16
NEWS & VIEWS
September 2017
Shotoku’s Graphica camera
crane makes European debut
The AdderLink Infinity is an IP-based KVM extender or matrix that
improves workflows and allows for a flexible infrastructure through its
ability to scale in response to the user’s needs.
Adder Technology featuring
IP-based KVM technology
IP and keyboard, video and mouse
(KVM) technology are two “ex-
tremely hot topics” within broad-
casting today, says Adder Tech-
nology, who is looking to explain
to visitors the benefits that
IP-based KVM technology can
deliver to their applications.
Specifically, Adder is dem-
onstrating how its range of
IP-based KVM switching, ma-
trix and extension solutions
are enabling broadcasters to
streamline workflows, increase ROI
and maximise productivity across
different facilities.
Whether in a studio control
room or a post-production suite,
KVM technology can deliver value
and performance in any broadcast
environment, including those in
which 4K/Ultra HD (UHD) and
HDR10 video extension are re-
quired, says Adder.
Visitors to booth 7.C30 can
check out AdderLink Infinity, an IP-
based KVM extender or matrix that
improves workflows and allows for
a flexible infrastructure through
its ability to scale in response
to the user’s needs. Redundant
network operation capabilities
offer failover assurance, while
“pixel-perfect”technology ensures
better-than-HD resolutions.
Adder CCS-PRO8 is a com-
mand and control switch that
enables users to control up
to eight different machines
across eight displays using just
one mouse or keyboard. With
support for multiple monitors
that combine audio and indepen-
dently route USB connections, the
CCS-PRO8 adds ergonomic and
efficiency value with some addi-
tional features.
The AdderLink XDIP is a
high-resolution, “ultra-low la-
tency” digital KVM extender that
is geared specifically towards small
and medium-sized applications.
It offers flexible application and
ease-of-use for A/V professionals
in all industry sectors, and allows
users to maintain control at all
time, whether from a single facility
or from multiple locations.
VSN introducing
you to a new
PAM
Headlining VSN’s show exhibit is
a new and advanced production
asset management (PAM) tool de-
signed to provide project visibility
and streamline the management of
workflows and material.
Integrated within VSNExplorer,
VSN’s flagship media and business
process management platform, this
latest version of VSNExplorer PAM
software gives production teams
continuous control of on-going
projects from a single screen, ena-
bling production departments to
become more efficient and colla
borative, VSN says.
The company adds that the
easy-to-use intuitive tool delivers
a range of capabilities designed for
today’s time-constrained produc-
tion teams. These include: Brows-
ing and discovery of metadata
and assets through a hierarchical
tree view; custom at-a-glance
management of all tasks, whether
completed or in progress; user-
permission management for more
effective visibility, control and
collaboration; and asset creation
within the interface.
WEDIT is a Web-based editing tool
that allows journalists and editors
to edit videos and prepare them for
broadcast from a single and unique
interface.
At booth 7.D25, VSN is also
highlighting WEDIT, a Web-based
editing tool integrated within VSN-
Explorer. Developed in HTML5, this
quick-and-easy tool allows journal-
ists and editors to edit videos and
prepare them for broadcast from a
single and unique interface, with-
out having to switch to another
system.
Within the VSNExplorer inter
face and integrated with a full-
featured media asset management,
WEDIT users can work on footage
and clips located in deep archived,
near-line or online storage. In effect,
WEDIT is a “cloud content editor”,
because it allows users to access
and edit files on the cloud, a capa-
bility that can boost collaboration
between editors and departments.
Shotoku Broadcast Systems is intro-
ducing Graphica, its new series of
manual virtual/augmented reality
(VR/AR) tracked camera cranes.
Graphica, produced in col-
laboration with crane manufac-
turer CamMate, is a range of VR/
AR tracked camera cranes offering
tracking capabilities in a portable
package that is scalable, stable and
repeatable. Graphica calculates
positional data output from em-
bedded physical rotary encoders
specifically designed for VR appli-
cations, and processes data via an
SPI interface to provide real-time
data output, in the studio or on-
location.
Shotoku is also showcasing
its SmartPed robotic pedestal,
a fully robotic XY pedestal de-
signed to address the creative and
commercial demands of on-air
environments. The three-wheel,
smooth-steer pedestal features
a new height column that does
not require pneumatic balancing,
and is equipped with multi-zone
collision avoidance and detection
systems.
Other highlights at booth
12.E42 include the SmartTrack
ceiling-mounted rail track camera
system. Having been deployed in
Sky News UK’s “Glass Box” studio,
Shotoku is demonstrating the cam-
era control that can be achieved
with a ceiling-mounted track/
elevation system.
Also on show is the Free-d2
Absolute tracking system, a next-
generation tracking system that
does not require physical encoders
attached to the camera support’s
moving axes.
Particularly suitable for VR/
Shotoku Broadcast Systems
is presenting Graphica,
its new series of manual
virtual/augmented reality
(VR/AR) tracked camera
cranes, for the first time
in Europe.
AR news,
sports and
current affairs
live studio pro-
ductions, Free-d2
uses advanced video
processing algorithms
and simple ceiling
markers to pre-
cisely determine
the exact posi-
tion and ori-
entation of
the studio
camera.
This, says Shotoku,
provides highly ac-
curate and constantly referenced
position tracking.
Ross Video showing ‘smart production’ solutions
Ross Video, which has in-
industry interoperability. In
stalled more than 235,000
recent times, the company
assets across eight vertical
has been extensively involved
markets including news,
with several IP standards bod-
sports, entertainment, cor-
ies, including active participa-
porate, government and
tion with the likes of SMPTE,
education, promises to
AIMS, AMWA and VSF.
present the “widest