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Broadcast India Show 2012 – Gateway To The Future of Television
“Feel Like A Kid In A Candy Store” – was the tag line of Broadcast India 2012 – Steven Preston looks at the promise of the 22nd show…
India has some 138 million TV households, placing India behind only China and the USA in the world TV market, with around 600 million TV viewers. According to a report from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and research ﬁrm KPMG, in 2009 to 2010 the Indian media and entertainment Industry grew by 11% to reach US$14.4 billion. The Indian media and entertainment industry was projected to reach US$28.1 billion by 2015. So unsurprisingly, Broadcast India Show organisers, Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt, said that the show was up 15% on last year, attracting over 16,000 visitors to see the wares from the 589 companies from 36 countries. The 2012 show had 50 new exhibitors from countries including the USA, UK, France, Taiwan, Portugal, Canada, Germany, China, Japan, Norway, Russia, and, of course, India. This year, the show also awarded a few of the more deserving participants with awards. The Best Stand Experience – Visitor’s Choice Award went to Blackmagic Design’s ochre flavoured “walls of innovation” stand and the Best Free Design Stand Award was presented to WASP3D. Some of the many highlights at the show included: Adobe presented Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, the complete solution at the heart of any production workﬂow for video professionals, packed with major

updates to help bring high-quality productions to any screen. ARRI displayed the ALEXA digital camera system, film cameras, professional camera accessories, cutting-edge LED lighting and DI solution ARRISCAN and archive tools. Blackmagic Design’s latest products featuring Thunderbolt, 3D and 4K technology were on display, such as the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Teranex 2D and 3D video processors, DaVinci Resolve 9 and HyperDeck Studio Pro SSD recorder. Boston It Solutions showcased their NVIDIA Maximus inspired Boston Venom 2300-7T workstation. Designed for the media,VFX and infotainment arena, the Venom 2300-7T combines the industry leading professional 3D graphics capability of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs and the high-performance computing power of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to create a unity between the design and simulation process. GoPro, a ﬁrst time participant at Broadcast India presented their range of ruggedised cameras and accessories. Harmonic showcased a comprehensive range of solutions for broadcast and multiscreen

The ARRI stand at Broadcast India

production and delivery. Ideal Systems introduced social TV and second screen solutions to the Indian market. Making its debut was Chyron- SHOUT.

One of the busy stands at the exhibition

Blackmagic Design picked up the show Visitor’s Choice Award

Harris introduced Versio, a single platform solution that can launch a channel, expand existing channels, or provide critical disaster recovery. Harris also showcased the most recent developments for its Selenio media convergence platform. Panasonic introduced the AKHC3800 new studio handy camera for broadcasting market. The new range of Panasonic P2 Cameras in the Panasonic AVC ULTRA Family and Panasonic Studio Cameras were also displayed during the show. Shotoku Corporation showed their camera support systems and products to the broadcast and legislative television industries. Shure exhibited recently introduced products which include Axient Wireless Management Network that can automatically change frequencies to avoid interference and produce highquality audio.

Being a part of the film and television industry the two main directors, Kavita Meer and Ramesh Meer created Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt to organise exhibitions and conferences exclusively catering to the needs of the entertainment industry. Their ﬁrst show “Broadcast India Exhibition & Symposium” was held in 1991 and since then these shows have been held every year in October or November in Mumbai, India. The packed show continues to provide a gateway to the future for the television, ﬁlm, audio, radio, IPTV, mobile TV, computer graphics, visual effects, multimedia, music, lights, cable, satellite, broadband, internet and transmission. Broadcast India 2013 will be held from October 9-11, 2013 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India. ■

Kavita Meer presents WASP3D’s Tushar Kothari, Director, and Nalin Mishra with the award for Best Free Design Stand

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