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RTW Exhibit Touchmonitor
Line At SMPTE Australia
A

t SMPTE Australia, RT W
displayed the new TM3, the
latest addition to its TouchMonitor
family of products, as well as the
TM7 and TM9 TouchMonitors.
Controlled using a touchsensitive display, the TM3 has a
budget-friendly base price, a 4.3inch touchscreen and a stylish
exterior allowing for horizontal and
vertical placement.
It includes a large number of
graphical and numerical instruments
showing single-channel and
summing-loudness bargraphs, PPM,
true peak, SPL, loudness range
(LRA), dialnorm and correlation. It is
a highly appealing, compact solution
ideal for editorial ofﬁces, edit suites
and small control rooms.
Both models feature PPM and
true-peak instruments and offer
comprehensive loudness metering
in compliance with all globally

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RTW’s TM3 in moving coil PPM mode

relevant standards, including EBU
R128, ITU BS.1770-3/1771-1, ATSC
A/85 and ARIB.
They also feature the Magic LRA
instrument, speciﬁcally designed
by RTW, for intuitive visualisation of
the loudness range and integratedloudness parameters.

The
TM3
displayed
showed the new
TM3-SWMC
Software license,
available as
an
add-on
option, which
incorporates
a moving coil
emulation
display.
For
the
TM7 and TM9
TouchMonitors,
which include
the innovative Magic LRA instrument,
the software visualises multiple
sources simultaneously. The system
visualises up to 16 analogue and/
or digital sources at the same time.
The TM9 can view up to 32 digital
channels when the 3G-SDI option
is implemented.

Vizrt Highlights Integrated Production Solutions
A

t the S MP T E Au s tr a lia
Conference and Exhibition,
Vizrt highlighted its solutions for
integrated video and graphics
production and distribution.
The company also focused on the
IP media streaming capabilities of
its Viz Engine real-time compositing
and rendering engine. The
SMPTE theme of ‘Delivering the
Personalised Content Experience’
was at the heart of Vizrt’s technology
highlights at the show.
The new IP version of Viz Engine
is capable of real-time IP streaming
input and output, including
compositing of 3D graphics
and HD/SD video.
Vizrt showed a multi-platform

workﬂow enabled by the Viz Media
Engine media asset management
system, which automatically
encodes live video from highresolution to any format at speeds
faster than real-time for online and
mobile devices.
Vizrt showcased its Vizrt Online
Suite, a highly integrated workﬂow
for online publishing that includes

the Escenic Content Engine content
management system.
At the show, Vizrt demonstrated
how the audience becomes part
of the story with social media
content captured, moderated,
then visualised using 3D graphics
capabilities of its Social TV
solution. Content is captured from
social media platforms, including
Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube
and Instagram.
It also captures content from
third party partners like never.
no, who will be at the booth with
Social TV demos that will highlight
the latest enhancements to its
Interactivity Suite.

Vizrt pulls in social media

TM

Level Magic II - Managed Loudness.

Next Step Is
The 4K TV
AUS: Thomson Video Networks
CTO Claude Perron presented
on ‘4K: The Next Step in TV
Experience’ at SMPTE13.
“Now that the chip manufacturers
are beginning to introduce 4K HEVC
decoder ICs, encoder manufacturers
are preparing to adapt their
products for the new format,”
he said ahead of the address.
The presentation, part of the ‘The
Resolution Revolution: UHDTV, 4K,
and Beyond’ conference track,
examined some of the challenges
facing the media industry.

Aspera Broadcast
Media Showcase
AUS: Aspera CEO and Co-Founder
Michelle Munson shared her vision
for bridging cloud and on-premise
IT for complex digital entertainment
workflows
at
SMPTE13.
Aspera has implemented advanced
transport and workﬂow solutions
for many broadcasters and media
companies throughout Australasia.
Munson presented a paper as part
of the ‘Big Data in Media’ session.
It explored how new infrastructureagnostic high speed transport
and workflow automation
technologies can enable complex
media workflows.

Volicon CTO On
‘TV Anywhere’
AUS: Volicon CTO Gary Learner
presented on ‘Preparing for
Successful TV Anywhere, Anytime
Service Delivery’ at SMPTE13.
Learner’s presentation viewed
‘TV anytime, anywhere” as the
new content distribution standard.
He discussed the challenges that
accompany the emergence of TV
anytime, anywhere and concluded
with some proven strategies for
meeting those challenges.

EBU R128
ITU.1770-1/-2/-3
ATSC A/85
ARIB TR-B32

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