Haivision and iStreamPlanet Go Live for Olympics Streaming

StreamingMedia

Created specifically for the Olympics, Haivision and iStreamPlanet's GoLive service offers an end-to-end solution from signal acquisition to player.

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Haivision-and-iStreamPlanet-Go-Live-for-Olympics-Streaming-83752.aspx

IBC on track to break records

Broadcast

Trade show IBC is on target to break its record for visitor numbers having already sold the largest amount of floor space in its history.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/ibc-on-track-to-break-records/5044091.article

More than 55,000 attended last year and organisers anticipate a 5% increase in numbers when doors in September.The exhibition has sold a record amount of space, including that of an additional fourteenth hall, with over 100 companies set to make their IBC debut.

“Despite the financial pressures of the Eurozone, exhibitors are showing a lot of confidence in IBC,” said chief executive Michael Crimp.“That may be counterintuitive but I think IBC is seen as a safe pair of hands and an essential part of growing their long-term business.”

Also new to IBC is a section devoted to file-based production, and an expanded Rising Stars programme aimed at finding and inducting the next generation of industry leaders. An invitation-only Leaders Summit returns with an expanded roster of 20 delegates, including Discovery Networks International chief executive Mark Hollinger and Sky chief operating officer Mike Darcey.

Headlining the IBC Conference are ITN chief executive John Hardie and Samsung Electronics executive vice president David Eun.

Panoramic ball camera to make debut at IBC

Broadcast 

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/panoramic-ball-camera-to-make-debut-at-ibc/5044266.article

IBC 2012: A unique camera kit that can be thrown into the air to capture panoramic still images will be demonstrated at IBC.

The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera takes a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, a full panoramic image is captured instantaneously by 36 2-megapixel mobile phone camera modules.

Inventor Jonas Pfeil said: “Conventional techniques for capturing panoramic images have either a low resolution or cannot be used with moving subjects. With this technology, every direction is covered, even up and down, and the single images are combined into a single panoramic image. It can capture scenes with many moving objects without producing ghosting artefacts.”

Pfeil and his business partners are currently seeking an investor or third party to license out further development and production.

The Dalai Lama

Total Production

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, spent ten days in Britain last month as part of a tireless mission to share his beliefs of non-violence, dialogue and compassion with audiences all over the world. Adrian Pennington went to Manchester Arena to witness this idea-challenging, historical event.

http://www.tpimagazine.com/production-profiles/1507467/the_dalai_lama.html

NHK develops SHV tech for London 2012

Broadcast 

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/nhk-develops-shv-tech-for-london-2012/5043993.article

A graphics system and editing platform are among the innovations developed by Japanese broadcaster NHK for the Super Hi-Vision (SHV) production of the London 2012 Olympics.

A lightweight SHV camcorder will also be previewed, but not used in the trials. Uncompressed signals will be taken from Olympic venues back to Television Centre, where the BBC is building a production suite to generate a live feed and 45-minute highlights reel for showing on giant screens in the UK, US and Japan.

“This includes an ability to render the world’s first SHV graphics,” said Tim Plyming, project executive, digital, and editor, live sites, BBC London 2012.

Pictures will be streamed across the UK’s Janet research network, a 20GB IP network, to Washington via other academic networks, and streamed to Tokyo and Fukushima by telco NTT.

BT looks to give viewers control over PL coverage

Broadcast 

BT’s coverage of the English Premier League from 2013-14 could introduce technology that enables viewers to edit their own version of the live match feed.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/bt-looks-to-give-viewers-control-over-pl-coverage/5043601.article

This brief will feature prominently in a tender document issued to indie sports producers by the end of the year.

BT Vision chief executive Marc Watson said: “We are setting our minds to what innovation we can introduce.

“Clearly there is an opportunity to offer a personalised, rich, interactive experience to customers, and to deliver this to other devices in and out of the home.”

One technology that fits the bill is second-screen application C-Cast, launched by EVS last year and being trialled by several European broadcasters.

“With multiple cameras recording every match, hours of footage are captured that never get aired,” said EVS general manager of new media broadcast Johann Schreurs.

“With C-Cast, we can use this content to deliver an interactive viewing experience that can begin long before kick-off. Viewers can decide what they watch and from which camera angle.”

Likely bidders include IMG Sports Media, which co-produces the international feeds of the EPL with Premier League Productions and holds the current ESPN EPL contract; and Sunset+Vine, which produces Europa League matches for ITV Sport.

Other candidates may include North One and Input Media. According to one senior manager at an OB supplier: “IMG is usually very aggressive on price and tends to get things of this scale - it also has the track record.”

D-Cinema advances push exhibitors to invest

Screen Daily

With digital transition of the world’s 130,000 cinema screens expected to be complete in the major territories by 2015, technology suppliers are lining up the next big technical advance with which to entice further investment from exhibitors.

http://www.screendaily.com/reports/in-focus/d-cinema-advances-push-exhibitors-to-invest/5043823.article