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WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 38 - DECEMBER 2014
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Hiltron Completes Al Arab
Teleport
Hiltron has recently completed
work on a teleport for the Al
Arab News television station at the
World Trade Centre in the heart
of Bahrain’s capital city, Manama.
Launching this year, Al Arab News
is a privately owned Saudi channel
which aims to provide viewers
with accurate, unbiased news and
information from the region and
around the world.
The newly installed system
consists of seven fixed 2.4 metre
Ku band receive-antennas, a 3.7
metre C band fixed downlink plus a
motorised 3.7 metre receive-antenna
with a four-port C/Ku band feed.
Also incorporated are a Hiltron
HMAM motorised antenna mount
and Hiltron ACU antenna control
unit covering the whole receivable
SMPTE 2014 Addresses Challenges
SMPTE’s 2014 Annual Technical
Conference & Exhibition has
reported a record-setting paid
attendance.
Through presentations, debates,
panel discussions, and technology
exhibitions, the three-day event
brought attendees an array of expert
perspectives on the technologies,
formats, and standards on which
the industry’s future is being built.
“SMPTE 2014 demonstrated why
the Society’s technical conference
and exhibition has become the
premier annual event for motionimaging
and media technology,
production, operations, and the
allied arts and sciences,” said
Pat Griffis, SMPTE Education
Vice President.
“New display and acquisition
standards, distribution formats,
The Al Arab teleport in Manama, Bahrain
arc. All these receive-antennas
are being used for programme
contribution and feeds.
Two uplink installations are being
used for programme backhauling in
the 13 to 14.5 gigahertz extended
Ku band range. Each is equipped
with 3.7 metre motorised ASC Signal
business models, virtualisation
models, and ways of moving
content over IP are coming to the
forefront and having a real impact
on the industry.
By offering insight into these
and related advances, SMPTE
2014 empowers businesses and
antennas with Hiltron ACUs and a
tracking system
The system, which is protected by
full 1:1 redundancy, also includes
Newtec M6100 modulators, Work
upconverters and CPI 750W high
power amplifiers providing a
maximum EIRP of 72 dBW.
Paul Chapman, Barbara Lange, Chris Fetner, Wendy Aylsworth and Pat Griffis
individuals to take entertainment
media to the next level.”
SMPTE 2014 attracted
approximately 2,000 attendees
representing 31 countries including
the UK, Japan, Germany, Belgium,
China, South Korea, Hungary,
France, the US and Canada.
Vidpresso Powers
Key US Graphics
USA: Vidpresso has seen its
graphical display technology used
in the November television coverage
of three US state General Elections.
Throughout the day, KSL (Salt Lake
City), WFTV (Orlando), and KTVU
(San Francisco) used Vidpresso
software to display real-time graphics
and tickers based on political data.
Vidpresso says its innovative
software allowed the production
teams to create broadcast
graphics and tickers at a fraction of
the usual costs.
Nangu.TV Marks
Major Milestone
CZE: Nangu.TV is celebrating a major
milestone in its ten-year history.
The company has revealed that
more than 450,000 paid subscribers
using active devices including STBs,
mobile phones, tablets and PCs are
now connected to its media platform
The company’s end-to-end IPTV
and OTT platform allows ISPs, cable,
mobile and hospitality TV service
providers to deliver additional valueadd
features including: non-linear,
VoD, triple-screen, hybrid boxes,
web and mobile applications.
Rovi Buys
Fanhattan
USA: Rovi Corporation has bought
venture start-up Fanhattan.
Fanhattan pioneers innovative
ways to discover media and
entertainment on any screen, from
any source, through its cloudbased
Fan TV branded products.
Rovi says the acquisition
accelerates its vision to deliver nextgeneration
guidance and discovery
using advanced cloud, user interface
and hardware technologies.
Fan TV integrates different
sources such as linear television,
VOD, OTT video.