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B r o a d c a s t e r s S h o w D a i l y 4 1 Tu e s d a y, A p r i l 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 Halid Hatic has been appointed General Manager of BGBS to oversee all of the group's brands. Hatic has been serving as the head of Bexel since 2012. The new structure was designed to enable strong cross collaboration among the companies, providing world-class pro- duction services and engineering support to a global community of customers, whether they are working around the cam- era, in the studio or on an outside broad- cast. "We are very proud to take the unpar- alleled experience of these companies into a new era of collaboration and communi- cation for our customers around the world," commented Hatic. "By leveraging the strengths of each brand and expanding the organization's global reach, our cus- tomers will benefit from improved access to a remarkable range of cutting-edge broadcast equipment, industry leading services and expert engineered solutions in a one-stop, integrated experience." BGBS offers a wide range of prod- ucts and services including video and audio equipment rentals (Bexel), systems integration and fiber solutions (Bexel ESS), new and used equipment sales (Bexel TSS), premium teleprompting camera and software systems (Autocue and Autoscript), broadcast technology for the Q-Ball and other specialty remote cameras (Camera Corps), and camera supports and mounting requirements (The Camera Store). The premium port- folio of companies has a stellar resume, Bexel (Cont'd. from p. 1) with credits ranging from major global sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup and the Super Bowl; to major entertainment events, including the Academy Awards and the BBC Proms; to broadcast television, including Hell's Kitchen, the X Factor and Big Brother. "While the brands within the BGBS family are already well-known and widely respected, this new structure will enable our customers to have easy access to every- thing they need with one outreach," Hatic noted. "BGBS has a strong infrastructure in place which will make for an exceptional customer experience. We are pleased to be expanding the trajectory of our global foot- print, and we know that BGBS will set the high watermark in our industry for both quality and breadth of service." Alongside Hatic, the BGBS team includes Richard Satchel as Managing Director of the EMEA Division; Greg Bragg as Vice President of Global Sales, US; and David Carr as Vice President of Global Sales, EMEA. With US hubs in Burbank, Calif.; Dallas, Texas; New York, N.Y.; Secaucus, N.J.; and Washington D.C.; UK hubs in Twickenham and Byfleet; and sales pres- ences in Atlanta, Ga.; Mexico City, Mexico; and Paris, France; BGBS has a global network in place to readily support a broad array of customer needs. Discover Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions at booth #C6025. For more information, visit www.bexel.com or call 800.225.6185. to a laptop computer so that content edit- ing can be done in the field with transfer speeds of 550MB/second. USB 3.1 Products In addition to Thunderbolt products, AKiTiO will be releasing several USB 3.1 devices in the coming months. The dual connector, USB 3.1 Neutrino Bridge is one of the first products of its kind on the market. The Bridge is a drive con- verter bracket for 2.5" hard drives or SSD's that fits all 3.5" drive bays. The Neutrino Bridge has two connectors, a standard SATA connector for use when the Bridge is inserted into a 3.5" drive AKiTiO (Cont'd. from p. 4) bay and a USB 3.1 connector that can become a stand-alone USB 3.1 external storage device. Simply insert a 2.5" drive into the Bridge, connect it via a USB cable to your computer and you have cre- ated an easy to use, bus-powered external storage device. The AKiTiO NT2-U3.1 is a dual bay 3.5" USB 3.1 enclosure with hardware RAID. Last but not least, AKiTiO will also be releasing a USB 3.1 PCIe host card, which can be plugged into the AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box. This will allow current Thunderbolt enabled computers to enjoy the benefits of USB 3.1. For more information, stop by booth #SL14818. 6300K) and delivers a powerful 1077 lux at 3 feet – twice that of competing LED on camera lights! Neo's 120 'best-in- class' LED's feature an overall CRI of 95 with an almost perfect skintone repro- duction of R15 = 99! "The tuneability was crucial to both projects I tried Neo on. Being able to accu- rately match the additional lighting (ANOVA 2, HMI, fluorescent and tung- sten) that we have been using has been real- ly useful. I think that we are now in at a stage with LED lighting where tuneable color temperature is becoming an increas- ingly usable option rather than a gimmick and Rotolight with the Anova and now Neo are at the forefront of that technology." Neo can be powered by six AA bat- teries for up to five hours (or three hours at 100 percent power), by mains or via a Rotolight (Cont'd. from p. 4) D-TAP cable from a battery, drawing only 9W at full power. The highly versa- tile unit emits a 50º beam angle, ideal for key lighting but features a stunning soft 'wrap around' effect for natural results. "I think Neo offers so much to so many people; stills and moving pictures, experienced camera people and those at the start of their careers, DSLR or full size cameras. Neo truly is a light for everyone, and with Rotolight's pro-active approach to customer feedback and development I can see this being