FEATURE
THE VERY BEST OF IBC2017 NewBay was delighted to receive a record number of entries for its Best of Show Awards at IBC this year. We had the pleasure of handing out over 50 awards throughout the show floor across TVBEurope and sister brands TV Tech Global, Installation, Audio Media International, PSNEurope and Radio World International, showcasing the breadth of innovation at the show and in the broadcast market. Here are the 22 winners in the TVBEurope category, with judge’s comments
Company: Amino Communications Product: Amino Enable
Company: Aviwest Product: Air320
Judge’s comments: This virtual set-top box (STB) software is a great way for cable companies to continue using existing STB hardware. Also contributes substantially to industry sustainability, relieving service providers from having to immediately throw away and replace existing STBs.
Judge’s comments: Incredibly compact cellular transmitter. IP-capable functionality in a lunch box. Great for remote field based contribution.
Company: Aspera Product: FASPStream in conjunction with Telestream Vantage and Lightspeed Live Capture Judge’s comments: This may be the only such product that makes video file transfers available to be used as soon as enough is received to form some complete frames. This could play a big factor in getting an excerpt from a breaking news story on the air in a timely manner. Company: Avid Product: Avid Media Composer | First Judge’s comments: I really liked the concept of making this product available as a free download. This is a really great marketing idea and it also allows beginner editors to turn out quality work without having to take out a mortgage for the editing package.
‘NewBay’s Best Of Show awards honour the best new products on display at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam’
Company: Snapbox Product: DoPChoice Judge’s comments: As always, DoPChoice is a really great, very well thought-out kit for DP’s. Fantastic. Company: Easel TV Product: Suggested TV Judge’s comments: A truly great solution for content owners to create their own OTT platform out of the box. Company: Ericsson Media Solutions Product: MediaFirst Video Processing Encoding Live for mixing SDR content with HDR content in live broadcasting Judge’s comments: Excellent. Allows linear broadcasters to keep up with Netflix et al. Mixes SDR and HDR content and broadcasts in a way that works without creating many of the glitches you see when watching /SDR/ HDR mixed broadcasts.
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