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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]

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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]