the beginning of the next generation of LED lighting coming from its Pinewood man- ufacturing base. I can't recommend Neo highly enough – I see it becoming an industry standard unit," said Edwards. For more information, visit www.rotot light.com and www.rtsphoto.com or stop by booth #C8845/46. HD feeds directly from an airborne plat- form. The unit includes a high visibility day/night viewing screen, on-board recording and faster IP connectivity. The product is derived from Cobham's extensive experience in wire- less communications, the best current example being the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Cobham divisions, including Broadcast, Tactical Communications and Surveillance (TCS) and SATCOM, are supplying technologies that keep the boats in contact with the Volvo Ocean Race broadcast center in Alicante, Spain, as well as being fundamental to video coverage of the nine-month race. Cobham's NETNode Mesh IP radio provides IP connectivity for email and Internet access, with COFDM modula- tion to integrate video, audio and GPS information. IP connections are carried over a BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) system, supplied by another Volvo Ocean Race partner, Inmarsat. Two Cobham antenna systems sit on the stern of each boat: a Cobham SAT- COM Sailor 500 Fleet Broadband, which is used intermittently for live streaming and transfer of large video files; and the compact Fleet Broadband 250, which is always on and used mainly for email, telemetry and weather information. For onshore activity coverage, including the arrival of each boat in port, Cobham (Cont'd. from p. 1) Cobham SOLO transmitters are fitted on two rigid-hulled inflatable vessels as well as the aircraft for linking back to the pro- duction center. The trend for wireless coverage, whether it is on a boat, car, bike or ani- mal, is only achievable by reducing the weight and size of a wireless transmitter system without sacrificing quality or reli- ability. A perfect example of Cobham achieving both is the new VeloVue HD, a miniature wireless HD camera and trans- mit/receive jointly developed by Broadcast RF, VideoSys and Cobham for live coverage of the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships near Paris. The ground-breaking VeloVue HD ini- tiative made it possible for viewers world- wide to experience live race drama from a vantage point provided by rear-facing POV cameras, with transmitters mounted in selected competition bikes' saddle tubes sit- uated just under the seat mount. The total payload of the VeloVue HD system weighed only slightly more than an iPhone 6 Plus and was virtually unno- ticeable to a professional athlete. As a result, television and Internet viewers, plus those watching a giant screen within the Velodrome, were afforded dramatic views that rivalled those experienced by the competitors themselves. VeloVue HD and other Cobham technolo- gies are being demonstrated at NAB 2015 at booth #C7412. editorial and finishing function. We also have several new software features we're introducing, including AS02 and JPEG2000 Support, as well as two standalone applications: a Web- based multi-deck IP control app and a transcoding/rewrap application. We're also going to be demoing our highly suc- cessful ZX series. It's our first modular platform where users can choose a hard- ware platform and software options to customize their units for their workflow. BSD: What kind of impact do you think File-based Insert Edit will have on the industry? CD: File-based Insert Edit is a game changer. The time and cost savings offered by this one feature alone are incredible – especially when you consid- er the number of facilities having multiple shows that have mission-critical dead- lines. With File-based Insert Edit, you can deliver your file-based post deliverables in one pass on one appliance, versus hav- ing to do the work with two or more pass- es. Further, you can eliminate tape from your post workflow altogether. BSD: How does it work? CD: File-based Insert Edit allows you to replace as little as a single frame of video, a single audio stem or both audio and video in whatever length in a closed file on the most popular editing intermediates including DNxHD, Prores Cinedeck (Cont'd. from p. 1) and AVC-I, with plans to add XDCAM and H.264 shortly. It also supports uncompressed and DPX files to assist special effects workflows that require excessive rendering times. Also, because Cinedeck recorders emulate an SRW tapedeck, doing an insert edit to Cinedeck from Media Composer is an identical process to doing one to tape. We also have a file to file insert edit feature built into the applica- tion that will allow you to insert edit from one file to another without baseband video. BSD: What direction do you see the company heading towards over the next years? CD: Since the start of the company in 2010, we made a decision to base our feature-set on software. All of our video processing is done on software versus many of our competitors who are still using hardware encoders. This decision has allowed us to take advan- tage of the advances in CPU and GPU technology while letting our develop- ment team focus on creating exciting new features by incrementally adding new items to our base software. Over the next few months, we're planning on building out our feature set even more to include automation and scheduling. We're committed to innovation and developing file-based workflow solu- tions for our customers. For more information, stop by booth #SL15714.