Animation & Graphics

Vizrt Ltd., a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, has signed a deal worth US$ 520,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics solutions at a Korean TV channel.

wTVision has provided graphics services in Egypt for the first time. The TV channel Capital Broadcast Center (CBC) presented a special elections programme with graphics developed by the software-house for the first round of the general elections.

While standard definition (SD) images could always be produced at a quick rate, more realistic and complicated high definition (HD) images need a much faster processing time and increased computer power.

Ericsson in partnership with Sony Ericsson has announced plans to run a regional competition in sub-Saharan Africa for application developers on the Android platform. The competition titled "Apps for Africa’ is to run under the aegis of the 2012 Ericsson Application Awards (EAA 2012) - an ongoing annual competition for application developers worldwide organised by Ericsson Research.

SportStats CG software from wTVision was used for 10 different sports at the GCC Games which took place in Bahrain between 11 and 22 October.

Zimele Broadcasting Services of South Africa recently inked a strategic partnership with IBC exhibitor Pixelmetrix, the expert in test, measurement and monitoring solutions for television broadcasters, network operators and service providers worldwide.

Available in different configurations for notebooks and desktop PCs, the STORM Mobile offers a variety of video and audio inputs and outputs for use with EDIUS 6 nonlinear editing software - catering to a broad spectrum of editors ranging from prosumers working on personal projects at home to broadcast / professional users editing on location.

The cloud brings promises of quickly adapting infrastructures so businesses can swiftly adjust to the demands of an ever-changing consumer landscape. Cloud solutions are up and running worldwide but do they have the capacity to traffic volumes of high resolution video?

At IBC Quantel announced the integration of its Enterprise sQ systems with Evoxe’s NIS4 newsroom computer system (NRCS). Using the MOS protocol the Evoxe NIS4 NRCS integrates seamlessly with Quantel Enterprise sQ production systems. This includes NIS4 requesting placeholders and receiving MOS-IDs; informed by Quantel when clips have arrived for those placeholders; passing news rundowns to Quantel to playout; and rundown updates from NIS4 quickly updated on the Quantel system.

At IBC Evertz introduced Mediator SC to the European market. The file-based workflow solution helps facilities that want to start new HD / SD services, expand existing facilities or build new disaster recovery sites in a cost-effective, reliable and efficient manner