PRODUCTS/BES EXPO SPECIALORBAN IMAGINE COMMUNICATIONSOPTIMOD-FM 8600 is Orban’s Today’s media organisations must process Communication’s SelenioFlex software-basedflagship processor. Featuring and manage a rapidly expanding volume of media processing solutions were designed toversatile five-band and two-band content, while dealing with an ever-increasing meet these needs. Supporting applicationsprocessing for both analogue array of media file formats and technical from source acquisition to adaptive bit rateFM transmission and digital specifications. Content owners and service (ABR) delivery and VoD, SelenioFlex solutionsmedia, the FM- 8600 provides providers need the solutions powering provide flexible, high quality, live and file-the industry’s most consistent their multiscreen operations to maximise based encoding, transcoding and processingsound, track-to-track and source- their operational efficiency, while scaling at any point in the content chain.to-source. Improved peak limiter seamlessly and adapting easily to evolvingtechnology decreases distortion business and technical requirements. Imagine www.imaginecommunications.comwhile increasing transient punchand high frequency power handling DPA and brown and in lengths of 47 or 53 cm.capacity. The new peak limiter BES visitors also tried out DPA’s renownedtypically provides 2.5 to 3 dB Microphone products range of d:dicate Recording Microphones,more power at high frequencies, from DPA were d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones andwhich minimizes audible HF loss showcased at BES at d:facto Vocal Microphones, all of which werecaused by pre-emphasis limiting. a number of dealer displayed throughout the show.Drums and percussion cut through booths. Among thesethe mix. Highs are airy. “Problem were a new line of body www.dpamicrophones.commaterial” that used to cause audible worn microphones,distortion is handled cleanly. The which are revered formain goal of the FM 8600 is to make their superior soundFM analogue broadcasts more and durability. Thesecompetitive with the cleanliness, include the company’spunch, and open high frequencies recently launched heavy-duty d:screet 4060of the digital media. The FM-8600 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphoneoffers FM-8500-style processing and the new d:screet Omnidirectionaltoo. This allows broadcasters to run Miniature Necklace Microphone - a cleverlyfavourite FM-8500 pre-sets if they designed microphone that houses thewish. The FM-8600 provides stereo legendary d:screet 4061 Omnidirectionalenhancement, equalization, AGC, Miniature Capsule in a soft rubber necklace.multiband compression, low-IM The necklace mic comes in black, whitepeak limiting, stereo encoding, andcomposite limiting. There are twoequalizers, multiband compressorsand peak limiters, allowing theanalogue FM and digital mediaprocessing to be optimizedseparately. www.orban.com 52 February 2015 | DIGITAL STUDIO
PRODUCTS/ BES SHOW SPECIALTEDIAL platform packaging and distribution, Tedial PRIMESTREAM has directly integrated multi-tenant mediaTedial has taken a whole new approach to exchange into its core media workflows. Thehelping the diverse players in global media, thousands of multi-format content exchangeswork together. Employing Tedial’s new Media now required by media companies everyExchange Platform, content producers, day can be better managed and monitoredbroadcasters, Pay-TV operators, service centrally by Tedial.providers and Telcos can work collaborativelyon media securely and efficiently. Whether www.tedial.comit’s upstream during news, sports and co-production or downstream during multi-EDITSHARE Primestream demonstrated FORK Xchange Suite v3.0, a major upgradeEditshare is the technology pioneer in non-liner editing application(NLE) to the application that givesnetworked shared storage and tapeless, Editshare was the first and only non-avid broadcasters instant Web access toend-to-end workflow solution for the post solution to offer Avid project sharing; the first content on their FORK Productionproduction, TV and film industries. Edistshare storage solution in the industries to support servers from any Windows, Mac,workflow collaborates every step of the way, 10 Gigabit Ethernet; the first to offer true or tablet device. Xchange v3.0including Geevs video capture and playout project sharing for apple Final Cut Pro and features a completely redesignedservers, XStream shared storage, Ark backup the first to deliver a portable storage solution iPad interface optimised for Applesoftware and flow media asset management with Editshare Field. iOS 7. Also new in Xchange, usersand Lightworks- The world’s first three – can now manage non-video filesplatform (window/OS X/linux) professional www.editshare.com such as audio, image, document, and project files. Direct integration with multiple transcode engines for proxy rending is also made available in Xchange v3.0. www.primestream.com DIGITAL STUDIO | February 2015 53
