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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 5 | May 2016

InNews
Accedo Inspires
maxdome SVOD

GBR / GER: Accedo has helped
develop maxdome's Subscription
Video-On-Demand (SVOD) service.
Developed using Accedo XDK, the
maxdome team has been able to
create a highly engaging and fluid
User Experience (UX) that utilises
video trailers throughout instead
of static images.
The maxdome service is available
for Smart TVs, Blu-ray players,
games consoles, mobile and tablet
devices, as well as Chromecast, and
Amazon Fire TV.
The service fronts one of
Germany's largest SVOD library, of
over 50,000 titles.

Codex Delivers
Big Data Power

GBR / USA: RED Digital Cinema
and Director James Gunn recently
announced that RED's 8K WEAPON
camera is being used to capture
images for Marvel's Guardians of
The Galaxy Vol. 2.
Behind-the-scenes, Codex workflow
systems, operated by production
services company SHED, are
enabling the smooth and speedy
transition of 8K data from on-set
into post-production.
The cinematographer on the film,
Henry Braham BSC, described
RED 8K WEAPON as "the little big
camera. Perfectly counterintuitive.
And perfect for this production".

Leica Cine MacroLux

GER: CW Sonderoptic, sister
company to Leica Camera, has
reinvented a classic creative tool
to bring a wealth of new looks to
existing lenses.
Debuted at NAB, the Leica Cine
MacroLux +1 diopter offers a
creative way to get different looks
and extend the performance of
prime, zoom and anamorphic
lenses with 95mm front diameters.
The diopter, a secret weapon of
classic cinematography, decreases
the minimum focus distance of
lenses.

Studio Deploys
Barnfind Technology
B

arnfind Americas has been
tapped by Arizona's
Sneaky Big Studios to
provide a network of
fibre signal transport
solutions at the heart of its
infrastructure.
Sneaky
Big
Studios
15,000
square
foot fullyintegrated facility, hailed as one of
the largest and most technologically
advanced production facilities ever
built in the region, will open in July
2016.
"Since technology is a moving
target these days, Sneaky Big Studios
wanted to make sure its facility would
remain as flexible as possible and be

Barnfind BarnOne

able to stay current without having
to constantly upgrade its entire
infrastructure," said Joe LoGrasso,
Vice President of Sales, Barnfind
Americas. "The Barnfind solution
accomplishes this. Using the Barnfind
BarnOne, Sneaky Big Studios can
customise each room in the facility
according to its current needs, and

save on future upgrades with its
ability to simply swap
out SFPs."
The studios will
be
incorporating
nine frames comprised of four
different models: BTF1-02, BTF1-03-16,
BTF1-05-16 and BTF1-07-16, to support
numerous formats including SD, HD,
audio, KVM and data.
Located in North Scottsdale, the
studio will offer a setting for television
and commercial shoots, rehearsal
and recording sessions, web/media
production,
press
conferences,
corporate
training/videos,
postproduction and video editing, colour
correction and more.

BCE Purchases SAM's
Enterprise sQ
B

roadcasting Center Europe (BCE), a
system integrator and part of RTL
Group, has purchased SAM's Enterprise
sQ news and sports production system
to bring content on air quickly for RTL
Télé Lëtzebuerg, the national television
channel of Luxembourg.
The Enterprise sQ
system will be tightly
integrated with MBT
MAM
and
playout
automation. BCE will
install the system in RTL
Télé Lëtzebuerg's new
facilities in Luxembourg,
which is scheduled to go
live at the end of 2016.

market closely, we knew Enterprise
sQ would be the absolute best choice
for this project. The system's speed
Jean Lampach CTO at BCE, said: is unmatched, and its unique design
"From its new state-of-the-art allows newsroom staff to work in a
facilities, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg will truly collaborative fashion."
need to service several channels in
BCE offers a comprehensive range
different formats with media and of services in broadcast to deliver
metadata being pulled from different turnkey solutions.
sources - all within tight deadlines.
RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg broadcasts two
After publishing an RFP and TV channels in the country's native
examining the language.
The new facility will enable RTL Télé
Lëtzebuerg to expand
its operations and
optimise its tapeless
workflows more easily
and efficiently, making
BCE to use SAM use of the latest
Enterprise sQ production system technologies.
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