8 February 2006
Quantel will arrive at NAB 2006 on a commercial and technological high with a great range of products that is enjoying wide commercial success across many applications. NAB will be a great showcase for us and our customers, said Ray Cross, Quantel CEO. Accordingly, Quantel has significantly increased its booth size this year to enable the full generationQ product line to go on show. The range now spans the DI, Color Correction, Post, Graphics and Broadcast businesses. Many major new developments are also on show for the first time at NAB.
DI
Pablo, Quantels next generation color correction that was previewed in late 2005 makes its full debut at NAB in a dedicated viewing theatre within the Quantel booth. Featuring genuine realtime 4K operation and Quantels revolutionary new TimeMagic technology, Pablo brings together the best of hardware and software-based color correction technologies in a single system. As a result, Pablo has already achieved outstanding success in the market; it is a must-see at the show for anyone involved in color correction. Also on show in the DI area is the new all-powerful iQ4, which brings realtime 4K to the mainstream DI process.
Post
New at NAB is TimeMagic technology for the eQ multi-resolution editing/ grading/ effects/ deliverables system including the new Pay as you Go HD model – which gives every facet of the systems operation an enormous productivity boost. Also on show for the first time is Pablo on eQ, which brings the creativity and efficiency of the DI workflow to commercials post. Delivering better quality and fantastic looking hi res and SD commercials, the DI workflow is win-win for clients and post houses alike.
Broadcast
Even with the enlarged booth this year, it is still not possible to display the full gamut of possibilities offered by Quantels sQ server-based broadcast technology. As well as showing the ever-expanding Newsbox family of cost-effective, plug-and-play news systems, there will also be a second broadcast arena. Today, no broadcast system is an island; the second arena will be showing how sQ technology integrates perfectly with the real-world, end-to-end workflows demanded by broadcasters. That means handling many file formats and integrating a plethora of media streams – whether HD, SD, MPEG, video iPod
just some of the real-world challenges that broadcasters can find answers to on the Quantel booth. A number of technology partners will be participating.
Still in the broadcast arena, Quantel will be demonstrating integration with the new wave of HD acquisition technologies, including XDCAM-HD and P2-HD. Additionally, Quantel will be showing how its innovative ZoneMagic software for sQ systems enables broadcasters to benefit from a true collaborative workflow, whether departments are on the same floor, next door, or across towns, countries or continents.
Graphics
Quantels Paintbox and Picturebox sQ graphics creation and playout systems will be playing a major part in the presentations on the booth at NAB, both as part of larger systems and in a standalone graphics role. Once again, integration with real world workflows will be high on the graphics agenda.
8 February 2006
Intelsat has signed a contract with MediaFLO USA Inc., a subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated, for capacity on the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite. IA-8, Intelsat’s newest and most powerful North American satellite located at 89ºW, will support the MediaFLO USA network deployment by providing satellite bandwidth and connectivity to the MediaFLO USA transmitter sites for carriage of wireless multimedia distribution capacity it will make available to wireless operators in the United States. Anticipated content includes live, streaming video and audio, short-format content and IP data-casting.
Using Ku-band capacity, the newly operational IA-8 satellite delivers to and supports MediaFLO USA’s terrestrial distribution network. The MediaFLO USA network delivers multimedia audio or video content to mobile devices without impacting the devices’ normal voice and data services, all while reducing traffic on wireless carrier’s networks.
Steve Spengler, Intelsat’s Vice President of Sales, stated, “Intelsat satellite technology has often been at the forefront of furthering technological advancement and continues to enable new applications that require high-powered and reliable capacity. We’re committed to working with our customers and partners in the development and support of new, leading applications and services, such as those enabled by the MediaFLO USA network, and look forward to supporting the growth of leading technology however we can.”
MediaFLO USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated, offering interactive wireless multimedia services to consumers in cooperation with U.S. wireless operators. The nationwide network, based on QUALCOMM’s FLOTM Technology and using the MediaFLO Media Distribution System, will deliver multimedia content to mobile devices in the 700 MHz spectrum for which QUALCOMM holds licenses with a nationwide footprint.
8 February 2006
Al Jazeera International, the 24-hour English language news and current affairs channel, set to broadcast globally in the Spring of 2006, announced that internationally renowned journalist Rageh Omaar has joined the new channels line-up and will host a daily documentary programme from the stations London broadcast centre.
Rageh will present the channels daily documentary strand Witness from Al Jazeera Internationals London broadcast centre. The programme will give voice to witnesses from all over the globe, featuring human stories made by storytellers from all walks of life. Content will be gathered from the channels broadcast centres strategically placed around the world (Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London & Washington DC) drawing on a new breed of video journalists reaching parts of the world often ignored.
The Director of Programming at Al Jazeera International Paul Gibbs said, As the channels daily documentary strand, Witness will be the epitome of traditional storytelling with characters that we care about and age old themes presented by internationally renowned journalist Rageh Omaar. We will be unveiling more of our diverse programme offering as we get closer to launch in late Spring of this year, Gibbs continued.