PRODUCTS/BES EXPO SPECIALIKEGAMI ARRI vividly rendered colors. Constructed to be robustBroadcast camera-maker Ikegami The ARRI LSeries is an LED and ergonomic, the L7introduced the HC-HD300 camera Fresnel fixture so close to its meets the quality andat the BES Show 2015. The HD300 conventional counterpart in design standard for whichis a compact high-def camera function and performance ARRI is known.designed for broadcast television. that it creates a previously ARRI is pleased toThe HD300 is equipped with a unattainable opportunity: announce the newest1/3 inch bayonet lens mount and like-fo-like replacement of member of the LSeries,employs three 1/3-inch CMOS traditional Fresnels with the compact andprogressive-scan sensors, each LED-based units. lightweight L5. Thewith 2.2 million pixels, in RGB The LSeries is the first LED LSeries started with theprism formation. It delivers high fixture to truly incorporate L7, an LED Fresnel withquality pictures in all commonly the Fresnel characteristics the same light qualitiesused HD video formats: 1920 x of continuous focusability as a traditional tungsten Fresnel but with1080/59.94i, 1920 x 1080/50i, 1280 from spot to flood and a the added features of full CCT tuneabilityx 720/59.94p, 1280 x 720/50p and smooth, homogenous light field. The LSeries and color selection. The L5 now extends this7ø 20 x 480/59.94i (NTSC), 720 x takes full advantage of LED technology and successful line of products in a smaller, more576/50i (PAL). allows for complete control over the color portable form. and intensity of light. Light emitted from Typical performance the L7 is specifically calibrated for optimal www.arri.comcharacteristics of the camera in reproduction on broadcast and digital cinema1080/59.94i output mode are 1,000 cameras, ensuring pleasing skin tones andtelevision lines horizontal resolution,58 dB signal-to-noise ratio and AJA VIDEO2,000 lux sensitivity (89.9 per centwhite reflection) at F10 aperture. AJA Video Systems’ Cion 4K/UltraHD/2K/ captures internally to 12-bit ProRes 444.Equivalent aperture in 1080/50i HD production camera has started shipping Featuring more simultaneous on-setmode for this light level is F11. globally. Ergonomic and lightweight in monitoring outputs than any other camera in design with unparalleled connectivity, Cion is its class, Cion provides advanced monitoring Camera gain be attenuated from capable of shooting at 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD flexibility for a wide range of productions.mid level to -3 or -6 dB, or increased resolutions. In-camera recording directly to Users can choose a combination of 2 x 4K/by +3, +6, +9, +12 or + 18 dB. the Apple ProRes family of codecs, including UltraHD and 3 x 2K/HD or 8 x 2K/HD, checkIntegral neutral density filters (100 12-bit ProRes 444, enables incredible image each camera feed in multi-cam setupsper cent, 25 per cent, 6.2 per cent quality capture to cost-effective AJA Pak through an integrated LAN connection,and 1.6 per cent) can be switched in SSD media at up to 4K/60p, and offers and monitor remaining recording time all inas required, plus operator-selectable compatibility with a wide range of post tandem. The unique LAN port and embedded3,200, 4,300, 6,300 and 8,000 kelvin production applications. It also outputs AJA webserver facilitates full remote configurationelectronic colour conversion. An Raw HFR at up to 4K/120p. The camera is and control, so users can set up and controlelectric shutter can be set to 1/100, the only 4K/UltraHD camera available that or gang control multiple Cion cameras1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1,000 or via a standard web browser. Made from a1/2,000 second speed. lightweight yet strong magnesium alloy and featuring a contoured suede shoulder pad, www.ikegami.com Cion is easy and comfortable to setup and operate. Using AJA’s Pak Dock on set, Cion operators can also achieve lightning fast transfer speeds via Thunderbolt or USB3 for immediate access to files for editing. www.aja.com54 February 2015 | DIGITAL STUDIO
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