adjustability points for perfect x-y-z plane alignment and offers better service access to hardware positions. Installation of LED video walls can be challenging, but Convergent’s lightweight design makes it easy to transport and fasten when securing to the wall. The mount ships in smaller packages making it compact, easier to store and move around installation sites while still delivering the lowest price per cabinet on the market today.
https://www.premiermounts.com/product/convergent-tvf-2
27 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
PRIME FOCUS TECHNOLOGIES
Production Cloud Production Supply Chain Automation
FROM THE COMPANY
Prime Focus Technologies’ Production Cloud is an online/SaaS collaboration suite that provides all team members — from a small team to thousands of users — a secure, one-stop-shop for all their production needs. From preproduction location and test footage to scripts and prep documents to Dailies to VFX footage to every single cut to all marketing materials — users can easily and securely access and manage all their project assets in Production Cloud. The recently updated version of the software includes several powerful upgrades like a world-class HTML5 Player that delivers a lightning-fast viewing experience with enhanced security; Just-in-Time Watermarking, which burns a watermark of the loggedin user’s email address into the video on-the-fly; and a native application for Apple TV, which allows users to access and stream their latest projects anywhere in the world via Apple TV. Production Cloud is a leading Digital Dailies solution and is patented technology.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Easy Access and Collaboration — Mobile app (iOS & Android) to access and review content anytime, anywhere; with an Offline option to download videos and watch later. • Total Security — Multifactor authentication, Okta integration, bulk watermarking, burnt-in watermarks for downloads, secure script and document distribution.
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Digital Dailies® — Easy access to Dailies, rough cuts, clips and more, hours faster than any other solution with our advanced “Scene & Take” player. Secure Screeners — Configure and send out press, sales and awards screeners to large groups of reviewers with total security. Virtual Playlist Editor — Create custom playlists for all your teams, compile selects, circle takes and promo/marketing clips and sizzle reels with a virtual NLE. Scripted and Unscripted — We have the tools and platform to manage both types of content seamlessly. Asset Management — Copy, move and manage all file types across your library with incredible ease. Easy Uploads — Upload Dailies, cuts, videos, documents and sound files in any format through an easy-to-use interface. Leverage other CLEAR modules — Get access to CLEAR Media ERP’s best-in-class transcoding tools and industry first modules like Promo Operations Automation.
https://www.primefocustechnologies.com/production-cloud
28 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
QUANTUM
Quantum F-Series NVMe Storage Platform Is Designed for Cutting-Edge Media Workflows FROM THE COMPANY
Designed for studio editing, rendering and other performance-intensive workloads for large unstructured data sets, the Quantum F-Series is a highperformance, highly available and reliable storage array. Unlike other NVMe storage arrays, the F-Series was designed specifically for video and video-like data sets and provides enough performance in a single 2U chassis to reliably edit 8K 60fps content in real time without dropping frames. Incorporating RDMA (remote direct memory access), the F-Series provides direct access between workstations and NVMe storage devices. Combined with the Quantum Cloud Storage Platform and StorNext, the F-Series delivers end-to-end storage capabilities for post-production houses, broadcasters and other rich media environments. The F-Series enables customers to complete high-end VFX and render work in minutes rather than hours, edit and finish Ultra HD content in real time, and achieve industry-leading throughput over fibre channel or Ethernet with RDMA, all at the lowest cost per gigabyte per second.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The Quantum F-Series uses NVMe flash drives for ultra-fast reads and writes and to support a huge amount of parallel processing. In addition, F-Series uses the latest RDMA networking technology to provide direct access between workstations and the NVMe storage devices, to provide predictable, ultra-fast network performance. Lastly, both the software and hardware architecture are designed to be highly available. Relative to traditional SSD and HDD storage arrays, the Quantum F-Series is orders of magnitude faster, enables users to move from Fibre Channel SAN infrastructures to Ethernet infrastructures without giving up performance, and gains back racks of data center space. Unlike other NVMe storage arrays, the Quantum F-Series was designed specifically for video and video-like data sets, so it can easily handle the performance requirements of ultra-high-def content, high-resolution images and other forms of unstructured data. https://www.quantum.com/en/products/highperformance-shared-storage/f-series
29 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
ROSS VIDEO
Ultrix IP Software-Defined Platform Routing and Processing Signals Via Both IP and SDI Transport Streams
FROM THE COMPANY
All the functionality of Ultrix including UHD switching, integrated multiviewers, full audio processing, frame synchronization, clean switching and an architecture supporting continuing SW feature progression, Ultrix IP allows customers to deploy complete broadcast solutions for SDI, hybrid or allIP topologies depending on what’s right for their requirements. When combined with the innovative Ultricore IP software license that is housed in Ultricore BCS, users can build and operate their systems just like they do with today’s control surfaces, substantially lowering the barrier to transition to this technology. Ultrix is uniquely positioned like no other solution in the market to allow users to optimize their system architectures with a fully integrated solution, minimize disruption to current workflows by presenting I/O independent of type into a seamless matrix space, and assist in the transition to IP by providing an upgradeable platform and complete integrated features set — routing, MV, processing and audio management.
