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Taking a Stand at IBC - The Future of Exhibiting Clouds
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If you’re reading KitPlus you probably don’t need us to tell you that, each year, the IBC Show attracts 1,700 exhibitors, each parting with a significant sum of money for the privilege of touting their wares from the darkened halls for five whole days. For the last eight years Blue Lucy has been one of these exhibitors and the show has always more than paid for itself in generating new business, as well as the less directly-tangible benefits from partnerships and networking opportunities. |
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| blue lucy
| ibc
| cloud
| iabm
| Julian Wright
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MEDIAPRO leads across the audiovisual value chain
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MEDIAPRO is a leading independent production company in Europe’s audiovisual market. Offering a full slate of technical and creative services, our portfolio includes everything from content production, to post production, to media and digital asset management, to the acquisition of sports TV rights, and the distribution and broadcast of television channels. We currently have 58 offices spread across 36 countries on four continents.
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| signiant
| mediapro
| media shuttle
| transport
| Marc Andreu Valls
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Creating A Signature Look With Lighting
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As an LA-based DP, I view my role as a narrative storyteller. For me, cinematography is not just about getting some nice images – it’s about telling truths. I love being able to weave a story with imagery and capture something that’s real, whether through performance or visual symbolism. Lighting is one of my most important mechanisms for capturing those moments of truth. |
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| litepanels
| gemini 2x1
| led
| William Hellmuth
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Creating Opportunities For A Diverse and Colourful Future
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The creative industry is awash with beautiful designs, animations and incredible imagery, created for one reason – to entertain and capture our imagination. An industry creating such amazing visualisations should represent all viewers, from different backgrounds, beliefs, cultures and orientations. ACCESS:VFX, could be the answer to a more diverse and inclusive industry, by connecting young people through the power of education, mentoring and events across the UK and beyond. |
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| diversity
| access:vfx
| bame
| bfi
| post
| q-vfx
| lgbtq+
| Alex Humphries-French
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Class: Pragmatism In Engineering
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A couple of years ago, Hermann Popp from ARRI came to me and talked about putting MXF in ST 2110. My initial take away was that his proposal felt like exactly the right way to solve the problem he presented, but was completely counter-intuitive to the IP Engineering purists who would push back on the concept of double wrapping the content. |
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| mxf
| st2110
| smpte
| hermann popp
| ip
| Bruce Devlin - new
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Testing Hybrid Workflows
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With the industry’s steady migration from traditional HD-SDI to IP and/or 12G-SDI infrastructures, broadcasters are now faced with the significant challenge of having to manage and monitor a wide array of new signal types in order to provide properly managed workflows. The switch away from HD-SDI is not happening overnight and, indeed, is happening at different speeds in different parts of the world. Due to this rapidly evolving technology landscape, reliable and versatile test and measurement (T&M) solutions have never been more important. |
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| phabrix
| 2022-7
| st2110
| smpte
| aes3
| anc data
| hd-sdi
| ptp
| qx rasterizer
| lawo V_pro8
| Martin Mulligan
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IBC 2019 Question Time
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The media and entertainment industry is in an exciting period of transformation and innovation, and Signiant is thrilled to be in the midst of it. Nowhere was this energy more apparent than at this year’s IBC conference, where we had the opportunity to speak with a wide range of organizations, vendors, and thought leaders to better understand where M&E businesses are at, where they’re going, and what they need.
Now with IBC 2019 in the rearview mirror, we’ve been reflecting on everything we’ve learned, and Jon Finegold, Signiant’s CMO, has taken the time to share his experience from the conference, and how that might affect Signiant as we charge toward 2020.
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| signiant
| ott
| streaming
| media shuttle
| Jon Finegold
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Solving Rigorous Digital Workflow Challenges
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Headquartered in New Zealand, The Rebel Fleet offers digital workflow services to top film and television production companies. Clients address broad creative needs and retain total image control across multiple shooting units with fast turnarounds. Recent projects include The Meg, Adrift, Ash vs Evil Dead, and The Shannara Chronicles.
The company was on the hunt for a scalable, high-performance storage solution that would meet the rigorous demands of a large-scale live-action film project for a major Hollywood studio.
