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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 2 9 T u e s d a y , A p r i l 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 FEED-SSE-MFS-1CKU-C38; C/Ku Band 4 port Receive Only Axi- Symmetric, Comtech 5.0m FEED-SSE- MFS-1CKU-C50; C Band Tx/Rx 2 port for Skyware Global Antenna, FEED-VS- SWCMOTO; C Band 2 port Receive Only Axi-Symmetric, FEED-2C-MOTO; and C Band 2 port LP/CP switchable, FEED-2C-CPOR1-MOTO. Typical attributes and performance specifications for these feeds are: greater than or equal to 280-degree travel; stain- less steel hardware; 100 percent tested; compatible with RCI controllers; high torque motor; universal mounting; -40 degree to +60 degree Celsius temperature range; hard coat anodized aluminum gears; and mechanical stops to prevent Viking Satcom (Cont'd. from p. 1) over travel. Viking Satcom is constantly survey- ing the market to see where it can fill product gaps with high quality equipment like the motorized feed product line. If you need something that you don't see in the marketplace, be sure to contact the company for your custom needs. Viking Satcom Corporate offices are located in Albion, Michigan. Satellite offices are located in Taoyuan City Taiwan, Delhi India and Mexico City. In addition to its complete line of satellite products and accessories, Viking Satcom offers worldwide service and support, making it a trusted and experienced provider of satellite equipment. For more information, visit #OE820 or go to www.vikingsatcom.com. operator in a win-lose relationship. In response, operators and providers have developed commitment-based contracts around peak use, or minimum usage commitments, in order to distribute their risk. But it does not have to be this way. In order to meet the consumer's needs efficiently, the service provider and network operator require infrastruc- ture flexibility and scalability, as well as the real-time knowledge to manage it. For example, evening and weekend viewing on larger screens requires high- er quality video, while workday viewing biases toward mobile video on smaller screens outside of the home. If a net- work's overall processing and delivery capacity could be dynamically reallocat- ed between fixed and mobile demand, the needs of all parties could be more efficiently met. Everybody wins. This "What You Need – When You Need it" (WYN-WYN) network is driv- ing forward-thinking network operators toward Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN), which is built on standard servers/cloud resources and most importantly, software. For any NFV-based network to meet the promise for video streaming, it will require the intelligence to recognize when the viewer experience is degrad- ing, quickly identify the root cause and IneoQuest (Cont'd. from p. 4) apply the necessary NFV resources to restore the customer experience to spec- ified levels. For years, IneoQuest has provided that intelligence and measurement capa- bility for video. As a result, over the last four years we have been migrating our solutions from hardware/appliance- based formats to software/NFV formats, and are now offering a growing list of video quality assurance solutions in vir- tual formats. We did not do this alone. Through the Intel ® Network Builders program, we have been collaborating with NFV thought leaders, and were able to suc- cessfully participate in the first NFV interoperability tests sponsored by NIA, Light Reading and EANTC (www.lightreading.com/nfv/nfv-tests- and-trials/exclusive!-nfv-interop-evalu- ation-results/d/d-id/719675). We are also finding that the shift to software-based, NFV-compatible solu- tions is giving us some unexpected ben- efits in product flexibility. We can now integrate different, complementary "vir- tualized" products in "right-sized" bun- dles to provide integrated, cost-effective solutions to new markets applications. This is yet another, albeit unanticipated, example of the NFV win-win, and I expect it will not be the last. For more information, stop by booth #SU6102. Thunderbolt3 products include the above-mentioned Thunder3 PCIe Box, the four bay Thunder3 QUAD and the T3T2 Thunderbolt3 to Thunderbolt2 adapter. The adapter makes it possible for consumers who already have Thunderbolt2 products to connect them to their new Thunderbolt3 computers. Akitio not only sells the enclosures but also sells complete solutions bundled with the aforementioned Intel 750 Series PCIe SSD as well as SanDisk SSDs in their other enclosures. Whether you need a ready to go complete solu- tion or already want to install your own drives, Akitio has a solution to fit your Akitio (Cont'd. from p. 4) needs. Other manufacturers will undoubt- edly be following Akitio with their own versions of Thunderbolt3 storage devices, but Akitio has positioned itself far out in front of its competition and proven that its lineup of Thunderbolt3 products are reliable, high quality, pre- mium products that the competition will have a hard time competing with. 2016 will be remembered as the year of the USB Type C connector, the year of Thunderbolt3 and the year that Akitio