NAB ’16 Tech Hot Topics Products: Road To IP
This year, TVNewsCheck is augmenting its coverage of NAB Show Hot Topics tech trends stories with information that can make your visit to NAB easier. This week’s focus is The Road To IP (read the main story here). These companion resource guides on the technology covered each week are compilations of information provided by vendors. To download this page as a PDF, click here.
Avid | Booth SU902 | Website: www.avid.com | 65-75 Network Dr., Burlington, MA 01803 | 978-640-6789
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Calrec Audio | Booth C1745 | Website: www.calrecaudio.com | Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HX7 8 EZ | +44 1422 842
AoIP Networking Interfaces includes an AES67/Ravenna interface, an AVB interface, a modular I/O Dante card that also has AES67 compatibility and a SMPTE 2022-6 video interface). Calrec’s customers can now interface with multiple protocols at the same time. For example, a signal can be received via AES67 and then sent out via SMPTE 2022, AVB, Ravenna, Dante or AES67. Signal-processing takes place via modular cards or 1U boxes.
Each signal also benefits from the management facilities inherent in Hydra2. This benefit is especially powerful in remote environments where multiple trucks are connected. It means that different units can operate across multiple formats in the field.
Each element of Calrec’s protocol range redundantly connects to Hydra2 and appears like any other I/O resource on the Hydra2 network.
Availability: At the 2016 NAB Show.
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ChyronHego | Booth SL1210 | Website: www.chyronhego.com | 5 Hub Dr., Melville, NY 11747 | 631-845-2000
ChyronHego IP workflows — At the 2016 NAB Show, ChyronHego will showcase the solutions and workflows that are easing the path to all-IP operations for its broadcast customers. The spotlight will be on end-to-end workflows for news and sports production, channel branding and tickers and weather production that integrate ChyronHego’s core product family as well as new and recently acquired technologies.
The migration to IP is top-of-mind for many broadcast operations, but so far the focus has been mostly on standards for video transmission over Ethernet connections. ChyronHego believes that the IP migration is about much more than replacing a cable; it requires a completely integrated, end-to-end, software-based approach that leverages standard IT equipment and infrastructure.
Price: For pricing, contact ChyronHego at [email protected].
Availability: Now
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Cinegy | Booth SL11116 | Website: www.cinegy.com | Muellerstr.27, 80469 Munich, Germany | +49-89-238853-60
Cinegy as a Service — Cinegy as a Service is an IP-friendly, hardware-free way of enabling users to deploy software-defined television on cloud-based virtual machines. All of Cinegy’s software technology, starting with Cinegy’s real-time playout server and broadcast automation software, Cinegy Air, will steadily migrate to cloud-based services such as Amazon Web Services, enabling users to spin up, test drive, and, if they choose, deploy Cinegy technology in an HD or 4K cloud.
By having Cinegy’s software hosted on GPU-friendly Amazon Web Services users only pay for what they need, when they need it. There’s no upfront investment. Requirements for increases in system capacity can be more accurately planned and costed. And because the cloud vendor provides resiliency and data protection, the need for those resources in house is eliminated.
Price: For pricing on Cinegy software modules, contact an authorized Cinegy dealer.
Availability: Now.
DANIEL2 — Cinegy will feature its finalized DANIEL2 acquisition and production codec at NAB 2016. DANIEL2 is GPU-based and has no dependence on legacy codec architectures. The codec resolves a problem faced when designing 4K, 8K or even 16K systems that need to handle multiple streams in real time. Being totally GPU focused, DANIEL2 vastly accelerates the entire production chain. It decodes multiple 4K and 8K streams while performing real-time compositing, color correction, scaling and titling.
Availability: Now.
Cinegy Open Tools — To ease everyone’s transition to IP, Cinegy will announce details of Cinegy Open Tools, a free and entirely open suite of tools and utilities for broadcasters converting to IP or attempting other transitions common in the industry today.
The range of free tools and utilities can be used to test, check, benchmark, convert — whatever applies — to develop new solutions, products or workflows. Cinegy hopes that by openly sharing, for example, high quality codec analysis or stream analyzer tools, others will benefit from the company’s experience and drive the industry as a whole further into an IP-based world.