some things that are easy in SDI become a challenge in IP. The switch fabric doesn’t have any processing or knowledge of the video signal — it simply routes packets. With IP, it’s like the early days when routers just routed and didn’t have internal processing. We therefore need to add those capabilities back into the system to make these switches work for video, as well as adding in IP protocol conversion, such as going from 2022 to 2110.” Bringing IP I/O to Ultrix opens up a number of different applications and uses for the product, such as a mid-size IP or hybrid core facility router, an IP-to-SDI processing gateway, an IP frame sync Farm, IP-connected multiviewers, an IP clean switcher, IP audio processing engine or IP-SDI bridge. And, because it supports both 2022 and 2110, it’s an IP encapsulation converter as well.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT According to David Ross, CEO of Ross Video, IP is a whole different ball game from a routing perspective. “In moving to an IP fabric,
https://www.rossvideo.com/products-services/ infrastructure/routing-systems/ultrix
30 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
SCISYS MEDIA SOLUTIONS
NewsBoard Assists Editorial Teams in Organizing the Entire Story Creation Process FROM THE COMPANY
NewsBoard is an innovative research and planning tool within OpenMedia, a fully customizable, scalable newsroom system with 50,000+ users globally. NewsBoard provides a real-time web-based interface for diverse teams with customizable open widget architecture for collaboration and coordination. The dashboard solution organizes the story production process from ideas to distribution, and assists newsrooms in keeping up with complex workflow changes alongside seamlessly integrating into third-party platforms, like Avid MediaCentral, Vizrt Story, Grass Valley Go and more. Personal, Team and Public boards help organize data under a modern look and feel, including agency wires, stories, social media and A/V content from CMS, PAM and MAM. Trending topics are discovered in real-time social media feeds inspiring stories. Stories can be pitched, evaluated and shared between journalists, teams or output channels, while editors and reporters collaborate, chat and gather findings for up-to-date developments. NewsBoard truly transforms newsrooms into innovative environments.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT NewsBoard provides a modern and unified web-based user interface for journalists and editorial teams. The dashboard solution helps to organize the story production process, from ideas to distribution. With metadata-driven workflows at its core, NewsBoard can fit teams from a few individuals to thousands of journalists. With a customizable and open widget architecture, NewsBoard will help your newsroom keep up with continuous workflow changes and challenges for the years to come. The full web-based interface relies on a proven architecture that can handle up to hundreds of concurrent users. https://www.scisys.com/products/newsboard
31 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
SHURE INC.
TwinPlex Subminiature Omnidirectional Lavalier and Headset Microphones TM
Medical-Grade Cable Technology Flexes to Fit Costume Designs and Demanding Performance Schedules FROM THE COMPANY
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT In dialogue or monologue, song or speech, a single word can affect the whole story. Through sweat, noise and wear and tear, your little lavalier has an enormous job to do. Shure TwinPlex stands up to the toughest conditions to make every word a clear statement of quality. Features include: • Twice the surface area of other microphones for ultra-pristine, natural response and robust low-frequency response. • Improved off-axis consistency reads accurately, even when not speaking or singing directly into mic. • Keeps audio production clean with best-in-class, low self-noise and dynamic range. • Dual redundant ground for secondary shielding and cable longevity. • Cable design that’s immune to kinks and memory effect. • Ultra-thin, paintable 1.1 mm and 1.6 mm cable options.
