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  • India-only Archie comics coming to Comic Con this year

    India-only Archie comics coming to Comic Con this year

    NEW DELHI: Archie and the gang from Riverdale are officially coming to India this year in the Comic Con India Shows 2017 for Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

    Comic Con India, in collaboration with Archie Publications, has commissioned special #1 editions of popular Archie titles with the exclusive India-only covers. Each pass-holder to Comic Con India Shows this year will receive the exclusive edition comic with a customised city cover.

    Comic Con India founder Jatin Varma said, “One of the first comics I ever read was an Archie and millions of comic book fans in India have a similar story to share. Archie comics are considered as Indian as some of our local comics. Therefore, I am extremely excited to collaborate with Archie Publications to start of this unique collaboration!”

    From visiting the Charminar in Hyderabad, to shooting a Bollywood film at the Gateway of India in Mumbai or playing cricket at the iconic Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, to touring Delhi — the gang from Riverdale will be everywhere.

    Archie Comics Publisher/CEO Jon Goldwater said: “Archie and his friends are a beloved worldwide, but they’ve always been especially embraced in India. With that in mind, we’re honoured and excited to kick off this relationship with Comic Con India, which we hope to see continue for years to come.”

    Such a collaboration has never been done before and each visitor to the show this year will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to own their city’s exclusive collectible edition comic.

    The Comic Con shows for this year are — Hyderabad Comic Con 14-15 October; Mumbai Comic Con 11 -12 November; Bengaluru Comic Con 2 -3 December & Delhi Comic Con 15 – 17 December.

    Comic Con India is part of the Reedpop family of events, which is dedicated to producing world-class celebrations of popular culture around the world.

  • Broadcast India show to take place from 12-14 Oct

    Broadcast India show to take place from 12-14 Oct

    MUMBAI: The 27th edition of the annual B2B Broadcast India Show will be held from 12-14 October 2017 at Bombay Exhibition and Convention Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai. The three-day trade fair will witness the leading participants from across the globe present a wide array of products and technologies for the broadcast, television, film, audio and radio industry. For over the last two and a half decades, the Broadcast India Show has positioned itself as the single most interactive platform that showcases on one hand, the paradigm shifts in infotainment technology across the globe and on the other, allows technology seekers to connect with the innovators and experience the marvels first-hand. Below are some companies and the products they will be displaying at Broadcast India Show 2017.

    Aaton Digital and Transvideo

    Aaton-Digital will demonstrate the new CantarMini location sound recorder and the new Cantaress mixing surface, while Transvideo will present its new Stargate high specification monitor and the new CineMonitorHD. Also on show, the StarliteRF-a monitor and the new StarliteHD-e monitor. Transvideo’s Starlite family of 5” HD OLED touchscreen monitor products are designed to be intuitive to the professional. The Starlite family hosts a high-resolution monitor, with built-in tools including waveform monitor, vectorscope, and histogram. The menu is customizable with Smart Corner shortcuts. The legendary CineMonitorHD family has been enhanced with added features and HDR functionalities. New matrices for the CineMonitoHD 8”, 10” and 12” give an improved viewing angle as well an extended color gamut. A new CineMonitorHD8 XSBL for body-rig applications will be demonstrated on the booth. The CineMonitorHD-XSBL is the flagship of Transvideo for Steadicam™ type applications; available in 6” and
    8” sizes.

    Accord Equips

    Accord Equips is India’s leading camera equipment rental and production services company. The company houses the largest range of cameras, DSLRs, lenses and accessories. They have their offices in Mumbai, Pune & Ahmedabad. The clienteles include companies like BBC, Yashraj Films, Aamir Khan Productions, Network18, Star TV, Grey worldwide and more. The brand has recently introduced production support for
    360 VR videos and production and web streaming of videos.

    Blackmagic Design

    Visitors to the Blackmagic Design BI Booth D-401 will be the first in India to try out Ultimatte 12, Fairlight, and the collaboration workflow for DaVinci Resolve 14. With a dedicated green screen scene setup, visitors will be able to understand how Ultimatte 12 works and the requirements needed for it to work for them. Another first for India is the Fairlight 3.3 bay audio panels. Visitors will have the chance to get a feel for the Fairlight panels and explore this powerful audio engineering option. To cater to the fanfare around DaVinci Resolve 14’s release, two DaVinci demo booths will be available for production teams to research preferences and workflow optimization tricks. Blackmagic Design staff will be on-site to answer any questions visitors might have.

