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1. 56 Broadcast Engineering writers and support staff cover the convention Pick Hits The top 40 new products from this year s show selected by readers like you Product jackpot 62 The first installment of products on display at the show see the NAB Special Report for more 54 broadcastengineering com JUNE 2004 lt Broadcast Engineering s writers consultants recap notable products and trends from NAB Digital audio Digital acquisition Storage BYTOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE BY CRAIG BIRKMAIER BY C JASON MANCEBO Automation NLEs at NAB Streaming media BY BOSTON BY BOBTURNER BYTOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE Cameras RF at NAB2004 Monitoring test BY DAN STARK BY DON MARKLEY and measurement BY PHILIP J CIANCI Compression products Routing switchers at NAB2004 BY JOHN LUFF BY STEVEN M BLUMENFELD JUNE 2004 broadcastengineering com Everyone s an expert at NAB The 2004 NAB convention was by most standards the best in years Believing that the spring show would be good Broadcast Engineering contracted for a range of writers and support staff to cover the convention Some of the experts and engineers we hired are regular writers for this magazine others are those with previous experience in reviewing technology for Broadcast Engineering This special NAB Replay package of coverage enco
2. BY DON MARKLEY tthe last few NAB shows the most P interesting RF products exhibited were all closely grouped around digital broadcasting Well they were this year too but they were more than just small improvements to existing products Thales introduced new common am plification analog VHF transmitters that use liquid cooling Thales claims this will reduce long term operational costs Thales also introduced its latest IOT DTV transmitters They liquid cool the amplifiers and exchange the heat to stan dard external cooling units The advan tage is that only a small amount of cool ant the oil needs to be maintained as pure Also a solid state switch on the AC mains replaces the old high main tenance crowbar circuits ue tenna line most notably a new superturnstile UHF antenna This low cost antenna for translators LPTV or low power DTV covers the entire UHF band without tuning and is available in either an om nidirectional or cardioid pattern The lowest power single station version of this antenna will cost under 10K The full bore 16 bay version with enough power capability for several stations will cost 20 to 25K Broadcast Electronics had an interest ing item the Big Pipe STL This point to point wireless link can be scaled up to bidirectional capabilities of 45Mb s That means that one system can carry it ne big push this year seemed to he for large wide area c
3. pital emotion 0 855 0400 Fax 16 0 855 0410 lt Convention Centa Be Sure WWW Bd 100 and Sigma 100 and automated playout devices for digital facility will remain at the cen consoles outfiteach au lower third crawls ter of it all dio room connected to an SS ENCO audio clip server while At the center of it all MN EE mg es an RTS Telex ADAM intercom As the network continues to expand professional video system ties all of the operational its reach throughout the world the technology industry seats together from a communication erspective Pro Bel and Miranda ciel the master control switchers E q ul pme nt I ist Thomson Grass Valley NewsEdit edit systems Kalypso HD video production center Trinix and Apex routing switchers Kameleon DAs Quantel sQ servers eQ and Qedit Pro editors BBC Technology Colledia for sports Evertz MVP display processors fiber optic gear Christie Digital GraphXMASTER CS70 70 inch rear display cubes FP40 40 inch LCD flat panel displays Calrec Sigma 100 and Alpha 100 audio consoles RTS Telex ADAM intercom system Stagetec MADI microphone distribution system SeaChange broadcast servers IBIS ServerLoad Thomson s Grass Valley LDK 6000 SportServerPlay mk Worldcam camera system Pro Bel captures progressive HD images natively in multiple formats and frame rates Master control switchers Automation syst
