Dalet Galaxy five, it is available as a subscription. Payment models for the various cloud offerings at the show often reflected an individual vendor’s customer base. This hit home that, although there is an indisputable industry-wide move towards the cloud, the approaches taken are by no means universal. Blackmagic had big cloud news to share – officially unveiling Blackmagic Cloud. A natural next step, this offering is not subscription-based, as with DaVinci Resolve, and sits as a means to connect its other tools into a centralised space. Evertz was also on hand to showcase a portfolio of solutions, highlighting its cloud transition by designing an end-to-end broadcast ecosystem, focusing on cloud-agnostic versions of major contribution and production elements. Excitingly, Ross Video divulged two key strategies: hyperconvergence and cloud, with an emphasis on shaping its transition around pre-existing solutions. The aim will be melding it to work in tandem with not-to-be- forgotten legacy products – rather
than shoving pre-existing product lines into the cloud. “Hybrid is here to stay,” commented VP of production workflow and cloud services Shawn Snider. “The most successful businesses have to adapt. But with our offerings, you can use the same team and don’t have to retrain.” On top of this, Ateliere made key cloud announcements involving its integration with Netflix and work with AWS, and Telestream came forward with Vantage Cloud Port. NOTABLE HANDSHAKES For us at FEED , the core of NAB Show is meeting companies and discovering new ideas. We sat down with Planetcast, one of the biggest service providers in India and the subcontinent, hoping NAB will be a springboard into US markets. Having built a range of cloud-based systems to target tier 1 vendors, one of its biggest clients is Indian Premier League cricket, supplying dynamic playout. This is no simple feat – with more than 70 matches during the course of two months each year, as well as multiple locations, it’s a
ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN INDUSTRY-WIDE MOVE TO THE CLOUD, APPROACHES ARE BY NO MEANS UNIVERSAL
AJA had a glut of news to share with FEED , but a standout was the announcement of Helo Plus. On top of the same flexible streaming and recording advantages as its other Helo offerings, Helo Plus features dual streaming outputs and multi-input processing, SRT support, advanced encoding/decoding and much more. STREAMING REVELATIONS
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