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

InStudio

LiveU Central Hall Live Studio

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iveU will feature an exclusive
live studio at this year's NAB in
collaboration with TWiT.tv, NewTek and
Panasonic.
The studio offers a broadcast
technology showcase, integrating
three leading broadcast brands
- LiveU, NewTek and Panasonic.
Three Panasonic AWHE130 PTZ
robotic cameras and two AGPX270
cameras along with a roaming
camera connected to LiveU's award
winning LU500 lightweight backpacks
will stream directly into a NewTek
TriCaster multi-camera production
system. The TriCaster will be
connected to LiveU's LU700 hybrid
rack-mount encoder, which will stream
live to TWiT.tv.
Leo Laporte, the founder and owner
of the TWiT Netcast Network, will
host Triangulation and iOS Today
from the LiveU booth. Additionally,
TWiT's Megan Morrone and Jason
Howell will present Tech News Today,
Monday through Wednesday, and
Scott Wilkinson will record an episode
of TWiT's Home Theater Geeks. Father

Robert Ballecer will also be recording
TWiT Live Specials from the
NAB show floor, including
interviews with marquee
guests.
LiveU will also
demonstrate
its
new plug-and-play
live
streaming
bonded solution
for the online
media market,
LiveU Solo.
LiveU
Solo
allows
users
to
live-stream
seamlessly into any web streaming
workflow by connecting automatically
to popular content delivery networks
such as YouTube Live and Wowza
Streaming Cloud. Solo is simple to
manage and control remotely via a
web interface or smart device.
LiveU will present its full range of
live video acquisition, management
and distribution solutions over IP,
including: The LU200 ultra-small
portable transmission unit and

NAB debut
for LiveU Solo

LU200e, a cost-effective video
encoder, enabling streaming for
web distribution, point to point, and
point to multi-point; LiveU Central,
cloud-based management and video
distribution system, enabling fleets
of units to be centrally controlled
using geo-location capabilities; The
new, enhanced version of MultiPoint,
internal and cross-organisational
professional video distribution service,
enabling the sharing of high-quality

live video between multiple broadcast
facilities over the public Internet; LUSmart mobile app, bringing bonded
transmission to mobile phones and
tablets;
LiveU's
next
generation hybrid ENG
vehicle solution, increasing
network reception for
resilient live HD video
transmission
on-the-go
while wirelessly connecting
any LiveU pack to a
LiveU Xtender antenna
solution and satellite with
distances of over 1,000
feet within line of sight.
LiveU will also announce product
developments in the run-up to
NAB and will showcase these new
solutions at the show. Full product
demonstrations will be available at the
booth and LiveU's hybrid vehicle will
also be on display.
LiveU COO and Co-Founder Avi Cohen
will be speaking at the 2016 NAB
Broadcast Engineering Conference
(BEC) on The IP Revolution: Retooling
Broadcast Technology for the Future.

Shotoku To Debut Free-d2
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hotoku Broadcast Systems, a wellestablished leader in manual and
robotic camera support, and virtual
reality tracking, will be introducing
the U.S. broadcast market to its latest
solution in its range of VR/AR tracking
systems at this year's NAB Show.
The company's new Free-d2, which
will be demonstrated at Shotoku's
Booth C8008, represents a new
generation of tracking systems that do
not require physical encoder
devices attached to the camera
support's moving axes.
The new Free-d2 system,
which is ideal for VR/AR news,
sports and current affairs
live studio productions, uses
advanced video processing
algorithms
and
simple
ceiling markers to precisely
determine the exact position
and orientation of the studio
camera, thus providing highly
accurate
and
constantly
referenced (absolute) position
tracking. No concept of a home
or reference point exists for
Free-d2 - wherever the camera

is positioned is immediately known.
The tracking data never drifts no
matter how many moves or hours of
operation the camera has.
"Shotoku is extremely excited to
introduce Free-d2, our newest VR/
AR tracking system, to the U.S.
broadcast market," says James
Eddershaw, Sales Director, Shotoku.
"For many years, Shotoku has been
providing broadcasters from around

the world with a range of solutions
in VR tracking, from simple 2D P&T
heads to full-sized 3D systems based
on pedestals, cranes and jibs. These
systems provide precise, reliable,
and easy-to-use hardware-based VR
tracking data.
Now, the Free-d2 which was
originally developed by engineers at
BBC Research and Development, is the
latest addition to the range but differs

in concept to encoder-based hardware
tracking. This latest addition extends
our range of VR solutions."
The system's small Free-d2 camera
is attached to the broadcast camera
in such a way that it does not
interfere with normal operations, and
constantly views the lighting grid area
where markers are positioned. Being
attached directly to the camera means
that any type of camera support can be
used, including Steadicam or
even handheld cameras.
The low-cost markers are
made of simple reflective
material and can be placed
anywhere within the studio
lighting grid or ceiling area.
Once an initial studio
map is created, the system
will typically never require
calibration again. In use, the
Free-d2 camera only needs to
see a small number of markers
to calculate the position of the
camera, so obstructions such
as lights or any other ceiling
Shotoku Free-d2 equipment fittings are no
camera and markers
hindrance to operation.
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