In Broadcast - September 2016 - 6

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

InNews
NAB 'Surprise' At
FFC Auction Fail
USA: Following the failure of
the FCC spectrum auction to
reach target, NAB Executive Vice
President of Communications
Dennis Wharton said: "NAB
is surprised by the modest
participation by wireless carriers in
the first stage of the TV auction."
Bids in Stage 1 reached US$23
billion, far short of the US$84
billion target.
Wharton questioned the notion of
an acute 'spectrum crisis'.
The auction will move on to its
second stage.

Open Broadcast
Unveils Future of IP
NED: At IBC, Open Broadcast Systems is launching a suite of products to deliver software-defined
live broadcast.
Running as "apps" on standard IT
hardware, the products aim to ease
the transition to uncompressed
IP by converting video both from
legacy formats to next generation
formats and vice-versa. This also
enables simple monitoring of all
types of IP feed in one place.
Open Broadcast Systems is also
launching a 4K uncompressedover-IP multiviewer, using a
40Gbps network.

Timecode Systems
Opens US Office
USA / GBR: Timecode Systems has
expanded operations by opening
its first overseas office in the
United States.
The new office is located in
the business district of Irvine
in California and will serve
both as the headquarters of
Timecode Systems, Inc., and as
the distribution centre for the
company's products.
The US-based office will give
customers in this region direct,
local access to Timecode Systems
and technical support.

Multisite HD Workflow
For Record News

razil's 24-hour news channel,
Record News, has selected the
Dalet Galaxy for News to drive an
integrated news production and
playout workflow for its São Paulo and
Araraquara locations.
Creating a single content repository
for the two sites to access, the Dalet
system offers Record News a storycentric news solution that features
affordable IT hardware and federated
tools for managing ingest, search,
browse, story planning and production,
news playout, continuity playout, and
archiving.
"Our connected facilities allow
journalists to share and exchange

information much faster. This means
our stories provide the most detailed
information possible for viewers,
which in the business of news, is
crucial," said Francisco Costa, General
Manager of Record News.
Isaias Oliveira, General Director
of LM Telecom, responsible for
the project said: "This is not our
first experience with Dalet; the
installation at our sister station Record
Bahia, was a big success. The fully
integrated system helped foster better
collaboration across the departments
while reducing overall maintenance
costs, giving us a very good return
on investment and the confidence

Sony Enhances Media
Backbone NavigatorX
S

ony has announced an evolved
version of its Media Navigator
solution, Media Backbone NavigatorX,
offering new features to deliver easier,
quicker and more efficient asset and
workflow management.
Media Backbone NavigatorX has
been designed based on
customer feedback to suit
multiple modern workflow
environments. Users will
be able to manage content
assets in a range of formats,
with flexible feature options
for production, archiving
and workflow automation.
Fast,
demanding
workflows often require
users
with
minimal

training to access asset management
systems. Media Backbone NavigatorX
features a simpler User Interface (UI),
and includes an HTML-based web
application.
Incorporating a wider range of asset
management features and providing

Record News is driven by Dalet

to implement it for our Record News
operations."
The new installation features the
Dalet Galaxy MAM for News platform
with Dalet Brio for ingest and playout
management and Dalet AmberFin for
transcoding.
increased flexibility to support a
variety of use cases, Media Backbone
NavigatorX can manage files in any
format.
The solution's internal transcode
engine supports a wide range of SD,
HD and 4K video formats, including
XDCAM HD422, XAVC and other
industry leading codecs.
Users can do much more than
simply view video in Media Backbone
NavigatorX, accelerating the overall
media workflow by making it easier
to identify the correct asset
in
question;
displaying
subtitles, reading PDF files
and checking still images are
all possible.
The
advanced
archive
management application fully
integrates with Sony's Optical
Disc Archive.
Sony Media Backbone
NavigatorX UI

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