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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 5 | May 2018

InStudio

What's New in Lighting and
Portable Power
Anton Bauer's Cine
series provide a continuous 12 amps

or discharge. Largest in this series is
the 560Wh VCLX-CA.
Core SWX's Volt Bridge battery
monitoring app uses Bluetooth to
transmit battery data to iOS/Android
devices. Low-battery warnings can
be controlled by the operator. The
monitor is compatible with the
company's V-mount and three-stud
batteries and chargers.
Hawk-Woods Spigot adaptors
are intended to make powering
LED panel heads a simple task. The
Spigot attaches to 16 mm C stands
seated between the light fixture
and the stand allowing power to
be easily supplied at an arm's
reach. The Spigot is manufactured

PAG's new PAGlink V-Mount
Micro Charger features a
cont'd... stronger
injection-moulded
in V-Lok and Gold Mount fittings, housing and is designed to
supplying power direct from two accept DC as well as AC input,
batteries via a three-pin XLR making it a more versatile
output. It is available in 14 and location charger for people who
28.8 volt versions.
wish to travel light. The principle
IDX's DUO-C198 and DUO-C98 of the new Micro Charger remains
batteries - in addition to having the same as the original version:
the same features as the current the charging unit is small enough
DUO-C's (one USB, one D-Tap, one to fit in a pocket (73 x 62 x 31mm). It
D-Tap Advanced), plus more capacity, clips on to the V-Mount contacts of a
and added features of the SMBus and single PAGlink battery which can in
V-Torch LED light. The DUO-C198 is turn be linked to additional PAGlink
the newest, compact, high-capacity batteries of any rated capacity and
battery solution for digital cinema in any state of charge. The Micro
cameras and camera stabilisers where Charger is intended for charging up
long run times are required, including to four linked batteries. The charger
the ability to handle a 10A load.
is then connected to its power supply
which enables charging from AC
supplies worldwide (100 to 240
volts). Interchangeable power
plugs allow direct connection to
the AC supply without the need
for adapters. The new charger
can also be powered from 5 to
20 volt DC supplies. DC power
cables are included to allow
App: Core SWX's Volt Bridge battery monitoring
charging from a 12 volt vehicle

IDX Duo C series

via the dashboard DC socket or a USB
charger (2 amp). Charging times will
be similar when powered from either
an AC mains supply or a 12 volt vehicle
output.
SWIT's Digital series lithium-ion
battery for cine and ENG cameras has
a dual housing structure comprising
an inner cell cage and outer antishock housing with rubber covers.
The battery is IP66 class water/dust
proof. A power check LED shows the
remaining power percentage and
the remaining running time on the
equipment. The battery pack adopts
intelligent digital information chips
that are compatible with the Sony
camera info system and can display
remaining minutes in the viewfinder.

TVU Networks Adds HEVC Support
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NAB,
TVU
Networks
demonstrated its commitment
to providing customers with the most
efficient technologies available by
showcasing its line-up of solutions that
offer software-based HEVC encoding.
Providing high-quality video with
improved compression efficiency,
TVU's HEVC supported products
now include the TVU One mobile
IP newsgathering transmitter, TVU
MLink/MLink 4K encoding solution,
TVU Anywhere mobile transmitter app
and the TVU Grid live video switching,
routing, and distribution system.
When accessing a public Internet
connection, especially cellular mobile
Internet, the availability of bandwidth
is constantly changing. TVU's patented
Variable Bitrate Encoding technology
enables a TVU transmitter to
dynamically adapt the video encoding
bitrate to the available bandwidth of
the network.
In a mobile Internet environment,
bandwidth fluctuations change very
fast and very often. TVU's softwarebased encoder is designed to react to
bitrate changes within a single frame

time. This ensures that the live
video is transmitted with the
best picture quality and without
any interruption caused by
bandwidth fluctuation.
Furthermore, the TVU softwarebased encoder is optimised to
the transmission environment.
In contrast, most commoditised
hardware encoder chips are
not able to be easily adapted
to the specific environment
often demanded by mobile
transmission. For example,
TVU combines a softwarebased HEVC encoder with
TVU's industry-leading IS+
transmission
technology,
providing
an
extremely
efficient and robust solution
for transmission in hostile
environments.
With a software encoder, TVU
can continuously improve the
encoding technology as it has
done in the past with its H.264
devices. A customer can purchase TVU
hardware today with the knowledge
that their TVU equipment will continue

TVU Grid, the world's largest
IP-based distribution network,
will also be upgraded to
HEVC.
With HEVC, major
media companies are able to
exchange content with their
partners at an even lower cost
on bandwidth.
TVU Grid v5.0 also features
TVU Grid Market, which gives
users the ability to exchange,
share,
and
sell
video
content using the solution's
infrastructure.
TVU also demonstrated the
TVU One with HEVC mobile
newsgathering
transmitter
at NAB, which delivers
dependable HD quality video
with half-second latency
within an ultra-compact and
rugged hardware chassis.
Additionally, the TVU MLink
TE4500 HEVC and 4K rackmount encoder will be shown TVU One which provides cellular 4G LTE
gains HEVC encoding transmission capabilities to
to improve with newer technology satellite and microwave vehicles, vans
through a simple software upgrade.
and trucks.
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