In Broadcast - April 2016 - 14


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 4 | April 2016

InNews
Sixty Partners
With Altibox
NOR: Sixty has announced that it
has signed a strategic partnership
with Altibox which will see Sixty
apply its expertise and experience
to support the development of
Altibox's latest generation STB.
The agreement further extends a
decade-long working relationship
between the two companies.
Altibox's multi-vendor TV platform
that successfully delivers services
to over 500,000 set-top boxes and
to a wide range of Android and
iOS devices as well as personal
computers.

Pronology Highlight
Location Intelligence
USA: Pronology will showcase its
Location Intelligence feature for its
flagship MAM system at NAB.
Location Intelligence enables
editors, producers and other users
to quickly determine whether
needed content is available
immediately on-site or needs
to be transferred from another
site globally. This ensures the
most efficient use of bandwidth
and storage resources, while
collaborating around the world.
Pronology's Location Intelligence
manages the entire process for
maximum efficiency.

Barnfind Intros
For NAB Show
NOR / USA: Barnfind Technologies
will be offering broadcasters and
production professionals a full
range of product introductions at
this year's NAB Show.
Significant additions to the popular
BarnOne family will be introduced
such as the BTF1-10, the BarnOne
12G and integrated Web server
option. New members of the
company's popular BarnMini series
will be debuted, and a new HiLo
SFP system and expanded CAMCCU solution will be showcased
among other offerings.

xG Schedule Unveiled
I

magine Communications introduced
xG Schedule - a next-generation,
cloud-based scheduling and planning
system for linear, on-demand and
digital platforms - at CABSAT.
The latest innovation from the
Imagine Communications revenue
enablement
portfolio
provides
broadcasters with a unified solution
for leveraging content assets - from
planning through delivery - across
all
distribution
platforms
and
available usage windows, maximising
investment
and
streamlining
operational workflow.
"It's never been more important
for broadcasters and other media
companies to focus their attention
on improving the efficiency and
effectiveness of the monetisation
capabilities of their businesses," says
Brick Eksten, Chief Product Officer,
Imagine
Communications.
"The
cloud-enabled xG Schedule provides
broadcasters with a unique approach

xG Schedule caters for multi-platform planning and delivery

to viewing and optimising inventory
by simultaneously unifying and
simplifying scheduling and program
planning operations across the entire
business. With xG Schedule, a singular
view of linear-only schedules is a thing
of the past."
Imagine
Communications
has
purpose built xG Schedule to help
satisfy these requirements and to meet

the needs of broadcasters and other
media companies now doing business
in a multiplatform world.
The integrated nature of xG Schedule
enables programming teams to plan
schedules across multiple linear,
nonlinear, web and mobile platforms
with streamlined validation against
content and usage rights, as well as
organisational business rules.

Media Links' Compact IP To J2K
Decoder

M

edia Links is launching its first
standalone IP to J2K Decoder
appliance at NAB.
The new MDP3000 Series includes
Media Links' first product in the family,
the MDP3010, a next generation
JPEG2000 Decoder for receiving high
quality audio and video transport
streams over IP based networks.

The MDP3010 Decoder offers
advanced, pristine quality IP to
JPEG2000 processing in a compact,
portable and rugged footprint, which
exceeds the demands of high-end
broadcast applications. It receives
IP packets that contain a JPEG2000
compressed code stream through
a 1GbE network interface and
reproduces a video and audio signal
from the received IP packets.
As JPEG2000 transport streams
continue to increase
throughout Broadcaster
and Service Provider
networks,
users
can implement this
technology
throughout

their existing SDI / IP infrastructures
without the major investment of
upgrading or purchasing new racks of
equipment. JPEG2000 is an advanced
compression standard that is known
for its superior picture quality and
compression performance.
Two SDI outputs are provided
along with an HDMI output port for
connection to a general purpose
display device. An SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) port is also available
as an additional electrical or optical
SDI output.
The MDP3010 fits comfortably
next to or behind a video display,
minimising cabling requirements via
its 1GbE IP network connection.
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