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Masstech Teams With PlayBox
For Singapore Demonstrations
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layBox will join Masstech at
BroadcastAsia 2014 in Singapore
for the ﬁrst Asian demonstration
of their integrated playout system.
Boasting more than 14,000 channels
on-air around the world, AirBox
PRO and MassStore converge to
enable a world leading integrated
playout system for all broadcasters.
With the highest quality content
presentation, the intelligent tiered
architecture bridges production,
news, library, archive, transmission
and new media workﬂows.
Demonstrations will include
CaptureBox PRO multi-channel
ingest server, the latest version of
AirBox PRO playout and streaming
automation, MassStore for News
NRCS plugin and MassStore v8.0
streamlined asset management
and digital archiving which was
introduced in prototype at NAB.
"The AirBox integrated Automation

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AirBox Playout Server

Playout Server operates in concert
with the Masstech Core Asset
Management to enable the most
complete and affordable solution,"
comments Iulian Ionescu, Sales
Director, PlayBox Technology.
"CaptureBox PRO and AirBox
created huge interest at NAB
and will be demonstrated at

BroadcastAsia as part
of a complete working
s y s t e m c o n t ro l l e d
from a full unified
graphic user interface."
A successor to existing
CaptureBox, CaptureBox
PRO enables multiple
channels of HD or SD
content to be captured
f ro m H D / S D S D I
digital feeds, analogue
sources and MPEG
transport streams.
AirBox
provides
automated content playout for
satellite channels, cable headends, over-the-air broadcasters and
corporate TV users.
The latest version incorporates
a GPU-enhanced graphics mixing
engine which allows video rotation
effects and depth-order laying
effects to be performed in real-time.

Calrec Summa Debuts At BroadcastAsia2014
F

or the ﬁrst time at BroadcastAsia,
Calrec will showcase its new
Summa audio console.
Summa, originally called Callisto,
was relaunched in April 2014.
The Summa console is designed
for broadcast professionals who
need a straightforward solution for
producing creative and engrossing
broadcast audio, but not all of the
resources offered by Calrec's Apollo
and Artemis consoles.
Graham Murray, Regional Sales
Director, APAC, Calrec Audio said:
"BroadcastAsia is Asia's leading
event for the broadcast industry,
attracting an international audience.
We look forward to showcasing our
new Summa console at the show

this year and look forward to the
feedback from our customers
and partners in the region."
Designed to ensure intuitive
operation in live broadcast
applications, Summa simplifies
even complex workﬂow tasks, such
as creating mix-minus feeds, with
a highly intuitive GUI suitable
for a broad range of
operator levels.
Users control the
console via a 17-inch
multitouch screen inspired
by familiar tablet technology.
The crisp high-resolution display
provides elegant controls and a clear
presentation of information.
The console's other large displays

are fully conﬁgurable to display bus,
output, and loudness meters, and
they feature dedicated metering,
routing, and processing information
for each fader.

Calrec's Summa
console is designed for broadcast
professionals who need to produce
creative and engrossing broadcast
audio easily

Digigram Simpliﬂy
Audio-Over-IP
SIN: At BroadcastAsia, Digigram
are showcasing the new RAVENNA/
AES67-enabled sound card ideal
for low-latency synchronous audioover-IP distribution over LAN.
Also on display will be: the
ultralow-latency IQOYA *CALL and
IQOYA *CALL/LE audio-over-IP
contribution codecs; the IQOYA
*LINK and IQOYA *LINK/LE stereo
audio-over-IP distribution codecs;
the high-density IQOYA *SERV/
LINK multiple-stereo or multichannel
audio-over-IP codec for professional
IP audio distribution; and the latest
release in the AQILIM family of
video encoders.

2wcom Shows
New Products
SIN: 2wcom will present three
products at CommunicAsia 2014.
Werner Drews, Managing Director
of 2wcom said: "We are presenting
three exciting new products to
add to our range of solutions for
IP radio, audio contribution via
satellite and IP, and DAB/DAB+.
These extremely versatile,
multi-faceted solutions are being
deployed by major broadcasters to
build the next generation of robust,
high-quality cost-effective radio
infrastructure."

Cambridge Imaging
Systems Showcase
SIN: At BroadcastAsia 2014,
Cambridge Imaging Systems
will present its cloud-based and
software-based media management
and publishing solutions.
The company will also announce
details of partnerships with key
organisations that will help clients
to build scalable, secure end-toend workﬂows as well as presenting
demonstrations of its Imagen and
ImagenCloud systems.

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