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Broadcasters Show Daily Monday, April 24, 2017 8 SIGNAL QUALITY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS The complexity of digital broadcasting requires access to in-depth analysis at every part of the transmission system. Signal quality at the transmitter output is one of the vital monitoring points in the content delivery chain. ActiveCore ® RF Layer Monitoring Receiver from Avateq Corp. has been designed to provide broadcast engineers with powerful tools to monitor and analyze transmitted sig- nal. "We designed AVQ1020 and AVQ1022 to monitor modern digital broadcasting networks, which are often spread over large geographical areas with multiple transmitter and repeater systems installed remotely from the network management centers," explains Vladimir Anishchenko, Avateq's Chief Technology Officer. "It is vital to ensure that the audio and video signals received by the end user – the customer – retain full quality. Avateq's solution is a very practical tool for broadcast engineers to be notified and to be able anytime and from anywhere to access essential RF measurements in order to ensure quality of service." The quality of a broadcast signal is assessed by monitoring a set of parame- ters, including MER, EVM and SNR, standard-specific properties such as mod- ulation modes and signal physical layer structure. The operational health and potential hardware problems of a trans- mitter station can be viewed by analyzing RF signal critical characteristics: sig- nal bandwidth, group delay, non-lin- ear distortions, spec- trum mask, etc. Responding to the clients' requests, Avateq has extended the receiver's capabilities by introducing new important features: SFN Drift and Echo Monitoring: AVQ1020 detects and measures transmit- ted signal time alignment and its varia- tions relative to GPS reference time pulse. In-Band Interference Monitoring: New processing engine is able to dis- tinguish between the useful signal and underlying noise, under-carrier "ghost" signal or non-linearity prod- ucts. The in-band interference is dis- played on a spectrum plot for quick visual identification. ActiveCore ® RF Layer Monitoring Receiver and Signal Analyzer supports all major digital broad- casting standards, including ATSC, DVB-T/T2, DAB/DAB+, DVB-S/S2, ISDB-T/Tb, DTMB. The analyzer allows an operator to monitor remote transmitting sites through a web interface or as a part of SNMP-based network management sys- tem. AVQ1020 features an easy-to-use customizable alarm system with user- defined thresholds and assigned severity levels. The internal logging server records events and measured parameters history for archiving and future analysis. For more information, go to www.avateq.com, email info@avateq.com or stop by booth #SU10713. RIGGING A PHANTOM CAMERA FOR MOBILITY & DYNAMIC RESULTS Over the last several years, Phantom cameras have been responsible for recording some of the most amazing slow motion footage ever seen. However, it's not all about the camera – there are often specially designed rigging devices and protective housings that work with the camera to get the shot. These tools work to further enhance the capabilities of a Phantom camera and result in dynamic footage that would not otherwise be pos- sible. The Bolt High-Speed Cinebot, from Mark Roberts Motion Control, is a unique piece of machinery built solely to achieve precise camera movements. This robotic arm has the ability to get up-to- speed instantly by moving between standstill and high-speed motion and back in fractions of a second. The Bolt arm allows a high-speed camera to fol- low falling objects while capturing images that would be impossible by any other method. Special software makes programing the Bolt Cinebot and shoot- ing a subject in motion easy and time efficient. Electronics and water do not mix, but there are scenarios where mixing them cannot be avoided. In those cases, Phantom cameras can be found inside of a Gates Underwater Housing unit. Gates has more than 40 years of experience using state-of-the-art manufacturing to protect sensitive equipment. It uses "bul- letproof" machined aluminum, 100 per- cent mechanical controls, time-proven design methods and state-of-the- art manufacturing. Phantom cameras and Gates Housing Units have worked together in a variety of situations, creating some truly amazing and breathtak- ing slow motion video footage. Marine biologists, divers, mili- tary personnel and entertainment cine- matographers have all taken advantage of the benefits that come from having one of the best high-speed cameras inside a secure housing unit. Freefly