From robust theater productions and corporate presentations, to global television broadcasts and everything in between, professional-level audio production is a must. Designed to stand up to the toughest conditions, TwinPlexTM is Shure’s line of premium subminiature omnidirectional lavalier and headset microphones. The portfolio consists of four lavalier microphones (TL45, TL46, TL47, TL48) and an ultra-light, fully adjustable headset microphone (TH35). It is available in multiple colors with extensive accessories and options to easily integrate into nearly any existing wireless system. Delivering lifelike vocal clarity, TwinPlex’s dual-diaphragm omnidirectional design yields ideal‚ off-axis consistency and best-in-class durability. The patent-pending capsule technology offers pristine sound in an easy-to-conceal package — perfect for quick costume changes or placements under wardrobes. The ultra-thin, medical-grade cable was flexed and stretched to its limits. Its spiral construction with redundant shielding design makes the cables immune to kinks and memory effects. Superhydrophobic coating and interchangeable sweat-resistant frequency caps prevent perspiration from upstaging the audio.
https://www.shure.com/en-US/performance-production/ twinplex
32 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
SIGNIANT
Jet A Cloud-Native SaaS Solution for Automated High-Speed Transfers of Large Media Files FROM THE COMPANY
Signiant Jet is a unique cloud-native SaaS solution for automating high-speed transfers of large media files between global locations. Jet offers powerful, enterprise-grade capabilities to any size business that regularly moves files between their locations or with partners, customers and suppliers. Targeted at simple “lightsout” use cases, Jet meets the growing need to replace scripted FTP and other legacy transfer tools with an alternative that’s easier, faster, more reliable and secure. Employing a patent-pending, intelligent transport mechanism, Jet boasts multiGbps transport speeds, handling any size file or data set while never imposing limits on the amount of data transferred or bandwidth use. Additionally, Jet follows defense-in-depth design principles incorporating layers of security controls. Jet subscriptions scale to the needs and budget of any media company, with a simple pricing model based on number of locations, offering a simple cost-sharing mechanism for cross-company transfers.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Jet is not only useful for internal company transfers across locations, but also makes it easy to collaborate with partners, suppliers and customers. Companies that regularly exchange large data sets with other companies will benefit from Jet’s simple, secure handshake mechanism where two parties can agree to send and receive files from one another. Jet transfers include Checkpoint Restart. Any transfers that are interrupted are automatically restarted from the point of failure, resulting in greater efficiencies especially with large data sets. Jet alerts you of any anomalies, and you can access real-time transfer activity from Jet’s visual web interface. https://www.signiant.com/products/jet
33 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
SYNAPTICS
VideoSmart VS550 Quad-Core Ultra-HD Set-Top-Box SoC Swisscom Launches New IPTV Media Streaming Box Powered by Synaptics VS550 FROM THE COMPANY
Our unique ability to deliver a very high-performance integrated solution that combines our expertise in secure video, voice and audio has enabled Synaptics to be the market leader for Android-based media streamers. No other semiconductor company can provide such a complete solution. VS550 Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 Ultra-HD SetTop Box SoC. Complete HDR support includes Dolby Vision, Technicolor. Integrated secure CPU backed by TrustZone technology and major content protection schemes including Nagra and Verimatrix among others. Integrated far-field voice processing enabling seamless voice control. Customized wake word algorithm (“Hey Swisscom�) for Swisscom cloud service. News release: https://www.synaptics.com/company/ news/swisscom-os-4 Swisscom: https://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/ plans-rates/inone-home/swisscom-tv/swisscom-tv-new. html
https://www.synaptics.com/technology/edge-computing
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TVU NETWORKS
TVU One 4K The First Cellular Pack Solution Capable of True 4KP60 10-Bit Transmission
FROM THE COMPANY
