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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 4 | April 2017

InNews
Pixit Media
ERA Merger
GBR: Pixit Media and ERA have
merged into a single company
under ArcaPix Holdings Limited.
Pixit MD and Co-Founder Ben
Leaver becomes Group CEO of the
new company: "This is a major step
forward in the growth of two highly
skilled and successful companies
whose respective business and skill
sets dovetail perfectly."
Concurrent with the merger, the
company will open a new European
office in Stuttgart, Germany, and a
US office in San Diego.

Lawo Updates
RƎLAY Software

GER: Lawo has released an update
to the software for its RƎLAY
virtual radio mixer.
RƎLAY is a suite of software that
virtualises broadcast studio tools.
Using
RƎLAY,
broadcast
professionals can move traditional
hardware-based studio tools, such
as mixing consoles, multi-channel
sound cards, and patch bays, into
the virtual domain using COTS
computing platforms.
All RƎLAY software is AES67 /
RAVENNA AoIP compliant, and
multi-touch optimised for easy,
intuitive use on touchscreen PCs
and laptops.

Cinegy Harnesses
NVIDIA GPU Power
GER: Cinegy broadcast workflow
software runs on NVIDIA GPUs,
recently increasing support for
HEVC, H.264, and even 8K encoding
for its Cinegy Air PRO playout
bundle, Cinegy Multiviewer, and
Cinegy Capture.
According to Cinegy's Lewis
Kirkaldie, who recently spoke
at Cinegy's annual Techcon
conference in Munich, video big
data should more correctly be
called 'really big data'".
GPUs are designed to handle such
loads, chief among those being the
high-end range of graphics cards
from NVIDIA.

Cinemat Truck
Fits Calrec Summa
W

hen Cinemat Miami's
all-new,
eight-camera
production truck takes to the
road for its first live-event
booking, a Calrec Summa
digital audio console will be on
board.
The Summa equipped truck
marks a significant expansion
of Cinemat's rental production
capabilities.
"Our new truck is the first Cinemat Engineering
José Cerra drives
of its size in Miami, and we Director
the Summa
had important requirements
for the audio console," said Eduardo all of these criteria and more, but
Scheuren, Vice President, Cinemat the Summa will be easy to expand as
Miami. "We needed a desk that was our business grows. Calrec has set
extremely easy to use and compact the standard for excellence in audio
enough for a mobile environment, and mixing consoles."
yet could provide the functionality to
Cinemat Miami is a full-service
cover a wide range of live sports and content production company with
entertainment events.
more than 20 years' experience
"Not only does Calrec's Summa meet producing original and "work for

hire" programmes for the general and
Hispanic markets in the U.S. and Latin
America.
Cinemat has six fully equipped sound
stages and 10 editing suites. The new
Summa-equipped truck joins three
other full-HD mobile production and
grip vehicles in the company's mobile
fleet.

Grass Valley LDX C82 and C86N Compacts
G
rass Valley has introduced new
models to widen the range
of options for remote and robotic
applications.
Viewers want to feel like they're part
of the action, not just spectators but
a part of the game, concert or event
they're watching, right
on the court, track or
stage. Often the most
important,
engaging
shots require cameras to
operate in places where
cameramen cannot or
should not go. The LDX
C82 Series HD compact
camera, and the LDX C86N Series

native 4K system cameras meet a wide
range of broadcasters' camera needs.
"Now more than ever, broadcasters
have to be prepared to capture the
action wherever it takes place and
provide better angles that really
make the viewer feel the action." said

Grass Valley extends its
compact camera systems

Neerav Shah, Senior Vice President
of Strategic Marketing, Grass Valley.
"The LDX C82, C86N and C86 Series
cameras provide the flexibility and
key features required for the highest
quality image acquisition in a format
that addresses the need for image
capture where it's impractical,
or impossible, to have a camera
operator."
The new series join the
recently upgraded LDX C86
Series to provide a fully
comprehensive
compact
solution to the challenges
broadcasters face in HD, 3G,
4K and beyond.
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