The slomo.tv VAR servers now implement the Venue Information Graphics function. In addition to duplicating the VAR interface to the Referee Review Area, the new RRA-II option now outputs FIFA-compliant VAR graphics to the arena and to the broadcasters.
 

Small device answers big demand in live production with expansive 4K/UHD HDR/SDR conversion toolkit and unprecedented LUT processing capabilities

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards honored and recognized the best in television programming on NBC on September 12. Ahead of the broadcast, Shure is proud to continue celebrating an achievement of its own, as the Axient® Digital Wireless System was recently recognized by The Television Academy’s 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Awards as a winner in the “Engineering” category.

PlayBox Neo, a leading provider of media playout solutions, announced news of a unique application of its technology by Olympusat, a vertically integrated distributor and owner of Spanish and English language Pay-TV channels in the US. Its expanding programming rights and global distribution footprint provide an original, world-class content library from West Palm Beach, serving multiple time zones across the U.S. and Latin America. It has 26 servers with the latest generation Channel-in-a-Box handling playout of 30 full high-definition channels.

TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, recently provided their technology for remote sports proficiency testing and competition at China’s elite Beijing Sport University. The university’s School of Journalism and Communication students produced the collaborative live stream of university table tennis athletes completing their tests. Key products that enabled the proficiency tests were: TVU Anywhere, a mobile live-streaming app; the TVU Partyline cloud collaboration solution; and TVU Producer, a live streaming and multi-camera IP video production platform.

The release extends and enhances the Qx Series’ existing ST 2110 NMOS toolset, adding generation and transmission capabilities for the QxL; together with enhanced configuration controls, NMOS node status overviews and access to an IS-05 JSON tree view for both the Qx and QxL. This release also provides the Qx and QxL with class leading optional PCAP utility and selectable display of either ATC-LTC or ATC-VITC for mixed ANC timecode environments. The QxL now has the option for detection and analysis of 444 Extended UHD (EUHD) video formats for LED wall and Graphics card applications.
 

WELT, one of the biggest news channels in Germany with an audience of over 63 million, moved production to a new location in 2021. WELT wanted to revolutionize its entire production workflow and turned to Vizrt solutions to support the change.

As hybrid event models have become the new norm, live event production companies like AVTEAMUK LTD have navigated a range of new challenges – from adopting new technologies to refining live stream chat moderation strategies and incorporating real-time social media interactions into an event stream. With each hybrid event requiring so many moving parts, fast and simple AV setup on-site is paramount, which AVTEAMUK deploys AJA’s Thunderbolt-equipped Io 4K Plus audio and video I/O technology to support.

•     The new Orbiter Projection Optic 25° and 35°—genuine ARRI optics for best-in-class performance
•     Exceptionally good and even illumination and color distribution across the entire field of light with no color aberration to the edge
•     Durable mechanical design—made to also work outdoors
   

Hitachi Kokusai Electric GmbH has completed massive projects to provide cameras to the leading Italian broadcasters. The two long-term contracts provided cameras to upgrade all the principal production studios and outside broadcast units for HD/UHD capture.
 

AJA today debuted ColorBox, a portable, high-performance device with unprecedented inline algorithmic color transforms and LUT processing capabilities delivering precise and accurate color space conversions for live broadcast, live events, on-set production and post production. ColorBox enables a range of HDR and SDR conversions and allows DITs to easily load, modify, and save looks, and create reference images for dailies to ensure color accuracy across all production stakeholders and creative vendors.  

Lawo today announced that this year’s round of JT-NM tests in Wuppertal, Germany, has confirmed HOME’s full AMWA NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 compatibility in the Controller and Registry category. During these sessions, DirectOut’s Managing Director and CTO, Claudio Becker-Foss, furthermore stated that DirectOut devices will soon be available as HOME natives.

DHD.audio, a globally active leader in the development and manufacture of broadcast-quality digital audio studio equipment and systems, has chosen IBC 2022 as the launch venue for a new addition to its range of broadcast-quality mixing consoles. Scheduled to be a highlight of DHD's show demonstration on stand 8.B81, the TX2 is a multitouch mixing console with an intuitive and fully customisable control interface which can be placed on a desktop or attached to a worksurface via a VESA based connector.

RME and DirectOut present the new Digiface Ravenna. The mobile audio interface is based on the proven Digiface Dante, but features a RAVENNA module developed by DirectOut. The device allows the transmission of a total of 128 audio channels coming from RAVENNA and optionally MADI via a single USB 3.0 connection. RME thus expands its Digiface series with a powerful RAVENNA model for USB and standalone operation.

For IBC 2022, the popular and time-tested Arrow product line is getting a new model - Arrow-V.