4. BROADCAST ENGINEER STUDIO KNME TV PBS at the University of New Mexico seeks an experienced stu dio engineer to work in a dynamic en vironment KNME New Mexico s old est public television station was first in NM to begin broadcasting digital in 2001 The studio digital conversion project is well under way and fully funded KNME serves 1 6 million viewers in central and northern New Mexico It operates a complete digital production facility with SD and HD ca pability and a full service teleport with Vyvx network connectivity We are seeking a career oriented professional who wishes to grow with us The posi tion offers an excellent benefits pack age including university tuition for the entire family and 4 weeks vacation The Albuquerque Santa Fe area offers great quality of life with many cultural and recreational opportunities For complete vacancy announcement and application please check www unm edu under jobs Refer to requisition 4M38888 Resumes must be accompanied with a Supplement to Resume form in web page ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA eJOBS UNM s ONLINE APPLICATION RESUME SYSTEM Go to the eJOBS website http ejobs unm edu to apply This posting opens on May 17 2004 and will remain open until July 10 2004 WDSI FOX61TV seeks Maintenance Engineer with good computer skills experience with UHF Transmitter A MUST studio equipment analog and digital tape recorder
5. HD SERVER ENHANCEMENTS Omneon SPECTRUM 408 585 5000 Www omneon com Supports multiple HD for mats including DVCPRO HD HD MPEG and HDCAM scalable open architecture design allows addition of storage channels pg COMPRESSION PLATFORM Scopus UE 9000 encoder 609 987 8090 www scopus net Provides upgradeable modules for MPEG 2 to MPEG 4 or WM9 provides 50 per cent improvement in bit rate supported by Scopus IVN system architecture gj HD CLIP SERVER Chyron Clyps HD 631 845 2000 www chyron com Graphics environment features built in keyer and up to 1 3TB of storage equaling 180 minutes of lower third animations or 60 minutes of full frame video features in clude loop pause hold last frame go to black cue and hold first frame three ste reo AES EBU digital audio I O gg SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM Harris NeuStar DTV 513 459 3400 www broadcast harris com Transports audio over the existing stereo backbone and automatically converts it to surround sound at the receiver system uses proprietary Neural technology to reduce ar tifacts in compressed data formats allowing bandwidth savings of up to 30 percent fy HD PREPROCESSOR Snell amp Wilcox Prefix HD 800 827 4544 www snellwilcox com Multistandard HD compression preproces sor reduces noise related artifacts in HD video including film grain and video noise offers linear filtering color gamu
6. www broadcastengineering com ka THE JOURNAL OF DIGITAL solutions uu required me 9 A na e BiR ED CE oe 7 Hundreds of new products Pick Hit awards i A What dbes it to make it work A PRIMEDIA PUBLICATION The Bridge Router can hold all the electronics you ll need for a small console O cards mix engines and DSP processors Naturally it can also have automatic fail over DSP and CPU cards to keep you on air You can expand the system with a simple cage to cage interconnect Digital Audio Network Router It s not just a Digital Console Irs AN ENTIRE Aunpio INFRASTRUCTURE Y OU CAN START with a simple AES router with analog and digital inputs and outputs From there you can add logic I O cards and scheduling software you can link multiple master bridge cages together to achieve thousands and thousands of 1 0 ports you can create a custom system that includes multiple smaller remote satellite cages with everything interconnected via CATS or fiberoptic links BUT THAT S JUST THE BEGINNING you can also add mix engine cards interface to your automation system you can choose from two different WHEATSTONE series control surfaces 0 51 or D 9 each specially configured for production room on air or remote truck applications We also provide a full complement of Ethernet protocol remote router control panels as well as a
7. Integrated offset at steps of 1 Hz pnw JACKPOTS MPEG TS SERVER Leitch NEXIO NX4000MTS 800 387 0233 www leitch com Supports multiple SD HD compression formats ASI interface records up to four separate programs within a multiprogram transport stream allows timing of the con tent for seamless splicing and playback y HD TAPE Maxell HD TV 800 533 2836 www maxell com Family of videocassettes includes DVCPRO HD HDCAM and D 5 tape uses Ceramic Armor metal particles and a durable binder system providing high output low noise and low error rate coercively of 2350Oe and re tentively of 3800BR tapes available in 33 64 and 126 minute lengths 9 Also introduced at NAB was the MicroFirst MPS 9810 which is an intelligent auto manual multipoint A B switch that enables redundant automation processors A first time exhibitor at this year s show was Pebble Beach which dem onstrated three products Anemone can handle up to four channels and is intended for small operations Nep tune is intended for larger systems and facilitates proxy browsing Periscope is a client application that displays multiple playlists much as a program guide would Server control A few companies have introduced in tegrated automation and video server packages in the same technology Matco _is one of those Although its integrated automation system has not changed the underlying hardware is evolvin
