IBC 2018

At IBC, Heads Were In The Cloud

The buzz around the IP transition, the cloud and AI was so loud at this year’s IBC that the walls were practically humming with it. Although frequency of that buzz may be too future-pitched to fully resonate with many broadcasters, the conversation about how to manage such a major transition continues to gain clarity.

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Panasonic

Panasonic | www.panasonic.com Pathway To Live production — Under the slogan of Live. Sports. Entertainment. Panasonic demonstrated the latest line up of studio, ENG and remote camera systems alongside an […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Annova Systems

Annova Systems| Stand 3.B36| https://www.annova.tv/ Around a dozen key areas in the new OpenMedia version 4.4 contains items of new and enhanced functionality. Features and functional enhancements have been applied […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: TVU Networks

TVU Networks | Stand 2.B28| http://www.tvunetworks.com/ Part of TVU Network’s range of innovative remote production solutions, TVU Producer enables anyone to produce professional, multi-camera video, eliminating the need for expensive […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Grass Valley

Grass Valley | Stand 9.A01| https://www.grassvalley.com/home/ In a move designed to put customers firmly at the center of its innovation and product development, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is debuting […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: JVC

JVC | www.jvcpro.eu Newly announced at IBC 2018 are two new models in the CONNECTED CAM range – the GY-HC500 and the GY-HC550 – which offer unparalleled IP connectivity in […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Shotoku

Shotoku | Stand 12.E42| http://www.shotoku.tv/jp/ Shotoku Broadcast Systems has returned to IBC with enhancements and upgrades for its robotic camera control platform, including the SmartPed and SmartRail camera support solutions. […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Avid

Avid | Stand 7.B55| https://www.avid.com/ Avid brings new products and technology demonstrations across the IBC Show floor to help enterprises, teams and individuals to maximize efficiency and opportunity in media […]

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Dejero And Partners Showcase Live Production

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is collaborating with partners Microsoft Azure, Avid, Haivision, Hiscale, Make.TV and […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Ross Video

Ross Video | Stand 11.C10 |rossvideo.com/media Carbonite Ultra — Carbonite Ultra is built on an entirely new 1RU hardware platform with 240% more processing power than the original Carbonite. Remarkably affordable, […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Prime Focus Technologies

Prime Focus Technologies | Stand 7.C05| www.PrimeFocusTechnologies.com Prime Focus Technologies, the technology arm of Prime Focus, has partnered with Virtual Artificial Intelligence, a U.K.-based provider of AI solutions. The partnership […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Avid First

Avid | Stand 7.B55| www.avid.com Avid announced that more than one million aspiring creative people in nearly every country have downloaded Avid First creative tools for free to develop their […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Video Clarity

Video Clarity | Stand 2.C57| videoclarity.com Making its European debut at IBC is ClearView 9.0, the latest software release for Video Clarity’s ClearView line of video quality analyzers. Driven by […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Gearhouse Broadcast

Gearhouse Broadcast | Stand 10.B39| https://www.gearhousebroadcast.com  Gearhouse Broadcast, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, is upgrading its fleet of […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: NewTek

NewTek | Stand 7.C59| https://www.newtek.com NewTek announced the availability of NDI 3.7 which includes an embedded software development kit (SDK) for manufacturers of video devices including cameras, monitors, converters, game […]

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YouTube Deepens Inroads To TV

Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, says the platform’s biggest growth area is on television sets. It’s drawing on an arsenal of original content and subscription models to accelerate that trend.

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Masstech & x.news

Masstech & x.news | Stands 7.C55 & 1.C27| https://masstech.com/ Masstech announced its collaboration with x.news information technology to provide x.news users full visibility into both video and text sent by […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz | Stand 7.21| www.hohde-schwarz.com R&S TMU9evo air-cooled UHF medium-power transmitter — Rohde & Schwarz is committed to making network operators’ lives easier. Over the years, the company […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: TICO Alliance

TICO Alliance | Stand 10.D31| www.tico-alliance.org The TICO Alliance — an open coalition of companies united to set the bar for next generation UHDTV infrastructure by establishing TICO compression in the […]

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For Broadcasters, Voice Platform Still A ‘Black Box’

Massive consumer adoption of smart speakers has prompted broadcasters to consider the prospect of adapting their content to voice. But even Amazon concedes “it’s still day one” for broadcast’s moves on the platform.

