Hammond Communications Selects Monarch HD H.264 Encoders for NCAA’s Webcasts
By Jim Bask
Hammond Communications Group, a production company in Lexington, KY, US, carries out live, multi-camera productions of varying sizes and scopes, specifically press conferences for sporting events. Whether covering “the most exciting two minutes in sports” at the famed Kentucky Derby, or men’s and women’s basketball tournaments for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Big 10 and Southeastern Conference, Hammond is equipped to handle everything from lighting, audio and video production to distribution. To cover all the pre- and post- game press conferences (pressers) of the NCAA’s basketball tournaments—from first round to Final Fours—Hammond has eight two-camera flypack units that travel all over the country.
A new firmware update is now available for Matrox Monarch HD.
Serving the largest group of cardiac patients in South Korea, the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju offers adult and pediatric surgical services including coronary revascularization, vascular surgery and surgery for congenital heart disease. Over the years, the hospital has taken steps to reform the facility into a smart hospital by adding state-of-the-art equipment and information systems to provide more efficient services, keep patients better informed and more effectively train staff.
MONTREAL – July 28, 2016 — Matrox® Video announced today that the Matrox Monarch™ LCS, a compact, easy-to-use, two-input lecture capture appliance is now available for purchase.
Live Webinar Wednesday July 27, 2016
Matrox Monarch LCS is shipping soon. Are you ready? This past April, Matrox Monarch LCS was unveiled at NAB 2016. We hope that you have had a chance to familiarize yourself fwith the product details since then and have updated your website and marketing materials. Matrox Monarch LCS is an easy-to-use two-input lecture capture appliance that easily integrates into video management systems (VMS) and learning management systems (LMS). Users can define profiles for live streamed and recorded lectures mixing camera and presentation material from SDI and HDMI sources. 
Matrox Video’s Francesco Scartozzi talks with ProductionHubTV about the new Monarch HDX dual-channel H.264 encoding appliance and the VS4Recorder Pro multi-camera event recording app. Watch the video and learn how Monarch HDX’s two independent encoders can take on three separate workflows: stream/stream, record/record and stream/record. 
Dan Maloney, Technical Marketing Manager at Matrox Video, discusses the newest addition to the Matrox product line: the multi award-winning