NAB NY 2017: Evertz Showcases SDVN, Cloud-Based Platforms, Other Solutions

At NAB NY this week, Evertz (Booth N417), global leader in media and entertainment technology solutions, is showcasing its latest advances in software-defined video networking (SDVN), virtualization, live media production, big-data analytics, cloud-based playout, UHD/HDR technologies, compression, RF, and remote production. Here’s a look at some of what the company is featuring.

IP: Here and Now
With more than 100 deployments globally since 2014, Evertz SDVN IP-based solutions are facilitating the transition to IP. Solutions exhibited at NAB NY, including MAGNUM SDVN orchestration and control platform, feature support for emerging industry standard SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA IS-04 and IS-05 for registration, discovery, and connection management of network devices.

Evertz is highlighting its range of 25GbE solutions, including the new EXE-VSR16 video-service–routing platform and the evEDGE software-defined compute and routing platform.

DreamCatcher Live Media and Production Suite
Continuing to add tools to IP-based DreamCatcher, Evertz aims to enable more-efficient workflows for increasingly demanding live productions.

Big-Data Analytics
inSITE, Evertz’s big-data analytics engine, provides real-time centralized operational intelligence for video broadcasters. For NAB NY 2017, inSITE features support for cloud-based solutions, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing customers the visibility they need to maintain high service levels.

Cloud-Based MAM and Playout
Evertz’s file-based solutions are trusted by the world’s top media companies and are deployed today across the globe on cloud-based platforms. The Mediator-X modular software-based platform, automates the components of media-asset–management (MAM), channel-playout and non-linear–delivery (NLD) systems from a single intuitive web-based interface. Mediator-X is being showcased with Evertz’s software-based–playout application, OvertureRT LIVE, and  transcode and conform solution, Render-X.

UHD and HDR
Evertz offers the industry’s most comprehensive Ultra HD and high-dynamic-range solutions. For applications from acquisition to production to playout, it is the only manufacturer that offers complete solutions in quad-link 3G-SDI, 12G-SDI, and IP, enabling UHD and HDR solutions in both new and existing facilities.

Video-Delivery Infrastructure
Evertz’s video-delivery platforms deliver broadcast-quality video from any source, through any network, to any device. The company is showcasing its Media Exchange Platform, a complete solution for contribution, primary/secondary distribution, and OTT.

RF Solutions
Evertz end-to-end RF solutions for downlink and uplink applications feature new and innovative IRDs, along with the XPRF 128×128 switching platform.

Transport and Remote Production
The new 3606FRS media gateway for IP transport allows simultaneous dark-fiber and IP transport for multiple signal formats, including video, audio, and serial data. Evertz is also showcasing the evREMOTE, which enables remote-production capabilities to a broader range of venues, rental spaces, and trucks.

EvertzAV
The latest innovations the EvertzAV division include the MMA10G-TRS4K-2 standalone HDMI 4K/60 4:4:4 network based transceiver and the MMA10G-TRS4K, the latest 4K product to join the MMA-10G network-based A/V-distribution family.

“SDVN’s advanced architecture is much more than simply mimicking existing SDI workflows,” explains Director of Product Marketing Mo Goyal. “SDVN solutions are used to create scalable, flexible, and agile infrastructures that enable hyper-efficient operational workflows that address the critical business and technical requirements of our customers. Our focus on transformational IP technologies includes our ongoing commitment to emerging standards, including SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA IS-04 and IS-05.”