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1 June 2016

Panasonic offers a
glimpse of the future
Panasonic’s Supachai Chanyasawad
standing in front of the P2 Cast system.

Hisako Chiaki, staff engineer,
Camera Development Dept
at Panasonic, developed
the ROI camera system. She
is on hand to give visitors
demonstrations on how the
technology works.

by millette burgos

Panasonic Corporation is giving Broadcast­
Asia2016 visitors a glimpse into the future
via its ROI (region of interest) camera system.
Using the ROI technology to ‘cut out’ highresolution full HD live feed from multiple
stationary 8K camcorders, the technology
concept offers visitors a vision of how its
multiple-camera system with synchronous
control technology works.
The ROI system developed by Panasonic
also features distortion correction technol­
ogy and viewpoint transformed in response
to ROI for super wide-angle lens, with the
high expandability options using VoIP (Video
over IP).
The ROI camera system concept promises
intelligent camera group control, with no
limits to the number of cameras that can
be used. Moreover, it enables free cropping
position (number/format/zoom), and flexible
multi-cropping allocations.
At the Panasonic Technology Suite (Simpor Room 4810B/4911), where the technol­
ogy demo is being held, the entire set-up
can be controlled using a fully ruggedized
Panasonic ToughPad.
Panasonic is also displaying its P2 Cast
solution. Launched last year, the P2 Cast
a cloud-based news production system
that leverages the network features of the
company’s next-generation P2 HD cam­
corders with AVC-ULTRA recording — the
AJ-PX5000G, AJ-PX800 and AJ-PX270.  P2
Cast integrates these camcorders’ network
capabilities so content uploaded to the
cloud is immediately available for reviewing
and editing.
Supachai Chanyasawad, regional product
marketing manager for Panasonic, explains
that the P2 Cast can expedite the delivery of
news to air while expanding the editing func­
tion to any device connected to the internet.
A major P2 Cast advantage is its abil­
ity via the cloud to move low-bitrate, yet
high-quality proxy video off a camcorder
in the field, create a video sequence of the
desired clips, and then allow newsroom
systems to automatically pull back highresolution video for air from the camera. This
high-resolution video can range in quality
from AVC-LongG12 through to AVC-Intra
Class100, depending on preference and
available bandwidth.
AVC-ULTRA cameras in the field are con­
nected with the newsroom through mobile
networks (4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, or dedicated con­
nection) and the cloud, making it possible
to instantly produce news out of events as
it occurs.
With distribution formats for video
content diversifying and opportunities for
utilising raw news resources increasing, P2
Cast facilitates everything from the gather­
ing of news footage to low-cost distribution
within a short time frame with reduced
manpower, which will help customers bolster
earnings potential and create new business
opportunities.
To see more of the present and future, do
head to Panasonic’s room at Level 4.