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Avid Announces Licensing
Options For Media Composer
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elivering on the commitment to
customer choice that is a key
element of the Avid Everywhere
vision for the industry, customers
can now elect to deploy and use
Media Composer on premise
or in the cloud, via subscription,
ﬂoating or perpetual license - to
best suit their speciﬁc needs at
any given time.
The Media Composer family is part
of the Avid Artist Suite of content
creation applications - powered
by the Avid MediaCentral Platform
and comprised of the company's
industry-standard creative tools,
including video editing, graphics
creation, music creation, music
notation, audio post, and live
sound solutions.
"To maximise quality, creativity

and efficiency
in
t o d a y 's
demanding
m e d i a
environment, our
customers need
greater choice
and ﬂexibility in
how they deploy
their solutions,"
said Chris
Gahagan,
Senior
Vice President of Products and
Technology at Avid. "With these new
licensing options, we're fulﬁlling the
commitment we made with Avid
Everywhere to enable our customers,
freelance creative professionals and
large-scale media enterprises alike,
to freely choose how they deploy

Avid's
Media
Composer

their creative solutions."
Media Composer | Software
subscription licensing provides
new monthly and annual Media
Composer subscription options
and signiﬁcantly lowers the cost of
entry for the industry's most trusted
editing tool.

Blackmagic Design's Ultra HD Roadshow
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lackmagic Design's EMEA
office has launched a new
Ultra HD demonstration vehicle,
developed to show the versatility
of Blackmagic Design solutions.
S et to tour mo re tha n 50
cities, across 30 countries the
Mercedes Sprinter, which was
built by systems integrator
and coach-builder P.A.D. is a
mobile demonstration facility
that recreates some of the real
world workﬂ ows that broadcast,
live event and post-production
customers use every day.
"Whilst the vehicle could
easily operate as an OB van
the design is orientated around
a customer's access to, and
understanding of, the solutions
Blackmagic Design offer," said
Simon Westland, Sales Director

for Blackmagic Design EMEA.
Featuring Blackmagic products,
the vehicle showcases the
latest UltraHD, 6G SDI and 12G
SDI technology within standard
industry workflows.
Using the NAB 2014 announced
Blackmagic Studio Camera, ATEM
2M/E Production Studio 4K and
Smart Videohub 20x20 customers
can see a complete live production
workﬂ ow for creating Ultra HD
content while the inclusion of a
full DaVinci Resolve grading suite
means that colourists can
also get a complete Resolve
4K demonstration on a Sony PVM
X300 4K reference monitor.
The Blackmagic Design Ultra
HD demo van has so far visited
Spain before moving on to Italy
and Greece in June.

such as Carnival in Rio de Janiero,
will provide access to live broadcast
services including international
HD transmission, live stand up
positions and studio facilities.
By combining their areas of

USA: RGB Networks, a provider
of scalable, unified solutions for
multiscreen video delivery, has
partnered with Pi Telecom, a specialist
in the development of interactive IP
video solutions, to deliver a full, endto-end software-based OTT solution.
As a subsidiary of top Russian
system integrator BCC, Pi
Telecom represents the integrator's
operations outside of Russia.
The partnership offers smaller
European operators the ability to take
advantage of moving applications to
agile cloud environments as part of
their long-term business plans.

NUGEN Supports
7.1 Surround
GBR: NUGEN Audio has
announced that its industry-leading
VisLM loudness metering plugin now includes support for 7.1
surround audio for the Xbox One
console and the Audio Standards
Working Group (ASWG) standard
for PlayStation development.
VisLM provides an easy-to-use,
standard-compliant way to measure,
compare, and contrast loudness.
It supports ITU, ATSC, EBU, and
Game Audio standards to ensure
loudness compliance for titles to
be distributed.

Globecast Supports
Cannes Coverage

Top: Blackmagic's new Ultra HD
demonstration vehicle.
Bottom: Inside the van

AP GMS And NewSource Globo Combine Expertise
T
he Associated Press and Globo
have announced a four-year
agreement to combine broadcast
expertise in Brazil for events
including the FIFA World Cup.
The agreement, through their
AP Global Media Services (GMS)
and NewSource Globo units, will
provide international broadcasters
with comprehensive media services
and facilities at major events taking
place in Brazil including the FIFA
World Cup, the 2016 Olympic
Games and the Pope's visit in 2017.
The collaboration, which also
covers breaking news and events

RGB Partners
With PI Telecom

expertise, AP GMS and NewSource
Globo will ensure that international
broadcasters have access to
everything they need, in every part
of the country.
Through its affiliate network
Globo will provide customers
with unique bureau locations
across Brazil, including the
Copacabana beach.
In addition to providing
international HD transmission
from NewSource Globo facilities,
AP is also opening a new studio in
the Copacabana beach region, set
against Sugarloaf Mountain.

FRA: Globecast provided both adhoc OB and host broadcaster services
at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Broadcasters who required access
to reporting services were offered
a stand up position near Cannes'
magniﬁcent harbour, with a view
of the port, City (SUQUET) and the
world renowned Palais des Festivals.
Playout and fully manned live
position was available for both SD/HD.
Global distribution was via
satellite and fibre.

Proavio Ships
4K Solution
USA: Proavio has announced
the official release of the new
EB800MS V2 storage platform
for 4K media workflows.
The Proavio EB800MS V2 adds
a next generation 12G internal disk
I/O design and incorporates a choice
of PCI-e 3.0 or SAS-to-Thunderbolt
2 RAID adapters with high speed
SATA, SAS and SSD disks for
exceptional performance - providing
up to twice the bandwidth of
comparable 6G storage solutions.
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