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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 4 | April 2018

InStudio

Australia Day Debut For
Lawo V__remote4
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ydney's The P.A. People, in
conjunction with Barrett Evolution,
extended their extensive networking
capability to include HD-SDI video and
MADI over IP in support of the Australia
Day 2018 celebrations on Sydney
Harbour.
The P.A. People provided HD-SDI and
MADI audio transport using four Lawo

V__remote4 IP video processors and an
extensive 10G Brocade IP network to
distribute pictures and audio between
event vision control, the broadcast
facility at the Sydney Opera House, and
the many cameras and LED screens
around Circular Quay.
For the first time in a live production
application, The P.A. People utilised
Sydney Harbour fireworks display
(Photo Courtesy of Australia Day Council of NSW)

Lawo V__remote4

Lawo's V__remote4 IP-based interfaces
to transport broadcast video cameras
and LED screen feeds in real-time over
a dedicated 10G network.
Singers on a floating barge some 120m
from the shore performed to music
generated by an on-stage orchestra,
and then pictures were relayed back to
the shore for broadcast. The only link
to the barge was a dedicated weighted
fibre cable which carried the video and
audio signals between the broadcast
van near the Sydney Opera House, the
IMAG switching location and the barge.
The Lawo product was connected to
a temporary 10G network backbone
based on The P.A. People inventory of
Ruckus (formerly Brocade) network
switches, dedicated single and
multimode fibre and a number of
wireless links.

"The network and the Lawo product
performed flawlessly," commented
Paul Barrett, Principal of Barrett
Evolution and Technical Director
for the project. "Being IP-based, the
system provided by The P.A. People
was able to allow creative freedom
that would not have been possible with
any other system. Both the broadcast
and the IMAG directors were very
pleased with the result."
Chris Dodds, Managing Director of
The P.A. People, said: "We have a
long-term and unique relationship
with a number of our key suppliers
including ClearCom and Motorola.
We are excited to add Lawo to our
roster of trusted suppliers and to be
able to extend our commitment to IP
as the transport of choice for all our
communications systems with the
V__remote4 product."

InForm

Spectee Human-AI Collaboration
Shapes The Future Of News Reporting
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pectee, a leading AI news content
distribution agency that accounts
for 92% of the market share in Japan,
has launched its global content
distribution service in partnership with
the Associated Press (AP).
AP subscribers can now optimise their
storytelling by accessing Spectee's
near real-time, fact-checked, and
license-cleared social media news
content on AP Video Hub. As UGC is
growing in importance, the newsroom
solution has been adopted by over
130 news brands in Japan alone,
and is now prepared to extend its
international reach.
The future of news reporting is all
about speed and accuracy. The
company utilises its patented AI
technologies to curate newsworthy
content across social media platforms
and passes it onto human moderators
to verify and clear license - all of
which is done within minutes. Such
unparalleled speed in the news
industry is achieved through deep

learning AI that speeds
up image and natural
language analysis. With
technologies like machine
dispersion and sentiment
judgement, Spectee AI
can significantly shorten
the time needed for UGC
aggregation,
turning
social
media
users
around the world into
24/7 newsgatherers.
Human fact checkers
then verify the content
and clear license issues with social
media users to ensure a seamless and
reliable source of the latest stories.
Last year, Spectee was awarded
"Best of 2017 Partner Videos" by
the internationally renowned news
network AP.
Its content has been brought to
audiences worldwide on news media
like CNN, New York Times, and The
Telegraph. Where there is a story
Spectee will take you.

and weather changes. The
company is going to be the
pioneer to integrate SNS
data with security control
through AI technology for
the first time ever in the
history of Japan.
Spectee's solution utilises
its real-time SNS content
distribution service for
security purpose at
large scale events.
It caters seamlessly
Spectee AI analysis technology
to the needs of the
In collaboration with Taito City
City Tourism Board to complement
Tourism Board, Spectee's patented
its security service at locations not
technology will assist the security
covered by security personnel. Data
management of the Sumida River
obtained from social media will also
Fireworks Festival, one of the largest
be used to monitor visitor flow and
and most famous fireworks festivals of
security problems for debriefing
Tokyo.
purpose.
Spectee's image analysis and naturalSpectee will continue to explore new
language processing AI technology is
service models and advance AI technology to offer solutions for regional
going to examine real-time SNS data
events and citizen organisations for
to surveil potential happenings during
disaster prevention.
the festival such as accidents, traffics,
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