    Canon

    Canon, the leader in global imaging industry will showcase its latest in-line imaging technologies and preview of mainstream Cinema Camera EOS C700, Cinema EOS C200 and Professional Video Camera XA 11 at Broadcast India Show 2017. Canon Cinema EOS C700 can shoot up to 4.5K resolution along with 120 fps in 4K and 24 fps in 2K. The camera also comes in EF, PL and PL GS mount with global shutter technology. The dynamic range of camera holds up to 14 stops and 15 stops in two different models of EOS C700. The Cinema EOS C200 is revolutionary camera with inbuilt 4K Raw and high frame rate capabilities. The 8.85 megapixel super 35 mm CMOS sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, Dual pixel CMOS AF, full compatibility with Canon EF-mount lenses and HDR capability help make the camera ideal for wide range of shooters. The other cameras which will be displayed will be the newly launched XA11 along with prevailing models XA35, XC 10 and XC 15 in professional video camera range and Cinema EOS C300 Mark II in the Cinema EOS range.

    Digital Navigation

    Digital Navigation is a leading software solution provider for the mainstream media houses across all platforms -broadcast, print and digital. They develop a wide range of software for efficient newsroom automation. The products are user-friendly and cater to the entire editorial chain of command. Digital Navigation also offers consultancy, customized services and support for media houses. The product-line includes: NewsGlobe- NewsRoom Automation System, RAPID- Playout Solution, OCRIPT- MOS based Teleprompting Solution, FLUiJO- Playout Automation System, CAPIO- Advanced Ingestion Module, E- ASSEST 365 – MAMS Solution, NewsBuzz – Mobile App for Newsroom and CURATOR- Content Management System

    DVEO

    DVEO®, a well-respected supplier to leading Telco, TV/OTT, and WISP operators around the world, provides Telco-quality video encoding/streaming products, playout servers, and advertising solutions. Their patented “DOZER™” automated error-correction protocol delivers video reliably over public or private internet. At Stand F-605, DVEO will demonstrate the Ad Serter™ IP/ASI/SDI — a Telco-quality multichannel advertising server with scheduled or triggered advertising.  It inserts video clips, ads, graphics, text, and logos into live or stored content. The AD SPOTTER serves targeted ads to mobile and non-mobile users.   All DVEO advertising solutions can be integrated with DVEO’s powerful Atlas™ Live/VOD media distribution servers.

    Empress Media Asset Management (eMAM)

    Empress Media Asset Management, LLC (Empress) will showcase the upcoming release of its flagship eMAM™ platform featuring integrations with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, Adobe InDesign® CC, and Adobe After Effects ® CC as part of Adobe Creative Cloud ® at Broadcast India in booth D-450. eMAM also extends the power of Adobe Team Projects with support for non-technical users, for remote users, for media management and sharing, and for any type of cloud system. eMAM is a Media Asset Management system offering customers a feature-rich online digital library with best-of-breed integrations for a complete workflow process solution. eMAM unites different on-premise and cloud storage and archive systems, in different locations into a unified workflow with a single web or tablet-accessible interface. The integrated panel architecture allows different creative staffs to share and collaborate through a complete unified system to maximize the value of their digital assets. The proxy editing and localization features for video editing allow organizations to increase workflow efficiency while saving on infrastructure costs.

    Great Britain & Northern Ireland Pavillion

    A group of seven leading British media technology companies are exhibiting at Broadcast India on the GREAT Britain Pavilion – supported by Department for International Trade, sponsored by techUK and managed by Tradefair. The British broadcast industry has a long history in innovation, and the group taking part at Broadcast India 2017 clearly demonstrate this. Each brings highly specialised products developed for targeted yet practical applications in the rapidly changing world of broadcast. The British exhibitors are showing a wide range of products and services at Broadcast India including digital post production, media asset management, robotic camera systems and technology for archiving.

    I DO IT

    I Do It will be displaying their Auto Skew On-The-Move antenna which can get Broadcast from any satellite at any place on the Trail, bus, car and costal ship. I DO It will also have Spider Web Air on display which helps in live broadcasting system, wireless stream of valuable contents to unlimited audience. This product is for live streaming to over 200 laptops and smart devices.

    Panther

    Panther will showcase the most successful Classic PLUS dolly with the new Hi-Lo-turnstile together with the famous Twister dolly together with useful accessories. The Classic Plus dolly comes with the patented crab & steer mode, with its perfect steering geometry that no one else can offer. The Vario Jib shown together with the Twister dolly is loved for its versatility and the many options in application.

