IBC 2018 SportTechBuzz in Review: Halls 8-11 By SVG Staff
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:45 pm
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The SVG Europe and SVG Americas editorial teams were out in full force at last week's IBC Show, covering the biggest sports-technology news and delivering daily SportTechBuzz at IBC roundups. Here is a look at the IBC 2018 SportTechBuzz from Halls 8-11.
In this post, check out what these companies rolled out at IBC: Aerial Camera Systems, Arista Networks, Audinate, Axon Digital, Broadcast RF, Broadcast Solutions, BroaMan, Calrec Audio, Clear-Com, Cobalt Digital, Eurovision Media Services, EVS, Gearhouse Broadcast, Genelec, Grass Valley, Lawo, Leader Electronics, Panasonic, Pebble Beach Systems, Riedel, Ross Video Slomo.tv, Tedial, Telos Alliance, TSL Products, Wave Central, and WorldCast Connect.
Aerial Camera Systems showcased a joint project with Broadcast RF on stand 11.D12, the RF Polecam Pico. Said Matt Coyde, sales director: This was driven by one of our engineers who had the idea for a roaming live polecam, then we thought it would be a great idea to combine that with the capability of Antelope Pico. We did a couple of tests at events for golf and got great crowd shots and were able to follow the golfers around the course. As well as offering live output, we can also provide a second channel for record, replay and high frame rate output; it's a really efficient operation. Added Broadcast RF's Chris Brandrick: The beauty is the cameraman can wander around doing his thing and we can trigger replays and control the camera from the truck.
This is the year that we can truly say IP is real,' said Ed Chapman, VP business development, alliances, and sales at Arista (8.E30). Arista showcased its scalable switching platforms, which Chapman says have been increasingly adopted by live sports producers, including NEP (in conjunction with Wimbledon), Timeline TV, and others. In addition to participating in the AIMS IP interop at IBC and showcasing IP workflows at its booth with partners like Lawo, EVS, Axon, and Nevion, more than two dozen companies utilized Arista switches at their booths throughout the RAI.
IP audio leader Audinate (8.A19) previewed a new feature in Dante Controller at IBC2018. Dante Updater allows devices to easily update with the latest firmware, adding to Dante's innate interoperability. To be installed with new versions of Dante Controller, Dante Updater will automatically scan the Dante network, identifying devices for which it has new firmware or manufacturer software available, and download the required files from its own managed database.
Axon Digital announced the latest release of its Cerebrum control and monitoring platform, which provides the comprehensive third party device control. New protocols featured include support for Audinate Dante, Ross Ultrix, Harmonic, Wohler, Vislink and Blackmagic. On stand 10.A21, Axon demonstrated why this control and monitoring platform is useful for mobile production, news and studio live production, master control, and remote production.
Broadcast RF (11.D12) demonstrated Velo4G, its new onboard-bicycle camera platform, following the success of its second trial held recently at the Tour of Britain. Chris Brandrick, commercial director at Broadcast RF, said: 4G onboards are in their infancy, but we are confident this is truly a game changer for road cycling and other applications requiring cost effective remote POV camera solutions. The company also launched BeltpackRF here in Amsterdam, a 200g transmitter, battery, and antennae that can be fully controlled remotely.
Broadcast Solutions took two stands at IBC 2018, including the show's largest outdoor display space. Focusing on systems integration, the outdoor stand (O.E02) was accompanied by an indoor stand (8.D74) where Broadcast Solutions is presenting its answer to today's and future challenges in managing media infrastructures. Based on more than 20 years' experience in system design Broadcast Solutions has developed hi, an intuitive and easy to use control layer for media appliances.
BroaMan (stand 8.C60) further extended its successful Mux22 series of devices, with the announcement of the Mux22 FrameSync8, which provides a superior upgrade to traditional frame sync technologies. By using advanced timing and transport techniques, the new FrameSync option allows zero-delay frame syncs, and auto-adjustment of its embedded audio. This addresses a number of problems which began with the use of digital equipment, notably the infamous lip sync issues and highly irritating delays for actors and conductors in live situations, BroMan said.
Calrec Audio revealed two new IP products on stand 8.C61, the H2-IP Gateway and the AoIP Modular I/O controller card. Both products are SMPTE 2110/AES67-compatible and expand the range of AoIP solutions Calrec now offers. These two new solutions build on Calrec's new Impulse core, a native-IP core for use with Apollo and Artemis surfaces. The H2-IP Gateway provides an interface between a Hydra2 network and an AoIP network. It also awards an extra control level that allows audio labels to be passed in both directions between the two networks along with control data.
Clear-Com (10. D29) highlighted the high density audio-and-intercom-over-IP connection card for the Eclipse HX digital matrix intercom family, called E-IPA. Natively AES67 compliant and SMPTE2110-30 ready, the E-IPA card provides 64 streams of low latency and high audio bandwidth connections for linking existing and new IP-based Clear-Com products, including the new FSII IP transceiver (IPT) and is ready for interoperating with other AES-67 compatible Clear-Com products. The E-IPA IP Connection Card is making its European debut at IBC 2018.
Also, Clear-Com had a plethora of enhancements to its port
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IBC 2018 SportTechBuzz in Review: Halls 8-11 By SVG Staff 
