- Front Porch Digital will debut SAMMAsolo HD migration solution at NAB 2011, built on the company's newly patented SAMMA® video migration process. Visitors to Front Porch Digital's booth, N5806, can see a technology preview of SAMMAsolo HD, the industry's first solution to perform real-time, quality-controlled migration of content from HD videotape into a secure, managed digital environment that both supports preservation and facilitates access. Front Porch Digital's SAMMAsolo migration solutions combine hardware and software to move archive-quality content from videotape to multiple file formats in a single pass. Because SAMMAsolo automates repetitive steps and uses advanced signal analysis to evaluate the quality of the videotape and to monitor and document the migration itself, the work can be accomplished with minimal staff training or staff time. The process preserves source timecode and also associates indexing and technical metadata. The SAMMA migration solution includes SAMMAprep for accessioning videotape libraries, SAMMAclean for cleaning the videotape itself, and the SAMMAsolo device, which performs the actual digitization. A four- or seven-stream migration robot is also available. Designed for maximum flexibility, the SAMMAsolo HD enables users to customize their own output migration templates by specifying formats to meet their storage and usage goals as well as the quality control requirements of their tape library. Output files, stored locally on the SAMMAsolo cache disk, can be passed to any destination using the FTP gateway, or transferred to Front Porch Digital's DIVArchive® content storage management system for facilitated storage, access, and repurposing. Front Porch Digital's SAMMAsolo HD is part of the fourth generation of SAMMA technology under the DIVASolutions banner of products to migrate, manage, and market media content securely, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
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International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) will demo its advanced content distribution solutions for the world’s premiere broadcasters in radio, television, and digital cinema at NAB 2011, Las Vegas, April 11-14, 2011. “IDC understands the inherent complexities of managing the content delivery requirements for file-based and real-time broadcasting,” stated Frederick Godard, IDC President and CEO. “IDC is recognized as the global leader in IP multicast applications. We provide advanced systems and solutions that deliver mission-critical content to customers with unparalleled reliability, security, flexibility and interoperability.” Attendees can experience — first-hand — why companies such as Arqiva, EchoStar, PBS and NPR are working with International Datacasting:
- IDC is the global leader in digital cinema DCP delivery with more than 2,000 theatre installations worldwide. Our advanced solutions enabled our customers to deliver the first ever 3D broadcasts to movie theatres around the world, providing live coverage of prominent sporting, music and theatrical events. Working with global customers such as Arqiva and EchoStar, and technology partners such as SENSIO®, we are transforming the movie distribution industry
- Responsible for the first ever HD network broadcast in the United States, IDC has 15 years of experience in delivering professional video encoding platforms with over 5,000 installations worldwide. Major television broadcasters count on IDC’s outstanding HD and SD video compression performance to provide the highest quality sports contribution of prominent national sporting events and real-time news contribution for their global audiences
- As the pioneers of audio delivery via DVB satellite networks, IDC has over 20 years of experience distributing radio content with an installed base of over 25,000 sites. We are proud to include some of the world’s largest broadcasters, companies such as NPR and PBS, as long-time clients
- Ross Video has introduced Carbonite™, offering big switcher production power in an affordable, mid-size package. Set to debut at NAB 2011, Carbonite uses the latest technology to pack unprecedented production power into a compact frame. The Ross Multi-Definition Production Engine that lies at the heart of Carbonite offers the same processing used in the Vision Octane – precisely tuned for this new platform. The Carbonite series includes two choices on panel size combined with a 16 or 24 input chassis. Carbonite 1 is a robust 1MLE panel with 16 direct access source buttons, full panel mnemonics and Ross ‘PanelGlow’ RGB buttons. This competent control surface has direct access to not just one but two full MLE’s, giving producers the operational benefits of a multi-MLE production in the same physical space as a traditional 1MLE production switcher. Carbonite 2’s ergonomic panel harnesses the massive horsepower of Carbonite’s production engine efficiently and intuitively. 24 direct access buttons, full mnemonics, PanelGlow, 3 axis joystick and legendary Ross faders are all standard. Carbonite also includes a browser based, multi-user GUI that can be instantly accessed from a Mac, PC or an Apple iPad. The GUI provides comprehensive graphics management for Media-Stores as well as control switcher setups and remote operation. It’s a unique and valuable Carbonite companion. Carbonite’s 2RU processing engine includes 2 MultiViewers, 4 keyers per MLE, 4 DVE channels, 4 animation stores, internal synchronization and conversion and full Multi-Definition operation.
- At the 2011 NAB Show, Snell will introduce a new family of turnkey channel-in-a-box playout solutions based on its Morpheus automation technology and Integrated Content Engine (ICE). Tailored to television news, sports, and multi-language playout, the channel-in-a-box solutions will enable regional media and broadcast companies to bring new channels to air more quickly and at a significantly lower cost. Snell's channel-in-a-box solution for news provides clean and accurate transitions between live feeds and the content played back from ICE. Reaction time is important in live, breaking news, and ICE's built-in functionality for rapid response frees production staff to focus on the creative aspects of making compelling news programs. As ICE is file-agnostic and supports almost any industry compression standard, a single playlist can contain multiple video, audio, and graphics formats. Operators can save time and simplify operations by avoiding unnecessary file transfers, transcoding, format conversion, and file rewrapping. For sports television, Snell's channel-in-a-box solution enables broadcasters to maximize revenues from programs, controlling playout to ensure the optimum number of commercial insertions while still making sure that viewers catch all the action. ICE facilitates HD/SD simulcasts so that broadcasters can satisfy all programming demands throughout the transition from SD to HD operations. Multiple inputs into ICE allow external advanced graphics to be "mixed" with live signals from remote sites while inserting specialized graphics, such as scoreboard tickers and RSS feeds, and final routing to the desired destination. The Snell channel-in-a-box solution for multi-language playout integrates a number of advanced audio features for sophisticated broadcast operations, such as the ability to broadcast multiple language versions — a facility normally associated with higher-cost systems. ICE supports audio track-tagging strategies from various manufacturers to facilitate the broadcast of different languages on each HD/SDI audio pair. These pairs can then be rearranged for playing out to different audiences without the need to rewrap the file. In addition, audio-overs provide the flexibility for users to associate up to four different languages per channel of video playout.
Satnews Daily
April 5th, 2011
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