IBC Pick Hits
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Each year at NAB and IBC, Broadcast Engineering assembles a panel of working professionals to act as judges for the most prestigious technical awards in the industry. With a 24-year history (the first Pick Hit awards were conferred at NAB in 1984), it has become the most coveted technology award at IBC and NAB.
Our panel of judges remains anonymous throughout their assessment of the products and services on the show floor. The judges select products that will have a positive impact on the intended user's everyday work. The product must offer substantial improvement over previous technology. This year's top IBC products, as chosen by our panel of readers like you, are:
SGT
VEDA
+33 1 64 73 74 74
www.sgt.fr
The software suite offers workflow automation and video content management; supports content creation with Search & Retrieve, a linguistic search component to retrieve and refine results through meaning, related ideas, persons and geographic locations; reveals assets without the need for literal keywords; compatible with PC and Mac.
Miranda
Densité XVP-3901
+44 1491 820 000; www.miranda.com
The audio processor is a highly integrated module designed to synchronize, convert and process HD and SD signals into 3Gb/s, HD and SD hybrid plants; offers a dual multirate 3Gb/s, HD and SD input; provides simultaneous 3Gb/s, HD and SD outputs; allows each output to provide independent format, color space and aspect ratio conversion; will pass and delay automatically all 16 channels of embedded audio to maintain lip sync.
Sony
UWP series
+44 1256 355011; www.sonybiz.net
The microphone system offers ease-of-operation with a number of significant benefits to wireless microphone use and application, including highly stable operation by using a space diversity reception system, proven interference-free multichannel operation and exceptional audio quality.
Fission Software
HDCore
+47 4828 1000
www.fission-sw.com
The software-based SD/HD broadcast automation system designed by broadcasters provides a fully automated, tapeless, frame-accurate and cost-effective workflow for any cable or television station, regardless of its size, complexity or format; modules include Management, Insertion, Feed Capture, Capture, On Air Monitor and Archive Manager.
Digital Rapids
TouchStream
+44 1428 751 012
www.digital-rapids.com
The live video and audio streaming encoder is self-contained and portable; features software controls that users access through a touch-screen interface with integrated live video monitoring; offers a choice of formats, including AVC/H.264, VC-1, On2 VP6, 3GPP and MPEG-2, allowing users target audiences and platforms from Internet TV to mobile phones.
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