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| rebel fleet
| alexa 65
| nas
| quantum
| stornext
| qxs
| storage
| mam
| Michael Urban
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Live Streaming Workflows Examined
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In today’s hyperconnected world, audiences expect accessible, high quality content across the displays they see every day, whether at home or on the go, at a concert or church service, or even in the board room. There are a number of approaches professionals can take to deliver live content, but each workflow ultimately varies depending upon the delivery platform and the type of display that it’s intended for. There is no one-size fits all approach. |
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| aja video
| espn
| rtmp
| helo
| h.264
| nesn
| wallcast
| fido
| Bryce Button
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Joanna Cuper - Demonstration Technician CVP
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My role as a demonstration technician involves a broad range of responsibilities. A large part of the job is providing integral technical advice to clients on choosing the right equipment for them and their specific project. This can vary from simply talking over email or on the phone, through to the customer coming in for a live demo where I can go through a specific piece of kit with them in person. |
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| cvp
| c500
| fx9
| komodo
| sigma
| aputure nova
| Joanna Cuper
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Never Stop Learning....Or Spending
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I’m over 75, and have been a member of the Bristol Film and Video Society (www.bristolvideo.org.uk) for several decades. Like the great majority of members, I am not and never have been a video professional but have video interests beyond the club and its productions. For some time I have been recording lectures (for other clubs) using a Panasonic HDC-HS100, a lovely little hand-held camera recording Full-HD 1920x1080i which has given very good service. But it has a 3.5mm jack for an external mic and this proved limiting, so I looked for a small mic mixer. |
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| bristol film and viudeo society
| pinknoise
| hc-x1
| h preston
| lilliput a7
| Peter Heaven
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A Place For Placements - TVFutures
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I've been interested in media all my life… making short films with my mates in Windows Movie Maker when I was little... I never really knew where I wanted to go career wise, but I knew I always liked video production. So it will come as no surprise that I chose a degree that would provide that outlet, and I hoped that dedicating three Years to studying BSc Television and Broadcasting at the University of Portsmouth would turn my fantasy career, into reality. |
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| portsmouth university
| avid
| nle
| media composer
| Luca Di-Maio
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IBC 2019 A Whistle Stop Rundown
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I’ve been to IBC once before, taking to the floor with Simon, Matt, Jon and the rest of the KitPlus team to assist with the filming of interviews. This was a lot of fun, but it was hard to find the time to look at the kit I wanted to see. This year with the demise of BVE and unable to make it to the Media Production Show I decided to fork out for a ‘research’ trip to IBC. In the spirit of full disclosure, I ought to note that I have two small children and a very busy work schedule, so the trip had nothing to do with escaping for a weekend of uninterrupted sleep and meal times (honest). Due to these commitments I could only manage one full day and a few hours the next day at the show so it was a lot to cram in trying to see everything I wanted to see! |
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| spellbinder
| fx9
| fs7
| c500mkii
| c500
| canon
| sony
| 6k
| baselight
| blackmagic
| frame.io
| sonnet
| echo express
| tb50 battery
| xpine
| bright tangerine
| atem mini
| sigma
| Ben Sherriff
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The Future of Broadcast Connectivity
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The use of KVM equipment has been essential to meet the evolving needs of the broadcast industry for many years. Over that time, many in the industry have recognised the importance of using IP-enabled KVM to break down technological barriers and enable real-time access to visuals wherever and whenever they’re needed. These components are vital parts in live production environments in particular. |
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| adder
| kvm
| ip kvm
| Jamie Adkin
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The University of the Third Age
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Here's a cliché - "We all get to be old one day - if we're lucky". There comes a point when things like "....mastered in Dolby Vision Domestic and SDR Rec 709....." become just a touch unimportant (and actually I never really understood that stuff in the first place). I retired for the third time last year - BBC producer, and before that cameraman, then freelance producer, trainer, do-your-own camera, sound, editor, blah blah, then 11 years university teaching. I did my bit - never a BAFTA, but certainly the first into a good few things - but it all has to come to an end sometime. |
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| u3a
| panasonic
| davinci resolve
| Bernard Newnham
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Undercover Remote Production
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It’s only taken 20 years and it seems that Remote Production is finally coming of age, but it now requires far more cameras than anyone envisaged back in the last century!
The move to remote production is one of the unstoppable trends of 2019 and moving into 2020. Our CamBall cameras pioneered remote working as early as 2003 with sport and wildlife programming using remote production for many years with incredible results.
