By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 9:21 pm
At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual convention, Panasonic has unveiled its third-generation VariCam HD production camera, and a new 31-inch LCD production monitor with native 4K resolution for 4K/2K/HD cinema production. The recently announced AJ-PX5000G and AJ-PD500, the company’s first P2 HD camcorder and recorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots, […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 8:00 am
Abekas (Booth SL6313) has released the latest version of software for its Mira instant-replay server and associated Mira Control Surface. Among its new features is dual-user operation: two Mira Control Surfaces can be connected to one Mira instant-replay server. Besides providing a lower-cost solution than using two separate servers networked together, it streamlines workflow for […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:21 am
Ross Video (Booth N3808) and Tiffen are exhibiting joint solutions as part of the Ross Virtual and Augmented Reality Studio. The virtual studio demonstrates a fully automated broadcast-production system with a practical set extended by a virtual set and extensive use of immersive augmented-reality graphics. The studio uses Tiffen’s custom-mounted Listec Teleprompters fitted to Ross’s […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Aspera (Booth SL9716) announced that media marketer Trailer Park has deployed a suite of Aspera software solutions built on patented fasp technology to receive content from clients and return completed projects at maximum speed, with comprehensive security and visibility over the entire transfer environment. In the past, Trailer Park used standard FTP to complete transfers […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
EVS (Booth SL2416) is launching a new feature for its IPDirector suite of video-production-management applications. IP Link is a plug-in panel allowing users to search through clips reordered on EVS servers when using the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro software. At NAB 2013, the solution is presented in the EVS entertainment and Enriched Live […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
General Cable’s (C7408) new Gepco brand HydroBloc water-resistant cables are UL-rated and compliant with the TIA-455-82-B water-penetration test. They feature an advanced water-blocked construction, a sunlight- and moisture-resistant jacket, and a ripcord for ease of stripping for audio/control versions. The water-block construction starts with a two-ply water-blocking tape for superior protection. In contrast to one-ply […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Connected Media World, a brand-new destination at the 2013 NAB Show, focuses on the connected-consumer experience. At the Cisco CMW Daily Keynote presentation, “It’s Time To Digitize, Manage, and Automate,” Primestream’s Warren Arenstein will talk about how Primestream (Booth SL6824) and Cisco are transforming the broadcast landscape with media-asset management and production automation. The presentation […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Haivision (SL6605) is exhibiting Video Cloud, an online video-management platform that simplifies live and on-demand content-publishing workflows, and Calypso, a media-capture and -management platform for viewing, recording, and sharing live video content. Haivision Video Cloud provides an end-to-end solution from live encoding of events; through cloud transcoding, automated video-content management and publishing; across the CDN; and ultimately […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Hybrid (Booth C9908), a provider of real-time graphics and robotic camera systems, has signed an agreement under which Communications Engineering Inc. (CEI) will represent the Hybrid brand in the Americas, with particular focus on Hybrid’s Neon trackless 3D virtual studio solution. CEI will provide sales and technical support for Hybrid’s line of virtual studio and […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Vizrt (Booth SL3305) is highlighting its technology’s interaction and integration with a variety of partners. With Trendrr , it’s showing how the complementary technologies create an end-to-end Social TV platform that lets broadcasters show viewers what’s trending in social media within real-time on-screen graphics. With Adobe, the integration between Viz Media Engine and the upcoming […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Tiffen (Booth C8818) is demonstrating its new MPTV IRND+Black Pro-Mist filters and its IRND+Digital Diffusion FX (DDFX) filters. Featuring ColorCore technology, the MPTV integrated filters reduce multiple surfaces and potential reflections caused by stacked filters. Merging Tiffen’s IRND technology with the Black Pro-Mist filter enables a soft-light, “pastel” effect by absorbing unwanted infrared pollution to […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
The Digimetrics (Booth N3833) Eos Audio Normalizer plug-in is available for Digital Rapids’ (Booth SL5624) Transcode Manager 2.0 automated media-transformation software and Kayak dynamic workflow platform. It is slated to be available later this month. Part of the Eos Audio Correction series, the Eos Audio Normalizer plug-in for Kayak-based applications is designed for measurement and […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Ross Video (Booth N3808) is demonstrating the latest addition to its BlackStorm family of video servers, the BVS-104P four-channel playout server. The BVS-104P offers the same compact 1RU form factor as the BVS-102P two-channel system but doubles the channel count in the same space. It is available with three storage options, including a 4-TB HDD […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Among the products and services on exhibit by FUJIFILM North America are optics, a new online storage service, X-Series digital cameras, and a color-management tool for motion-picture film. FUJIFILM Optical Devices Division is in booth C7525; FUJIFILM Recording Media USA, Booth SL13010. The Optical Devices Division is featuring a variety of new high-quality FUJINON lenses […]
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By SVG Staff | Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 6:00 am
Front Porch Digital (Booth SU3602, SU3605) has announced that media-solutions–service provider VISTA Worldlink (formerly VISTA Satellite Communications) has installed a complete content-storage–management (CSM) and migration suite, including an advanced DIVArchive CSM system, a DIVAdirector media-asset manager (MAM), a SAMMAsolo migration appliance, and access to the LYNXSM cloud-based disaster-recovery (DR) and media-asset–storage service. With the new […]
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