Recent Posts by Jason Dachman

Live from IBC: EVS looks beyond sports, unveils 4K XT3 replay and C-Cast Xplore remote browsing

EVS took the opportunity at IBC2013 this week to show off the impressive new Fox Sports facility in Amsterdam, in which its technology plays an integral role. During the company’s annual press conference, EVS spotlighted its key role in the technical infrastructure of Fox Sports Eredivisie and Fox Sports International (both of which launched in […]  More

IBC Q&A: Adobe’s Coleman and Mooney talk Adobe Anywhere, Creative Cloud enhancements

It’s been a very busy few months for Adobe, which converted its entire Creative Suite software portfolio to the SaaS-modeled Creative Cloud in May and shipped the much-anticipated Adobe Anywhere collaboration platform in July. Both products are now in full swing, and Adobe took to the IBC floor to highlight enhancements to both Creative Cloud […]  More

IBC Q&A: iStreamPlanet’s Jennifer Baisch Details New Aventus Cloud-Based Streaming Platform

After first demoing its Aventus platform at last year’s IBC and then at NAB in April, iStreamPlanet has officially launched the new cloud-based live video delivery solution in Amsterdam this year. In addition, the company revealed a pair of big-name Aventus customers in Microsoft Azure and NBC Sports Digital, which will utilize the cloud-delivery platform […]  More

IBC Q&A: Evertz’s Mo Goyal talks evolution of Dreamcatcher and vision for ‘facility of the future’

After a long, steady buildup, the Evertz Dreamcatcher video-replay system officially hit the market at NAB2013 in April. Now, with the system installed in a handful of mobile production units (including Mobile TV Group’s new 33HDX triple-feed truck and NEP’s ND3 trucks for Sunday Night Football on NBC), Evertz is continuing to push the platform’s […]  More

IBC Q&A: Blackmagic Design’s Bob Caniglia looks to fill in missing pieces of 4K puzzle

At NAB2013 in April, Blackmagic Design introduced the ATEM Production Studio 4K, the first 4K-capable live-production switcher to hit the market. Blackmagic has continued down the 4K path at IBC2013, introducing a 1M/E version of the ATEM Production Studio 4K switcher with 6G-SDI technology for just US$2,495. The current ATEM Production Studio 4K model will […]  More

Live from IBC: With eye on future, Quantel moves towards ‘stream-based’ workflows

Marking its 40th year at IBC, Quantel put the focus on stream-based workflows and the latest version of its Pablo Rio postproduction platform at its Friday-morning press conference. Quantel sees stream-based workflows as the next step in the evolution of video production — just as file-based workflows have already transformed it in recent years. With Quantel’s stream-based workflows, […]  More

SVG Europe kicks off IBC with third-annual Sport Production Summit in Amsterdam

More than 170 sport-production industry leaders congregated at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam today for SVG Europe’s third-annual Sport Production Summit. Prior to the IBC’s opening, sport-production pros from across the industry gathered for a full day of informative panel discussions, networking, and a sneak peek at what to expect at Europe’s largest broadcast […]  More