FEED Autumn 2021 Newsletter

AUGMENTED REALITY BASKETBALL

For the Europeleague basketball finals in May,

for a more basic approach. However, the collaborating companies realised that using Disguise’s AR workflow, they could produce something more technically ambitious. “I haven’t seen a show with such a big variety of assets that worked so seamlessly,” comments the 3D designer for the show, Lorenzo De Pascalis. The team mapped the venue and its seven LED screens. With Disguise’s software, they were able to plan the show and pre-visualise every aspect.

Filmmaster Events reached out to creative studio Ombra, to help create an explosive pre-game countdown. In turn, the team at Ombra relied on the Disguise augmented reality workflow, powered by three gx 2c media servers, to liven up the event and deliver a sense of excitement in the build-up to the game. The aim was to build an AR broadcast that captured

various elements of basketball and Euroleague culture, represented in each number

of the ten-part countdown before the game. Initially, the companies were going to aim

INTRODUCING CINE 13

WHAT’S IN STORE?

Cine 13, SmallHD’s 4K 13in monitor has recently launched, featuring a low-profile design and pixel-dense display. “Cine 13 is a major upgrade,” states CS Cine product manager David Bredbury. “With upgraded contrast ratio, resolution, portability, brightness and colour reproduction, Cine 13 is a versatile powerhouse.” With HD and 4K video, the new monitor has over 1500 nits of brightness and four independent 12G-SDI inputs and outputs. It also features a dovetail mounting rail for battery plate or accessory, as well

New enhancements were unveiled for Spectra Logic’s StorCycle, its storage lifecycle software that aims to help companies with exponential data growth – by providing a better understanding of their technologies. It achieves this by migrating data to free up primary storage, which in turn protects against ransomware attacks and enables disaster recovery copies of data. StorCycle 3.5 allows tiering and protection of cloud data, as well as boosted metadata searchability. As many M&E organisations have shifted to more cloud- centric remote workflows, they are approaching their entire infrastructures differently – which is where StorCycle aims to lend a hand.

as a removable bottom cheese rail for additional flexibility for mounting. It has an aluminium unibody chassis weighing 6.8lb, and possesses SmallHD’s PageOS 4 tools, including colour pipe rendering and Pomfort livegrade integrations.

KEEPING TALLY

ACCESS TO QUALITY

TallyMan by TSL Products has had an update – including the release of a redundancy package to streamline and ease the ongoing pressures of live production. The package adds protection from unforeseen events, with auto-failover during operation and manual failover for system maintenance. The new

“The new redundancy package provides TallyMan customers with an additional layer of protection from unforeseen events,” says director of products and technology at TSL, Mark Davies. “With a simple-to- operate control panel, this system update provides a seamless experience for broadcasters seeking reliable

Codemill’s content verification application, Accurate.Video Validate, has been upgraded to integrate directly with SDVI Rally Access. A web-native cloud solution, Validate works to achieve high video quality, metadata, audio and subtitles. It also allows broadcasters to monitor changes in quality before delivery. “Rally Access outs time-based metadata tools directly within the viewing/editing application used by operators – maximising their output without additional overhead,” comments Codemill head of R&D Mattias Ahlström. Using visualisation and content validation, the solution’s integration with Rally Access makes QC and compliance more efficient than ever for media organisations.

software also allows users virtual re-entries – in turn allowing the customer to extend the investment of their routers.

and consistent system operations – as well as

uninterrupted performance during times of maintenance.”

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