The latest addition to TVU’s family of mobile transmitters, TVU One 4K is capable of the highest quality transmission yet, supporting true 4K60P as well as HDR and HLG. Powered by TVU’s patented IS+ transmission algorithm, TVU One 4K is resilient and reliable in any environment, providing impeccable picture quality at sub-second delay. To top it off, the device is 5G-ready so users can deploy it with the latest cellular network technology. MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Incredible Color Palette With 4K HDR/HLG 10-Bit Video Transmission — Providing higher contrast, brighter images and more vivid colors than any other transmitter to enhance the live action. • 4K60p at 3 Mbps — Breakthrough H.265 hardware encoding chip to deliver full broadcast-quality 4K, 10-bit true 60fps HDR video at as low as 3 Mbps with proven patented Inverse StatMux Plus technology, IS+. Also able to transmit live 1080p60 HDR at as low as 800 Kbps. • 4.5 Hour Battery Life — TVU One 4K has 100% more battery life than its predecessor to give you more time for going live, recording, transferring files and communicating via IFB. • Going Live — Real-time dual encoding makes it possible to go live under any network conditions by simultaneously recording a full HD/4K copy of your live video for later download. • Bidirectional IFB Communication — Between the TV studio and the field operator with no latency. TVU One also comes with audio and video return.
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IS+, The Ultimate Transmission Algorithm — TVU One 4K uses less data and combats packet loss to achieve transmissions with virtually zero latency, down to 0.8 seconds even in a moving vehicle or when going live in 4K HDR/HLG.
https://www.tvunetworks.com/products/tvu-one
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TVU NETWORKS
TVU G-Link 4K Simple, Yet Reliable Point-to-Point 4K Transmission
FROM THE COMPANY
TVU G-Link 4K is the contribution encoder that sends true 4K60P live video from one location to another. Using just a standard internet connection paired with TVU’s patented transmission algorithm, IS+, it delivers broadcast-quality video with sub-second latency. Its HEVC encoder supports 10bit 4:2:2 modes for the best video quality and color. TVU G-Link 4K is simple to set up and use, featuring a user-friendly management interface for complete control over all transmissions.
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MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Flexible Ways to Transmit — Choose from two versions of TVU G-Link: one for professional high-end picture requirements, TVU G-Link 4K, and one for affordable, bidirectional sharing of HD video. • Versatile Sharing — TVU G-Link supports all kinds of video
sources, including TVU transmissions, external IP and SDI. Output in SDI and IP for direct distribution to social media and other CDNs. Next-Level Picture Quality — TVU G-Link 4K is the contribution encoder that supports true 4K60P UHD HDR when only the highest quality professional picture will do. Works With Other TVU and Third-Party Solutions — This includes AP ENPS Integration, TVU Analytics, TVU Booking Services, TVU MediaMind, TVU Producer and TVU transmitters.
https://www.tvunetworks.com/products/tvu-g-link
36 2019 Product Innovation Awards Program Guide
ZIXI
ZEN Master Live Video Orchestration and Telemetry Control Plane
FROM THE COMPANY
The Emmy-winning Zixi Platform provides enhanced control over complex networks with ZEN Master, a cloud-based interface that provides visual tools to configure, orchestrate, manage and monitor live broadcast channels at scale across industry protocols and hybrid IP networks from contribution to delivery. Using ZEN Master, customers streamline and simplify operations management and securely deliver live video streams at 99.999% broadcast-quality reliability with patent-pending, hitless failover techniques to thousands of channels in over 100 countries. With ZEN Master, operators can view and alter hundreds of inputs/outputs throughout the supply chain, conduct measurements at remote points, monitor video, view thumbnail sketches, conduct analysis and receive notifications based on system performance levels. Interoperable with multi-cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure), ZEN Master can conduct root cause analysis, provide analytics (Content Quality, Business Impact, AI Quality Scoring) schedule automated tasks, and provide enhanced reporting (usage, stats, uptime and outage reports) among other tools and services.
