In an era of transition like today, monitoring and testing becomes a key link in the video-production chain. Looking to capitalize on the transition, at NAB 2016, Tektronix highlighted new or updated monitoring/analysis products in several bleeding-edge sectors, including SDI-to-IP transition, 4K and high dynamic rate (HDR), HEVC, and adaptive-bitrate (ABR) streaming. Tops among Tektronix’s […] More
At NAB 2016, Net Insight, a provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, announced that the company has entered a partnership with Verimatrix to deliver a OTT solution to the market. Then, Net Insight announced its solution partnership with Accedo, to enhance the live viewing experience in today’s mobile apps. Also, Net Insight launched its […] More
Virtual reality in all of its forms had a big presence at NAB 2016, although much of the talk seemed to be more about its potential than about the reality of its current place in the market (which may be fitting given that it is virtual). One of the few places where a VR roadmap […] More
NAB Show attendees accustomed to Christie’s usual array of eye-catching LED displays found themselves drawn to the company’s booth for a different reason this year: a scaled-down model ice rink — complete with luxury box and miniature Zamboni — to show off an impressive projection-mapping demo. Christie installed four Boxer 2K30 projectors — making their […] More
At NAB Show in Las Vegas, Broadcast Solutions GmbH signed the membership to the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). Broadcast Solutions is the first international system integrator to join AIMS, which promotes the adoption, standardization, development, and refinement of open protocols for media over IP. At NAB Show in Las Vegas, Rainer Kampe, CTO at Broadcast Solutions, signed the membership […] More
At NAB 2016, Brainstorm Multimedia rolled out a 24-ft.-wide virtual-studio theater to showcase the latest features of its Infinity Set virtual-set application enhanced by graphics and other content created by the Aston 3D. The hands-tracking feature — which enables presenters to trigger animations and graphics with the simple hand movements — is part of Brainstorm’s […] More
Stationed at Vizrt’s booth at the 2016 NAB Show, Reality Check Systems (RCS) showed off its latest LaunchPad graphics system, which will hit screens during this summer’s EURO 2016 and COPA America soccer tournaments. Mike Ward, European Managing Director at RCS gives SVG’s Jason Dachman the latest. LaunchPad facilitates plug-and-play full screen graphics and highlight […] More
At the 2016 NAB Show, archival specialist HGST debuted its new object storage-based HGST Active Archive System, SA-1000 model. The HGST SA-1000 enables smaller object storage footprints with easy-to-manage building blocks to scale capacity as needed. Jeff Greenwald, Senior Director of Market Development for HGST goes inside the new system with SVG’s Brandon Costa. Software enhancements have […] More
Dalet Digital Media Systems demonstrated the smart I/O operations and flexible SDI/IP-based capabilities of its intelligent Dalet Brio platform. In a market moving increasingly away from proprietary hardware-based video servers toward software-based solutions focused on managing the conversion of streams-to-files and files-to-streams, convenient web-based administration with advanced tools for ingest, logging, and studio production enable […] More
While the NAB Show allows technology decision-makers to kick the tires on new gear, it also provides a forum for networks, leagues, and teams to catch up with the providers of mobile and satellite services. And, for those providers, the show is the perfect stage to discuss their latest projects and newest services while keeping […] More
