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New Party Line Belt Packs for Large-Scale Production from RTS October 11th 2016 - 01:00 PM

Party-line intercom systems continue to have a place in an increasingly digital and IP world. Broadcasters, installers and systems integrators still specify lower cost and easy to configure and run systems, a requirement that most manufacturers continue to meet with new product. RTS did this during IBC 2016 with the introduction of what are described as two universal belt packs that can connect to a variety of different formats.

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ENCO

ENCO Releases Version 3 Of Its enCaption Captioning Solution October 3rd 2016 - 12:05 PM

ENCO Systems has released its next generation automated captioning solution for live or recorded video. Called enCaption3 R3, it is a real-time automated captioning system for television broadcasters that does not require special voice training.

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Avid at IBC had Nexis Pro, Nexis Enterprise, and axle Starter media management software on display

Avid Nexis Pro at IBC September 30th 2016 - 11:00 AM

Avid’s Nexis Pro is a scalable storage system for mid-size facilities, but its bigger brother, Avid Nexis Enterprise can handle more than 1.4 Petabytes of storage

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The new SubtitleNext platform and interface were shown at IBC 2016.

PBT EU Intros SubtitleNext at IBC September 27th 2016 - 08:00 AM

The SubtitleNext platform has the capability to dramatically improve caption and subtitling speed and efficiency, and it simplifies the processes throughout the entire work cycle.

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The Black Box Radian video wall processor.

Black Box Targets Low-latency 4K KVM Solutions September 26th 2016 - 01:00 PM

With the increase in 4K infrastructure in the broadcast sector, and following the increase in virtual studios, the underlying technology is now increasingly virtualised as well. Black Box presented current trends at this year’s IBC exhibition. The KVM and AV solution specialist’s showcased the latest in of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) alongside latency-free high-performance KVM solutions

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It was a busy IBC for Avid with new product introductions and new Alliance Partner announcements

Avid at IBC 2016 September 23rd 2016 - 01:50 PM

Building on their NAB introductions, Avid brought new storage systems to IBC 2016, previewed IP components of their MediaCentral Platform, and re-defined the next generation newsroom

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The HC11000 Series.

NTT Launches 4K Encoder for Sports September 21st 2016 - 01:00 PM

A 4K HEVC encoder and decoder designed for use during sports event coverage has been launched by Japan’s NTT Electronics.

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Scoreplus is now NDI-enabled

​Streamstar Adds NewTek NDI September 21st 2016 - 12:05 PM

NewTek’s Network Device Interface (NDI) is being supported by Streamstar in its range of products, including newly released broadcast graphics software – Scoreplus.

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Spacepath Communications

Spacepath Communications Launches Compact DBS-Band Ultralinear Amplifier at IBC 2016 September 20th 2016 - 12:05 PM

Spacepath Communications is extending its range of small, lightweight amplifiers with the new STA 3407 ultralinear series shown at IBC 2016.

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​Digigram

Digigram Unveils IQOYA *X/LINK System for Delivery of Multiple Audio Programs to Multiple Targets September 19th 2016 - 11:40 AM

Digigram announced the release of the compact, high-density, ultra-low-power IQOYA *X/LINK for AoIP delivery.

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IBM is now exploiting its artificial intelligence engine developed at the Thomas J. Watson centre in New York for video production.

Big Boys Muscle In As Consolidation Comes To OTT October 4th 2016 - 05:00 PM

Consolidation is a sure sign of a maturing market and this was in evidence for OTT delivery at IBC 2016. Many of the companies that first emerged as OTT specialists have been acquired, as well as those associated with cloud based delivery, software encoding and virtualization. Envivio is now part of Ericsson for example while Elemental has been acquired by Amazon Web Services, both primarily involved in software transcoding.

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3 Screen’s 3READY is pitched at at broadcasters, content owners, and second and third tier OTT operators.

3 Screen Solutions Reaches Out to Partners for End to End OTT Solutions October 4th 2016 - 01:00 PM

This year’s IBC in Amsterdam witnessed a spate of discussions and partnership announcements between providers of various components across the OTT ecosystem in a bid to assemble complete end-to-end packages. While a few players can offer all components, most of the rest cover just part of the spectrum, splitting loosely between the front end and back end. The front end embraces the UI (User Interface), playout, content curation and navigation, while the back end covers billing, subscriber management, monetization, content management, aggregation, encoding and encryption. Analytics spans both since it requires data from, and generates actions across, both domains, which is one reason why there is so much activity joining the two together.

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IBC 2016: A Closer Look September 30th 2016 - 09:00 AM

IBC is such a large event, it is impossible to see all the stands, exhibits and sessions. And, with more than 55,000 attendees, it is sometimes hard to get close enough to get your questions answered. These inside reports may help you see some of the highlights you might have missed.

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The production area in NEP HD-41, Switzerland’s first UHD truck.

Broadcast Solutions To Build Five New UHD OB Vans For NEP Europe September 29th 2016 - 01:50 PM

Germany-based System integrators Broadcast Solutions GmbH has signed an order to design and build five new UHD OB Vans for NEP Europe, one of which, the company said, will be likely Europe’s largest ever.

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