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4 Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Broadcasters Show Daily HD-SDI ENCODERS FROM BLONDER TONGUE MAINTAIN ATTRACTIVE PRICE-TO-PERFORMANCE RATIO For NAB 2013, Blonder Tongue will have live demos of its HD encoders at booth SU10104. Available for shipping are four MPEG-2 HD encoders. Models HDE-CHV-QAM and HDE-CSV-QAM are single input encoders accepting one program in any of the following formats: component, composite, HD-SDI, unencrypted HDMI, and VGA. The outputs of the encoders are available in the following three formats simultaneously: QAM, IP (10/100BASE-T Ethernet), and ASI. Models HDE-2H/2S-QAM and HDE-4S-QAM are multi input encoders accepting up to four inputs in any of the following formats: component, HD-SDI, and unencrypted HDMI. The encoder outputs are available in the following three formats simultaneously: QAM (4 adjacent channels), IP (1000BASE-T Ethernet), and ASI. Also available for shipping is the company's two input H.264 encoder. vModel HD264-2S-IP is designed to accept up to two programs in any of the following formats: component, HD-SDI, and unencrypted HDMI. The unit H.264 encodes the inputs into two high-definition single program transport streams, and IP encapsulates each stream into an REELDATA INTRODUCES MEDIA CONTENT BRIDGE MCS1 SERVER By Jeff Spalla, ReelData, Inc. Co-founder, ReelData announced the new Media Content Bridge MCS1 on display at the ReelData exhibit booth N625 at the NAB Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas. The MCS1 is specifically designed to enhance media work flows. "The Media Content Bridge is our latest multipurpose server," said Joe Lewis, CoFounder of ReelData. "Our customers get a preconfigured server system that's easy to support, and comes loaded with great software and hardware options from ReelData and our partners." For instance, the MCS1 can be configured as an NFS and CIFS bridge to accelerate connectivity between Windows, Mac and Linux based storage servers. The multipurpose server can connect with ReelData's partner, Panasas Storage, and its ActiveStor NAS line, via multiple 10 Gig Fiber lines. It talks directly to the Panasas Director blades, using the panFS parallel file system and accelerates the CIFS and NFS throughput. Several other software packages come preloaded on the MCS1, including BitSpeed, for file Wan/LAN acceleration, and ReelData's Enterprise Database software package, MediaDB. By adding another video card, the server platform becomes a ReelData Ingestor HDz2 for high quality transcoding and video capture. The MCS1 server hardware comes ready to go, as Windows or Linux Server, with dual power supplies, high performance redundant SSD system drives, additional drive storage options, dual Xeon processors, Dual 1 NEXT GENERATION, DATA+ ENHANCES CINEFLEX ELITE'S POST-PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES By Lafe Redd, Director of Engineering, General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies Technology moves fast and it is important to move with it. We work to integrate the best possible components into the Cineflex family of camera systems in order to stay in front of technology trends. We also recognize that as technology advances viewers have higher expectations on the quality of the images that they see. With our fingers on the pulse of the digital cinema industry, we continue to develop and evolve our stabilized camera systems through close collaboration between cinematographers and our design engineers. The Cineflex ELITE, the latest gyro-stabilized digital camera system from General Dynamics Global Imaging Technology, combined with the new Data+ feature represents the culmination of this collaboration. By layering system-specific metadata onto Super 35 Format video, Data+ enables advanced post-production editing including seamlessly integrating video with computer-generated imagery (CGI). The proven performance of the Cineflex ELITE combined with Data+ capabilities offers cinematographers the freedom of movement to capture their imagination. CGI plays a significant role in just about every feature film production today. Data+ helps to streamline and simplify the post-production process by allowing directors to orient CGI objects to the camera's perspective. This enhancement provides the gimbal position (azimuth/elevation), lens focus, iris zoom and timestamp on the Data+ on-screen display. The Data+ operator display provides full situational awareness allowing cinematog- IP output. Each SPTS is also available in ASI format. For more than 60 years, Blonder Tongue has delivered system operators and integrators serving cable, broadcast, satellite, IPTV, institutional and professional video markets with high-quality and costeffective solutions for the provision of content contribution, distribution and video delivery to homes and businesses. To learn more about Blonder Tongue and its products, visit www.blondertongue .com. Find Blonder Tongue in booth SU10104 at NAB 2013. AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH NAB Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Lyle Sapp Senior Associate Publisher Director of Sales Kate Seymour Senior Associate Publisher Kim Forrester Associate Publisher Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Hayden Neeley Jazmine Woodberry Associate Editors Vladan Zivojnov Art Director Yasmine Brown Graphic Designer Ruth Haltiwanger Nicholas Travassos Traffic Managers and 10 Gig Ethernet/Fiber ports, three PCIe slots, 5x USB, DVD-RW and a three year 24/7 support. Among the hardware options are 8, 10, and 40 Gig Fiber, 10 Gig Ethernet, Infiniband, ram upgrades, processors, NVidia/ATI Graphics video cards, graphics acceleration boards, and video capture boards for HD and SDI. The server system works well in cluster and virtual environments. "We developed the Media Content Bridge, MCS1, to simplify our customer's lives, from the configuration, through the purchase, and support." Lewis added. "We help engineering staff at the major studios and production companies by making their jobs easier, but never limit the possibilities, and our pricing is very reasonable. ReelData creates, sells, and supports hardware and software solutions for the media and entertainment industries." raphers to precisely plan and execute their shots. Synchronizing all this metadata directly with the video provides animators valuable insight and allows them to go in and make the creature of their imagination or other special effects come to life with the greatest of ease. The Data+ upgrade records all metadata onto separate media to facilitate efficient transfer to the video editing system. With all metadata recorded onto a standard SD card, the production team can simply remove the card from the Cineflex ELITE and easily utilize the Data+ synchronous metadata with the pure Cineflex video. This greatly reduces the workload on the production house and allows for greater flexibility in the post-production process, saving everyone valuable time and money. Data+ provides the Cineflex ELITE systems with a networkenabled Ethernet interface for simplified wireless installation. Additionally, this provides users with the ability to Lynn Hilton Jennifer Cope Matthew Gold Wayne Bernknopf Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales Broadcasters Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2013. All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520-721-1300/Fax: 520-721-6300 www.oser.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy. Visit the ReelData Booth N625 and get a live demonstration of the ReelData Media Content Bridge MCS1, as well as all the other products ReelData has to offer. Register there in the drawing to win a free iPad. For more information, call 310-4919469, email info@ReelData.com, visit www.ReelData.com or stop by the NAB booth N625. remotely control an airborne camera system from the ground. This interface enables the synchronization of multiple Cineflex systems on a shared network, providing increased, coordinated coverage of a desired area. The Cineflex ELITE equipped with the enhanced Data+ capability provides cinematographers around the world with the flexibility they need. Designed with close collaboration between cinematographers and General Dynamics' engineers, the growing family of Cineflex products is delivered by General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies, a provider of high-performance camera systems and components. With a decade of delivering the clarity filmmakers expect and the quality viewers demand, General Dynamics is committed to the growth and evolution of the Cineflex family of camera systems. For more information, visit booth C5046 at NAB 2013, call +1 530.271.2500, email info@cineflex.com and go online to www.cineflex.com.