https://zixi.com
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AVID
Media Composer 2019 Reimagined Media Composer 2019 Inspires Creative Storytelling for Everyone
FROM THE COMPANY
Media Composer 2019 was redesigned as a direct response to customer feedback and was created for every user. Media Composer 2019 enables aspiring and professional editors, freelancers and journalists to work more creatively by taking advantage of its many new features, including the following: • Modern, streamlined user interface that’s fully customizable and more intuitive. • Next generation Avid media engine with distributed processing giving users more power. • Finishing and delivering capabilities allowing users to create and deliver higher-quality content with editing, effects, color, audio and finishing tools without leaving Media Composer. • Customizable toolset built for large teams providing administrative control to customize the interface for any role (craft editor, assistant, logger or journalist). “After I played around with [Media Composer 2019] and looked at the workflows, I’m actually editing faster and able to have access to everything better than I did before,” said Chris Bové, editor.
https://www.avid.com/media-composer-movie-editingsoftware-for-makers
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BLACKMAGIC DESIGN
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Next-Generation 6K Digital Film Camera
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The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K (US$2,495) features a Super 35 size sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range and dual native ISO up to 25,600 for HDR images and incredible low-light performance. External controls give quick access to essential functions, while the large 5-inch touchscreen makes it easy to frame shots, focus accurately and change camera settings. Features include built-in SD/UHS-II or CFast 2.0 recorders for Blackmagic RAW or ProRes recording, a USB-C expansion port for recording externally to disks, EF lens mount, built-in microphones, XLR input, full-sized HDMI, 3D LUT support, Bluetooth and more. The elegant design of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K packs an incredible number of high-end digital film features into a miniaturized, handheld design. Because it’s an advanced digital film camera, the sensor is designed to reduce thermal noise allowing cleaner shadows and higher ISO.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT Featuring a larger 6144 x 3456 Super 35 sensor and EF lens mount, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K lets you use larger EF photographic lenses to create cinematic images with shallower depth of field, allowing creative defocussed backgrounds and gorgeous bokeh effects. Extra resolution also gives you more room for reframing in editing and color correction. This means that you can shoot in 6K and then in post-production zoom and reframe to allow wide shots and close ups to be created, all from a single camera and without losing image quality. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ blackmagicpocketcinemacamera
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CANON U.S.A.
Canon Sumire Cinema Prime Lenses Lenses Offer Unique Artistically Pleasing Look With Gentle and Beautiful Skin Tones and Smooth Bokeh FROM THE COMPANY
Covering the core range of focal lengths that cinema professionals desire, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to announce the company’s first set of seven cinema prime PL-Mount lenses, aptly named Sumire Prime. Pronounced “Soo-mee-ray,” the word is of Japanese origin and is associated with a floral gentleness and beauty. Sumire Prime Lenses offer a unique artistically pleasing look with gentle and beautiful skin tones and smooth bokeh, designed for use with large-sensor cinema cameras, including 35mm full-frame cameras such as the EOS C700FF Cinema Camera.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/ products/list/lenses/cinema/sumire-prime
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CANON U.S.A.
Canon XA55 The XA55 Camcorder Features a 1.0-Inch Sensor, Nine-Bladed Circular Aperture and Dual-Pixel CMOS AF With a 15x (25.5-382.5mm) Genuine Wide-Angle Canon Optical Zoom Lens FROM THE COMPANY
For natural and realistic life-like imagery the XA55 camcorder features a Wide Dynamic Range (DR) Gamma mode. This lowers the barrier for focusing, especially when shooting in 4K, which requires strict focus accuracy. By suppressing overexposure in high-brightness areas of the composition, this mode helps achieve a wide dynamic range of 800 percent to help produce seamless tone gradations, resulting in smooth detail, accurate color and virtually no blown-out highlights.
