Sony Demonstrated its Beyond Definition Strategy at IBC2013. Sony demonstrated a variety of new value-creating video production solutions this week at IBC2013 in Amsterdam. In line with the company’s beyond definition concept, Sony is continuing to develop exciting and innovative business opportunities that revolutionise the industry. Visitors to the Sony booth saw live 4K production solutions, highly usable IT-driven systems and services and an HD product line positioned at the core of today’s media industry.

Engineer Service Ltd is officially recognized as a member of the Belden® Preferred Partner Program and has achieved the following classification: Belden Preferred Distribution Partner. In line with the conditions of the Preferred Partner Program, Belden has certified Engineer Service Ltd to provide Belden Wire and Cable Solutions branded products and will directly support them within their authorized territories of Ukraine.

Sound Devices 788T firmware revision 3.1 is now posted. All 788T models shipping as of October 16, 2013 will include firmware rev. 3.1. Sound Devices 788T/788T-SSD firmware - (v3.01) provides the following new features and changes:

RTW, a leading vendor of visual audio meters and monitoring devices for professional broadcast, production, post production and quality control, is pleased to debut at IBC 2013 a firmware update for its flagship SurroundControl 31900 and 31960 series. In addition to supporting all current EBU/ITU loudness regulations, including ITU 1770-3, the new firmware simplifies the control of the studio monitoring environment when switching over between various audio formats like stereo, 3.1, 5.1 or 7.1, a common occurrence in today’s broadcast environment.

Pixel Power has launch internationally two versions of the same file-based graphics concept at IBC2013 - Pixel Factory and Pixel OnDemand. These are aimed at the large number of high intensity, high-quality niche and syndicated channels on-air today with both products delivering the same automated workflows with uncompromised graphics. The only choice for the broadcaster is between capital expenditure by buying Pixel Factory™, or an innovative pay-as-you-go operational expenditure model with Pixel OnDemand™.

Miranda Technologies introduced its new IP Simulcast Output functionality for iTX at IBC 2013. The IP Simulcast Output is a mezzanine-encoded IP signal output that resides alongside the standard SDI channel output on the iTX hardware. The production of the encoded stream within iTX improves playout efficiency because this step traditionally has required an additional downstream encoder.

At IBC2013 Calrec has launch its patented Soccer Sidekick iPad® app, an assistive mixing tool designed to simplify the job of tracking the on-field audio during a soccer game. It provides an alternative approach for highly experienced operators while allowing those with less experience to create a quality mix very simply.

FOR-A provides high quality and innovative video and audio products to the broadcast, postproduction and professional video markets, including vision mixers, virtual studios, video/audio processors, frame-rate converters, file-based solutions, specialist cameras, including the FT-ONE full 4K high-speed camera, and more. New vision mixers at IBC2013 add more functions and extend cost performance.

Dayang is showcasing the latest converged media solution during this year’s IBC. Unlike other offerings, our solution goes beyond the term ‘converge’. Our iChannel2 automation system & Fresco multi-viewer system are built on highly integrated hardware platforms. They can handle both the legacy AV signal & the popular IP stream. We are also demonstrating our new generation Replay & Studio Production system – ShuttleMaster. It offers all necessary features for live production, including multi-channel ingest/playback, high quality slow motion, as well as smooth transitions. All these splendid functions are integrated with our converged server platform.

Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, and signal processing solutions, is expanding its Micro platform with the addition of MicroQ-S, Micro-Single, and Micro-UDX. All the Micro Platform products have an extremely compact form factor, very low power consumption, no fan and can easily be installed at the rear of a monitor. The MicroQ-S is a simplified quad-split multiviewer that lowers the cost of entry for facilities requiring a 3G multiviewer. The MicroQ-S accepts 4 auto-detect CV/SD/HD-SDI/3G (50/60Hz) inputs and offers both an HDMI and SDI output. The MicroQ-S has all the features of its big brother quad-split, the MicroQ, except for Tally support, safe area markers and control over IP.