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

InTech

Digigram Expands Partnership
with Point Source Audio

D

igigram has announced Point
Source Audio as the company's
master distributor of its line of IP Audio
Codecs for the U.S. market.
Point Source Audio has been
Digigram's trusted partner in the
U.S. market for over eight years and
this latest announcement will see the
addition of Digigram's AoIP products
to their existing portfolio.
"We are thrilled to extend our
partnership with Point Source Audio,"
said Jérémie Weber, CEO, Digigram.
"We rely on their professionalism
and technical expertise and our
long-standing partnership with them
reinforces how Point Source Audio and
Digigram will be successful working
together. Digigram is a worldwide
recognised brand for audio codecs and
Point Source Audio has the reputation,
the reach and the commitment to
deliver this to the American market.
Together we will have a very positive
impact on audio transport throughout
America.

"I am also impressed with the technical
competency and enthusiasm of the
PSA team, who will deliver top notch
education and training, as well as
the support services our customers
expect. This is the right time to expand
our reach and Point Source Audio's
commitment to excellence will make
this happen."
"Over the past eight years we've built
a strong and valued relationship with
everyone at Digigram. They're a wellknown and respected brand - together
we'll work in close collaboration to
grow in this new and exciting market,"
added James Lamb, Point Source
Audio President.
Digigram's AoIP range includes IQOYA
*VIP. Leveraging the company's
AoIP streaming technology as a
software service, ecosystem partners
can quickly create their own live
streaming, processing and encoding
systems.
The software integrates seamlessly
with third-party applications and

L-R: Yvonne Ho, Point Source Audio, Vice President of Marketing;
Jeremie Weber, Digigram, CEO; Fabien Brassely, Digigram, USA Sales Manager;
and James Lamb, President, Point Source Audio

simplifies integration of IP streams.
The IQOYA *VIP simultaneously
provides encoding, decoding, and
transcoding capacity (for both
Windows and Linux applications) and
delivers multiple audio content to
transmitter sites, web radio CDNs,
multiplexers, and other studios in

multiple audio formats via multiple
protocols.
Another solution is IQOYA *CLOUD - a
new IP audio codec management
system from Digigram that provides
efficient real-time monitoring and
control of all registered broadcast
AoIP codecs across the network.

Spidercam and Gravity Media Group
Boost Partnership

S

pidercam, the cable camera system
owner, and Gravity Media Group,
a provider of complex live broadcast
facilities and production services,
recently announced a new partnership.
Finalised at the 2018 NAB Show, the
collaboration will accelerate growth
of the Spidercam system - including
adoption, service and support - in
the USA and Canada markets. The
agreement builds upon an existing
successful strategic partnership in
Australia and New Zealand that has
been in existence since 2015.
Through its Gearhouse Broadcast
subsidiary, Gravity Media Group will
use its live event experience and
breadth of operation to support the
expansion of use of Spidercam. This
will enable many more broadcasters,
producers and directors to take
advantage of the unique view that
a Spidercam system offers to their
production.
Spidercam will continue to provide the
high quality engineered systems whilst

Gearhouse will take on responsibility
for marketing the system locally,
providing all crew and service support
to customers in the USA and Canada
alongside local maintenance and
logistics.
The joint venture will operate from
Gearhouse Broadcast USA's facility in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
"We are delighted to be building
on our successful relationship with
Gravity
Media
Group
in Australia and New
Zealand," said Jan Peters,
President of Spidercam
US. "We look forward to
working with Gearhouse
Broadcast as a partner in
developing the market for
Spidercam and supporting
many more users of the
camera system in the USA
and Canada."
John Newton, CEO of
Gravity Media Group,
added: "We are very

happy to be extending our working
relationship with such a unique and
high quality system that enables us to
offer our existing and many potential
new customers something quite
different in the USA and Canada."
In September 2016, Gravity Media
Group received significant investment
from TowerBrook Capital Partners and
had been actively looking to diversify
its businesses into new areas and
broadening its global service offering.
In March 2018, Gravity Media Group
acquired German broadcast equipment

rental house, Genesis Broadcast
Services, now rebranded as Gearhouse
Broadcast Germany.
This acquisition was the latest
in a series of strategic moves by
Gravity Media Group and follows the
acquisitions of Hyperactive Broadcast
and Input Media, as well as significant
investment into its own existing
American
operation,
Gearhouse
Broadcast.
Over the past 12 months, Gearhouse
Broadcast
USA
has
deployed
Columbus, its 4K mobile unit, and
two multi-purpose mobile
production units - Skye and
Iona.
The company has also
announced several key
appointments
including
President Michael Harabin,
Sales
and
Business
Development
Manager
Adrina
Madatyan
and
Senior Sales Manager Stan
Leshner.
John Newton, CEO of Gravity
Media Group with Jan Peters,
President of Spidercam US
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