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AJA CION
4K Debut

4K Set To Transform
'Onscreen' Viewing

USA: At NAB, AJA Video Systems
announced its CION professional
camera capable of shooting at 4K/
UltraHD and 2K/HD resolutions.
AJA say that CION builds on its
lens-to-post Apple ProRes workﬂow
by offering in-camera recording
directly to the Apple ProRes family
of codecs - including 12-bit 444.
CION offers the ability to output
4K raw data at up to 120 frames
per second via 4x3G-SDI outputs.
It can record directly to AJA
Pak SSD media at up to 60
frames per second.

T

he industry's top players will
use BroadcastAsia2014 to
showcase 4K technology.
The show's organisers say that
leading international exhibitors
such as Canon, EVS, Grass Valley,
Quantel, Orad, Red Digital Cinema,
Village Island, Sony and many more
will be highlighting their cutting edge
4K/UHD products at the event.
Orad Hi Tec Systems President
Asia Paciﬁc, Joel Lamdani, said:
"By 2016 the Asia Paciﬁc Region is
forecast to become the single largest
market for 4K TV, accounting for
42% of total world 4K households.
"The Asia Paciﬁc Region being
a hub of consumer electronics
producers mainly in Japan, Korea,
China and Taiwan are pushing to

market new 4K TV as replacements
for old HD ones.
"Films are already being shot in 4K
and sports events are now testing
4K productions with the Brazil 2014
World Cup being a big trigger."
Alongside 4K, leading edge
technologies for media pre and
post-production, MAM, multiscreen/multi-platform streaming
and OTT will be featured at
BroadcastAsia2014.
The four-day BroadcastAsia2014
conference provides a key
knowledge transfer hub and
networking platform for attendees

Event organiser Singapore Exhibition
Services Chief Executive Stephen
Tan at last year's opening ceremony

to debate and discuss critical
upcoming trends such as disruptive
technologies.
Together with CommunicAsia, the
event welcomed more than 51,000
trade attendees from 100 different
countries/regions in 2013, including
many top industry professionals.

Volicon Monitors 200 Astro Malaysia Channels
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alaysian pay-TV operator Astro
is using a Volicon Observer
Enterprise video monitoring and
logging system to enable off-air
logging for more than 200 channels.
Focusing on key points in the
transmission path, the Volicon
system monitors and logs
incoming and outgoing feeds in a
variety of formats.
With broad format support
and the ability to support highdensity monitoring and logging
applications, the Observer system
serves as a reliable and ﬂexible
solution that addresses the needs
of Astro departments ranging from
engineering to media sales.
"Volicon's Observer system gives
us an integrated off-air logging
system built on proven technology
and equipped with features that give
our staff a high degree of ﬂexibility

in working with aired media," said
Chris McMillan, Vice President,
Production Services, Astro.
With a customer base of more than
3.9 million residential customers
(representing approximately 56%
of Malaysian TV households), Astro
offers 171 TV channels, including 39
HD channels, delivered via directto-home satellite TV, IPTV, and
OTT platforms.
Installed in the All Asia Broadcast
Centre in Kuala Lumpur, the Observer
Enterprise accepts and monitors
composite, component, HD/SD SDI,
and transport stream inputs.
In Europe, HSE24, a leading Italian
television channel providing national
coverage of programmes dedicated
to information, lifestyle, and
shopping, has chosen the Volicon
Observer solution for its video
monitoring, compliance recording,

fault detection, and quality control
requirements.

Broadpeak Powers
Telecable OTT
FRA: Mexico's Telecable has
selected Broadpeak solutions to
power its OTT multiscreen service.
Utilising Broadpeak's CDN
manager, streaming server, and
video delivery analytics solutions,
Telecable will deliver live and VOD
content to a variety of devices
while providing a superior QoS.
Broadpeak's video servers support
multiple video formats, including
Apple HLS, Microsoft Smooth
Streaming, Adobe HDS, and MPEGDASH, allowing content delivery
to any screen.

Vinten Increases
Robotic Capacity

The Volicon system monitors and logs
incoming and outgoing feeds at Astro

GBR: Vinten Radamec has
introduced a robotic pedestal
catering for heavy payloads.
The FPR-210+, a variation of
the FP-188, can smoothly manage
payloads of up to 95kg/210lbs,
providing operators with
uncompromising on-air support
for heavyweight camera packages.
The pedestal supports Vinten
Radamec's Fusion FH-145 head,
plus a combined weight of up
to 66kg/145lbs.

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