Live from IBC 2023: Sunday's latest from Amsterdam By SVG Contributor Saturday, September 16, 2023 - 21:49
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The SVG Europe and SVG Americas teams are onsite in Amsterdam for IBC 2023. As the production and broadcast industry gathers to launch new products and to network, the SVG team is out in force in the exhibition halls of the RAI to gather and share the latest news with the SVG community. You'll find all the key announcements and news here with daily updates through Monday.
Today's issue features Aeta Audio, Audinate, Backlight, BCE, Brightcove, Colbalt, Cyanview, Evergent, FriendMTS, Editshare, Globecast, Guntermann & Drunck, Hitomi Broadcast, Imagine Communications, Intelsat, Lama, LTN, LucidLink, Magnifi, Mavis Broadcast, MediaKind, Net Insight, Q5X, Riedel, RT Software, Shure, SSIMWAVE, Synamedia, TAG Video Systems, Telstra Broadcast Services, Vislink, and Xytech.
Aeta Audio (Stand 8.F65) is showcasing Scoopyflex, which has a new docking station to increase the system's flexibility. Said general manager Yann Vonarburg, The new docking station is available, and we're on the edge of having our new recording, playback, and editing features for Scoopyflex available as well. This all combined makes our small portable reporting unit, Scoopyflex, into a full commentary unit so users can have a few Scoopyflexes, a few docking stations, and use them interchangeably to be covered for every type of event.
Audinate's Will Waters
Audinate's (Stand 5.C90) Dante Connect is now shipping. Multiple customers are using the audio-transport solution for cloud-based workflows in production, with more currently executing proof-of-concept tests prior to deploying to production. According to Audinate Principal Product Manager Will Waters, Dante enables mixing editors and A1s to support remote-audio-production workflows. The complete remote production of audio is enabled by Dante Connect, from transmission of audio from any Dante-enabled device on location through cloud services and back down for broadcast. Audinate also announced that Advanced Systems Group (ASG) and Diversified have signed on as distributors, joining HHB Communications.
The Backlight stand (1.D09) offers a chance to find out how Wildmoka, one of the companies in its portfolio, dovetails with Zyper Playout, another entity within the Backlight family. Wildmoka provides cloud-based video production, and Zype Playout adds drag-and-drop programming of live or on-demand videos into linear streams for distribution across broadcast and digital platforms. Wildmoka now includes Live Studio, a browser-based digital-first live-production platform that makes it easy to tailor an existing live stream or create a new one from multiple live sources, clips, graphics, and images, while preserving brand consistency with preconfigured production rooms and templated destinations. AI-assisted inventory creation within Zype Playout is another new feature, providing the ability to detect ad opportunities using machine learning, combined with low-latency ad routing, device targeting, and a custom approach to ad macros.
BCE (Stand 8.B57) is introducing its Media-as-a-Service offer. The concept marks an important evolution for BCE, providing customers with a one-stop shop for all their media solutions, products, and services. Media-as-a-Service allows customers to build their own customised set of solutions that precisely match their project requirements. The goal of the new approach is to provide unparalleled flexibility and efficiency to its customers. BCE is showcasing its remote-production and gamification modules, featuring two cutting edge solutions: Holovox and fan engagement. Holovox is a remote voice-over solution that enables users to add one- or multiple-language voice-over streams to live productions from any location with an internet connection. Its cloud-based platform allows users to manage teams, control live audio and video streams, and seamlessly incorporate live translations and sign-language insertions.
The big news from Brightcove (Stand 5.B90) is a deal with the National Hockey League (NHL), under which the streaming company will provide its technology and platform for delivery of digital video content on the websites of the league and its 32 clubs and on the NHL app. Brightcove's streaming solutions -ingest, players, management, data and insights, monetisation - will transform how the NHL delivers its video to hockey fans across the globe, including by offering high-quality video, fast load times and fewer disruptions, according to Brightcove. Its stand also highlights monetising live and on-demand streaming content and maximising audience value across a broader range of revenue models as sharing content to larger audiences and new audiences.
Cobalt Digital's Suzana Brady
Colbalt (Stand 10.F42) is showcasing its new Wave Routers, which are available in 64 x 64 and 32 x 32 options. Said Suzana Brady, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, Cobalt Digital, These are extremely high density, very flexible, and very easy to integrate. They are compatible with Colbalt's new Wave Control Panels. The panels also have customisable APIs so they can be used with any product, which is a great differentiator.
Cyanview (Stand 10.D31G) is exhibiting its new menu for the RCP-J. Said Cyanview marketing and comms manager Renaud Tilman, We've got a totally new menu to add functionality as found on high-end cameras. such as Sony. If operators use Cyanview for high-end cameras, it will be easy for them to work with.
Editshare's Stephen Tallamy
Having just last week merged with Shift Media, Editshare (Stand 7.A35) is showcasing the cloud-native-video-solutions provider's products: MediaSilo, Wiredrive, and Screeners.com. Editshare chief technology officer Step