8. Media are increasingly being treated as object modules by client applica tions that control manage and use data Drilling down to basics auto mation aggregates all scheduling in formation for allocated resources and ensures that media and associ ated metadata are available when and where they are needed The basic au tomation applications include in gest conforming media manage ment playout and potentially archiving Automation systems will need to be able to handle these func tions for more services in the future while decreasing the ratio of opera tors to program channels Automation must be flexible enough to migrate to new business models as they evolve It must also man age essence and its associ ated metadata as well as track rights management across multiple outlets Multichannel applications It s quite possible that in the future workflow will be geared for content management rather than program channel man agement as is the case to day Most broadcasters will likely continue to use one real time stream to carry live and network pass through content Other content will in creasingly be configured as files that are played out under automation control with little human inter vention aside from the creation of policies The most talked about repurposing of content today is an automated news reel A number of vendors are now 48 offering applications that will build and play
9. Wwww americanradiohistorv com XE PRODUGT JACKPOT AUTOMATION SYSTEM ON AIR Systems ON AIR Central Version 4 0 44 20 7663 3663 5 New version includes multichannel audio anda restyled user interface provides end to end playout including automated transcoding ingest and content manage ment of live data feeds with integrated graphics playout logging and creation of management reports BROADCAST SYSTEM CONTROLLER Pharos Communications Pilot MCR 44 118 950 2323 www pharos comms com Enables full desktop management of broadcast systems integrates with the es tablished Pilot RT networked based ma trix control system an enhanced version of Pharos Pilot Designer allows users to configure new device control displays fy PAN TILT HEAD Telemetrics PT LP S3 201 848 9818 www telemetricsinc com For camera and teleprompter systems all connections to the camera and pan tilt head are made at the fixed base of the unit eliminating problems associated with mul tiple cables revolving with the head includ ing strain relief and interference 18 INCH FLAT PANEL LCD TELEPROMPTER Telescript FPS 180 201 767 6733 www telescript com Designed for studio and large venue pro ductions using full size studio and ENG cameras incorporates a rod mount system for large pedestals with studio cameras easily installs on site is lightweight and offers a
10. date said There needs to be an eco nomic patriotism in this country If you can still make a profit keep your shareholders happy and save some jobs more American companies ought to consider doing that My pre diction is that one day technology will broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com bring us to the point where master control and ingest operations will be farmed out to acompany overseas that can hire techs for far less than the kingly sum of 7 that most U S non union stations pay CHARLIE FARR Paul McGoldrick responds I love the idea of economic patrio tism Watching the export of techni cal jobs just to make a marginal dif ference to the bottom line is depress ing Although I m sure you re right that master control could be run from somewhere like India one would hope that owners will realize that the secu rity of their operations is as impor tant as continuity switching One can imagine the FCC s reaction to hack ers hijacking ABC I read an interview with Marc Andressen in which he said that the history of U S business is to replace jobs with new industries and oppor tunities That has always happened he said He couldn t say what those new opportunities would be or how people could be trained for them But it would be nice to think that he was right BF February Freezeframe Q Name the nonlinear AV worksta tion introduced by Panasonic at the 1995 NAB A The P
