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Elevate Broadcast unveils ABonAir’s
wireless video latency system
Singapore-based systems integrator Elevate
Broadcast has given pride of place at its
booth (6H3-01) at BroadcastAsia2017 to
the AB512 — ABonAir's breakthrough tech-
nology in the field of wireless video latency.
ABonAir, whose headquarters is in Israel,
provides WML (wireless microwave link) so-
lutions that efficiently transmit video from
field cameras directly to a news track or
OB van.
Elevate Broadcast’s CEO, Dennis Brecken-
ridge, says: “ABonAir’s AB512 system deliv-
ers video in a surprising seven-milliseconds
(msec) delay without compromising the
video quality.
“The AB512 also supports the multi-
zone FCE (fibre coverage extender), which
is another unique feature first introduced
by ABonAir. Such FCEs enable coverage of
multiple dispersed zones located on a single
large site, where each zone is connected via a
fibre optic cable to the main receiver.”
Other features of the AB512 include in-
tegrated intercom and IFB, and full CCU/RCP
support for leading camera vendors such as
Sony, Ikegami, Grass Valley and Panasonic.
“The AB512 system is based on ABo-
nAir‘s core technology of a bi-directional
link between the transmitter and receiver
that acknowledges the correct acceptance
of each group of pixels, hence providing
exceptionally robust and reliable transmis-
sion,” says Breckenridge.
The Elevate Broadcast chief explains that
feedback received from ABonAir’s customers
had indicated that, as shifting to progressive
broadcasting where a frame time is only
16msec (in 1080p), the available solutions
of 40msec-60msec were simply not good
enough, and that a dramatically lower la-
tency was required.
“Their team of experts designed a revo-
lutionary solution that will take the entire
wireless broadcast microwave industry to a
new era,” says Breckenridge. “The fact that
the AB512 has achieved a remarkable 7msec
delay, along with high picture quality of +52
PSNR, sets a new industry standard.”
Elevate Broadcast’s Dennis Breckenridge: ”The fact
that the AB512 has achieved a remarkable 7msec
delay, along with high picture quality of +52
PSNR, sets a new industry standard.”
Kaltura enhances TV experience with unified platform
Kaltura, a New York-based software company, is present-
ing its TV platform which enables content and service
providers to deliver high-quality viewing experience while
helping viewers find content and share it across social
media networks.
With Kaltura’s TV platform, media operators are able
to create and offer unified TV experiences that can also be
personalised to suit their fragmented viewers and deliver
the content across all devices. The solution enhances user
experience via content discovery, social viewing, non-linear
viewing and cloud digital video recorder (DVR).
According to the company, media operators can even
create a personalised experience for each viewer in a house-
hold, and offer a cross-device experience that allows indi-
viduals to take their favourite content with them on the go.
Furthermore, Kaltura’s TV platform provides intuitive
interaction between screens with TV controls, content
“swooshing”, and synched second screen metadata.
Vitec pushes the world’s first
fully IP prompting solution
In a world first, a fully intelligent IP-enabled
teleprompter has been made available to
broadcasters by Vitec Videocom (booth
4F2-01).
“Autoscript is the only fully IP-enabled
prompting solution in the world,” says
Simon Clark, sales development manager for
prompters – EMEA & APAC, Vitec Videocom.
“It is both user-friendly and reliable. Every
component within the prompting system
has been designed around an intelligent
IP workflow, able to operate responsively
Vitec Videocom’s Simon Clark: “We are targeting
all the major broadcasters in the region.”
and securely in today’s dynamic production
environment.”
The company’s Intelligent Prompting
devices offer the flexibility to integrate simply
via an IP network, pool resources anywhere
in the world, and implement fail-safe redun-
dancy measures for live broadcast.
“The workflow is complemented by
WinPlus-IP, a simple and modern refresh of
our industry standard prompting applica-
tion,” says Clark. “Everything in it is Ethernet
connected; video is not being sent to the
monitor.
“The revolutionary hardware improve-
ments we have made include a massive
reduction in weight and set-up time.”
Intelligent Prompting represents a scal-
able IP prompting architecture that ensures
benefits at any stage in an IP transition,
while also opening the door for continu-
ous workflow improvements. It connects to
all newsroom systems and allows perfect
synchronisation.
Clark points out the operational freedom
and flexibility that the product offers, since
the script can be controlled from any position
or location. It is scalable for both networks
and standalone operations, since it has
simple connectivity and complete compat-
ibility.
“Autoscript is a brand-new product that
will not be released until this August; and
yet, it has already become a rage,” says
Clark. “It has been ordered in Singapore by
Mediacorp, as well as TV3 in Malaysia. We
are targeting all the major broadcasters in
the region.”
It is also able to support mobile devices as well as
connected TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), hybrid broadcast
broadband TV (HbbTV) devices, personal computers and
game consoles. The flexible nature of the solution also
enables ongoing evolvement of the service capabilities
from content preparation, enrichment through delivery
up to the device level.
To find out more about Kaltura’s offerings, head to
booth 4C2-01.