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2014 NAB
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Broadcast Vendors Gear Technology Toward Sports-Venue MarketThe line between venue technology and broadcast technology is blurring. As videoboard-control rooms become responsible for an increasing number of screens, ranging from the center-hung board to thousands of fan smartphones, venues must install the necessary infrastructure to handle the...
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VITEC Spotlights 4K IPTV Workflow With Sony, Keeps HD in MindAt NAB 2014, VITEC announced a partnership with Sony and offered a live demonstration of its new end-to-end 4K IPTV solution for real-time, multicast distribution of Ultra HD video at the Sony booth. VITEC’s MGES-6000 Blade encoder ingests 4K content...
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Ericsson Focuses on Delivering 4K for a Compelling User ExperienceThe various pieces of the 4K-workflow puzzle continue to fall into place, but hurdles remain. No stranger to the buzz, Ericsson addressed a significant hurdle — content acquisition and delivery — by showing live, real-time “true” 4K/Ultra HD television (4K...
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Click Effects Preps for Busy 2014, Welcomes Back Return ClientsLess than four months into 2014, Click Effects’ résumé boasts an impressive number of high-profile projects. The company recently powered the content delivery at AT&T Stadium in Dallas for the NCAA Men’s Final Four, using the full range of CrossFire,...
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Cisco Sports & Entertainment Partners With EVS, Integrates StadiumVision With C-CastAt NAB 2014, in addition to Cisco’s North Hall headquarters, where the company demonstrated advances in its Videoscape TV-service–delivery platform, Cisco’s Sports & Entertainment contingent set up shop in EVS’s South Hall booth. There, the two showcased EVS’s C-Cast at...
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NAB Perspectives: Markertek’s Barth on the Rapidly Growing Fiber IndustryMarkertek continues to expand its fiber capabilities, and its demo line at NAB 2014 reflected that fact. Among the highlights at the company’s booth was the BlackJack-1 camera-mount interface with Blackmagic SWRCONV and ATEM-SC. The device connects as many as...
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Pivothead Wearable Imaging Demos SMART EyewearPivothead showed off its new Pivothead SMART (Simple Modular Application-Ready Technology), the next generation of Pivothead eyewear focused on broadcast, sports, and entertainment industries. Like Pivothead’s first generation eyewear, Pivothead SMART provides full 1080p high definition (HD) video and 8...
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NAB Perspectives: Quantum’s Grossman on 4K Storage and StorNext 5It was a big NAB Show for Quantum, which tackled the 4K buzz head-on with the release of its new StorNext Pro Storage Solution. The system is specifically designed to enable digital workflows and drive higher levels of efficiency for...
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NAB Perspectives: ATEME’s Antonovich Sees Major Progress in HEVC, 4K DevelopmentThe ATEME booth stayed plenty busy throughout last week’s NAB 2014, thanks to a variety of future-looking HEVC, 4K/Ultra HD, and 360-degree experience demos and product announcements. Chief among the announcements was Live Any-to-Any, ATEME’s carrier-grade video-processing solution for next-generation...
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Frontline Communications Introduces New Ford Transit-DSNG/ENG Broadcast Vehicle ConceptFrontline Communications unveiled the Frontline Transit- DSNG/ENG Concept, an all-new broadcast communications vehicle at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, NV. The Transit is Ford’s replacement chassis for the E- 350 series van which has been a...
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NAB Perspectives: Orad’s Benovici on PlayMaker Combox and the 4K ‘Channel in a Box’As one of the major players in sports graphics, Orad is enjoying another successful year that has included work at the Sochi Olympics. At NAB 2014, the company offered a wide array of new products, including the PlayMaker Combox, what...
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Evertz Targets Brave New IP World With Latest SDVN SolutionsEvertz continued down the path to an IP world at NAB this year, rolling out a parade of SDVN (Software Defined Video Networking) 10GE solutions at the show. The SDVN architecture, which is built around a 10Gbps Ethernet core, promises...
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NAB Perspectives: Quereuil Discusses Aspera Drive, Rise of File-Based WorkflowsFile-sharing workflows are rapidly becoming commonplace even in live sports production. Aspera, now with the backing of the IBM name following an acquisition announced in December, is one of the leaders, working major events, including the Sochi Olympics. At NAB...
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NAB Perspectives: Kneuer on The Switch’s Doubling Its Network CapacityIn support of the newly unveiled The Switch Five Nines Service for sports, The Switch unveiled a massive upgrade of the company’s current 10-Gbps inter-city backbone to 20 Gbps. The greater capacity will carry the new service among its 44...
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