Price: Free
Availability: Now
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Deluxe | Booth SU4414 | Website: www.bydeluxe.com | 435 Hudson St., 9th floor, New York, NY 10014 | 212-824-317
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DNF Controls | Booth: N1715 | Website: www.dnfcontrols.com | 19770 Bahama St., Northridge, CA 91324 | 818-898-3380
IP Control Buddy — IP Control Buddy is a robust new go-to solution for managing device control and messaging. It features programmer-free Web page configuration and will be available in both GPI/O and LCD pushbutton models. A single button press can be used to activate a GPI/O, transmit a serial command, or send an Ethernet-based TCP/UDP/SNMP/HTTP message. It can also convert one GPI Input into multiple GPI Outputs or multiple GPI Inputs to a single Output.
To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected].
Evertz | Booth N1502 | Website: www.evertz.com | 5292 John Lucas Dr., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7L 5Z9 | +1-905-335-3700
Magnum SDVN (Software Defined Video Networking) Orchestration and Control — With more than 40 global installations of its Software Defined Video Networking (SDVN) solutions, Evertz continues to lead the industry’s transition to IP. The core of any SDVN installation is the orchestration and control software called Magnum. Magnum manages independent video, audio, and data flows over a 10GbE network infrastructure. Magnum provides full end-to-end control of the flows while maintaining the common control surfaces used by operators today in an SDI facility. At NAB 2016, Evertz will highlight the new advanced features of Magnum that allow customers to switch open encapsulation formats that are standards based (such as SMPTE 2022-6, Sony NMI, ASPEN, and TR-03) for UHDTV/3G/HD/SD-SDI and advanced tools that allow the broadcast engineer to maintain and troubleshoot the system.
Product Info: http://www.evertz.com/solutions/sdvn
Datasheet: http://www.evertz.com/resources/SDVN_Brochure.pdf
Availability: Now
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EVS | Both SL3816 | Website: www.evs.com | 9 Law Dr., Suite 200, Fairfield, NJ 07004 | 973-575-7811
XiP media gateway — The XiP media gateway expands the IP capabilities of EVS’ XT3 and XS3 media production servers and supports SMPTE 2022-6 and networking design.
DYVI, IT-based switching combines enterprise-level IT hardware, creative software, scalable architecture and an intuitive user interface to transform the way video is produced, enabling users to choose only the resources needed and keeping operations simple.
URL For Product: https://evs.com/en/product/dyvi
To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected]
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand | SL106 | www.grassvalley.com | 3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4S 2C6 | +1-514-333-1772
GV Node — GV Node allows broadcasters to combine many of the advantages of a data center model with the specific requirements of a live broadcast production environment, such as vertically accurate and quiet switching. Well-suited for live production, particularly the OB van market due to its high performance and small footprint, GV Node offers support of larger distributed systems with star topologies for larger productions.
GV Node combines the functionality of a traditional broadcast hybrid audio/video router with IP aggregation and processing, such as multiviewing and audio mux/demux. This means more flexible monitoring capabilities with vastly reduced cabling since the processing is embedded within the switching fabric making the system well-suited for production and playout applications. GV Node is also designed to leverage the large portfolio of Densité processing cards which can be supported within the GV Node frame. GV Node supports the AIMS-approved industry standards to assure interoperability across the industry.
Product info: http://www.grassvalley.com/products/gv_node
Price: http://www.grassvalley.com/sales/contact
Availability: Now
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Harmonic | Booth SU1210 | Website: http://www.harmonicinc.com/ | 4300 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134 | 800-828-5521
Imagine Communications | Booth No. N2502 | Website: www.imaginecommunications.com | 3001 Dallas Parkway Suite 300, Frisco, TX 75034 | 469-803-4900
Versio — The completely software-based, fully IP-enabled and cloud-capable Versio is an integrated playout solution used worldwide by media companies from small, single-channel operations to large, multichannel environments and master control operations. Versio simplifies the creation and management of channels and enables media companies to extend their brands and content with more freedom, visibility and control than ever before. Providing a disruption-free transition to IP, Versio combines automation, branding, graphics, file server, storage and master control capabilities in an entirely software-based environment and with deployment flexibility across premises, hybrid and cloud-based environments. With Versio at the heart of channel-enablement, broadcasters and media companies are able to accelerate new services and improved operations.
Product Info: http://www.imaginecommunications.com/products/playout/integrated-playout/versio
Availability: Now
Platinum IP3 15RU router — Offering expansion options, on-air protection and a path to an IP routing future, Platinum IP3 is future-proofed to support Ultra High Definition (UHD) signals and is designed for reliable, resilient, high-quality routing of all signal types. The new Platinum IP3 15RU features the same integrated routing and processing capabilities of the enterprise-class router but in a compact 15RU frame. This provides mobile and broadcast production environments cost-, space- and power-efficiency improvements. Platinum IP3 routers combine audio, video and multiviewer signals in a single-frame solution. Offering mixed-signal routing up to 288 x 512 video in a single frame, the new router can be seamlessly expanded – with no disruption to on-air operations– up to 576 x 512 in two interconnected 15RU frames.