11. internal DVD ROM and external drives 48 bit RGBA with 16 bit Z buffer capability includes support for HD dual channel and dual head display options DmediaPro op tions with support for dual streams of HD 10 bit 4 4 4 4 RGBA video 5 HD EDITING SYSTEM Avid DS Nitris 7 5 978 640 6789 www avid com Real time finishing system for SD HD and digital intermediates 2K 4K provides 10 bit HD encoding fully compatible with the Media Composer Adrenaline system operates in 4 2 2 color space available in three user selectable bandwidth configu rations 220Mb s for 10 bit and eight bit video eight bit configuration at 145Mb s for 720p and 1080p i HD resolutions supports MXF VIDEO SERVER SeaChange BMC 60000 978 897 0100 www schange com Supports up to eight MPEG 2 IMX codecs operating at up to 62Mb s per codec four MPEG transport I O cards or three HD decoders can combine up to seven 1 O cards for up to 56 channels of 50Mb s IMX I O and more than 1600 hours of storage using 300GB SCSI drives DA DISK RECORDER DVS Pronto2K 818 846 3600 www dvs de Uncompressed real time recording for SD to 2K stores video data directly as BMP YUV TIFF TGA Cineon or DPX audio stored as AIFF and WAV files formats and resolutions handled include NTSC and PAL 720p 10801 and film 2048x1556 in RGB 10 bit at data transfer rates of up to 306MB s E 80 and analog component sig
12. tal broadcast console incorporates monitoring insert features that help the engineer keep track of how audio will be received in home environ ments that are equipped with multi channel stereo and mono playback systems In an ideal world the one that music engineers often get to live in time is allocated to the creation of separate stereo and 5 1 mixes but this is obviously impossible in live work The down mixing monitoring capabilities of the C100 which allow for instant switching between the two offer a working compromise Wheatstone s D 5 1 and D 9 boards also offer automatic 5 1 to stereo down mixing as does the Euphonix System 5 console Many of the new features on Calrec s Alpha Sigma and Zeta 100 consoles that were shown at NAB have been custom designed for NBC which will use two Alpha and two Zeta 32 boards in their broadcasts of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Greece All Calrec consoles incorporate both ste reo and mono down mixing capabilities Keeping track of six channels of au dio can be difficult in real time appli cations and having the ability to control the volume of all chan nels froma single fader can be critically im portant Since its launch in 2003 the SSL C100 console has incorporated this feature The C100 also lets the en gineer break out and rebalance the channels that contribute to the LCRSSSu mix with a single button push All Wheatstone boards have a s
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14. NVISION introduced its highly JUNE 2004 MAB attendees visited booths and saw dem onstrations of many new products for infra structure routing expandable NV7512 large scale TDM audio router which handles both AES and MADI inputs The product can be expanded to 4096 by extending the TDM bus between frames The com pany also showed an HDTV version of its NV5128 router with integral MCR switcher modules PESA introduced Premier a small scale router that ranges in size from 8x4 to 16x16 It can accommodate multiple signal formats including composite Y C RGB RGBHV and stereo audio Future releases will in clude SDI HD SDI and AES EBU The company also showed Clikcontrol a Web based routing switcher control extension and the UCI 2000 protocol conversion unit which can interface to other manufac turers products Leitch continued to show its Pana cea Integrator and Integrator Gold routing products in a variety of sizes but offered no new routing products Sonv showed its established SDI rout ing switchers which included the HDSX5800 wideband system Pro Bel showed anew based au dio routing product Sirius Fusion which uses the AES 47 standard and also can route MADI as AES The product line includes A D and D A converting I O interfaces and up to 128x128 in a single 7U frame Pro Bel had one of the JUNE 2004 PRODUCT JACKPOT HD MONITOR ERG HDM EV80D 81 3376 081 61 www erg vent
