In Broadcast - July 2016 - 57


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InMedia

Video Signal Processors
Lawo V_matrix

Grass Valley's GV Node is an IP
aggregation, processing and edge
routing node designed for live
production in broadcast. It allows
common off-the-shelf IP switches
to be used in broadcast and media
facilities, supporting SMPTE ST 2022-6
IP inputs and outputs, as well as TICO
visually lossless 4:1 compression for
4K applications.
Harmonic,
now
incorporating
Thomson
Video
Networks,
demonstrated a 4K UHD cable
distribution system at the recent
ANGA COM 2016 show in Cologne.
It allows cable network operators
to deliver live and VOD content
including high dynamic range video.
The demonstration included an endto-end implementation of the DVB
CSA3 encryption standard with Cisco

Matrox_VS4
Recorder_Pro

VideoGuard Everywhere conditional
access. Harmonic also showed the
encoding capabilities of the Harmonic
PURE Compression Engine which can
encode up to 12 high-quality HD AVC
channels in a single broadcast QAM.
Ikegami's BS-98/CCU-980 hybrid
2K/4K rack-mountable optical-fibre
transmission links are designed for use
in combination with current Ikegami
Unicam cameras. The CCU-980 is a
full rack size camera control unit and
the BS-98 a half rack size base station.
The CCU-980 can be fitted with a triax
board set allowing simple switching
between SMPTE fibre and triax. The
BS-98/CCU-980 have a built-in video
processor with image enhancement
to provide a high-quality 4K (3840 x
2160) live output.
Imagine Communications combines
traditional baseband video and audio
processing, compression and IP
networking features in a 3U frame.
Dual-channel
baseband
modules
provide 28 channels of high-density
baseband video processing, including
up, down, and cross conversion and
synchronisation.
Direct
Ethernet
connectivity (1000Base-T for control/
monitoring, 1000Base-T for data) is
provided with optional redundancy.
Lawo's
V_matrix
offers
a
completely virtual real-time routing
and
processing
infrastructure which
can be scaled from
tens to thousands of
inputs and outputs.
Lawo claims that an
entire
production
workflow can be
remapped
in
minutes when requirements
change from one production
to another. Features include
source-timed and destinationtimed frame-accurate clean
switching with COTS switches
using
software-defined
networking.

cont'd...

Matrox'
VS4Recorder
Pro is designed for use
with Matrox VS4 quad
HD capture cards. Each
VS4Recorder
Pro
processor captures up
to four video and audio
inputs to create files
for use with popular
editing software and
for archiving. H.264
is provided in either MOV or MP4
wrappers. AVI files can be created
using the Matrox MPEG 2 I-Frame
codec. MOV QuickTime files can be
created using DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50
and DVCPRO HD. VS4Recorder Pro
also functions as a multi-viewer,
offering high video quality even when
monitoring interlaced sources on
progressive computer monitors.
Media Excel has announced support
for VP9/DASH publishing of live
streams to YouTube within the Hero
Encoder product line. Media Excel
Hero is claimed to be the first carriergrade product to enable support for
WebM live encoding and publishing for
YouTube, enabling broadcasters and
content providers to deliver pristinequality linear video in a reliable way to
the industry's largest online platform.
Ross Video has introduced a new
series of 12G-SDI modular distribution
products in collaboration with
Amphenol and MACOM. These are
based on MACOM's 12G SDI chipset
and Amphenol's latest 12G connectors.
The three-way collaboration enables
the next generation modular signal
processing products to incorporate
fully SMPTE compliant single link
interfaces for 4K UHD video.
Streambox AvenirMicro mobile
encoder uses bonded cellular video
transmissions for streaming and
newsgathering.
It can now stream Full HD at up to
18 Mbit/s, even from public hotspots,

Streambox AvenirMicro

and has a new user interface plus
automated low delay multipath
protocol.
Telairity's BE8600 contribution
encoder is a single-channel unit in a
half-width 1U chassis that replaces
all earlier single-channel Telairity
units. It provides archival high-bitrate
4:2:2 contribution-mode H.264/AVC
encoding for HD and also supports
low-bitrate 4:2:0 HD/SD modes.
Telestream's Vantage for Social
Media provides the tools necessary to
prepare and deliver video to multiple
social media outlets simultaneously,
including YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn,
Google+, and soon Vimeo, Facebook
and Brightcove. Producers can edit
videos, assemble multiple clips,
produce social media metadata,
create thumbnail videos, add graphics,
branding, messaging, tweets and other
content.
VidOvation's VidOwave 60G 750 PA
delivers Gigabit Ethernet transport at
speeds up to 1.25 gigabits per second.
It provides a full-duplex, 60 GHz
millimetre wave wireless link with 7
GHz of allocated spectrum bandwidth.
Features include a fully integrated
dual-port Gigabit Ethernet switch plus
integrated low-latency forward error
correction. Line-of-sight wireless
connections can span up to 750
metres and multiple VidOwave 60G
750 PA units can be chained for longer
distances.

Vitec Video Innovations'
MGW Ace is claimed to be the
first fully hardware-based
HEVC portable device for
encoding and streaming
video. It provides HEVC
compression as well as
legacy H.264 encoding
capabilities and can be
coupled with the MGW
D265 for streaming.
VITEC MGW ACE portable HEVC encoder
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