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Miranda Launches NV8140 Enterprise Class Router
Miranda Technologies, a worldwide provider of infrastructure, playout and monitoring systems for the television broadcast, cable, satellite and IPTV industry, announced the NAB 2012 launch of the new NV8140 router. The NV8140 router extends Miranda’s NV8500 Enterprise Class router series by offering the advanced features of an enterprise class router, such as redundant power supplies, control cards and crosspoints, in a rectangular 144 x 288 matrix that is just 8RU and is ideal for the space constraints of mobile production and smaller studios. “The continuing pressure to expand the capabilities of the production environment while ﬁtting within the same space and power footprint are market realities,” said Bob Hudelson, Miranda’s Vice President, Routers. “The NV8140 addresses both of these concerns. Its compact size mitigates the space problem and also eliminates the need to purchase what would likely be a larger, more expensive system. In addition to its highly integrated design, the beauty of the NV8140 is that it makes no compromise on the proven reliability and performance of our NV8500 series and includes all of its beneﬁts, including redundant power supplies, control cards and crosspoints.” The NV8140’s crosspoint redundancy protects all signal paths, including multiviewer outputs, and all outputs are fully SMPTE 3Gbps compliant. Its cooling design is highly engineered and supremely efﬁcient with front to back airﬂow and easily serviceable fan trays. Flexibility is assured because all output, control card, crosspoint, fans and power supply modules, including passive rear modules, are compatible with other products in the NV8500 range, which includes four other frame sizes ranging from 144 x 144 up to 1152 x 1152. Miranda’s modules provide additional economies because

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they can be effortlessly transferred to other routers in the NV8500 range for reconﬁguration on the ﬂy, therefore enabling a multi-router facility to signiﬁcantly reduce the number of spares typically required. Hudelson added: “Production truck and small studio environments can present considerable challenges

that often force compromises in production value. We think broadcasters can benefit from this “big” small router. It provides them valuable space efﬁciency, and it’s packed with functionality and serviceability typically seen in a larger router.” ■

Pebble Beach Systems Integrates RT Software
Pebble Beach Systems has integrated RT Software’s graphics rendering library into its Dolphin channel-in-a-box solution. This enhances the graphics capability of Dolphin, enabling it to deliver high-quality 2D and 3D realtime graphics without the need for a traditional external graphics sub system. There are currently two options from RT Software which can be integrated into Dolphin: • Sophisticated 2D, entry level 3D Graphics (tOG-Lite) • Powerful 3D Graphics (tOG-3D Pro) The creation process is simple, with graphic templates prepared ofﬂine using PC-based tOG-Edit workstations. The resulting projects are loaded onto the Dolphin system as required, and the templates then automatically populated from sources within the playlist or from external devices, or manually by an operator. Peter Hajittofi, Managing Director at Pebble Beach Systems said: “We are very pleased to be working with RT Software and excited about the opportunities this cooperation brings. By using RT graphics we will be able to take the functionality of our Dolphin channel in a box product up to the level of best of breed graphics solutions, but at a fraction of the price, and with a much smaller footprint and lower RT Software Commercial Director Mike Fredriksen with Pebble Beach MD Peter Hajitofﬁ power consumption. The RT Software the capability of creating a virtual in the traditional automation market graphics option augments our own transmission chain which meets and, with an eye to the future, we simpler 2D graphics module which their needs on a channel by channel are delighted to be part of their is ideal for lower revenue channels. basis.” strategy for delivering high quality, By enabling the implementation of Mike Fredriksen, Commercial cost effective 2D and 3D graphics third party plug-ins like this one, we Director, RT Software, said: “Pebble in the emerging channel-in-a-box give the end user greater choice and Beach Systems is a proven player market. ■
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