With its special stainless steel armoring, the new HDMI2.1 cable offers maximum robustness and optimally protects its sensitive inner workings from potential damage. The armored structure of the cable ensures a high load capacity and allows a tensile strength of up to 80 kg. The HDMI connectors with their robust housings also offer maximum stability and can withstand a tensile force of up to 65 kg. Despite this extremely robust construction, the cable is surprisingly slim at just 5.8 mm and can be laid flexibly with a minimum bending radius of just 20 mm.

Seoul, South Korea, October 2024....Genelec has added Seoul to its growing global network of Experience Centres. Visitors to the new Seoul Experience Centre will receive expert advice on Genelec technology, and enjoy an exceptionally high quality critical listening environment, from stereo to immersive. The Seoul location joins other existing Genelec Experience Centres across Europe, The Americas and Asia – all of which share the same mission of helping customers to understand and experience the finest in sound reproduction.

Sommer cable GmbH is pleased to announce the succession in the management team. On October 1^st, 2024, Maximilian Blanck and Marie-Kathrin Huber will join the management of the Straubenhardt-based company. They will succeed Friedhelm Sommer, the co-founder and long-standing Managing Director, who is taking his well-deserved retirement.

The SC-VECTOR PLUS 0.8L/3.7DZ video BNC patch cable (Art. V8GX-***) from Sommer Cable offers flexibility and durability. Its double CU braided shielding ensures complete coverage and effective protection against external interference. The cable features a robust insulation made from low-attenuation cellular PE (3.7 mm) surrounding a 0.7 mm inner conductor composed of 19 x 0.16 mm CU strands. The outer jacket, with a 6.1 mm diameter, is constructed from a notch-resistant PUR material that remains flexible in cold conditions and is resistant to heat and UV exposure.

As part of a wider range of upgrade modules being made for their existing VB120 and VB220 monitoring probe lines, Bridge Technologies today announced the launch of the VB278 module, which will expand the extensive capabilities of both base probes to incorporate satellite contribution and direct-to-home distribution monitoring, supporting the DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X modulation standards.

As part of a suite of new releases being unveiled at IBC 2024 by German start up Proton Camera Innovations (Booth 11.A06), the company today announces the launch of its PROTON FLEX, a miniaturised camera that uses a flexible design to maximise performance in any live production that requires heat and space management.

The Ministry of Information Kuwait National Radio has awarded the contract for Radio Archive Project to Al Rashed Group and chosen NOA GmbH, a leading AV digitizing and archiving specialist, to modernize its radio repertoire. The comprehensive project includes the digitization of the broadcaster’s entire repertoire and disaster recovery backup.

Calrec, leading designer and supplier of broadcast audio mixing consoles and equipment, has expanded its distribution partnership with Bavaria-based broadcast audio specialists, Cerberus Media Solutions to cover the entire DACH region – Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Broadcasters in these countries can take full advantage of Calrec’s multi-award-winning new standard for broadcast audio, Argo, available in Austria and Switzerland for the first time. Argo brings unrivalled flexibility, IP-native supercharged DSP, unwavering remote-control capability, and future-proof technologies built around Calrec’s ImPulse core and Assist UI.

V-Nova, a leading provider of video and data compression solutions and Amlogic, a world leading fabless semiconductor company, have today announced a partnership to support MPEG-5 LCEVC on Amlogic SoCs.

V-Nova and Amlogic are developing and deploying multiple implementations of the MPEG-5 LCEVC standard, for both the existing and future portfolio of Amlogic’s SoCs. MPEG-5 LCEVC support provides the high levels of security, processing power, and efficiency required by operators and service providers for premium-quality content. 

V-Nova and Amlogic will participate in Globo’s non-commercial TV 3.0 Olympic showcase with an ongoing commitment from Amlogic to support upcoming chipsets for the roll-out of TV 3.0 in 2025.

Ikegami announces a space-saving addition to its range of broadcast quality television production equipment. Previewed at the April 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas and scheduled for introduction to the European market at IBC in September, the new ultra-compact OCP-500 camera control unit has the slimmest panel surface of any Ikegami operation control panel to date.

At IBC 2024, booth 8B90, Lawo presents its comprehensive portfolio of flexible and scalable audio, video, control, and monitoring solutions with a slew of innovations and enhancements to its IP-based broadcast solutions. One highlight at IBC will be the official launch of the HOME mc² DSP app – announced at NAB in April and already being used at global sporting events – which will become available in Q4 2024. In addition to significant enhancements to the current HOME Apps offering, Lawo will unveil a broadened feature set for its existing HOME Apps in live production, playout across multiple media, and broadcast platforms in compressed and uncompressed workflows. The advanced .edge gateway platform receives an audio and video power boost, and welcomes new optional licenses that can be activated and stopped via the Lawo Flex commercial scheme. The free and standard version of the highly anticipated Lawo VSC app will be released in August, and the new crystal broadcast console will make its first appearance at a major European tradeshow.

Grass Valley, a leader in live production solutions, announced in July that DMC Production has successfully implemented an innovative remote production workflow using Grass Valley AMPP for the Nordea Open tennis tournament. This new approach has revolutionized sports broadcasting, delivering significant improvements in efficiency, cost reduction, and environmental sustainability.

Located in Milan, Molok Studios is a prominent multilingual game, movie and digital localisation and post-production company. When it came to creating its new premises, Molok observed the trend of games moving towards spatial audio environments, and decided to create two Genelec-powered 7.1.4 rooms – thereby becoming the first Dolby Atmos gaming studio in Italy. "We knew Atmos was going to be released and made available on PS5 and consoles, and we thought, ‘no one is taking advantage of this, so let’s make it happen!’" explains Andrea De Cunto, Molok’s CEO. 

Sioux Falls, SD – Sencore, renowned for its professional content delivery solutions, is pleased to feature its ongoing partnership with Showfer, a leader in content management platforms, at IBC 2024. This collaboration continues to revolutionize content transport, monitoring, playout, and workflow scheduling with a comprehensive end-to-end solution.

In anticipation of the upcoming IBC2024 Show in Amsterdam (Booth 1.A71), Bridge Technologies today announce the release of the VB258, an upgrade module for their existing VB120 and VB220 monitoring probe lines, both of which constitute cost-effective and powerful monitoring solutions that accommodate a range of network standards, including IP unicasts and multicasts, OTT/ABR streams, and a whole range of RF formats, as well as SRT and ASI. The new VB258 addition will allow monitoring of up to four independent RF inputs, supporting DVB-T/T2, ATSC1.0/ATSC 3.0, DVB-C, QAM-B and ISDB-T formats. This makes it ideal for networks that incorporate terrestrial or cable delivery elements.