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Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Pharos

Mediator

+44 118 950 2323; www.pharos.tv

The content management system with Playtime delivers efficiencies for playout and content management, with workflow driven from the desktop; offers highly efficient multichannel, multiplatform and multisite broadcast and new media delivery by unifying operations under a single enterprise; handles all files transfers automatically.

Maximum Throughput

MAXedit

+1 514 925 3350; www.max-t.com

The server-based editing software solution allows broadcasters and facility owners to rapidly set up a multiuser editing environment; suited for news production, specialty programming, digital dailies, corporate and institutional productions, and offline editing; permits user access from a Web browser on their laptop or workstation; allows users on a network to view, edit and render compressed and uncompressed SD and HD content, without using specialized software and hardware.

BBC Research & Innovation

Dirac

www.diracvideo.org

A royalty-free video compression format designed for a wide range of uses; delivers low-resolution Web content to broadcasting HD and beyond, to near-lossless studio editing; in streaming applications, it offers high quality at low bit rates; supports professional profiles optimized for TV and cinema production, including low delay coding; professional profiles are currently in the process of being standardized by SMPTE as VC-2; the open technology removes licensing costs on software.