IBC2019: NewTek Expands the Frontiers of Software-Defined Visual Storytelling
By Adam Noyes
Expanding upon its NAB 2019 announcements, NewTek is showing at IBC from September 13-17
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LTO-8 Shortage Eases as Fujifilm, Sony Settle Tape Patent Dispute
By Adam Noyes
A long shortage of LTO-8 media, imports of which had been restricted during a long-running patent dispute between tape manufacturers Fujifilm and Sony, is set to end as sales resume in the U.S. market.
IBC 2018: Netflix Announces the ‘Netflix Post Technology Alliance’
By Jim Bask
f you’ve been walking around Hall 12 at IBC 2018 you’ve probably noticed a new Netflix logo that a few manufacturers have placed around their booth proudly announcing they are part of a new initiative. I saw the new Netflix Post Technology Alliance logo at the Canon booth around the C700 cameras and C300 II cameras they had on display, and the Panasonic stand around their Varicam LT/35 and EVA1 cameras.
BirdDog News from IBC 2018 Broadfield Liquid Lunch & Learn
By Jim Bask
Are you ready for another Broadfield Liquid Lunch & Learn live webinar? Are you ready for another Broadfield Liquid Lunch & Learn live webinar? We are and this week along with Jim’s beer choice we’re going to discuss the new announcements from IBC from BirdDog. They have a lot of exciting news you’re going to want to tell your sales team about so be sure to check out this webinar!
Top 10 things to see and do at IBC 2018
By Jim Bask
Matrox. These guys make amazing streaming kit that really does work! We use it (so it can’t be “that hard” to set up) for our live shows and they encode fantastic quality image and are hugely reliable. A true “streaming appliance”. They also have a huge range of converters and various recorders as well. Pop over and say Matt from RedShark said to say Hi. Hall 7, B15.
IBC 2018 Preview: An Expert’s View of IP Up-Take and Challenges
By Jim Bask
If you are wondering what the big news and big topics will be for IBC, Sports Video Group (SVG) in a recent interview with NewTek’s Brian Olson, vice president of product management, touched on all the likely topics, both for the industry in general and for NewTek. Adoption of IP workflow for video production continues to gain steam, and no doubt there will be lots to see again at this year’s show on that front. NewTek’s royalty free NDI®, bi-directional IP technology for transport of audio, video, metadata and communications over standard networks, continues a huge lead with integration into hundreds of products in the hands of millions of users. Many other proposed solutions require expensive high-bandwidth networking infrastructure and proprietary hardware and software, or remain on the drawing board.
Grass Valley EDIUS product manager Alex Kataoka at IBC 2016
By Jim Bask
Discussing the latest functions of EDIUS 8.22, product manager Alex Kataoka informs about creative features like applying custom LUTs. This allows emulating the look of a specific camera like an Alexa or a RED camera.
IBC 2016: Avid Nexis Pro
By Jim Bask
Avid’s Nexis Pro is a scalable storage system for mid-size facilities, but its bigger brother, Avid Nexis Enterprise can handle more than 1.4 Petabytes of storage
Avid was Everywhere at IBC
By Jim Bask
Avid used Amsterdam to showcase its Avid Everywhere platform, with an array of new technologies and products, as well as new partners.
The Avid Everywhere suite of announcements included the usual suspects of Pro Tools and Media Composer but they were a small part of the overall suite of tools Avid had to show.
Paralinx Dart: Long-Range HD Transmission
By Jim Bask
Paralinx has a new solution for visually lossless HD video transmission up to 1000ft/300m: the Paralinx Dart, which is on display at the IBC 2016 trade show in Amsterdam.