Newsletter from 02/04/2019
NAB Keynote Session Takes Live Sports to New Heights in the Cloud
Whether at home or in the stadium, sports fans today expect deeper insights and more engaging content before, during, and after the game on an increasingly wide variety of mobile devices, apps, and social media. NFL.com analytics expert Cynthia Frelund will lead the discussion as high-profile sports leaders share their insights on how next generation media workflows create enhanced, customized experiences for sports fans. Panelists include Stephanie Lone, senior vice president of Engineering with CBS Sports Digital; Rafael Soltanovich, vice president of Software Development at Hulu; Scott Sonnenberg, chief global partnerships officer for the LA Clippers; Chris Witmayer, director of Broadcast, Production, and New Media Technology at NASCAR; and Mark Kramer, vice president, Engineering and Technology for Pac-12 Networks. “Sports fans’ appetite for the latest sports action, updates, and information is insatiable,” said NAB Chief Technology Officer Sam Matheny. “This session will speak directly to how the cloud and tools like artificial intelligence help sports leaders give fans new experiences today, and provide a glimpse at what the future holds.” The show will be encoded and delivered by AWS. AWS will deliver a live stream of the event via an AWS media workflow that includes Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing,
AWS Elemental Media Services, Amazon Route 53, and Amazon CloudFront for public access at https://live.awsevents.com.
A video-on-demand (VOD) asset will be available after the event at https://live.awsevents.com.
NAB:four Days to go - As of today we feature 54 companies and their approach at the NAB2019 Show. This list is continously updated. NAB2019 opens on 06April at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Aveco - Aviwest - Axon - Barnfind - BoxxTV - Brainstorm - Bridge Technologies - Broadcast Pix - Calrec - Cartoni - ChyronHego - Cinegy - CyanView - datavideo - Dejero - EVS - Fingerworks - FOR-A - Grass Valley - Globrcast - G&D - Ihse - IMT Vislink - Intinor - Lawo - LiveU - Lynx Technik - Neumann - Marshall Electronics - MAT - Media Links - Mediaproxy - Mobile Viewpoint - MultyDyne - PAGlink - Panasonic - Phabrix - Pixel Power - Reckeen - Robycam - Ross Video - Simplylive - MOG - Sennheiser - Slomo.tv - Sony - SRT - SSL - TAG V.S. - Tektronix - The Switch - TSL - TVU - Vitec
The link "NAB2019" will always show you the actual list of featured companies and events in alphabetical order.
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MOBILE PRODUCTION
NEP Supershooters EN3
Every NEP launch pushes the technological envelope. The debut of EN3 for ESPN on March 30, however, was historic: it’s the first truck in North America built around a SMPTE ST 2110 IP routing core. After a long standardization process, SMPTE officially published the first standards within ST 2110 Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks in December, and EN3 is the first mobile unit to be designed and integrated specifically around the new standards suite. Of course, installing the first SMPTE 2110 core was about much more than bragging rights for NEP. Rather, the IP infrastructure in EN3 allowed NEP to create one of the most flexible mobile units ever. Although EN3 is fully capable of 4K and HDR production, there are no near-term plans to utilize these capabilities.
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Mobile TV Group 43 Flex
2018 Mobile TV Group (MTVG) was celebrating its 28th anniversary with continued dedication to technological innovation, customer service, maintenance, and competitive pricing. In recent years MTVG has added an increasing number of national, college, and entertainment events, totaling over 4,000 events annually. With 30+ mobile units (plus “B” units, Audio trailers, etc.), MTVG is able to base its facilities, engineers, and drivers all over the U.S. This allows for the most effective local services to the regional networks and visiting national networks. In addition, MTVG’s event coordinators are assigned to our clients, giving them a consistent and one-stop service. The combination of engineers, event coordinators, and drivers create very cost effective and easy productions.
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Game Creek 79
Game Creek Video serves the world’s largest television networks, production companies, and news organizations with state of the art mobile television production units. We combine an advanced, modern fleet of mobile production units with an accomplished, reliable team of experts to ensure that the largest events in the world are televised flawlessly, including events such as NFL Super Bowl, MLB World Series, NASCAR, The U.S. Open Golf, and FIS World Ski Championships. For clients requiring dependable technology, exceptional response time, and consistent quality results in high-pressure environments, Game Creek Video delivers award-winning productions of sporting events, concerts, awards ceremonies, corporate events, and more.
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F&F GTX-18
A history of legendary performances for our clients. We have a legacy of milestone achievements in remote broadcasting. All great success stories are born out of one’s persistence of vision, relentless ambition, and good old fashioned hard work. Inspired by visionary design and committed to engineering excellence. Where uncompromising attention to detail and unparalleled quality counts more than sheer quantity, F&F Productions has consistently provided one of the youngest, best-equipped, and custom-configurable fleets of HD remote broadcast production mobile units in our industry.
