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RTW Set To Display Full Range

R

TW will be showcasing its full
range of monitoring and metering
software and hardware devices, as
well as a few new product updates at
IBC2016.
Its new audio processor hardware,
APRO-CLC01 for Continuous Loudness
Control (CLC), will be shown for the
first time in Amsterdam.
The
combination
APRO-CLC01
provides the first OEM hardware for
the CLC algorithm that RTW developed
in cooperation with the German
Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT).
The CLC signal processing algorithm
allows users to constantly control
and regulate to a given programmeloudness value and definable loudness
range with minimal obstacles for

unknown, live content.
"At RTW, we are constantly
thinking of new ways to improve
our technology and provide our
international customer base with
innovative products," says Andreas
Tweitmann, CEO of RTW. "We have
received a positive response to our CLC
technology, and the input we gathered
from customers helped us look into
ways to further improve the software."
RTW is also pleased to announce
that a new software version 4.0 is
available for its Loudness Tools and
Mastering Tools software. The new
version adds support for Mac OS X
10.11 El Capitan and addresses user
requests with features like a selectable
12th octave RTA, cinema loudness

(TASA and SAWA), and free scalable
instrument size. With this version, the
Loudness Tools and Mastering Tools
software can also be operated
as a standalone version,
another major feature
of the technology.
In addition, RTW
will exhibit the new
software version 1.5 now
available for TM3-Primus
and USB Connect. Version 1.5
adds support for Mac OS X 10.11 El
Capitan and adheres to the recently
released standard changes in the
EBU
Loudness
Recommendation
(EBU R 128). Users can now select
to read the Smax and Mmax values.
Momentary or a maximum Shortterm loudness measurement is a
parameter to characterise and control
the loudness of commercials, promos,
etc. RTW offers both functions as a
freely selectable feature. Users may
turn both measurements on or off,
depending on what their work entails.
Constantly providing its customers
with products that are tailored to
their specific needs, RTW responded

RTW APRO CLC01
audio processor

to user requests with the additional
control features for USB Connect that
are available now, i.e. "Time and Ref
+/-), as well as an automatic channel
allocation when signals are fed to the
TM3-Primus via USB from DAWs.
RTW will also showcase its
TouchMonitor
instruments
and
SurroundControl series at IBC 2016.
The TouchMonitor audio meters were
created to help comply with all major
industry loudness standards. The
SurroundControl 31900 and 31960
series products are designed for
controlling, analysing and monitoring
stereo, surround sound and multichannel programmes.

Tektronix Solutions
Gear Up For Future

A

t IBC2016, Tektronix will be
unveiling new product features
and capabilities to help the industry
get the most out of technologies like
4K, high dynamic range (HDR) and wide
colour gamut (WCG), video over IP, and
adaptive bit rate (ABR).
"Tektronix has the experience,
tools and applications to carry our
customers into the future as they
embrace a range of exciting new and
emerging technologies," said Charlie
Dunn, General Manager, Video Product
Line, Tektronix. "We encourage
everyone in the industry who is facing
these transitions to stop by our stand
during IBC to see our latest solutions
for managing the transition to IP
infrastructures or monitoring and
optimising 4K, HDR and ABR content."
To support the transition to live
IP production, Tektronix will be
showcasing Prism to help media
companies make a practical transition

to IP while preserving existing
investments. With intuitive insights
into hybrid SDI/IP production workflow
issues, it fosters collaboration between
IT experts and broadcast engineers.
As a software-defined platform, Prism
can accommodate a wide range of
applications and will be continuously
updated as new technologies and
standards emerge. Alongside Prism
will be the SPG8000A master sync
and PTP grandmaster clock generator,
the first in the industry with optional,
software-only field upgrade to add PTP
(IEEE 1588) support for both traditional
SDI-based and IP-based media
infrastructures.
HDR and WCG are gaining
importance when it comes to
acquiring high resolution 4K content.
To assist camera operators, editors
and colourists in capturing and
manipulating high fidelity content,
Tektronix will introduce a range of

HDR
capabilities
for
its
WFM/
WVR 8000 series
waveform monitors
and rasterisers at
IBC2016. The new
capabilities will allow
users to set correct
Capable and feature rich Tektronix technology
white point and
adjust levels to fully use the dynamic Complementing Aurora will be Hydra,
range of their content.
a new interactive player and analyser
With the increased adoption of multi- for file-based content with expanded
screen or OTT media services and ABR codec and wrapper format support.
platforms, the amount of video content
For comprehensive monitoring and
that must be tested and verified quality assurance of multi-screen
is expanding rapidly. At IBC2016, services, Tektronix will be featuring its
Tektronix will unveil a number of Sentry ABR platform that now includes
enhancements to its Aurora automated decryption and decode functionality.
QC solution, including new perceptual Sentry ABR gives service providers the
video quality (PVQ) scoring, support breadth and depth of monitoring they
for the Amazon Web Services cloud, are accustomed to with linear-based
and support for the AS-10 PAD delivery services, including comprehensive QoE
specification for testing content analysis on each stream at each bitrate
delivered to French broadcasters. in real-time.
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