Its hugely exciting to be joining a channel which promises to revolutionise global news and current affairs said Rageh Omaar Witness will be what its title implies a programme of first-hand account. No academics, no commentators unless they are themselves Witnesses.
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Rageh Omaar was most recently BBC News’ Africa Correspondent based in Johannesburg. His reporting during the Iraq war made him a household name with nearly 90% of the British population tuning in to see his reports from Baghdad on either the weekday BBC news bulletins, or on News 24. Many of his broadcasts were syndicated across the U.S., where the Washington Post labelled him the ‘Scud Stud’.
Rageh will continue to make programmes for other broadcasters.
Witness will include material gathered from freelancers and independent companies all across the globe through a unique commissioning site: www.ajicommissioning.net
8 February 2006
Systems project specialist Charter Broadcast, and Outside Broadcasting facilities, NEP Visions, Arena Television and Telegenic as well as BSKYB benefit from the all-in-one advantage of Wohler Technologies HD/SD-SDI and Dolby® E & Dolby® Digital audio monitoring products.
Charter Broadcast purchased thirty Wohler AMP1-S8MDA multi-channel, HD/SD-SDI multi-format monitors to help ensure the 140 hours of Australian Open coverage broadcast to the world. They will also be monitoring audio at the Winter Olympics in Torino, The Commonwealth Games and The FIFA World Cup.
Designed to monitor multiple channels and formats, the AMP1-S8MDA, monitors 8 Channels, AES/EBU, analog audio, HD-SDI and SD-SDI with demuxing and summing capabilities. Two HD-SDI or SD-SDI inputs with reclocked output, 4 AES/EBU Digital outputs demuxed from 2 HD/SD-SDI groups, 8 analog output demuxed from any 2 SDI groups or converted from AES/EBU digital inputs, and analog output of selected pair or multi-channel downmix, are all combined in a compact one rack unit space.
Monitoring multi-channel Dolby® Digital and Dolby® E is made easy with the Wohler Technologies Dolby® Audio monitoring product line. NEP Visions uses the E MON-1/M to monitor Dolby E and Dolby Digital and HD/SD-SDI from the HD Trucks at the Sky Sports Premiership Football games. Telegenic installed the Dolby decoding E MON-1/M for the Sky Rugby Union and Rugby League games and Arena Television has also purchased Wohler audio monitoring equipment for their mobile HD work on upcoming events.
Wohler audio monitoring and decoding solutions offer a convenient way for audio engineers to monitor multiple complex signals in every phase of broadcast without investing in multiple pieces of expensive audio equipment.
Wohler Technologies is the world leader of in rack audio and video monitoring solutions. Since 1983, the worldwide broadcast industry turns to Wohler to provide standard or custom solutions to their audio and video monitoring needs.
8 February 2006
A series of High Definition Technology Seminars are being run by the Leitch Business Unit of Harris Broadcast Communications Division across Europe over the coming months. The European HD seminars are aimed at industry professionals who work in all traditional broadcast, production, post production and mobile environments.
The seminars focus on an array of HDTV technology from signal management, test & measurement and design consideration for HD systems to hands on product demonstrations. Designed to eliminate some myths behind HD, Leitch will also present an HDTV survival guide which covers video formats, HD conversion, colour decoding technologies, audio processing, SD & HD noise reduction and synchronisation.
The first round of the High Definition Technology Seminars have already started and will roll out in mainland Europe as follows:
Italy, Rome 8th and 9th February
Norway, Bergen & Oslo, 23rd & 24th February
France, Paris, 14th 16th March
Finland, Helsinki 27th March
Denmark, Copenhagen, 29th March
Sweden, Stockholm, 31st March
Belgium, Brussels, 4th & 5th April
Czech Republic, Prague, 23rd May
Slovakia, Bratislava, 25th May
Additional country venues and dates will be announced shortly.
For further details contact: Meriam Khan +44 (0)20 8537 2698, meriam@mkm-marcomms.com
Harris Corporation is showcasing products and solutions for emerging mobile TV market at NAB2006. Recent launch announcements of 2 mobile TV networks have signaled the dawn of true, live broadcast television delivery to handheld devices in the United States. Harris’ participation in early stage trials across Europe and Australia has positioned the company as a leading transmission vendor for mobile TV requirements. The company’s mobile TV transmission solutions have been used to develop and prove the effectiveness of the DVB-H, FLO(TM) and T-DMB standards for mobile broadcast television. At NAB2006, Harris will highlight its total content delivery solutions for mobile TV that expand far beyond transmission to include infrastructure, broadband software and distribution equipment.
Harris Corporation also announced that it is integrating its proven solutions for digital asset management, air-time sales, scheduling and reporting within its new H-Class(TM) Content Delivery Platform. These new H-Class(TM) applications will immediately realize new platform-based advantages, including content management and sharing, intra-application messaging, increased security and scheduling functionality. The H-Class Application Suite serves the existing needs of media and entertainment customers today and provides a growth path to full enterprise-wide deployment in the future.