Availability: Now
URL For Product: http://www.imaginecommunications.com/products/networking-infrastructure/routers/platinum-ip3-15ru.
To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected].
intoPIX | Booth No. C8525 | Website: www.intopix.com | Rue Emile Francqui, 9 – 1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium | +3210238470
IPX-TICO-UHD4K and IPX-TICO-UHD8K FPGA IP-cores — The new TICO FPGA IP-cores implemented by intoPIX support resolutions from HD to 4K. First 8K cores will be delivered on Q2 2016. The FPGA IP-cores, compatible with the SMPTE RDD35, and ported on Xilinx and Altera are designed to build UHDTV 4K systems over existing SDI, SMPTE2022-6 and future VSF TR03 standards. The cores enable building interoperable systems for transporting UHDTV over single 3G-SDI and 10GbE IP infrastructures that need to support TICO lightweight compression.
IPX-TICO-SDK — The TICO software development kit and software kit enable implementation of the TICO encoder or decoder running purely on a CPU. The SDK offers direct support for mapping 4K over 3G-SDI using TICO compression.
Product Info: www.intopix.com/TICO
Datasheet: www.intopix.com/XilinxTICO; www.intopix.com/AlteraTICO; www.intopix.com/SDKTICO
Price: For pricing, contact intoPIX.
Availability: Now
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NewTek | Booth SL5817 | Website: www.newtek.com | 5131 Beckwith Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78249 | 210-370-8000
NDI, Network Device Interface — NDI allows multiple video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP, and to encode, transmit and receive many streams of high-quality, low-latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real time. NDI benefits any network-connected video device, including video switchers, graphics systems, capture cards and many other production devices. This makes it possible to increase exponentially the number of sources available for live production switching, without directly attaching to devices, changing locations or investing in expensive, high-bandwidth networks that simply replace SDI-based workflows. NDI is a royalty-free software development kit (SDK) for anyone wanting to enable IP workflows in their facilities or in production devices and systems they manufacture.
Product Info: http://newtek.com/ndi
Price: NDI is a royalty-free software development kit.
Availability: Now
Pixel Power | Booth SL5922 | Website: www.pixelpower.com | 209 E. Alameda Ave., Suite 102, Burbank, CA 91502 | 818-276-4515
StreamMaster — StreamMaster builds on Clarity, creating an integrated playout platform for complex channels. StreamMaster can run on dedicated hardware, be virtualized in a datacenter or virtualized in the cloud. The software-defined system is format-agnostic, scalable and flexible, which enables cost saving and new pricing models, including pay-as-you-go for pop-up channels.
Product Info: http://www.pixelpower.com/products/streammaster
Availability: Now
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SAM – Snell Advanced Media | Booth SL1805 | Website: https://s-a-m.com | 31 Turnpike Rd., Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2NX, United Kingdom | +44 1635-265627
IP Edge — SAM’s new IP-Edge takes complexity away from hybrid and pure IP rollouts. Products that are IP-Edge enabled include routers, switchers, IQ processing, servers and playout systems. Customers can buy with confidence knowing that IP-Edge closely follows the interoperability goals of AIMS. One of the first products launched in the IP Edge family is the IQ Edge processing solution, developed to bridge the gap to IP environments by offering a range of image and audio processing capabilities in an integrated package.
Sony Electronics | Booth C11001 | Website: www.sony.com/professional | One Sony Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656 | 201-930-1000
4K/HD Live Server System — The PWS-4500 server is one of the key elements of Sony’s next-generation 4K and HD live production solutions with Sony NMI IP technology. The server incorporates XAVC format (both 4K and HD) and Avid DNxHD recording capabilities, flexible I/O configurations and HFR recording capability. It adds support for NMI interfaces, a new file-sharing feature called SharePlay, and standard redundant power supplies. The system can be flexibly configured, using various optional accessories. This allows it to be used as a highly cost-effective HD production recorder or as a fully featured slow-motion replay server supporting both 4K and HD formats.
Datasheet: http://bit.ly/pws4500brochure
Availability: Now
Vizrt | Booth No. SL2417 | Website: www.vizrt.com | Nordre Nostekai 1, Bergen 05011 Norway | P: + 47-99533791
To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected]
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