In Broadcast - August 2017 - 14

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 8 | August 2017

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ATEME Innovations
On Show At IBC2017

FRA: ATEME will showcase its
state-of-the-art
broadcasting
solution
at
IBC2017
and
demonstrate to attendees how
its
innovative
technologies
continues to drive the broadcast
industry
forward.
On
the
contribution side, ATEME will
display two major innovations:
a partnership extension with
NovelSat to use its modulation/
demodulation PCIe board; secondly
is ContentSecure, which provides
dynamic and rolling protection
for broadcasters' content. On the
converged distribution, ATEME will
demonstrate its new version of
ATEME Management System.

Image Matters And
NGCodec Partner

BEL: Image Matters has partnered
with compression specialists
NGCodec to provide highly
connected hardware for computer
intensive solutions such as H.265/
HEVC. The highly connected C21
standalone carrier mates with
Image Matters' B20 FPGA module
through the Origami connector.
This combination, a complete
off-the-shelf hardware solution,
enables broadcast and pro-AV
manufacturers to take transcoding
products rapidly to market.
Consuming only 15 watts, it's
excellent for low power and size
sensitive applications that demand
maximum video quality.

GatesAir Boosts
Intraplex IPConnect

USA: GatesAir
will
unveil
enhancements to two recentlyintroduced Intraplex intelligent
networking solutions at IBC2017.
The two products, Intraplex
IPConnect software and the IP
Link MPXp codec, will receive
their international debuts at the
show. Intraplex IPConnect is a new
software application designed to
fortify data transport across IP
networks. Available as an option
in most Intraplex IP Link codecs,
IPConnect solves the problem of
reliable transport across complex
networks that traditionally suffer
data loss through dropped packets.

Lawo At Zhejiang TV
International TV Center

Z

hejiang Radio & TV
Group (ZRTG), located
in Hangzhou (China), has
established a new production
facility that it has named the
Zhejiang International TV
Center.
The centre comprises a
42-storey
main
building
housing several TV studios,
and additional studios for
music and film production.
Central to the studios' audio
infrastructure are Lawo mc²36
and mc²66 digital mixing
consoles, along with Lawo DALLIS
stageboxes, Nova37 and Nova73
central routers.
The facility's audio relies on a
RAVENNA digital network, controlled

accessed by all of the studios
within the centre.
ZRTG
is
a
leading
player among China's TV
broadcasters - a status derived
not only from its technical
standards but also audience
ratings. Owned by the local
government, the broadcaster
operates 12 television channels
and eight radio channels,
providing a total of 450
broadcast hours each day. Its
satellite channel is the most
One of the Lawo equipped Zhejiang TV studios successful in China, airing
and monitored by Lawo's Virtual popular programmes including Sing
Studio Manager (VSM), making this China! and Running Man.
ZRTG already has several Lawo
the first full networking of broadcast
studios in China, with central routers systems in operation in its downtown
distributing every signal required to be facilities.

Maryland Upgrades
To Utah Hybrid Router
M

aryland Public Television has
placed a UTAH-400 Series 2
hybrid enterprise router at the core
of its recent facility upgrade and its
strategy to make a gradual transition
to IP operations.
The PBS affiliate serves viewers
throughout the state of Maryland,
as well as the District of Columbia
and parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia. The Utah
Scientific solution was designed and
architected by systems integrator
Digital Video Group.
"Maryland Public Television knows
the migration to IP is inevitable, but
like many other broadcasters, it does

not have the resources to make a
wholesale, overnight switch to IP,"
said Chuck Heffner, Vice President
of Broadcast Systems, Digital Video
Group. "The station sought our help
in finding a hybrid solution that can
run in existing SDI environments, but
can also support a gradual and costeffective transition to IP."
At Maryland Public Television,
the UTAH-400 replaces two legacy
routers, each about 17 years old, with
one deployed in master control and
the other serving in production.
Both of these routers were
workhorses and were still going
strong, but the facility needed an

Utah Scientific 400 Series video frame

upgrade and was seeking to lay the
groundwork for an upcoming IP-based
infrastructure.
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