The XA55 can record in XF-AVC or MP4 formats to dual SD card slots. The camcorder is capable of recording 4K UHD video at 30p, as well as slow motion recording up to 60fps in full HD (30 fps in 4K UHD). A 15x optical zoom lens maintains 4K UHD quality throughout the entire zoom range, while the camcorder’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF helps facilitate fast and accurate autofocus. The camcorder includes an HDMI 2.0 terminal with 4K UHD output support, two XLR terminals with independent audio level control and a 3G-SDI terminal that supports camcorder integration into professional workflows. An adjustable 3.0-inch touch-panel LCD monitor and a built-in 0.24-inch electronic viewfinder enhance usability, and the detachable handle helps the XA55 to operate in a variety of shooting situations. Designed to meet the needs of professionals, the XA55 offers a wide range of recording possibilities.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT TThe XA55 Professional Camcorder offers an outstanding combination of 4K UHD image quality, features and functionality in a compact portable design ideally suited for on-the-go Electronic News Gathering (ENG) and documentary production.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/ products/details/camcorders/professional/xa55/xa55
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CANON U.S.A.
Canon C500 Mark II Impressive Usability and Imaging Power Combine in the EOS C500 Mark II, the Customizable Full Frame Cinema Camera Built for Creative Freedom FROM THE COMPANY
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The Cinema EOS C500 Mark II is the perfect expression of form and function, exceptionally adaptable to virtually any production with its modular design. Three expansion units and user changeable lens mounts enable operators to build their ideal cinema system. The Full Frame sensor is capable of capturing footage in a wide variety of aspect formats, including DCI-4K, UHD and Anamorphic Widescreen. The Cinema EOS C500 sensor supports both anamorphic and spherical lenses. In addition to full-frame, the sensor can also be paired with conventional Super 35mm and Super 16mm lenses using appropriate sensor crop modes, lens mount and adapter.
Contrary to popular belief, sometimes a sequel is better than the original. That is the case with the all-new Canon EOS C500 Mark II cinema camera announced by Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions. With its modular design, competitive price point and new features such as a 5.9K Full Frame CMOS sensor, user-changeable lens mounts, electronic image stabilization, internal cinema RAW light recording and the new DIGIC DV 7 Image Processor, the EOS C500 Mark II represents a bold leap forward for Canon’s Cinema EOS system line.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/ products/details/cameras/cinema-eos/cinema-eos-c500mark-ii/cinema-eos-c500-mark-ii
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KESSLER CRANE
Kessler KillShock The KillShock Has Become the Industry-Leading Camera Isolator System
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The Kessler KillShock is used to remove micro vibrations when shooting from vehicles like cars, boats and ATVs by isolating shock away from the camera via a set of eight interchageable shock modules containing three shock cables per module allowing for weight distribution around the entire surface of the isolator and not just the corners. The system can be used over slung (hood mount) or under slung (inverted from a boom or arm). The KillShock capitalizes on physics and years of development and is used on numerous networks TV shows, national commercials and feature films. The system has interchangable mounting options to handle almost any requirement.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT The KillShock comes standard with a set of eight Medium Duty (Red) shock modules pre-installed, but it works with eight, six, four or three modules to finetune for your payload requirements. There are also two additional options for shock modules available, Light Duty (Blue) and Heavy Duty (Black), which can be combined to create the perfect blend of isolation. The KillShock is compatible with a variety of mounting options and it can even be used in inversion mode with an optional add-on kit. https://www.kesslercrane.com/killshock
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SHURE INC.
MV88+ Video Kit Multiple Configurations and Presets Gives Users Confidence to Create Professional-Quality Recordings On-the-Go FROM THE COMPANY
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Built-in headphone output for real-time monitoring. • Pristine audio for multiple setups. • All metal construction. • Detailed stereo capture, five DSP preset modes. • Shure MOTIV Audio App for pro-level recording. • Shure MOTIV Video for onscreen control. • Allows for phone charging while mic is in use (requires USB-A cable and Apple USB3 camera adapter iOS users only).
