IBC Pick Hits
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
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.
The 2008IBC Pick Hits judges:
John Battiloro
Director, Media Asset Capital
Phil Braden
Operations Director, Gateway Broadcast Services
Dr. William Cooper
CEO, Informitv
Howard Fine
VP Broadcast Services, PacificTelevision Center
Sid Guel
President, Broadcast Automation Consulting
Lars Rikart Jensen
Technical Manager, Danmon Group
Khalid Naseem
Technology Leader, Kaltek Technology Consulting
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