    Promise Technology

    At the Broadcast India Show, leading rich media storage technology provider Promise Technology will introduce a new NAS solution designed for small groups of users editing 4k video- the Vess A3340 Pro. Promise will also be showcasing its Pegasus3, SANLink3 and VTrak A-Class shared SAN appliances at the show, which provide the ideal solution for the entire rich media workflow – from ingest and editing to delivery and processing. Demonstrations will take place in Promise’s booth (D-446) on the show floor.

    Rivera Digitec

    Rivera Digitec will be displaying the VR-4HD is a complete HD studio in a compact and portable package that replaces several different pieces of complex A/ V equipment. Designed with single-person operation in mind, the VR-4HD enables easy switching and mixing of sound and video using advanced video and audio Digital Signal Processing (DSP) along with dedicated hardware controls faders, buttons and touch screen interface. It beautifully integrates a digital audio mixer, video switcher, multi-viewer touch screen and USB video/audio streaming interface into a stand-alone device. This portable live HD production solution is ideal for schools, churches, council meetings, corporate events, sports, training sessions, or any other live event.

    Techinfoplace Softwares Pvt. Ltd.

    Techinfoplace Softwares Pvt. Ltd. offers end to end IT Services including software development, cloud based media processing, cloud backup, hosted exchange and product development. The products that are will be exhibited are Hybrik – a cloud-based media processing system that provides transcoding, media analysis, and quality control to deliver superb video optimized for every screen. Hybrik’s media workflow produces outstanding results, distributing the workload across hundreds of machines to deliver the fastest throughput at the lowest cost. The workflow can be customized through a public API, allowing seamless integration with customer operations. Customers like Sony DADC and Vevo depend on Hybrik for their cloud media workflow because of its superior performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Another product on display is Backup Unlimited which provides backup of data with a wide range of backup types such as File Level Backup, Windows System, Exchange Server, VM ware, MS SQL, Office 365, Cloud to Cloud and many more. Core advantage of the product is that it backups the data on the cloud so it will be secure and easily accessible from anywhere. Every backup set has ability to configure schedule, manage differential and Incremental, Continuous Backup, Retention Policy and many more.  It also provides full audit report of backup jobs. It uses 256-bit SSL transmission & using 128-bit AES encryption algorithm with HIPPA Compliance. We also offer  white  labeling (branding)  of the software where one can use their own name, logo, arts for branding.

  • Imagine Communications to host thought-leadership sessions at IBC2017

    Imagine Communications to host thought-leadership sessions at IBC2017

    MUMBAI: Imagine Communications has unveiled the schedule and speaker lineup for the IBC2017 edition of the company’s popular ImagineLIVE Power Sessions, a series of presentations and interactive discussions featuring prominent executives and experts from across the media and entertainment and IT industries. This year’s thought-leadership series, presented at Imagine’s IBC stand (4.A01), also includes a line-up of Master Classes, topical educational courses led by Imagine Communications subject matter experts.

    Power Sessions and Master Classes will be conducted at lunchtime and in the early afternoon throughout the exhibition. The IBC2017 Power Session series will include testimonials from customers and highlights of how media companies from around the world are adapting operations to next-generation architectures to achieve new levels of agility and evolve their media facilities to meet future market requirements. Power Sessions and Master Classes will focus on the solutions and technology trends, such as microservices, inventory optimisation, real-world IP deployments and OTT distribution, that are influencing the direction of evolving business models and monetisation practices.

    “The media industry is now fully engaged in transitioning operations to a new technology foundation based on next-generation architectures that leverage IP, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) compute and networking resources, virtualization and other IT technology attributes,” said Imagine Communications CEO Charlie Vogt, who will be kicking off the ImagineLIVE sessions with a special keynote on the impact of microservices that features representatives from IBM and Al Jazeera. “ImagineLIVE Power Sessions and Master Classes spotlight the trends and technologies influencing the direction of the industry and provide valuable insights into the remaining challenges and future opportunities facing today’s media and entertainment ecosystem.”

