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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 8 | August 2016

InNews
Ross Focus On
Smart Production
CAN / NED: At IBC2016, under
the Smart Production banner,
Ross Video will show how its
technologies,
services
and
expertise can help customers
achieve their creative, business
and technical goals.
Ross demonstrations at IBC
will show complete systems
and workflows for virtual sets,
galleries, automated production
control, graphics creation &
playout, news editorial, stadium
displays, studio robotics, assembly
productions, and much more.

Ericsson's Services
Set To Shine
NED:
Ericsson
will
be
demonstrating how it is enabling
its customers to "delight the TV
consumer every day" with a unique
combination of deep insights,
ultimate portfolio and global
transformation services.
Ericsson will show its latest
solutions which create seamless
experiences, enable personalised
discovery, make content more
immersive and support constant
evolution - the four critical
enablers of success for TV service
providers in today's incredibly
disruptive media landscape.

Cinegy's Summer
'Playout Trade-In'
NED: Cinegy recently launched its
'Great Summer Playout Trade-In'
initiative. Cinegy CEO Jan Weigner
said: "Aging hardware-based
playout solutions are nearing endof-life, which has the dual threat
of increasing maintenance costs
and diminishing confidence in the
ability to address near-term and
future playout requirements."
Cinegy is offering the ability to
trade in eligible legacy playout
solutions for Cinegy Air PRO
bundle that includes playout,
CG, automation and many other
functions for SD, HD, 4K & IP.

MIDAS PRO9 Console Is
'Master Of Ceremonies'
T

he MIDAS PRO9 mixing console
was recently used by Premier Echo
Sound & Lighting for Malaysia's 2016
Sukma Games opening ceremony.
The show was been praised as "one
of the most excellent ceremonies in
the history of Sukma" by the Malaysian
Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy
Jamaluddin.
Kuching's Sarawak Stadium was host
to 45,000 attendees for a captivating
show delivered by 3,000 performers,
and was broadcast live on Malaysia's
TV1.
The
ceremony
introduced
performances by Miss World Malaysia
2014 Dewi Liana Seriestha and the
Ministry of Social Development and
Urbanisation (KPSU) cultural singers.
FOH used a PRO9 console connected

MIDAS PRO9 mixing console, inset:Sarawak Stadium

to a DL371 via a 300m fibre optic
cable. The line arrays used inputs from
a DL451 which was configured in 16
analogue inputs and eight analogue
outputs.
At monitor world, a second PRO9
consoles was taking inputs for a
13-piece band, 12 wedge mixes for the

band, six stereo IEM mixes and four
mono IEM mixes for the singers on the
night and as well as a violinist.
Using a DL371 linked to the FOH
DL471 via Cat5e, inter-console soft
patching of bidirectional signal routing
was enabled for three-way talkback
between stage, monitor and FOH.

Forscene Partners With Fanview
For Sports Content
A

recent
partnership
signing
makes professional video editing
software, Forscene, available to digital
video producers and rights owners
through sports content and experience
specialists, Fanview. The non-exclusive
agreement
expands
Forscene's
network in the digital content arena.
"Successful video strategies are
based on a deep understanding of
your audience and using the right tools
to create and distribute content that
meets your viewer's needs," said Jim
Irving, Founder of Fanview. "Editing
is an absolutely fundamental part of
the content creation process and, with

Forscene, we can now offer our clients
the time and money-saving benefits
of cloud-based editing in this brilliant
tool."
Irving has an impressive sport and
sports technology résumé with roles
including digital production lead at
BBC Future Media & Technology and
commercial and marketing director at
deltatre.
"Our relationship with Jim has gone
from strength to strength since we
first worked together on the 2012
Olympics," said Jason Cowan, Business
Development Director at Forbidden.
"With his experience and contact base,

Fanview Founder Jim Irving

there is no doubt that Fanview will
dominate in the sports digital video
marketplace and we look forward to a
long, successful partnership."
Formed at the end of 2015, Fanview
has already completed projects for
major brands including News UK, who
enlisted their help to launch The Sun's
content on Snapchat.
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