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amount. But the video quality
has to be exceptional in
order to provide a fully
immersive experience,” said
Bart Spriester, senior vice
president, video products at
Harmonic. “We believe HEVC
tiling is the most promising
technology for delivering high
video quality on headmounted VR devices. Working
together with TNO’s worldleading experts on this
technology demonstration,
we’ll bring to life outstanding
VR experiences with native
UHD resolution.”
Harmonic will also
showcase its VR innovation
alongside Viaccess-Orca
through a new multiview app.
Using space-related content
from Harmonic on a Samsung
Gear VR headset and
leveraging Viaccess-Orca’s
Connected Sentinel Player,
the demo will simulate a live
VR environment by providing
synchronised, multiple
perspectives for a richer VR
experience.
Imagine
Communications Stand 4.A01
The media and entertainment
technologist will shine a
spotlight on the current state
of the media and
entertainment industry’s
evolution to a new technology
foundation and how the
company is delivering
advanced solutions today that
will help broadcasters, service
providers and other media
companies accelerate the
modernisation of their
14 ADVANCED TELEVISION
production, playout and
distribution facilities.
The company will also
unveil its latest innovations,
demonstrate the widespread
interoperability of its
solutions and present a series
of knowledge-sharing
seminars featuring thought
leaders from across the
media and entertainment and
IT industries.
“The last few years have
been about accepting the
need to transform and
overcoming uncertainties that
IT-oriented, generic compute
and networking platforms are
able to deliver the
robustness, precision and
reliability needed to handle
the most demanding media
operations,” says Charlie
Vogt, CEO of Imagine
Communications. “We are
now entering another phase
of the transformation of the
industry and that is the
practical and growing
adoption of next-generation
architectures that enable
media companies to expand
their businesses and maintain
their competitive edge
without sacrificing quality,
reliability or disrupting their
current operations and
investment cycles. At
IBC2016, Imagine
Communications will
demonstrate how we are
delivering to our customers
the future of TV, today.”
“One of our top priorities
at IBC2016 is to help reduce
the anxiety associated with
making strategic investments
— today or in the future —
that still hinder the decision
making of some media
companies,” adds Vogt. “At
this year’s IBC we will be
demonstrating our
commitment to widespread
compatibility and the graceful
integration of the media and
IT domains through live
interoperability exercises and
by sharing some of our
recent customer successes.”
Netgem Stand H5 B33
The end-to-end video
entertainment provider and
global leader in #TelcoTV
solutions, will demonstrate a
suite of multiscreen and
connected home
entertainment solutions.
Encouraging attendees to
experience its leading home
entertainment solutions,
Netgem will be
demonstrating a number of
first-to-market deployments
to telecoms operators –
including EE in the UK –
where viewers can choose to
watch live and recorded
programming on their TV,
mobile and tablet devices
simultaneously. This includes
full personalisation and social
abilities built into the heart of
the solution. The proposition
incorporates services that
deliver a wide range of
content, through partnerships
secured by Netgem, to allow
access to live and on demand
services across multiple
devices.
Netgem will also be
demonstrating a solution that
will enable an enhanced
home entertainment and
audio experience for
consumers. The proposition
will deliver connected
entertainment capabilities for
users whilst in the home.
When launched later this
year, the solution will enable
telecoms operators to open
up new entertainment-based
revenue streams and gain a
competitive advantage by
meeting consumer demand
for unified connected
services.
Sylvain Thevenot,
managing director of Netgem
Europe, said: “Consumers are
increasingly demanding fully
connected solutions that
incorporate all of their home
entertainment services. We
are using IBC 2016 to
underscore how our solutions
can enable telecoms
operators to meet this
challenge through innovative
home hub propositions. We
will also be demonstrating a
new connected home
entertainment service that
will unify and enhance the
user experience in the home.”
Net Insight - Stand
1.B40/1.D30
The provider of live,