    ImagineLIVE Power Sessions and Master Classes schedule and speakers:

    Friday, 15 Sept., 17:00-17:45
    CEO Keynote: Why Microservices are a Game Changer (Charlie Vogt, CEO, Imagine Communications; Brick Eksten, Chief Product Officer, Imagine Communications; Steve Canepa, Global Managing Director Telecommunications, M & E Industry, IBM; and Miljenko Logozar, Chief Broadcast Architect, Al Jazeera Media Network)

    Saturday, 16 Sept., 12:00-12:30
    Master Class: Microservices & Open Zenium (Darren Gallipeau, Zenium Program Director, Imagine Communications)

    Saturday, 16 Sept., 15:00-15:30
    Multiscreen Opportunities – Moderated by Allan McLennan, President and Chief Market Technologist, PADEM Media Group (Steve Reynolds, CTO, Imagine Communications; Tony Emerson, WorldWide Managing Director, Media & Cable, Microsoft; and Chris Carey, Chief Revenue Officer, Verizon Digital Media Services)

    Sunday, 17 Sept., 12:00-12:30
    Master Class: End-to-End IP (John Mailhot, CTO of Networking, Imagine Communications and Andreas Lattmann, CTO, tpc)

    Sunday, 17 Sept., 15:00-15:30
    From Playout to Payout (Yuval Fisher, CTO of Distribution, Imagine Communications)

    Monday, 18 Sept., 12:00-12:30
    Master Class: Ad Optimization in the Cloud (Graham Heap, Director, Product Management, Advertising Management Systems, Imagine Communications)

    Monday, 18 Sept., 15:00-15:30
    Revenue Optimization (Sarah Foss, Chief Product Office, Advertising Management Systems, Imagine Communications and Angela Goodsir, Chief Technology & Systems Operations Officer, Multi Channel Network)

  • IBC2017: Imagine to show seamless transition to next-gen architecture

    IBC2017: Imagine to show seamless transition to next-gen architecture

    MUMBAI: Imagine Communications will at IBC2017 show how it is assisting all segments of the media & entertainment ecosystem in the migration of workflows to a more agile technology foundation through inventive-but-pragmatic practices and solutions that significantly reduced the friction at the intersection of traditional and next-generation networks.

    Imagine Communications will use IBC2017, a media and entertainment industry’s European trade show and exhibition, which begins 14 September in Amsterdam, to provide real-world proof points of how it is assisting several of its customers — through unprecedented openness and the practical application of innovation — to move mission-critical live, playout, distribution and business operations to software-based, virtualized environments based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment.

    “For the past several years, Imagine Communications has been leading the evolution toward and embracing the power and efficiencies of IP, software and cloud, delivering the agility, flexibility and responsiveness our clients require to compete in today’s hyper-competitive market,” said Imagine CEO Charlie Vogt. “Imagine’s bold vision and direction, first articulated at IBC2014, has fully evolved into market-leading advertising, playout and automation, networking and OTT solutions that are being deployed around the world.”

    Imagine Communications will once again present a series of knowledge-sharing seminars featuring thought leaders from across the media and entertainment and IT industries. In addition to showcasing commercial deployments of next-generation solutions, the IBC2017 ImagineLIVE Power Sessions, as well as a series of Master Classes, will explore critical and timely technology trends, including microservices, cloud, all-IP production, the latest standards, next-gen advertising management and inventory optimisation. Presentations and Master Classes will be conducted at the Imagine Communications stand (Amtrium, 4.A01) throughout the event. A schedule and full description of all presentations will be issued prior to the event.

    An additional IBC2017 objective for Imagine Communications is to demonstrate how the company is assisting broadcasters, distributors and other media companies in stretching the boundaries of their businesses and generating new monetisation opportunities through the creative integration of broadband networks into their content distribution strategies. The ability of broadcasters to complement over-the-air transmissions with the two-way capabilities of Internet-based distribution, for example, holds the potential to redefine the competitive positioning of broadcasters in the media & entertainment ecosystem.

    Imagine Communications will also unveil additional details of its Open Zenium™ program, introduced at NAB in the spring. The Open Zenium program is designed to stimulate innovation through a commitment to collaboration and transparency by sharing source code to the Zenium microservices library with a community of Imagine customers and partners. Zenium is the company’s pure microservices platform for building smarter, more efficient and future proof media operations. Open Zenium provides media companies with the ability to customise, optimize, modify, design and deploy next-generation workflows and services of unparalleled efficiency, scalability and performance, as well as gain access to a vibrant software community backed by teams of developers, architects and DevOps engineers. 

    IBC2017 will also mark the European debut of several product innovations from Imagine Communications, including the Selenio™ Network Processor (SNP), an all-IP-capable processing solution optimised for handling uncompressed UHD signals based on the SMPTE ST-2110 specification for transporting media over IP networks. SNP is designed to usher in a new era in live production, optimising both studio and mobile facilities to take full advantage of the performance, agility and efficiency benefits of IT-based infrastructures, while at the same time easing the upgrade of operations to support UHD picture quality. The most recent enhancements to Versio™, the company’s integrated playout solution, will also be featured at IBC2017.

