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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 9 | September 2016

InMedia

SAM Claims Lead In IP,
4K And Software

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t IBC, SAM will build on its leading
position and pioneering work
in IP, software applications, 4K, and
HDR to address media organisations'
changing operational and business
needs.
SAM will demonstrate its latest
capabilities in 4K and IP sports
production workflows; its complete IP
product portfolio; and its accelerated
move into the software application
world.
SAM CEO Tim Thorsteinson said:
"IBC2016 represents a milestone
for us because it's been one year
since Snell officially fused with
Quantel to form SAM. Since these
two dynamic companies united,
we're now more than ever using our
collective experience to be a trusted
partner for our customers, pioneering
the way content is created and
delivered. Our proven IP solutions and
comprehensive software systems are
winning business around the globe,
and our newly launched 4K sports
replay system promises exciting
opportunities."
He continued, "We're investing over
20% of revenue in R&D and as a result
we have a world-class portfolio that
delivers the finest offerings on the
market today, both in terms of price
and performance."
IP Development: SAM is at
the forefront of developments in
IP, offering products that work
today in the SDI domain and allow
expansion into the IP world. Unique
to this is SAM's sophisticated IP-Edge

SAM LiveTouch 4K
highlights and replay system

production routing technology, which
takes the complexity away from
hybrid and pure IP rollouts and closely
follows the interoperability goals of
AIMS. High capacity 25GbE and 40GbE
IP Edge interfaces are available on
many of SAM's products
including routers, switchers
and MultiViewers, along
with dedicated IP only
processing and control
products.
Software World: SAM continues to
work with leading service providers on
deploying software defined channels
for the new face of playout. SAM will
demo its comprehensive software
solutions including ICE SDC. This
provides the highest levels of playout
functionality from a pure software
solution running on commodity IT
hardware - in a facility or a data centre
- as part of a cloud strategy.
4K Live Sports Over IP: Building
on SAM's 4K workflow offerings,
which fully satisfy customers' 4K
needs especially in live sports,
IBC will see the launch of the new
LiveTouch 4K highlights and replay
system with a live demonstration
running over IP. LiveTouch enables
seamless and efficient scalability
and uniquely powerful workflows in
standalone systems or integrated into
a wider production environment. With
LiveTouch, collaboration is instant by
all users on the system with no media
movement. SAM is also showing its
4K Kula 1ME/2ME production switcher
along with its 4K Kahuna range of
switchers - all of which feature 4K
UHD M/Es that are as easy to use as
HD production formats.
Enterprise sQ Update: SAM has
enhanced its fast turnaround news and
sports production solution. Already
the fastest way to edit and publish
content for broadcast, Enterprise
sQ now includes support for all
OTT formats as well as a wide
range of non-broadcast
formats.
Enterprise
sQ now supports
"ingest to publish"
for all formats
natively
allowing
customers to be the
first to publish content across
all platforms.

SAM's 4K
Kula 1ME/2ME
production
switcher

HD And 4K MultiViewers: SAM
will show its new MV-800 series of
Intelligent MultiViewers including
the MV-800 MultiViewer which is
integrated into the Sirius 800 router
series. This new MultiViewer series,
which includes the standalone MV820, the software based IP stream
MV-805, and the integrated MV-850
and MV-830 , bring new functionality
to
multi-channel
monitoring
environments by allowing the operator
to use true monitoring-by-exception.
Intelligent
Infrastructure:
SAM will show its Signal and Media
Assurance system, featuring its Media
Biometric
intelligent
monitoring
technology
that's
implemented
throughout SAM's processing and
infrastructure. This unique technology
allows broadcasters, for the first time,
to be sure that their customers are
receiving the correct video and audio
content throughout their production
and distribution. By purchasing
products
that
include
Media
Biometrics, such as SAM's switchers,
MultiViewers, routers, servers and IQ
processing solutions, broadcasters can
implement monitoring by exception
and maximise their operational
efficiency, and be confident of their
content delivery.
Router Range Enhancements: SAM
will be launching its new mid-range
Vega processing router line-up at the
show, featuring four processing router
models from 68 ports to 432 ports.
These routers provide hybrid audio
routing, clean and quiet switching,
audio processing and MultiViewer
capabilities.
SAM will also be showing its new IP
input/output capability in its Sirius
800 router series together with
expansion capabilities up to 2304 x
2304. These expansion capabilities
have already been deployed in SAM's

hybrid IP/SDI architectures, enabling a
risk free migration path from SDI to IP
infrastructure.
Modular Infrastructure: Building
on the success of its modular range of
products SAM is showing its new low
cost, high capability range of signal
protection modules, synchronisers and
mux's. Additionally SAM is introducing
new 12Gbps 4K signal processing
modules and adding its unique logo
detection and alarming technology to
its monitoring and control solutions.
Post
Workflows:
SAM
will
demonstrate new shared workflows for
Quantel Rio users using commercial
off-the-shelf storage. Creatives can
now work on the same media with
history for colour, edit and finishing
at 4K on its facility SAN. Quantel Rio
will also be demonstrating wide colour
gamut and HDR workflows now with
RAW colour support.
Top Conversion: Alchemist offers
the best quality frame rate conversion
solutions in both software and realtime hardware guise. Regardless of the
application, real-time conversion for
4K streams or resolution independent
file-based workflows, the Alchemist
range is the benchmark for quality.
SAM will be launching its Kronos XF
software media re-timing product that
uses Alchemist technology to allow
broadcasters to create additional
space in content for increased
advertising.
"The list above represents an
unprecedented amount of new
technology created to provide more
flexible cost effective solutions for a
rapidly changing marketplace. Our
order rate increased by a record
amount in the first half of the year and
we expect this momentum to continue.
Growth is validation of our leading
technology and world class customer
support," said Thorsteinson.
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