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www.inbroadcast.com | IBC2016 InShow Guide | 9-13 September

Canford Launches Services at IBC
Celebrating 40 years in business, Canford continues to innovate
and is launching several new products and services at the show...

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ollowing strategic investment,
Canford is launching their new
fibre termination facility, which will
be located at their Washington UK
headquarters, and promise a number
of other product developments.
Stephen
Gallagher,
Marketing
Manager explains: "IBC is an incredibly
important exhibition for Canford, and
we're delighted to be announcing
several new products and services.
Most significant is our new fibre
termination service with which we'll
deliver a short lead-time service for
the termination of LEMO, Neutrik and
other fibre connectors, for situations
where speed is of the essence."

Project Lead and Head of Design
John Driver added: "Our new
fibre termination service is a
natural progression of Canford's
UK manufacturing capability, and
demonstrates the company's tenacity
to evolve with new technology. The
ability to provide customers with a
qualified and speedy fibre termination
service further extends our ability to
produce ready-made and custom cable
assemblies."
The extensive family of Canford
Mains Distribution Units receives
a new addition too. Designed and
manufactured in-house, the new model
incorporates an LCD current meter.
The display provides
system integrators the
ability to quickly monitor
overall current draw,
identify and resolve any
overloading issues.
Also manufactured by
Canford is the Fibre Field
Termination Rackmount
Case,
designed
to
facilitate a fast, easy and
Canford is offering a new fibre termination service

effective solution for installing hybrid
fibre connectors on site, eliminating
the need for pre-terminated cable
assemblies. The boxes come complete
with up to eight Lemo 3K.93C EDW or
FMW cable assemblies pre-fitted in
either a flat or angled 2U front panel.
The SMPTE cable enters the chassis
via rear cable glands, and the strain
relief is secured to the clamping
post. The electrical cables are then
terminated directly to the AMP
connector provided on the internal
bulkhead. The fibre cables terminate
directly to the SC coupler on the same
bulkhead using Senko XP Fit Plus
connectors or alternatively via SC tails
which are spliced to the incoming fibre
using the integral splice tray. This
system not only provides improved
protection to both the electrical and
fibre connections which are
secured within the case,
but also allows for quick
and easy replacement or
repair of any failed SMPTE
connectors.
There's also the new Green-GO DECT

Canford Head of Design John Driver

wireless intercom which interfaces
seamlessly with the existing digital
wired intercom, providing high-quality,
low latency audio with robust RF
coverage.
Visitors to Canford's stand will also
see new products in the Enclosure
Systems range of full rack cabinets
and unique IP-rated 19-inch rack
enclosures.
www.canford.co.uk

Canford extends
its MDU family

Shotoku Shows Full-Range Support

Attendees at IBC can once again get an up-close look at Shotoku Broadcast Systems'
full range of robotic, manual and VR tracking camera support systems...

A

well-established leader in the
camera support field, Shotoku
has combined its lightweight two-stage
pneumatic TP-200 VR pedestal with
the high-resolution and robust EFP SX300VR head, to produce an industryleading manual VR tracking system
that doesn't compromise accuracy, or
inhibit ease-of-operation.
The TP-200VR/SX-300 VR head
combination offers Shotoku's well-

Highly accurate:
The TP-200VR/
SX-300 VR head
combination

known light-touch control and robust
stability to match even the most
demanding
applications.
Highly
accurate pan, tilt, zoom, focus, X,
Y and height data output keeps
the VR graphics system precisely
synchronised to the camera's floor
position, orientation and height.
Features of the system include fast
and simple referencing, unlimited X-Y
tracking area, and industry standard
data protocols.
"Tracking systems must be precise,
highly reliable, simple to use, and
with full broadcast-quality operation
at all times," says James Eddershaw,
Managing Director, Shotoku UK. "The
TP-200/300VR system meets all these
challenging demands in a lightweight,
cost-effective
package
requiring
no complex set-up or specialist
operations."
The company is also highlighting its
amazing Free-d2 Absolute Tracking
System, part of a new generation of
tracking systems not requiring physical
encoder devices attached to the
camera support's moving axes. Ideal

for any VR/AR live studio productions,
it uses a small tracking camera and
simple ceiling markers to precisely
determine the exact position and
orientation of the studio camera.
Shotoku's TP500 compact and
lightweight pneumatic pedestal will
be centre-stage. Perfect for multilocation use such as OB, studio or
event production, the TP500 is capable
of supporting camera payloads of up
to 55 kg., and ranges from 665mm to
1,485mm in height.
As part of the company's Robotic
Camera
Systems
demonstrations
Shotoku will show the highly
successful SmartPed fully robotic XY
pedestal that addresses the creative
and commercial demands of on-air
environments, with a cost-efficient and
high-performance solution. Since its
launch earlier this year SmartPed has
achieved impressive sales, and IBC will
be a great opportunity for customers
to see first-hand the features which
have made it such a success.
The SmartTrack rail camera system,
a fully integrated system based on

the
award-winning
track-camera
technology of MAT, Germany, is the
perfect solution for TV studio use. It
is highly adaptable, supports floor or
ceiling operation and features a wide
range of height column configurations,
in both upright and inverted modes.
www.shotoku.tv

Impressive:
SmartPed
fully robotic
XY pedestal
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