    Imagine Communications is spearheading the gradual and managed transition to next-generation architectures across four major pillars — live, playout, multiscreen and advanced advertising management solutions — through the practical application of innovation that oversees every step in the customer’s migration of their workflows to more agile and flexible environments.

    Live 

    In addition to the Imagine SNP, featured live production solutions include the hybrid SDI-IP Platinum™ IP3 router and UHD-ready EPIC™ MV multiviewer. Imagine solutions empower media companies to transform sports, in-venue and other live production operations by leveraging standard IT equipment without squandering investments in traditional broadcast technology or sacrificing performance. Imagine Communications’ production and contribution portfolio provides ultra-low latency encoding and decoding and the delivery of standards-based uncompressed media over IP for HD and UHD, as well as third-party lightweight compression technologies. Imagine’s live production portfolio also supports the most recent UHD processing technologies, including up/down conversion, high dynamic range (HDR) image quality and precision timing. 

    Imagine Communications will also participate in the IBC2017 IP Showcase, a cooperation of multiple standards organizations and the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) dedicated to demonstrating the interoperability of the ST-2110 specification (currently being drafted) and highlighting the creative and business-building benefits of IP technology.

    Playout

    Imagine Communications’ Versio playout and graphic workflow solutions support compressed or uncompressed IP-based playout, advanced multichannel and UHD playback and branding. Also featured will be the latest interface and integration advances available on the modular Cloud-Native and hybrid playout and master control solutions, which seamlessly unify playout, automation and graphics and support fully virtualized deployments, including cloud environments. Showcasing its storage capabilities, Imagine will demonstrate the capabilities of Versio IOX™, which provides sharable and scalable storage — SAN and NAS — throughout the content lifecycle while offering the highest levels of digital asset protection.

    Multiscreen 

    Imagine’s multiscreen delivery portfolio is among the most comprehensive available and supports high-density and high video quality transcoding and delivery for OTT linear and on-demand services, all supported by advanced dynamic ad insertion (DAI) capabilities. An end-to-end OTT infrastructure solution, which includes transcoding, middleware, packaging and client apps, will be showcased at IBC. The company’s next-generation DAI and unified distribution portfolios have been designed to enable content distributors to consolidate and simplify their infrastructures to reduce costs and explore new monetisation opportunities. 

    Advertising Management

    Imagine’s end-to-end, multiplatform ad management portfolio features open, modular systems that help manage, connect, deliver and optimize ad revenue. Highlighted demonstrations include sales, scheduling and analytics for linear and nonlinear monetisation, as well as ground-breaking inventory optimisation and other advanced ad management capabilities enabled though Imagine’s next-generation and modular xG solutions portfolio. The company will also demonstrate the first-of-its-kind integration of playout and scheduling achieved through the unification of its Versio™ and xG Schedule™ solutions, as well as hyper-localised monetisation models that leverage IP-based delivery networks.

  • Telly awards: Mediaboss, Discovery, Disney, Fox & Viacom among winners

    MUMBAI: The Telly Awards has named Mediaboss as a winner in seven categories in the 38th Annual Telly Awards. Two pieces received the highest honor, a Silver Telly. Mediaboss is an award-winning full-service production and post company creating content for distribution across all media platforms.

    The Telly Awards has named Mediaboss as a winner in seven categories in the 38th Annual Telly Awards. Their winning pieces run the gamut of their services: Branded Content & Entertainment Campaigns, both Business to Business and Business to Consumer; Documentary; Promotional; PSA Animated Commercial; Marketing Commercial; and Social Video.

    Their winning pieces are: Framingham Public Works: “Storm Water”; Jack’s Abby Brewing: “Kiwi Rising”; Joey Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ Coffee: Coffee with Kramedog campaign; The Town of Framingham: Taste of Downtown Framingham campaign; INFINIDAT’s Data Unknown: “India’s Mobile Generation” episode; Badass Women: “Your Ship Never Sails” documentary episode; and SwingJuice: “Good Morning, Beautiful” commercial.

    Mediaboss’ mini-documentary “Your Ship Never Sails” (which is part of their original series Badass Women) was awarded a Silver Telly, the Telly Award’s highest honor. Additionally, Mediaboss’ SwingJuice commercial, “Good Morning, Beautiful”, was awarded a Silver People’s Telly Award.

    “The goal at Mediaboss isn’t simply to create video but to inspire,” said Mediaboss creative director Ian Barrett. “We are thankful for the clients who appreciate the passion we have for their businesses and we look forward to the inspiriting projects of 2018.”