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SPORT EVENTS
Grass Valley Premiers Live Esports Action and Professional Gamers at NAB2019
“With global revenues set to reach $1.6 billion by 2021, the dynamic esports sector presents a real opportunity for our customers to create connections between fans around exciting live gaming environments,” said Mark Hilton, vice president of live production at Grass Valley. “Our esports stage demonstrates how Grass Valley helps customers create and leverage captivating content in new and exciting ways, allowing them to meet consumer demands for engaging and immersive experiences on any platform.”
Appear TV Provides Video Delivery Solution to Video Assisted Referee Systems (VAR)
Appear TV, a leading provider of solutions for video contribution, distribution and streaming, has deployed low latency contribution links for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in top football leagues in Europe and Asia, strengthening its position as a preferred vendor for this application. During broadcasted sporting events, video footage of an incident is reviewed by the VAR, who then advises the referee on what the video is showing so that a more accurate, on-the-spot decision can be made. For football, this typically ranges from scoring plays/goals, penalties, red cards and mistaken identity, and serves as an added tool to relook at the play or incident to ensure the correct call was made on the field.
SHOW EVENTS
Not Too Late for Love - Getting in the Eurovision Mood with Melodifestivalen
Since 1959, the Swedish entry each year has been chosen via an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as the Melodifestivalen. Organised by public broadcasters Sveriges Television (STV) and Sveriges Radio (SR) in 2002, the Melodifestivalen started touring to six key cities around the country with a final in Stockholm, and it’s become one of the most popular programmes on Swedish television. Lighting designer Fredrik Jonsson of Eyebrow Design has lit Melodifestivalen since 2002, and this year he specified 38 x Robe MegaPointes, 8 x BMFL Spots - being used as a RoboSpot remote follow spot system - and 21 x BMFL WashBeams to help make the 2019 event stand out for its exceptional production values.
Alligatoah Home From Home With Martin Audio MLA
Berlin-based Complete Audio, the first adopters of Martin Audio’s MLA platform anywhere in the world back in 2010, continue to impress their clients with the multi-award winning system. They have been providing sound reinforcement for German rapper, singer, producer and DJ Alligatoah for many years, and recently completed the mainly sold-out Wie Zuhause Tour 2019 of arenas. Alligatoah was promoting both his new album, Schlafenabletten Rotwein V, and performing classics from his archive. The artist’s FOH tech Claudio Malaguti is a big fan of MLA and he was given a massive inventory of Martin Audio enclosures to work with, including 38 MLA, four MLD Downfill, 20 MLX subwoofers and 24 MLA Compact enclosures.
DiGiCo Lifts Off on Travis Scott’s “Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour”
“Mixing just four inputs in an arena show is one of the greatest challenges of my career,” shares Ken “Pooch” Van Druten about his gig with rapper Travis Scott, who is currently touring in support of a pair of Number Ones: his latest album, Astroworld, and the single “Sicko Mode.” Now on the second North American leg of the “Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour,” Pooch reports that audio for a pair of DiGiCo SD12 consoles for both house and monitors is piloting Scott’s sonic voyage.
Ross Virtual Solutions Power CCTV’s Coverage of Chinese Spring Festival Gala
Every year, the Chinese national broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) broadcasts coverage of China’s famous Spring Festival Gala, and this year’s show achieved approval ratings of 96.98%, making it one of the most popular Spring Festival Galas in recent years. Much of the program came from the main CCTV venue in Beijing, with additional content being broadcast from stages in Shenzhen, Jing Gang Shan and Changchun. The program featured a variety of exciting visual effects on stage, including augmented reality and animated graphics elements driven by the latest virtual studio solutions provided by Ross Video. In fact, Ross Video’s latest graphics rendering solution featured heavily across the coverage, with nine systems deployed across all four venues to help support this important cultural event in China.
Versatile Claypaky Fixtures Deliver for Classical Spectacular
Classical Spectacular, one of the UK’s most popular classical music showcase, returned to the Royal Albert Hall over the weekend to celebrate its 30th Anniversary at the venue, backed by an enormous production featuring an indoor firework display, rifles and cannons. Esteemed lighting designer Durham Marenghi has selected a variety of Claypaky fixtures for the Raymond Gubbay production. “Each season I create a different truss architecture to keep the show fresh for repeat customers,” Marenghi says, who has worked on the production for thirty years. “In addition to being visually entertaining, the structure must create the correct positions for lighting the orchestra, choir, military bands, and solo singers without glare, so they can read their music.”
PRODUCTS
Vizrt Buys NewTek to Become A Global Powerhouse In Advanced Video Systems
“Taking advantage of computational, software, and network technology to make video more accessible, and fun to create has always been NewTek’s mission. These changes have revolutionized the way stories are told worldwide, allowing anyone to create and share a show,” said Dr. Andrew Cross, president & CTO of NewTek. “The tools from our two companies have fueled the video revolution—from kids in classrooms, little league games, and web shows, to the highest levels of broadcasting, news and sports. The combined company represents one of the most disruptive changes for the video industry in decades, however the goal remains the same—to build a new world of IT-based video technology to grow the reach and impact for anyone with a story to share.”