Systems does just that, with its unique high-tech tools that work towards providing completely unrestrict- ed movement of the industry's top cam- eras, including all the Phantom models, whether human, air or ground transporta- tion is used. It is all about mobility and stabilization for professional results. Whenever the MōVI, Alta 8 or Tero devices are used with Phantom cameras, the results are sure to be dynamic, smooth and an incredible experience to watch. Wherever a Phantom high-speed camera needs to go, there is usually technology that can complement the camera, and these are just a few of the examples in use today. When used together they always deliver interesting, unique and powerful imaging. Because no matter where the subject is Phantom is there too, for when it's too fast to see, and too important not to.™ For more information, visit www .phantomhighspeed.com or go to booth #C8739. CONVERT FRESNELS TO LED WITH RELAMP Are you paying five times more to light your studio than you should? Studios using halogen instead of LED burn five times more power, and therefore money, every month. But moving to LED is a serious capital expense. What's the solu- tion? It's another LED. But its not just another LED. It's a bulb. ReLamp four fresnels to LED for the cost of buying one new LED fixture. Keep your tried and true fresnels. Bring new life to your studio with the easiest transition to professional LED. Your initial expense is offset by power savings alone in less than a year, plus you will see 80 percent less air con- ditioning, no heat on the stage or talent, and you can use all your existing wiring and dimmers. Its just a relamp. Just like installing new bulbs, but the bulbs are LED. Now a studio does not have to fill a dumpster with old fresnels in order to go green. Have you ever blown a circuit? You can run 10 ReLamp 1K LEDs on a 15A power strip. That would be comparable to 10,000 watts of halogen on one power strip. The ReLamp LEDs are available in sizes for most common fresnels. In some fixtures, the reflector should be unscrewed to make room for the LED. The ReLamp LEDs work on the same AC dim- mers as halogen. The light looks just like tungsten halogen, but without the heat. It is also avail- able in daylight. Both have very high quality color rendering. Regardless of how it is meas- ured, the color looks right on all faces, makeup, wardrobe – just like the tried and true halogen. For a list price under $700, the ReLamp 1K is what most have been waiting for. It's certainly more than a halogen globe, but given the estimated 50,000 hour lifetime, one ReLamp LED compares to about $5,000 worth of halogen bulbs that would have to be purchased over that same 50,000 hours. A newsroom can now upgrade to LED with no down- time. The process of installing the ReLamp LEDs is only a few min- utes per fixture. The look is seam- less. It is easy to replace a few fix- tures or all of them, and preserve the look the halogen was providing. The focus and barn door cuts are equivalent. Best of all, it can save enough in power in the first year to pay for the upgrade. See ReLamp LED in the Visionsmith booth, Central Hall booth #C12341. Learn more at www.visionsmith.com. TC TEK, INC. PRODUCTS OFFER SUPERIOR QUALITY TC TEK, Inc. has provided innovative and cost-effective solutions for its cus- tomers' fiber digital video transmission for over 20 years. It meets every chal- lenge with a combination of ingenuity, creativity and practical experience to ensure that all of its products hold supe- rior quality for today and tomorrow. At TC TEK, the best and the bright- est engineers and technical minds con- verge to explore the new frontiers of video transmission over fiber, including the latest 4K digital video transmission over one single fiber. With its concentrat- ed focus serving the broadcast, profes- sional and commercial markets, it con- stantly strives to anticipate the need to provide the answers to the questions that that haven't yet been asked. At the show, TC TEK, located in booth #SL5129, is demonstrating a variety of newly released fiber optic products designed to provide broadcasters, sports or news net- works, and service providers with com- prehensive transmission solutions for advanced digital connectivity. The Ultra-miniature 12G SDI is a solution to deliver a high quality 4K SDI digital video signal over a single fiber; it's the best choice for such teleproduc- tion of news and sports activities. The fiber optic SFP mod- ule supports 12G/6G/3G/1.5G SDI video transmission, and it provides a variety choices of fiber connectivity for video system vendors. For more information, stop by booth #SL5129.