    The Telly Awards, founded in 1979, is an award honouring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programmes, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world and include: BET Networks; Bloomberg; CBS Interactive; Comcast; Conde Nast; Discovery Communications; Disney; ESPN; FleishmanHillard; Fox; HBO’ Hearst; HuffPost; Indigo Films; Microsoft; MLB; NBC; PBS’ SapientNitro; The Guardian; The History Channel; Time Warner; Universal; and Viacom.

    “The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video,” said Telly Awards executive director
    Linda Day. Mediaboss’s accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production.”

    “In the case of our Downtown development strategy, we needed to proactively communicate some very attractive amenities and destinations, including exciting ethnic food destinations. We were fortunate to have Mediaboss as a commercial entity right in the heart of Downtown and they did an outstanding job of nailing the message for us,” said Framingham town manager Robert Halpin.

    “The premise of Data Unknown is to show how data is influencing every moment of our lives,” said Steve Kenniston, Host and Creator of Data Unknown. “Working with Mediaboss on this project is the single most important decision regarding the show. Their extensive knowledge of and background in the Technology industry was critical in producing the show. Their insight helped bring the series’ goal to life.”

  • Furthering ‘Brand India’: Film & entertainment buyer-seller meet at Festival de Cannes

    NEW DELHI: A buyer-seller meet is being held during the Festival de Cannes 2017 to provide a platform for the Indian media & entertainment industry to showcase its product and services, strength and capabilities and further the image of “Brand India.”

    The meet is being organised by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Service Export Promotion Council of the Commerce and Industry Ministry from 18 to 22 May at the J W Marriott Hotel.

    Cannes Film Festival is uniquely positioned as one of the largest International film festival cum exhibition on the entertainment Industry where visitors come together to assess the latest trends, forge partnerships and solutions. This is an opportunity to meet professionals, to trade, to exchange ideas, and to project the capabilities of the Indian audio-visual industry in animation, VFX, films, editing, story writing, sound recording and promoting attractive shooting locales in India.

    The Marché du Film is the most important event of the film industry and the meeting point of more than 10,000 professionals, including 3,200 producers, 2,300 distributors’ rooms, 1,500 sellers and 790 festival organisers.

    Apart from facilitating pre-fixed B2B meetings, the meet will have Special Session with the minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore which will be conducted by eminent producer Bobby Bedi. Others present at this meet will be Indian Ambassador to France Mohan Kumar; SEPC DG Sangeeta Saxena; eminent producer and Hyde Park Entertainment Chairman Ashok Amritraj; celebrity chef Vikas Khanna; and Hollywood film producer Andrei Severny.

    Meetings have been arranged with the Canadian and Australian delegations. There will be also be a discussion on Opportunities of Regional Cinema Going Global.

    The meet will conclude with a Session at the India Pavilion on “Export of Indian Film Services to the world” conducted by Special Treats Production CEO Colin Burrows.

    Participants at this meet will include Ms Saxena of SEPC, I and B Ministry Joint Secretary (films) Ashok Kumar Parmar; Trinity Pictures . (Eros International’s Motion Pictures Production division) CEO Ajit Thakur; and Content Policy and Standards Strategist at Intel Corp Ravi Velhal.

  • Ericsson launching virtualised MediaFirst video processing

    MUMBAI: Ericsson has created the foundation for all IP and cloud native delivery models with the launch of Ericsson MediaFirst Management Controller and Ericsson MediaFirst Encoding Live 8.1.

    The fully virtualised processing solution, which makes its debut at NAB Show 2017 in Las Vegas, enables operators to capitalize on consumer demand for new services in areas such as UHD, virtual and augmented reality, along with new revenue generating opportunities like dynamic ad insertion.

    Operating on any platform including pure software, common off the shelf (COTS) server hardware, private and public cloud, the flexibility breakthrough addresses complex configurations by taking control of all processing elements, using a service-based approach that secures operations and optimizes service quality.

    Ericsson is extending leadership in all IP architectures with the launch of Ericsson MediaFirst Management Controller and Ericsson MediaFirst Encoding Live 8.1 at NAB Show 2017. The Solution streamlines control of all processing elements across any platform using flexible, microservices architecture; enables rapid time to market and increased operator flexibility. New launches will amplify the benefits of Ericsson MediaFirst Video Processing portfolio, to optimise OPEX costs and enable transition towards a holistic, agile software architecture.

