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Wohler Showcase Latest
Developments
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t SMPTE13, Wohler showcased
the latest developments in its
extensive portfolio of broadcast
products and services.
Wohler’s RadiantGrid Intelligent
Media Transformation Platform
offers a highly efficient solution
for transcoding, standards
conversion, and audio processing
in applications including loudness
correction, quality control, and
distribution of media.
At the heart of the platform is
RadiantGrid’s TrueGrid parallelprocessing engine, which excels
at providing faster-than-real-time
content transformation, particularly
for long-form content requiring
multiple processes to be run
concurrently.
Intelligent automation of
workflow processes, coupled
with close integration of best-ofbreed plug-ins such as Cinnaﬁlm’s

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Tachyon, Interra’s
Baton, and Linear
Acoustic AERO.file,
enables the versatile
operation needed to
manage everything
from multiplatform
transcoding and
standards conversion to
more complex processing such
as mixed-cadence correction,
video optimisation, and audio
loudness conformance.
Wohler will feature its DVM family
of video monitors, including the
DVM-4290, a 4-RU system with
two 9-inch screens; the DVM-3270,
a 3-RU system with two 7-inch
screens; and the DVM-2443 with
four individual 4.3-inch screens
and decoders.
Offering a full feature set, the
Wohler HDM-170 and HDM-215
are cost-effective, reliable 17-inch

Wohler HDM-170 offers a
comprehensive feature set

and 21.5-inch HD/SD-SDI video
monitors that are perfect for viewing
the many feeds in mobile trucks,
news and transmission control
rooms, duplication facilities, and
post-production houses.
The units feature full HD-resolution
displays with 178-degree viewing
angles and dual split or picture-inpicture monitoring modes.

Pixel Power Displays In Australia SMPTE
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roadcast graphics specialists
Pixel Power highlighted its
product portfolio at SMPTE13.
Pixel OnDemand delivers Pixel
Power’s legendary core graphics
engine with use-based pricing
to suit IPTV, VOD, multiscreen
and other content repackaging
business practices.
Pixel OnDemand puts the
graphics engine into an easily
deployed software package that
runs on standard
IT servers to
meet the needs
of non-linear,

Pixel OnDemand
server graphics engine

store-and-play content delivery
operations such as IPTV channels,
video on demand services, mobile
content, news operations, and
second screen viewing applications.
Pixel Factory is a new turnkey,
server-based implementation of
its renowned core graphics engine.
The new system supports ﬁle-based
operations in broadcast workﬂows
where output
quality and process
automation are
highly valued, but
the enhanced
hardware demands
of live production
and playout are
not required.

On show was ChannelMaster,
a family of integrated, scalable
channel playout systems that
provide a cost-effective, reliable
approach to deploying new channels,
without compromise.
Also on show is Gallium, the
company’s highly integrated,
sophisticated and scalable
scheduling, asset management and
automation system that provides
the intelligence to build a variety of
playout solutions using Pixel Power
output devices.
Gallium is designed for playout
facilities that need to implement
automated control of the company’s
transmission devices for graphics or
complete channel playout.

Firmware Update
Upgrades 788T
AUS: Sound Devices exhibited
its flagship 788T and 788T-SSD
digital audio recorders with
the latest firmware update,
Version 3.0 at SMPTE13.
The 788T now boasts eight fullfeatured inputs and records to up
to 12 tracks with routing flexibility.
Version 3.0 offers a new
timecode mode, ‘Free Run - Auto
Output Mute’, and an external
low-voltage threshold of 11.3V,
along with various overall system
improvements and optimisations.
Enhancements include a left/right
tone identification mode.

Dejero LIVE+
Adds To Range
AUS: At SMPTE13, Dejero
highlighted new arrivals in
its LIVE+ platform range.
Joining the established the
LIVE+ range is VSET, a 1RU
vehicle-mount version of the
company’s Dejero LIVE+ 20/20
Transmitter designed for use with
satellite and microwave trucks.
Dejero introduced an Android
version of its LIVE+ Mobile App,
which enables transmission of highquality HD or SD live video from
select Android phones and tablets.

Triveni Talk On
Audio Loudness
AUS: Triveni Digital’s VP of Sales and
Head Of Marketing Ralph Bachofen
presented on ‘DTV Monitoring:
Effective Strategies for Resolving
Audio Loudness Issues’ at SMPTE13.
The address looked at the
challenges broadcasters face in
monitoring and analysing the audio
loudness of their DTV streams.
Bachofen provided attendees with
proven strategies for eliminating
chronic and network-wide issues
that impact audio levels.

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