SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2019: Tuesday's Latest From Vegas

SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2019: Tuesday's Latest From Vegas By SVG Staff

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 8:28 am

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The NAB Show is in full swing in Las Vegas, and the SVG and SVG Europe editorial teams are chasing down the hottest stories from all over the LVCC show floor. To make the onslaught of announcements easily digestible for our readers, SVG is sending you a daily SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2019 roundup, with all the top stories gathered together in one easy to read blog from our newshounds.

Today's edition features Akamai, Blackmagic, Calrec, CenturyLink, Cobalt Digital, CP Communications, Disguise, Evertz, EVS, Focusrite, Genelec, Gerling and Associates, Grass Valley, G&D North America, Hitomi, Imagine Communications, Leader, LinkedIn, M2A Media, MediaKind, Mobile TV Group, Mobile Viewpoint, Net Insight, Nevion, Nine Entertainment, Open Broadcast Systems, PCCW Global, Qvest Media, Red Bee Media, Riedel Communications, RIST Working Group, Roe Visual, Roland, SailGP, Sennheiser, Shoflo, Shure, Signiant, Skyline Communications, Solid State Logic, Sony Imaging Products and Solutions, Spectra Logic, Streamroot, Telstra Broadcast Services, V-Nova, Whisper Films, WorldStage, Zixi, Zixo.

NORTH HALL

Shoflo (Booth N3924) arrived at its fourth NAB Show with a focus on eSports. We've got a lot of eSports teams that are already using our software around the globe, said Founder and CEO Stephen Bowles. We've been really dialing in the product around their workflows. In addition, Shoflo is showing off the integration of teleprompting capabilities within its production rundown software, enabling producers to manage and make adjustments to their rundown and scripts on one platform, keeping both in sync. Following its acquisition of TSE ScriptPro last year, Shoflo invites TSE's clients that are now part of the Shoflo family to stop by.

After demoing the prototype of its KVM-over-IP matrix switching system at last year's NAB Show, G&D North America (Booth N3424) is now showing the final, shipping product on its booth. The system enables highly scalable and flexible distributed switching of computer signals via standard IP-based networks and over existing network infrastructures, and offers broadcasters cross-system, platform-independent operation and extensive interoperability. The KVM-over-IP extends real 4K over IP and ensures pixel-perfect video transmission for DisplayPort 1.2 signals for resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz. In addition, G&D is showing its the DP1.2-VisionXG KVM extender, which provides transmission of high-resolution, 4K and 8K video signals at 60Hz, uncompressed and latency-free.

CENTRAL HALL

Riedel Communications (Booth C6537) unveiled its new Artist-1024 node, a powerful expansion to the Artist intercom ecosystem, at a press conference here at NAB. The Artist-1024 node offers 1,024 non-blocking ports in 2 RU, reducing rack space requirements. This latest addition to the Artist ecosystem introduces a range of technical innovations centered on software-definable Universal Interface Cards (UIC). This entirely new type of interface card combines networking, mixing, and management, and can be configured to act as an AES67 or MADI subscriber card, or as an Artist fiber/router/processor card. System compatibility and the sustainability of client investments are of the utmost importance to us, said Thomas Riedel, President and CEO at Riedel Communications. The Artist-1024 node will suit new clients looking to have a comprehensive and future-ready system today as well as those clients who have supported us for years and are now ready to take the step to IP infrastructures.

Those looking for new solutions to the challenge of producing tier two and three events more affordably will want to swing by CP Communications (Booth C3307, shared with Mobile Viewpoint). Kurt Heitmann, CEO of CP Communications, said the Red House Streaming production packages can meet a variety of needs and make use of public internet and Mobile Viewpoint TerraLink encoders. Cam Stream is for one or two-camera shoots; Multicam Stream for at home productions with up to four cameras, and Production Stream is for productions with up to seven cameras (the latter package also includes a SimplyLive ViBox 8 switcher). It's a truck in a box and pricing depends on how you configure it, said Heitmann. We have been looking at the competitive marketplace for years and we know the business is out there. We think if you build it, they will come.

Solid State Logic (Booth C3026) has joined Sennheiser's (Booth C1307) Ambeo for VR Partnership Program. Solid State Logic's S500, S300 and TCR System T broadcast mixing consoles will now feature onboard Ambeo A-B conversion for the Sennheiser Ambeo VR Mic. The partnership with Sennheiser Ambeo expands our growing functionality to provide processing for multiple audio formats for immersive and three-dimensional audio; channel-based, objects, Ambisonics and binaural, commented Tom Knowles, SSL Broadcast Product Manager.

Focusrite (Booth C2052) has released RedNet Control 2.3, a free update that unifies RedNet Control with configuration, status monitoring, metering and extended operational control of the Red 4Pre, Red 8Pre, Red 16Line, Focusrite's range of audio interfaces offering up to 64 in / 64 out Thunderbolt I/O with Pro Tools, HD and Dante network audio connectivity.

Genelec (Booth C4748) demonstrated a selection of its active monitors in an immersive 7.1.4 Atmos configuration. The system is composed of S360A Smart Active Monitors (L-C-R), 8341A's (side and rear), 8331A's (overheads), and 7382A and 7360A subwoofers (sub and bass management). These models will be used to demonstrate monitoring solutions for immersive mixing for music and post in Atmos.

Roland (Booth C7712) demoed its VR-1HD AV Streaming

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