    Ericsson VP and head of media solutions Elisabetta Romano says: “We are making it easier to monetise services and drive down processing delivery costs throughout the entire content lifecycle. Management Controller and Encoding Live 8.1 are pivotal enhancements to MediaFirst Video Processing, the media industry’s most complete video processing solution. With these launches, Ericsson simplifies operations for content owners, broadcasters and service providers by enabling the move to complete virtualization across the media processing delivery chain.”

    Building on the company’s 25 years of pioneering video compression expertise, and in close collaboration with its customers and users, Ericsson MediaFirst Management Controller simplifies the transition to software-based architecture, providing a unified access point for Ericsson MediaFirst Video Processing products including Encoding Live, On Demand, Packaging, and Stream Processing. It allows operators to move away from a restrictive, monolithic approach towards a more agile service-based allocation, which streamlines application management and deployment across many services and clusters. The new management platform offers centralized visibility, configuration and control, along with flexible failover and licensing management for MediaFirst Video Processing applications; it can also adapt to dynamically changing environments, whilst balancing cost control.

    MediaFirst Video Processing Encoding Live 8.1 enables faster content deployment, drives operationally efficient delivery, and delivers more immersive consumer experiences than ever before. This newly introduced version offers a truly unified microservice architecture across all platform types, and includes centralized management, integral failover, and dynamic licensing benefits, together with faster video transcoding and industry leading density when deployed on a platform incorporating Intel’s Quick Sync Video (QSV) dedicated video hardware core.

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  • File transfer & global collaboration: Telstra & IBM Aspera team up

    MUMBAI: IBM has announced that Telstra has selected IBM Aspera to deliver simple, fast and secure media file transfer capability for Telstra Global Media Network (GMN) over the internet powered by Aspera Files.

    Custom built for the media industry, GMN combines Telstra’s high-capacity submarine fiber cable network, with access to four teleports and over 40 satellites covering strategic media hubs across Asia, Europe, the United States and Australia. As an alternative to traditional media delivery, GMN utilizes the proven power and performance of Aspera Files to share and exchange content of any size, from any connected location, with anyone.

    Telstra GMN was developed in response to rapid growth of video on-demand consumption, providing customers with support for a broad range of media content formats, resolutions and access requirements including live stream and file based media. Using the joint solution by Telstra and Aspera, GMN customers can quickly and reliably share content around the world whether it’s a broadcaster wanting to source a timely critical sports event, or content producers delivering a television program between production facilities.

    Telstra’s GMN is supported by satellite and fiber infrastructure on a fully redundant low latency network coupled with 24×7 international monitoring, support and management from Master Control Rooms in Sydney and Hong Kong ensuring timely delivery of digital assets to meet the most stringent production deadlines.

    The deep API-based integration of the multi-tenant Aspera Files SaaS platform provides a comprehensive file sharing and delivery solution that is immediately available and can be accessed and redirected from the Telstra GMN online portal. Via Telstra’s GMN online portal customers can schedule services from their preferred location, with a choice of different performance and management levels. Customers are also able to select additional services including media file transfer via Aspera Files and record to file functionality which records live feeds and saves content to digital files to be sent via media file transfer to customers.

    “The Telstra Global Media Network was built to empower our global customers to swiftly and smartly grasp the incredible opportunity at hand with the rise of demand for content,” said Telstra Broadcast Services head Trevor Boal. “With a strategic focus on the delivery of live global sports broadcasting, Telstra continues to invest heavily to bring the best solutions and technology to market for broadcast customers. Partnering with the innovative architecture of the Aspera Files SaaS naturally satisfied our goals to scale across multiple cloud storage environments while adding value to the customer experience with GMN.”

    “The technical strengths of the Telstra network combined with the high-performance large content sharing and delivery capabilities of Aspera Files enables customers in the media community to enjoy both the highest quality application and infrastructure and to have a future-proof home for their most advanced media workflows,” said John Wastcoat, Vice President of Business Development at Aspera.

    The solution takes full advantage of the most advanced features of the Files platform:

    • Fine-grained access controls per Workspace to allow each media Client an area to upload, share and manage media content and preview video and images.
    • Send packages of files and directories of any size to other workspace members and external users.
    • Personal and “dropbox” invitation links for others to submit content and metadata.
    • Seamlessly connect virtually any public cloud storage via the Aspera Transfer Service to manage and scale out the storage available to clients as GMN evolves.
    • Drag-and-drop files and folders to initiate transfers locally or between regions around the world, with direct access to Telstra’s chosen storage.

    Aspera is demonstrating Aspera Files SaaS and the Aspera Multi-Cloud High-Speed Transfer Service, alongside its entire portfolio of high-speed file transfer, sharing and exchange solutions at NAB 2017 taking place 24-27 April in Las Vegas.

