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Avid Launches ISIS | 2500
Nearline Shared Storage
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vid is now shipping the nextgeneration ISIS | 2500 nearline
shared storage system and ISIS 4.7
software package, which together
delivers greater storage capacity
and performance for demanding
broadcast and post-production

environments.
Key features of the new ISIS |
2500 system include: Expanded
capacity and scalability; Open,
efficient, and flexible workflow;
Access to media assets everywhere;
Cost-effective, centralised media
repository; Reliable protection; and
Single search capability.
Advantages of the updated ISIS
4.7 software include: Support of
high-res media across all ISIS
systems and 2K/4K and Ultra HD
collaborative workﬂows with ISIS
online systems;
and support
of real-time,
collaborative
high-res
workflows
with thirdAvid's
ISIS | 2500
storage system

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party creative applications, including
Adobe Premiere Pro, Autodesk
Smoke, Blackmagic Design DaVinci
Resolve, and Apple Final Cut Pro X.
Introduced in April at the 2014
NAB Show as part of the Avid
Storage Suite, ISIS | 2500 helps
broadcast and post organisations
create, deliver, and monetise higherquality, inspiring content through
faster, more collaborative, and
more efﬁcient workﬂows, including
4K workflows.
Operating on the open,
extensible, and customisable Avid
MediaCentral Platform, ISIS | 2500
provides exceptional scalability,
performance, media access,
sharing, and protection that media
organisations and broadcasters
depend on to deliver great content
to consumers everywhere, on
multiple screens.
ISIS | 2500 is immediately
available for shipping.

Eutelsat To Demo UHDTV With Thomson
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utelsat is launching an Ultra
High Definition (UHD) demo
channel for Southeast Asia and
Australia, based on Thomson's
award-winning ViBE VS7000.
Broadcast via Eutelsat's year-old
EUTELSAT 70B satellite, the demo
channel will leverage the advanced
high-efﬁciency video coding (HEVC)
capabilities of the Thomson Video
Networks solutions to provide a
rich UHDTV picture at up to 50
frames per second (FPS) and in
10-bit colour.
"The ViBE VS7000 system and
Sapphire stream server combine to
create a very simple and affordable
platform for broadcasting a UHD

channel - as well as an ideal
opportunity to demonstrate the
full pow er of HEVC encoding
for delivering pristine UHD
picture quality with maximum
bandwidth savings," said
Michel Chabrol, Director
Marketing Innovation and
Digital Cinema at Eutelsat. "With
this new initiative, we're looking
forward to demonstrating the latest
developments in UHDTV, and just
how cost-effective and bandwidthefﬁcient it can be for broadcasters."
With its ability to create HEVC
content at any frame rate and any
resolution up to UHD with superb
video quality, the ViBE VS7000 will

WideOrbit Inc.
Acquires Abacast
USA: WideOrbit Inc a provider
of advertising management
software for media companies,
has acquired Abacast, specialist
of streaming, live and on demand
ad insertion and monetisation
solutions for digital radio.
This acquisition is part of an
ongoing initiative to expand
WideOrbit's digital offering
for major media companies.
Abacast solutions will be
part of an expanded WideOrbit
digital product line that currently
includes the recently acquired Fivia
AdFront solution and WO Trafﬁc-
Internet Orders.

ETL Systems
Opens Dubai HQ
GBR: ETL Systems has opened a
Middle East ofﬁce to increase its
global presence and meet growing
potential demand in the MENA region.
The move marks the next part of
ETL's global expansion plan, having
recently launched a North American
headquarters in Washington.
The Middle East office will be
based in Dubai and will be headed
by electronic engineering expert
Mather Al-Ali, who brings over
eighteen years of sales experience
targeting Middle East markets.

Ideal Singapore
Studio Build
ViBE VS7000 Multi-Screen
& HEVC Encoder

provide file transcoding for the
Eutelsat demo channel. Thomson
Video Networks' Sapphire channelin-a-box broadcast server will
streamline playout by creating
playlists of HEVC clips and
scheduling the broadcasts.

SIN: FOX International Channels
has selected Ideal Systems to
design, build, and integrate the
studios and production systems
at its new broadcast facility
in Singapore's Fusionopolis.
Ideal Systems offers a TV studio
and set design team headed by
renowned designer Frederic Leung.
This team has built a reputation
as one of the best studio design
teams in Asia.

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