Today, mobile content and consumption are dominating the digital world. The Shure MV88+ Video Kit is an all-in-one solution that allows content creators to capture professionalquality recordings on-the-go. The kit includes a new, improved microphone with built-in headphone output for real-time monitoring, Manfrotto® PIXI tripod, phone clamp and mount, providing next-level recording flexibility and compatibility with iOS and USB-C cables. The latest addition to the MOTIVTM line of digital microphones and portable recording solutions, the MV88+ Video Kit transforms smartphone devices into a professional-level mobile audio and video rig. The free Shure MOTIV Video & Audio applications work together with the MV88+ to provide access to Shure’s state-of-the-art audio quality in tandem with the microphone. The MV88+’s premium digital stereo condenser microphone offers mobile creators (whether you’re an amateur blogger or seasoned digital journalist), high-fidelity video and audio recording right out-of-the-box — just add a phone.
https://www.shure.com/en-US/ products/microphones/mv88plus
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ATEN TECHNOLOGY INC.
UC9020 StreamLive HD All-in-One Multichannel AV Mixer
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The StreamLIVETM HD is a portable, all-in-one, multichannel audio/video mixer device that integrates a 1080p video capture, video switch, stream broadcaster, video converter, video splitter and audio mixer into one compact box to eliminate the hassle of working with different AV equipment. MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Professional-quality live streaming to global audiences by any CDN platform , with a low entry threshold, even entry-level users can quickly get started. • Intuitive app for preview and program monitoring, change video layout in Full Screen/PBP/PIP settings, adding image and subtitles overlays and smooth scene transitions for a professional finish. • Compact mixer control panel — Switching and mix between multiple video and audio sources with the help of easily identifiable luminous keys. https://www.aten.com/us/en/products/usb-&-thunderbolt/ content-creation/uc9020
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INOVONICS INC.
SOFIA 568 HD Radio SiteStreamer+ This Elite HD Radio Receiver Provides Advanced Features for Critical Remote Monitoring Situations FROM THE COMPANY
SOFIA 568 HD Radio SiteStreamer+ is a turbocharged version of Inovonics’ popular SiteStreamers, which are web-enabled receivers for remote signal monitoring. They are installed at a broadcast transmitter site or any remote location with an internet connection. Streamed audio is accessible from any webenabled device. The new SOFIA 568 is a SiteStreamer+ (plus), meaning that it has everything our SiteStreamers have but with much more processing power for more streaming options along with outputs. The SOFIA 568 is the first FM/HD Radio receiver in the market to support AES67 AoIP, allowing broadcasters using Axia or Wheatstone equipment to incorporate the SOFIA 568 in their AoIP network. It collects histograms of signal parameters and displays HD RadioTM album artwork, station logos and similar visuals via the web interface. Multiple stations can be sequentially monitored using the programmable StationRotationTM feature. It supports internetlistening stream for up to 10 listeners at once. The SOFIA 568 includes a built-in BandScannerTM, a real-time clock and full SNMP functionality. It also delivers important RF and audio signal measurements and dispatches email or text-message alarms for outof-limits conditions and other reception errors.
MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCT • Gives local and remote readout of all pertinent FM/RDS and HD/PAD data. • Easy front-panel setup uses jog-wheel menu navigation and the front-panel readout. The corresponding Web interface offers a detailed presentation and additional options. • Stays on-channel and on-mode through signal and power loss; does not auto-blend between FM and HD like a consumer radio. • Front-panel alarms and/or rear-panel ‘tallies’ indicate Audio Loss, Low Signal, RDS Errors and HD Reception Loss. • ‘Split Mode’ audio monitoring aids transmission diversity delay setup. • The half-rack package features an OLED hi-res graphic display, wide-range LED level meters and individual alarm LEDs with rear-panel tallies. • GPOs may be user-assigned to specific alarm functions. • Enhanced alarm logging includes the duration of each alarm, and there is virtually no limit to the number of alarms that can be logged. • Download a complete log randomly, or automatically daily, weekly or monthly. https://www.inovonicsbroadcast.com/product/568
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INDUSTRY INNOVATOR
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Mark Sizemore Vice President, Connectivity, Ross Video The latest advancement to the platform, Ultrix IP, has been honored with a 2019 Product Innovation Award (p. 32). In addition, Ultritouch, a powerful control option for the Ultrix connectivity platforms, was awarded a Government Video Best of Show Award for NAB Show 2019. New for 2019, Ultrix IP, allows customers to route and process signals via both IP and SDI transport streams agnostically using industry standards into one of the most powerful, integrated software-defined hardware platforms. When combined with the Ultricore IP software license of the Ultricore BCS, users can build and operate their systems just like they do with today’s control surfaces, lowering the barrier to transition to this technology. Ultrix allows users to optimize their system architectures with a fully integrated solution, minimize disruption to current workflows by presenting I/O independent of type into a seamless matrix space, and assist in the transition to IP by providing an upgradeable platform and complete integrated features set: routing, MV, processing and audio management. Through the Ultrix Software-Defined Platform and related products, Mark and his team have greatly advanced and eased connectivity and control in the hybrid SDI/IP world.
