Calrec is looking forward to meeting up with customers and partners again at IBC 2021 (stand 8.F56). The broadcast market is rapidly evolving as it rises to the challenges of greater competition and the issues created by Covid. At IBC 2021 Calrec will show a range of solutions that enable broadcasters to meet these challenges, with a focus on remote working, virtualization, remote production and IP.

Spectra Logic, a global leader in data management and data storage solutions, today announced the transformation and expansion of its entire product portfolio with Attack Hardened™ and multi-cloud solutions. The introduction ofSpectra’s Vail®is a pivotal addition to Spectra’s new data storage and management ecosystem. Vail is a distributed multi-cloud software designed to provide universal access and placement of data across multi-site and multi-cloud storage, enabling seamless hybrid and multi-cloud workflows.

DoPchoice now offers light directing Snapbag® soft boxes and Snapgrids® to make the most of Aputure’s new P600c LED fixture. To complement this panel light, DoPchoice has designed a dedicated new Snapbag® soft box and Rabbit Ears Mount Adapter, plus a host of other choice tools.

Evertz has announced the launch of evertz.io - Stream, a revolutionary streaming and playout SaaS service delivered completely from the public cloud using the evertz.io platform. Designed to meet the needs of both Over-The-Top (OTT) and Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) streaming applications, the service also offers the features and functions required for more traditional linear broadcast channels. evertz.io Stream is one of the many services available within the evertz.io Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. For more information on evertz.io and evertz.io - Stream, please visit www.evertz.io

The SubtitleNEXT team resports success from APTRAD and Languages & the Media Virtual conferences last month. With media accessibility being more urgent than ever for broadcasters and AVT professionals, the timing is vital.

Highlights at the Berlin L&M show coveredmachine translation, automatic speech to text and text to speech technologies and how these innovations affect how content owners, media studios, language service providers and freelance subtitlers achieve results as they work on key projects.

Functions and capabilities that media studios require such as workflow management solutions capable of incorporating automatic transcription and translation processing are already available in NEXT -TT and SubtitleNEXT, with both solutions receiving acknowledgement and interest at the shows, credited as extremely useful and affordable for companies to invest in, irrespective of their size.

Live subtitles for live events and meetings was another key topic on the agenda. SubtitleNEXT is clearly a market leader in the live subtitling field offering various user-friendly tools and provides advanced offline subtitle preparation capabilities in a single application.

In response to audience requests at these recent events, the team at SubtitleNEXT will be holding a series of free tech “SubtitleNEXT Friday Workshops” as of mid-October onwards, to demonstrate how to create subtitles from scratch or from source. The first session takes place 15th October. Everyon is welcome to join here https://join.skype.com/GJn8QL88GBhT

Qumulo, the breakthrough leader in radically simplifying enterprise file data management across hybrid cloud environments, today announced its position as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for the fourth consecutive year. Gartner, Inc. positioned Qumulo® in the Leaders Quadrant based on its Ability to Execute and its Completeness of Vision.

Media Links, manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology, announces its debut of the MDP3020 MAX™ platform. Media Links will be showcasing this solution during the 2021 in-person event season including InterBEE on stand: 7516 and IBC 2021 on stand: 1.C33. With insatiable demand for live content, there is an increasing infrastructure need for portable, network protected, remotely configurable and cost-effective IP media gateways. The MDP3020 MAX™ meets this demand as a high-quality, standalone edge device with configuration support for JPEG-XS compression.

IBC today announces a comprehensive content programme for IBC Show 2021, which for the first time in IBC’s history will be free for all to access.

This year's content programme will focus on five key themes: Production & Post Production, Content Supply Chain, OTT, Direct to Consumer (Content Everywhere), Live & Remote Production and Innovation. 

IBC2021's world-class Convention Keynote speakers will include industry leaders from Discovery Inc., Fox Sports, HBO Max, Netflix, Olympic Broadcasting Services, Starz, Unity Technologies, and WarnerMedia.

IBC applauds the announcement from the Dutch Government relaxing COVID-19 social distancing measures and removing quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travellers. After a summer of testing safety protocols, the changes are a real boost to business confidence and mean that large-scale trade shows can once again return to The RAI in Amsterdam. The RAI international events calendar kicks off on September 22 with the delayed Money20/20, which is closely followed by iGB Live! and a number of other shows, leading up to IBC2021 in December.

Dalet Flex media logistics platform streamlines Migo’s extraordinary expansion across Indonesia

Video interface and IP workflow innovator Magewell today announced its new Magewell Cloud multi-device management software. Available free of charge for installation on an on-premises server or cloud hosting platform, the Magewell Cloud software provides centralized configuration and control of multiple Magewell IP encoders and decoders plus powerful stream management features including protocol conversion and SRT gateway functionality.

VITEC’s MGW ACE Encoders and MGW ACE Decoders have formed the backbone of a remote production system created by fixed-rig specialist Minicams. The bespoke system – named the Cloud-rig – has been specifically developed to enable a highly portable remote production solution for fixed-rig filming, including documentaries. The system records local high resolution edit ready files, whilst streaming high quality ultra-low latency pictures and audio back to production staff, allowing pan/tilt cameras to be operated remotely from across the globe. Minicams has two fully developed portable Cloud-rig systems available to ship out and use, which both use the VITEC equipment.

Please see the latest news and case study from VITEC regarding the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia and their use of the VITEC MGW Diamond encoder to help reach a worldwide audience with low latency.