took the lead in external storage solu- tions. For more information, go to www. akitio.com or stop by booth #SL15213. Several musical artists and bands rent radios from Air Comm's large rental fleet, but you do not have to be a large touring group to benefit from Air Comm's com- petitive rentals. Air Comm rents any num- ber of radios for a range of short term and Air Comm (Cont'd. from p. 1) long term contracts. Rental radios start at only a $1.00 per day. For more information, visit booth #C12349 to learn more about its exciting products and packages and to take advan- tage of its special Titan Radio "Buy One Get One Free" offer. Combining the lamination process with a patented shield design allowed Insulated Wire to become one of the leaders in low loss microwave transmission lines utiliz- ing both solid and expanded PTFE dielectrics. This combination of features allowed Insulated Wire to produce microwave cables with the lowest attenu- ation loss per foot in the industry. In 1988, Insulated Wire expanded its opera- tions and created the IW Microwave Products Division. Insulated Wire has produced both wire and cable to serve medical, audio, geophysical, defense, telecommunications, data and instrumen- tation markets. IW strives to stay ahead of the ever- changing military/commercial microwave markets by implementing new products and processes. These include cables with stable phase perform- ance over both temperature and flexure, its Tuf-Flex™ cables, which offer com- pression resistance up to 250 pounds per linear inch, polyurethane jacketed cables for low smoke/zero halogen applications and stranded center conductor cable for increased flexibility. Its high perform- ance 75Ω cables are being used in the video tracking and surveillance areas of UAVs. IW has developed special proce- dure to work with the increasing demand for smaller cables and connectors with- out compromising performance. IW (Cont'd. from p. 1) Each cable assembly is manufac- tured under strict process controls in accordance with IPC-WHMA-A-620 procedures. IW offers measurements of return loss, insertion loss, phase match- ing, time delay and amplitude matching up to 67GHz. In addition, testing for humidity, salt spray, vibration, thermal shock, flexure and hydrostatic pressure, among others, can be conducted either in-house or in an approved laboratory environment. IW's engineering staff can help with questions that may occur during any phase of a project. This includes assis- tance for cable/connector configuration in racks, "black boxes" and other systems where transmission line performance is critical, specialized custom designs and anything in between. IW can also be on- site to help with cable routing and instal- lation. Engineering support is also avail- able for optimal cable/connector selec- tion for unique applications. IW operates two facilities: headquar- ters and cable manufacturing are located in Bayport, New York and the Microwave Products Division, responsi- ble for the production and sale of all microwave assemblies, has just relocated to a new facility located in Bethel, Connecticut. For more information, visit booth #SU9924 or go to www. iw-microwave.com. DG: We needed to be able to tap into a high quality live feed, provide a low bandwidth live stream and have a video player that would let you access that live stream and jump back and forth between live, rewind to the beginning and more importantly handle long, multi hour events. BSD: How did you build the video play- er? DG: We evaluated a number of video players and landed on a mixture of work- ing on an open source project and wrap- ping our own video player on top of that. After a few trials identifying tools that can handle the broadcast/live/encoding part of it, a partner that we had experi- ence working with, Elemental Technologies, had a piece of gear that fit right in. The result for end users is a cohesive, simple experience that's direct- ly tied into the customer's existing Reach Engine workflows. BSD: Who are the end users? DG: People who put together clip pack- ages, highlight packages, promoting an Levels Beyond (Cont'd. from p. 1) event, giving consumers the ability to see what's happening without being able to watch it live. Marketing departments, editors and producers are able to clip out segments of the live event as they're hap- pening and use them for a variety of pur- poses including distributing the clips directly to partners. BSD: So you don't have to be at a partic- ular venue with special equipment? DG: No. What we've done with Reach Engine is to break down the geographic boundaries. Now end users can be on a couch with a bottle of wine with remote access to this tool; they can be on tablet devices over a 4g connection. Reach Engine and Elemental handle the high- res files and distribution; the users don't have to be in the physical location. BSD: And does it work? DG: Yes. The end result, to the viewers and the consumers, went off without a hitch in our first major event. Every snag we hit was addressed in real time with our team and our client's team. Learn more at booth #S204LMR or visit www.levelsbeyond.com.