    Telstra is demonstrating the Global Media Network along with its complete portfolio of network solutions at NAB 2017.

  • Comprimato launches post-production video plug-in tools for proxy-free Adobe workflows

    MUMBAI: Comprimato, a leading provider of GPU accelerated storage compression and video transcoding solutions, has launched Comprimato UltraPix, a simple video plug-in for popular post-production tools. The first release brings proxy-free, auto-setup workflows for Ultra HD, VR and more on any hardware running Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, a key component of Adobe Creative Cloud®. Comprimato will demonstrate the technology at NAB in Las Vegas, 24-27 April .

    The challenge for post facilities finishing in 4K or 8K Ultra HD, or working on immersive 360­° VR projects, is managing the massive amount of data. The files are large, requiring a lot of expensive storage, which can be slow and cumbersome to load, and achieving realtime editing performance is difficult.

    Comprimato UltraPix addresses this challenge, building on JPEG2000, a compression format that, offers high image quality (including mathematically lossless mode), to generate smaller versions of each frame as an inherent part of the compression process. With Comprimato UltraPix, the file is delivered at a size that the user’s hardware can accommodate.

    Once Comprimato UltraPix is loaded on any hardware, it automatically configures itself with auto-setup, requiring no specialist knowledge from the editor who continues to work in Adobe Premiere Pro CC exactly as normal. Any workflow can be boosted by Comprimato UltraPix, and the larger the files the greater the benefit.

    Comprimato UltraPix is a multi-platform video processing software for instant video resolution in real-time. It is a lightweight, downloadable video plug-in for OS X, Windows and Linux systems. Proxy-file rendering, transcoding or management is no longer needed on existing storage, and editors can seamlessly switch between 4K, 8K, Full HD, HD or lower resolutions anytime.

    “JPEG2000 is an open standard, recognised universally, and post production professionals will already be familiar with it as it is the image standard in DCP digital cinema files,” said Comprimato founder and CEO Jirˇí Matela.

    “What we have achieved is a unique implementation of JPEG2000 encoding and decoding in software, using the power of the CPU or GPU, which means we can embed it in realtime editing tools like Adobe Premiere Pro CC. It solves a real issue, simply and effectively. We believe video editors will soon be talking about exchanging UltraPix files.”

    “Editors and post-production professionals need tools that integrate ‘under the hood’ so they can focus on content creation and not technology,” said Adobe professional video – partner relations Sue Skidmore. “Comprimato adds a great option for Adobe Premiere Pro users who need to work with high-resolution video files, including 360 VR material.”

    Comprimato UltraPix plug-ins are currently available for Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Foundry Nuke and will be available on other leading post-production and VFX tools soon.

  • 70 companies, 1200 traders attend Global Content Bazar

    70 companies, 1200 traders attend Global Content Bazar

    MUMBAI: Around 70 companies and 1200 trade visitors from Asia, Europe and the Middle-East participated in Global Content Bazar 2018 which concluded here recently.

    High-quality trade and other visitors witnessed echoed a sentiment of highly beneficial exchanges with exhibitors and buyers at the bazaar which delivered on its assurance of showcasing the latest in content. India’s first-ever content market — Global Content Bazar 2017 — concluded in Mumbai recently. The show witnessed many eager visitors who echoed a sentiment of highly beneficial interactions with exhibitors, buyers, sellers and participants.

    As a professional trade show focused on content that powers India’s vast entertainment and infotainment industry, the content bazaar delivered on its promise of showcasing newest happenings in content for film, television, animation, docs & shorts, virtual reality, OTT-IPTV-VOD, 3D, music, radio, interactive gaming, mobile and more.

    The ‘Content Monetising Avenues Conference’ held on the show’s first day proved to be the highlight of the three-day event; with over 20 speakers presenting papers on the latest trends in the content industry and related subjects.

    Leading content providers, buyers and sellers such as Shanghai WingsMedia from China (with 10 prominent Chinese companies), Zee TV, Viacom 18, Sony Pictures Network, Doordarshan, DTV Turkey, ATV Turkey, Fight Globe, NH Studioz, Ultra Media & Entertainment, Creative Eye Ltd., WebTVAsia, Pocket Films, Green Gold Animation, Global One Enterprise, Qube Cinema and Fashion TV among others made their presence felt at the show and in the Indian content industry.

    Apart from India, companies from China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, the Netherlands, the UAE, Turkey, France, Austria and Russia participated in the show this year.

    The Global Content Bazar 2018 is scheduled to be held at the World Trade Centre in mid-January.