Mark Sizemore is a product visionary for the broadcast industry with pioneering contributions to technology across many product categories, especially in the areas of signal routing and management. Mark’s early career was spent with Leitch Inc. During this time — the early days of the transition to digital — Mark progressed through the engineering ranks to become lead digital engineer with a focus on hardware, FPGA and low-level software designs, and then later worked as a product manager of the large routing, multiviewer and control system product lines. This experience proved invaluable to Mark, establishing the sound foundations from which even greater achievements were to come. Mark’s journey ultimately brought him to Ross Video, where he has the privilege of leading a strong talent pool that has created such groundbreaking products as Ultrix — the innovative and highly disruptive routing and AV processing platform. Since its introduction in 2015, the Ultrix software-defined platform has received eight industry awards including a 2018 TV Technology Product Innovation Award for Ultrix-FR5, a variation that combines a fully featured video/audio routing platform with additional multiviewers, frame syncs, audio processing and UHD gearboxing, all in an extremely compact 5RU chasis.
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Rob Gonsalves Director of Architecture, Avid Technology patents, trademarks, copyrights and open source licensing. Currently, Rob is leading Avid’s efforts around the use of AI and deep learning to streamline digital content creation. Rob’s groundbreaking work has helped earn Avid one Academy Award for Avid Film Composer (1999) and three Emmy awards — for Media Composer Non-linear Editing System (1993), Media Composer Multi-Camera Editing (2017) and the Philo T. Farnsworth Award for companies and organization that have significantly affected the state of television and broadcast engineering over a long period of time (2018). Avid’s mission statement when it was founded was simple: Help people better communicate through technology. That resonated with Rob then and continues to motivate him today. For Rob, being an industry innovator means exploring the intersection between what’s needed and what’s possible, and his ethos is that to find good solutions you need to approach problem-solving from both sides. He believes media technology has an exciting future ahead as the trends of faster computers, higher bandwidth networks and smarter systems make communicating with technology easier and more readily available to people than ever before. But, he also knows that the challenge for individuals moving forward will be to use this powerful technology responsibly.
Rob Gonsalves is an Emmy- and Oscar-winning engineer who, as Avid Technology’s 15th employee, helped give birth to nonlinear digital editing and Media Composer. Today, 30 years after he joined the company, Rob is an Engineer Fellow at Avid and leader of its architecture team. When Rob joined Avid he was the company’s first QA engineer and created an automated bug reporting system. As a software developer, he is credited with implementing many of the features of Media Composer, including PICT import, vectorscope/waveform monitors, motion effects, dissolves, wipes and a multicamera editing system. He also led the development of the architecture of Avid’s media enterprise products including the initial design for MediaCentral | UX, the cloud-based web front end to the MediaCentral platform. Later, Rob designed and led a team to build an advanced video color-correction system for Avid Symphony, including prototyping, collecting customer feedback and software development. Rob currently holds 37 patents, many of which are for video effects and color correction. He’s led several projects including the transformation to Agile Scrum, the architecture and development of Avid’s Connectivity Toolkit, and the design of the disaster recovery architecture for Avid’s systems. He continues to work with Avid’s legal team on
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