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Sony Collaborates With Evertz
On IP Interoperability
S

ony and Evertz are working
together to develop new IP
interoperability technologies.
The two companies first
announced their strategic alliance at
IBC in September, as a continuation
of their recent efforts to introduce
innovative IP-based solutions, such
as Sony's Network Media Interface
and Evertz's Software Deﬁned Video
Network (SDVN) solution.
The Sony-Evertz collaboration
will allow customers to use an
IP infrastructure in their facilities,
and support broadcasters
through the transition from legacy
SDI environments to IP-based
infrastructures.
Olivier Bovis, Head of AV Media
Marketing, Sony Professional, Sony
Europe, said: "Sony's goal is to
develop real-time IP technologies

to lower system costs and achieve
greater efﬁciency of conﬁguration
and operation for broadcasters.
"Working with Evertz allows us
to deliver scalable and ﬂexible IPbased solutions for a wide range
of production and broadcast
infrastructures."
Eric Fankyauser, VP, Product
Development at Evertz, said:
"Transition from legacy SDI to
IP-based infrastructures has
tremendous benefit and Evertz
has deployed these solutions for
our customers.
"Developing interoperability with
Sony's Networked Media Interface
will give customers greater IP
workflow options."
Sony's Networked Media Interface
packetizes and transmits HD and
4K video, audio, and metadata in

Head of AV Media Marketing,
Sony Professional, Sony Europe,
Olivier Bovis

real-time over standard network
infrastructures.
Sony is also developing low
latency video codec (LLVC)
technology to support the video
compression required for 4K 60p
transmission over 10Gbps Ethernet.

Blackmagic Design Scores At Vienna ATP Open
4

he Erste Bank Open in Vienna,
part of the ATP mens' tennis
tournament, deployed a big screen
video production system built
featuring the Blackmagic Design
ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio
4K and Teranex 2D Processor to
enhance the crowd's experience
of the tournament.
Event production specialist
K-Zwei Kommunikation combined
live match feeds from broadcaster
ORF, player statistics, HawkEye
line calls, music videos and crowd
participation elements in a live
programme mix for the tournament.
"Blackmagic's ATEM 2 M/E

T

Production Studio 4K helps us solve
two key challenges within our live
production; managing the sheer
number of different video feeds that
we are dealing with, and the need to
transmit and mix embedded audio,"
said Rene Melik of K-Zwei.
He added: "We rely on visual
features such as picture in picture,
for example when a trainer is
providing analysis on the match,
and SuperSource is very useful
when we play games with the
crowd, with spectators uncovering
squares on a screen to guess the
picture underneath."
K-Zwei also has to incorporate

anon has launched the EOS
C100 Mark II, its latest large
sensor professional video camera
for single operators.
Canon claim that the EOS C100
Mark II offers a comprehensively
upgraded package, delivering
improved image quality and greater
creative ﬂexibility alongside easier
operation and wireless sharing
capabilities.
A Canon Super 35mm 8.3MP
CMOS sensor combines with a
DIGIC DV 4 processor to deliver
rich colour and wide dynamic range,
while a new extended ISO range of
320 to 102,400.
The camera also features a new
image processing system which
enhances performance further

by reducing moire and aliasing,
resulting in sharper, clearer images.
The EOS C100 Mark II includes
Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology,
which enables anyone to ﬁnd focus
and switch easily between multiple
subjects in a single shot. Canon's
Face Detection AF technology is
also supported.
The Mark II features dual recording
formats allowing full HD footage
in both MP4 (up to 35Mbps) and
AVCHD (up to 28Mbps) variants at
up to 60P. Alternatively users can
chose to record HD and SD footage
to separate SD memory cards.
Integrated Wi-Fi connectivity - a
ﬁrst for the Cinema EOS series -
ensures that sharing footage from
the camera is now easier than ever.

FRA: Olympusat Telecom has
chosen Viaccess-Orca's Voyage
- TV Everywhere Solution to
support its upcoming OTT
m u l t i s c re e n B 2 B s e r v i c e .
Olympusat Telecom will bundle
its content preparation services
with content from Olympusat
Holdings and Viaccess-Orca's
technology, providing operators
with a single, end-to-end, cloudbased multiscreen solution.
One of the largest independent
media companies it owns, operates,
and represents more than 60
Spanish-language TV networks.

DMNG PRO
Remote App
FRA: AVIWEST has launched a
smartphone app for its DMNG
PRO video uplink system.
With the DMNG Remote
app, journalists can easily
configure, control, and deploy
DMNG PRO, reducing the time
required to get news on the air.
Free to download for AVIWEST
customers using Android-based
devices, an iOS version is due soon.
The app connects via existing WiFi networks or through the DMNG
PRO's built-in Wi-Fi modem.

Zenterio Deploys
Broadpeak Tech
Blackmagic Design's ATEM 2 M/E
Production Studio 4K

scores and player statistics from
the timekeeper, as well as line calls
from HawkEye into the programme.
Both of these feeds are analogue
video, so a Teranex 2D Processor is
used to upscale signals.

Canon Upgrades EOS C100 To Mark II
C

Olympusat Picks
Viaccess-Orca

The screen has been redesigned
and now flips out to the side
to provide greater monitoring
possibilities, including allowing
users to frame the shot whilst in
front of the camera.

FRA: Broadpeak's Quality
of Experience (QoE) agent
has been integrated with
Zenterio OS for interactive TV.
The two companies aim to meet
IPTV operator's expectations: fast
channel-change time, high video
quality and detailed analytics.
Zenterio OS and Broadpeak say
that fast channel change, live packet
loss recovery, and detailed audience
measurement technologies, will
allow IPTV operators to improve
quality of service (QoS) and QoE.

AXON SynMC For
Omroep Zeeland
NED: Provincial Dutch broadcaster
Omroep Zeeland has turned to AXON
for its master control requirements.
Through one of its channel partners,
D&MS, AXON supplied the Synapsebased SynMC master control
module together with its Cerebrum
monitoring and control software.
AXON said that the combination
enables Omroep Zeeland to fulﬁl
its master control requirements at a
lower cost than previously, but with
the same high quality and stability.

Canon's improved EOS C100

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