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| ptz
| br remote
| 5g
| remote camera
| atlantic productions
| camball
| camball4
| David Bradley
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Covering Ironman Australia
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KitPlus recently chatted with Stephen Kane, production manager of IRONMAN Oceania in Australia and New Zealand. IRONMAN is one of the leading mass sports brands in the world, consisting of over 260 events across 44 countries including long (IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3) and short (Sprint and Olympic) distance triathlons, mountain bike stage racing, road cycling and running, both marathon and trail. One of those events is IRONMAN Australia, which takes place yearly on the Australian east coast. |
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| ironman
| dejero
| streaming
| cellsat
| 5g
| engo
| mobile transmitter
| facebook live
| wi-fi
| cellular
| satellite
| KitPlus
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Making Metadata Work
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I dare say that if you’re a keen reader of my column then you will be brushing up on your Dutch pronunciation and acclimatising yourself to mayonnaise on your chips rather than ketchup. If you’re really keen then you’ll also be making sure that you practise your Dutch jokes about the Flemish to ensure you don’t accidentally tell a Flemish joke about the Dutch at 2am on Sunday morning in a local bar somewhere near the red light district in Amsterdam. |
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| metadata
| class
| mrmxf
| ibc
| mesa
| Bruce Devlin - new
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Why MADI is Still Relevant
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While the original idea for MADI was to cater to a very narrow recording studio application, the standard remains a viable go-to multichannel audio technology. Beginning as a standard in 1991, MADI was first introduced to the world as digital production was beginning to come of age. MADI was put together in 1988 by Solid State Logic, AMS-Neve, Sony (DASH) and Mitsubishi (ProDigi) as a way to transport up to 56 channels of digital audio between large-format audio consoles of the day and digital multi-channel tape machines via 75-Ohm coaxial cables. Both tape-based machines have long since disappeared from the equipment landscape. |
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| madi
| tsl products
| aes10
| aes
| dolby atmos
| st-2110
| sam-q
| Stephen Brownsill
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Original KVM or KVM over IP
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Will the technology used in broadcasting solely consist of IP devices? For years, IP has been entering all areas of life. Especially control room applications as they are typically deployed in broadcasting benefit from the IP revolution in many ways. But an “IP-only broadcast world” is not yet here. Nevertheless, the trend clearly moves towards IP transmission, even though a large part of content production still uses traditional transmission paths. And therefore we continue to live in a hybrid world, using both original and IP-based technology. KVM experts Guntermann und Drunck still rely on both original KVM and KVM-over-IP™ to be able to offer their customers the best of both worlds. |
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| kvm
| gdsys
| guntermann and drunck
| kvm-over-ip
| Jochen Bauer
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The LED Lighting Revolution
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Back in April 2019, the National Association of Broadcasters hosted the annual NAB show in Las Vegas where over 90,000 people from more than 160 countries came to see the latest broadcast technology from around the world. Honouring the highlights of the show were NAB’s 2019 Product of the Year awards, where the newly launched Chroma-Q Space Force onebytwo – a bright, tuneable white LED softlight with a high CRI, TLCI and TM-30 - picked up one of these prestigious awards in the lighting category. |
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| ac-ent
| led
| lighting
| chroma-q space
| softlight
| studio force phosphor
| Neil Vann
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REVIEW Canon UJ111x8_3B UHD Lens
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Shooting in ultra high definition and high dynamic range has become the preferred option for all television productions with a potentially long commercial life. The hir-ing charge and indeed the outright purchase cost of cameras of this standard are not significantly greater than those of high definition standard dynamic range models. With half the world's news reporters now able to capture UHD video on their mobile phones, why give the production crews anything less? |
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| canon review
| uj111x8 review
| lens
| zoom
| digisuper
| uj90x9b
| hdtv
| ccu
| Andy McKenzie
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Increasing Diversity in the UK Indie Market
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London director Sam Addo tells us more about how he aims to change the status quo when it comes to onscreen diversity with his new feature, Cards on the Table.
“Over the past thirty years, filmmakers have made movies telling a wide range of stories, however, in my humble opinion, those with disabilities, from the LGBTQ+ community and or those from ethnic minorities remain underrepresented on screen. For example, it is rare to find a film where the lead character has a disabil ity, and that underrepresentation is worrying.”
