In Broadcast - October 2017 - 6

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 10 | October 2017

InNews
Digital Foundation
Laid For BBC

GBR: dB Broadcast recently
completed a key part of a
connectivity transition project
that transforms the way the BBC
provides and manages its core
technology.
The project involved an upgrade
to IP infrastructure on a network
that has more than 4,000 circuits
interconnecting over 90 sites.
The network links all UK sites,
including 21 broadcasting centres
and local radio stations, as well as
connecting to the main overseas
bureaux and partners for playout
of BBC TV channels.

NTFS Opens 4K
Training Studio

GBR: The National Film and
Television School (NFTS) has
officially opened the Sony Gallery,
which is located in its groundbreaking 4K Digital Content
Training Studio.
Part of new state-of-the-art
facilities at its Beaconsfield
campus, the space will provide
an unparalleled opportunity for
students to learn the ropes of
television production.
Preparing them for the world of
modern broadcasting, with the
ability to shoot, record, and stream
live content in 4K.

ENCO To Debut
CC Breakthrough

USA: ENCO will debut a groundbreaking addition to its enCaption
family of automated Closed
Captioning (CC) solutions at NAB
Show New York.
Its enCaption4 claims enhanced
accuracy and speed, while offering
flexible on-premise or Cloud-based
deployment options.
enCaption4's new speech-to-text
engine claims to take accuracy to
an "unprecedented new level",
with "breakthroughs in machine
learning technology to develop a
deep neural network approach to
voice recognition".

Ideal Systems Acquires
IPK Broadcast Systems
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deal Systems has acquired Singaporebased IPK Broadcast Systems, a
premier systems integrator, distributor
and supplier of broadcast, audio-visual
and communications equipment.
The acquisition will see the staff and
daily operations of IPK move to Ideal
Systems new larger Singapore offices
by November 1.
Ideal Systems CEO Fintan Mc Kiernan
said: "This is a highly strategic deal
for Ideal Systems in South East Asia
as it consolidates our position as the
leading Broadcast Systems integrator
in Singapore while creating value
by catalysing the growth of our new
commercial A/V division across the
region.
"We gain some fantastic new
experienced staff right when we need
them and also get access to a number
of new technologies which will allow

(l-r) Peter Tang (IPK);
Fintan Mc Kiernan
(Ideal Systems);
Tan Kim Poh (IPK)

us serve existing customers better and
provides us with some new products,
customers and services."
Established in 1982, IPK Broadcast
Systems has built up a successful
business and excellent reputation
providing technology solutions for

the radio, television and multimedia
industries in the ASEAN region.
After the move on November 1, Peter
Tang and Tan Kim Poh, who have run
IPK since 1999 will remain for a period
of time as advisors to ensure a smooth
transition of IPK's business.

AtomOS 8.4 Firmware Update Inferno

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tomos has released a firmware
update for its Shogun Inferno and
Ninja Inferno 4K monitor/recorders.
The AtomOS 8.4 firmware release
brings key features that make

capturing and delivering in HDR as
seamless as in SDR. It also brings 2K
240fps Raw-to-ProRes and 4K 12-bit
CDNG Raw recording to the Panasonic
Varicam LT, when coupled with the
Shogun Inferno. This adds
to the existing Raw support
for several Sony and Canon
cinema cameras, as well
as improving support and
enhancements for many
more cameras.
The Hybrid Log-Gamma
(HLG) HDR output of
cameras such as the Sony
FS5, Z150 and Panasonic
Atomos Shogun Inferno on a
Panasonic Varicam LT camera

GH5 can now be recorded directly to
the Inferno series recorders with the
correct metadata flags embedded into
the Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHR .MOV
files.
With this metadata the recorded clips
can be used seamlessly in an end-toend HLG workflow. Through editing
to playout on HDR supported devices
such as the Google's ChromeCast Ultra
and Amazon's Fire TV with 4K Ultra
over HDMI to any SDR or HDR TV.
The AtomOS 8.4 release also allows
owners of the Shogun Inferno to use
the Panasonic Varicam LT to create
slow-motion footage in 2K at up to 240
fps, direct from the Raw output of the
camera.
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