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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 11 | November 2017

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8K Migration - Image Matters
And 8K SVIP
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t InterBee, Image Matters will
be demonstrating the origami
ecosystem capabilities, as well as the
8K SVIP, a European project consisting
of a future-proof adaptable modular
platform.
"The European project, 8K SVIP,
is the easy bridge to the future
8K broadcast studio. It will help
broadcasters leapfrog directly from HD
and 4K to 8K. We see this collaboration
between Belgium and Czech Republic
manufacturers and researchers as
an essential step to propelling 8K
broadcasting to the home. And we
look forward to demonstrating our
solutions at InterBee to migrate easily
from HD and 4K to 8K," says JeanFrançois Nivart, Image Matters CEO.
European collaborative group 8K
SVIP is a body of four academic and
industrial partners: intoPIX, Cesnet,
Image Matters and AV Media. 2018
being considered the year of 8K, 8K
SVIP gives broadcasters the tools to

migrate from HD and 4K, and
develops advanced transport
technologies to manage 8K
signals over SDI and IP.
The project will focus on
providing solutions to real
use cases experienced by
live
broadcasters
when
distributing 8K video signals.
Much of the technology to
achieve this is still being developed
and the 8K SVIP brings an innovative
design to meet the high speed and
real-time requirements of 8K video
transport and interface (SDI & IP).
Backed
by
the
European
Commission's Eurostars program,
R&D-performing SMEs are rewarded
for
technology
advances
and
international development. 8K SVIP
is guaranteed a secure future and
will deliver many ingenious solutions
going forward to the benefit of the
broadcasting community.
Championing 8K, Japan's NHK is

"Bridge to the future
8K broadcast studio"

already broadcasting 8K TV satellite
broadcast channels. Not only are
viewers benefiting from increased
resolution, they are also seeing much
greater vibrant colours and contrast
with enhanced WGR and HDR. Tokyo's
2020 Olympic Games is sure to see
greater 8K content generated and
broadcast.
Image Matters origami ecosystem
is ideally suited to deliver hardware
solutions to meet the needs of SDI and
IP interfacing at the data speeds 8K
video demands. The IM-B20 module,
with its Xilinx UltraScale Kintex

FPGA and exclusive Z-Ray
connector, provides superfast IO to facilitate 12G SDI
and SFP fibre IP.
Modularity is key to
future-proofing systems and origami
allows different connector interfaces
to be designed easily and quickly
empowering SI's and OEM's to rapidly
deliver product to market.
A variety of high quality, high
performance codecs are available
including TICO, the compression
technology adopted by the world's
biggest enthusiast of 8K - Japan's NHK.
Image Matters new Pay-as-You-Go
website allows compression IP licenses
to be sold in volumes to meet the
needs of the end user, whether this is a
one off, or thousands off.

Vislink Receives Major
HEVC 4K UHD
HCAM Order
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G Technology's Vislink business
has received an order worth
US$400,000 for 10 HEVC (High
Efficiency Video Coding) 4K UHD
HCAM wireless camera systems from
Dartford, UK-based Broadcast RF (BRF),
a leading hire company for microwave
and wireless camera hardware.
The order brings BRF's total
investment
in
Vislink
HEVC
wireless camera technology to over
US$1,000,0000 in the last six months.
This additional investment makes BRF
the current largest single holder of
HCAM systems in the world with 28
systems.
"This additional commitment from
BRF further solidifies our valued
relationship and continues to highlight
the market confidence in the HCAM
with booked pre-orders now over

US$3 million," stated James Walton,
President of IMT, Ltd. and head of all
IMT and Vislink business operations
outside of the Americas.
The Vislink HCAM represents the next
generation of HEVC 4K UHD wireless
transmitters capable of supporting
premium live broadcast events,
and continues Vislink's tradition of
innovative, high-performance wireless
camera systems. HCAM permits 4K
UHD wireless video with a 70ms
latency via Vislink's world- leading RF
modulation.
Robert King, BRF Account Manager
for Vislink, said: "BRF have been
involved in the HCAM project from
the beginning, and their practical
experience and advice has been
fed into the design of this worldclass product. I'm positive this next

generation of wireless transmitters
will deliver extraordinary live event
content."
Chris Brandrick, BRF Commercial
Director, said: "We are now
officially ready for 2018. We believe
we now have the capacity to fulfil
any future UHD wireless camera
requirement both domestically and
globally. This is a very exciting step
in technology for us."
The BRF order follows a recent
announcement of a US$535,000
order for Vislink 4K HCAM systems
from NEP UK.
The systems will be used at the
Winter Olympics in South Korea
in February 2018, and at The
Commonwealth Games in Australia
in August 2018.
"This commitment from NEP
further solidifies our relationship,
and continues to highlight the
market confidence in the HCAM
... I'm delighted with our progress
and how our relationship with NEP
continues to grow globally," added
Walton.

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