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| cards on the table
| feature
| diversity
| blackmagic
| ursa mini pro 4.6k
| lut
| davinci resolve
| Sam Addo
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Review: JVC GY-HC900 Camera
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JVC has a long history of developing relatively low price-point equipment, dating right back to its success in the 1970s with the VHS tape format. JVC products sometimes impact the broadcast mainstream but generally find greatest success in niche market segments such as news production where price and portability take priority over the no-comprise quality and robustness demanded by the leading studio-based and OB content producers. |
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| jvc review
| camera
| sdhc
| sdxc
| mpeg-2
| nab
| gy-hc900
| Andy McKenzie
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The Evolution of Audio Monitoring
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Every user, production, environment, operation and application is different, meaning that universal tools simply cannot provide the versatility required by today’s customers. Audio monitoring continues to evolve as productions advance, with the need for multi-channel monitoring, configurable metering as well as the ability to adhere to the latest loudness guidelines remaining at the top of the must-have list. |
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| tsl products
| st-2110
| lip synce
| ip
| ptp stauts
| amwa
| nmos
| Stephen Brownsill
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News Out Of The Cloud - Technology At The Front Line Of Journalism
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Throughout history, journalists have always had to seek and adapt to new technologies to deliver news in a format and at a speed that consumers demanded. Today, recent technological changes in the media environment have led to another inflection point. If modern media outlets want to empower journalists to remain agile and turn news stories around quickly and efficiently, they have to start embracing new, innovative technologies, like cloud-based media solutions. |
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| sony
| ofcom
| cloud-based media
| intelligent
| Stuart Almond
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How the Womens World Cup was Boosted by Broadcast
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As we write this article, England’s Lionesses have just beaten Norway 3-0 and are smashing viewing figure records, with 6.9 million viewers tuning in to watch them play Cameroon on BBC One. Rewind to the previous World Cup in 2015, and England’s group and early stage knockout games tempted up to 2.5 million viewers for each match. It’s safe to say that women’s football is finally having its moment; what was perhaps once considered a niche sport is finally gaining momentum in the mainstream space with broadcasters giving it the attention it deserves. |
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| wwc
| world cup
| spicymango
| diversity
| John Griffiths
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Making the Workflow Flow
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The toughest things about being the Standards Vice President (SVP) is that everyone expects standards to be the most important thing. In all the systems that I’ve designed and deployed over the years, I've yet to find any production workflow that is 100% standards based. True, the core technologies may well be standards based, but the overall workflow is made up of many technology pieces from open source code, through de-facto delivery specifications based upon SMPTE or Trade Association Specifications that in turn depend on full, International Standards to work. I can already hear some folks saying "In the good old days, everything used standards", but I beg to disagree. |
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| pye museum
| pye-philips
| smpte
| ietf
| ieee
| w3c
| aes
| Bruce Devlin - new
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The World of 12G 4K/UHD Processing
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Technology moves fast and when it comes to audio and video broadcasting, there is always room for improvements in audio and video quality and ease of production. One of the main goals of broadcasters and content providers today is to create an immersive experience for the viewers, giving them the feeling of being part of the viewed content. The 4K/UHD buzz has been in the consumer world for some time but what does that actually mean for the content producer? |
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| lynx technik
| ott
| greenmachine
| yellobrik
| conversion
| Varun Patel
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How LiveU Has Changed The Way We Work At ITV Daytime
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As my job title suggests, I’m responsible for planning and executing technology projects across ITV’s Daytime, including outside broadcasts, which are central to what we do. We broadcast live for more than six hours every weekday with four shows: Good Morning Britain, This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women. With a history as one of the main UK terrestrial broadcasters – of course, we have also evolved alongside the industry in terms of viewing options – we have high standards. We constantly generate new ideas to keep audiences engaged and we also need to be responsive to the latest breaking news. |
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| liveu
| itv
| daytime
| cobham
| explorer 8100
| satellite
| lu600 hevc
| ka-band
| lu300
| garland
| Tim Guilder
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Making a Difference in Wireless Transmission
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We are very proud to say that we are the only company that provides a highly specific service, and that is the hire of wireless video transmission solutions operating in the licence exempt spectrum.
There are other companies that provide licensed equipment and offer a diverse range of wireless solutions based on different modulations, but our products, coupled with the offerings of others rather than competing with them produce a wireless workflow that is greater than their separate capabilities.
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| boxx
| production
| wireless
| 4k
| Lukasz Malankowski
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