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IBC Opening Press Conferences: Evertz, Grass Valley, Harmonic, Imagine, MediaKind

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Ross Video

Ross Video | Stand 11.C10| www.rossvideo.com Ross Video’s XPression Version 8.5 — the most advanced real-time motion graphics engine software Ross Video has ever released — will be shown. An […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: MediaKind

MediaKind | Stand 1.D61| http://www.mediakind.com/ MediaKind is launching MediaFirst Client for Mediaroom, a new solution that enables existing Mediaroom operators to upgrade to the MediaFirst TV Platform. Mediaroom is an […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: EditShare

EditShare, a provider of intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, today announced that its new Flow software-defined media asset management (MAM) release will be available through a subscription-based […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Grass Valley & ExciteM

Grass Valley & ExciteM | Stand 9.A01| https://www.grassvalley.com/home/ Grass Valley, a Belden Brand,  announced a strategic collaboration with software development firm ExciteM, which creates viewer and audience engagement tools for […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications | Stand 4.A01| www.imaginecommunications.com Imagine Communications is unveiling a range of business-driving enhancements to Versio Platform, the latest evolution of the company’s groundbreaking and industry-proven playout software solutions. […]

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Trust Tops Tech To Rebuild News Audiences

An opening panel at the broadcasters’ gathering in Amsterdam found that rebuilding audience trust is a top priority, and the right combination of social listening and low-tech reporting might help realize it.

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Bluefish444

Bluefish444| Stand 7.B44 | https://bluefish444.com/products/software/details/5/adobe-software.html Bluefish444, manufacturer of the professional video uncompressed 4K SDI, ASI, Video Over IP and HDMI I/O cards and mini converters, announces SMPTE 2022/2110 Video Over […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Harmonic

Harmonic | Stand 1.B20| www.harmonicinc.com At IBC 2018, Harmonic launched dynamic ad insertion (DAI) capabilities and will provide a sneak peek of disruptive disaster recovery scenarios enabled by its VOS360 […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: The Telos Alliance

The Telos Alliance | Stand 8.D47| https://www.telosalliance.com The Telos Alliance, a provider of broadcast technology and parent company to Telos, Omnia, Axia, 25-Seven, Linear Acoustic and Minnetonka — will demonstrate […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Grass Valley & Dell EMC

Grass Valley & Dell EMC | Stands 9.A01 & 7.C39   A big part of building any successful broadcast infrastructure is integrating server and storage solutions to manage the critical […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Ross Video

Ross Video | Stand 11.C10| www.rossvideo.com Ross Video launched BACH Liberty at IBC 2018. BACH Liberty is a drop-in replacement, pin-compatible module to Dante Brooklyn II, featuring a fully compliant AES67 […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Artel Video Systems

Artel Video Systems | Stand 5.A65| www.artel.com Artel Video Systems, a provider of innovative real-time multimedia delivery solutions, has partnered with DirectOut Technologies at IBC2018 to demonstrate IP interoperability between […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Mellanox Technologies

Mellanox Technologies | Stand 8.E27| http://www.mellanox.com Mellanox Technologies, a supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems announced an advanced and self-contained Ethernet Video Fabric […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Vizrt

Vizrt | Stand 7.B01| www.vizrt.com Vizrt will present the latest version of its media asset management (MAM) system. Viz One 6.1 introduces a new smart transfer system, optimized search for […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Matrox

Matrox | Stand B15, Hall 7| www.matrox.com/video Matrox Video introduced two new additions to its developer product portfolio: Matrox X.mio5 12G, a multichannel SDI I/O card with onboard video processing, and Matrox […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: IMT Vislink

IMT Vislink | Stand 1.A69| https://imt-solutions.com/ IMT Vislink will be demonstrating an innovative enhancement to its HCAM and UltraReceiver wireless camera solution to provide single-frame end-to-end latency for 4K UHD transmissions. Production […]

Grass Valley IP To Power IBC TV

IBC TV, the official television channel of the IBC Show (Sept. 13-18, Amsterdam), has turned to Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, to engage its nearly 60,000 attendees with content, all powered by IP. This […]

On The IBC Exhibit Floor: NAGRA

NAGRA | Stand 1.C81| dtv.nagra.com NAGRA, a provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has launched NexGuard QuickMark, a subscriber-level watermarking solution to fight piracy of premium live sports […]

MultiDyne Strengthens Its West Coast U.S. Presence

MultiDyne Fiber Optic Solutions has appointed industry veterans Jesse Foster and Bob McAlpine to key roles that will help to shape the long-term future of the company. Effective immediately, Foster joins MultiDyne as director […]