15. a nonintrusive tool to verify signal and picture quality Telecast Fiber Systems Mamba fiber optic patchbays and converters 508 754 4858 www telecast fiber com Originally developed to help mobile production trucks save cable weight and congestion this family of fiber optic patchbays and converters has grown into a complete facility solution espe z cially useful for HD facilities that require the high bandwidth provided by optical cable and infrastructure Thales ADAPT IV exciter 413 998 1100 www thales bm com This exciter provides linear and nonlinear correction capabilities in a small powerful hard ware platform combines a OB key features of the id z company s previous excit ers such as Digital Adaptive Precorrection with an improved lo cal user interface and enhanced correction capabilities Thomson Grass Valley Triax repeater 415 558 0200 www thomsongrassvalley com Thomson Grass Valley LDK 6200 HD Super SloMo camera 415 558 0200 www thomsongrassvalley com This camera brings slow motion to HD by pro viding replays and super slow motion effects in native HD formats supports switchable multiformat and multi frame rate capabilities including native image capture in 1080i and 720p formats uses 12 bit A D conversion Triveni Digital and Terayon Communication Systems ANDES HD distribution system 609 716 3500 www 3veni c
16. new digital workflow based on the processing of digital media files con taining both the essence media and the metadata that describe these me dia and the ways in which other ap plications can use the media The benefits of this approach were visible acquisition to develop software codecs that would allow DVCPRO audio video files to be processed using affordable desktop and notebook computers The DV 25 and DV 50 codecs allowed Apple to validate the concept that software like Final Cut Pro can be used to handle editing and compositing tasks without additional expensive hardware At this year s show the companies introduced the The era of proprietary tape based video formats is everywhere at NAB suggesting that the era of proprietary tape based video formats with the costs and constraints they impose is drawing to a past due close At NAB2004 Sony delivered a full bandwidth HDCAM studio field re cording system which will compete with the Panasonic D 5 format The SRW 5000 is a full bandwidth HD VTR that does not use prefiltering or resampling Based on the MPEG 4 Studio Profile compression algorithm the system can write 440Mb s to tape at 10 bit resolution It can record all 1080 line frame rates as well as na tive 720p at 60Hz Sony also unveiled a prototype three chip HDV camcorder that records HD imagery using long GOP MPEG 2 at 25Mb s But the future for the HDV format remains clouded The need
17. support the additional services with the broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com timeline as digital video starting with separate stand alone islands and grow JUNE 2064 00 heres vali diel wp tay Saath iether dh the den Men teen Not UNT ed P 3 79 4 1 4 1 i 4 TTR RA EU mT EAU TTA y dates Nen Wi Wp The UTAH 400 High De ital Hon BW ul already the world s m nk ttt now offers even more eu wave hi Wit nt A ir Automatic crosspoint all matrix sizes wa The UTAH 400 allows you ct your critical signal paths against interruption with AUT internal redundancy i Three Frame Sizes 64x64 144x144 and 288x288 You can use the UTAH 400 fopany digital router application from the smallest utility MA a to the largest central matrix In any size all UTAH 400 systems offer the same set of world class features and the industry s lowest prices Fulltime input Output Signal Monitoring Reduced Power Consumption and Rack Space Requirements SD HD Compatibility UTAH Us CIENTIFIC New Directions in Digital Switching 4750 Wifey Post Wav Suite 50 Salt Lake City UT 84116 USA Ph 801 575 301 Fax 301 537 3099 Email sales utahscientific com WWW americanradiohistorv com ing into a contiguous control layer
18. 40k attendees from Europe and 120 countries worldwide 3 1 000 exhibitors including all the key technology suppliers The world s best electronic media conference Exhibition 10 14 September Conference 9 13 September RAI Amsterdam www ibc org IBC Aldwych House 81 Aldwych London WC2B 4EL United Kingdom Tel 44 0 20 7611 7500 Fax 44 0 20 7611 7530 Email show ibc org PRODUGI JACKPOT AN SYNCHRONIZER Forte DTV FS 516 800 530 5542 www forteldtv com Transcode synchronize and process a va riety of source types NTSC PAL or SDI with analog AES embedded or Dolby audio create SDI with embedded or AES audio out HD SIGNAL ERROR HEADROOM METER 4sight HRM 1500 408 559 0255 www 4sightproducts com Portable handheld device that quickly dis plays the spectral health of an HD signal has an easy to read LED gauge LCD display gives detailed energy readings on the total spec trum fundamental and harmonic bands 3 AUDIO NETWORKING SYSTEM Calrec Hydra 44 1422 842159 www calrec com Provides a network for the sharing of I O resources and control data between Calrec digital mixing consoles Gigabit Ethernet fabric features high bandwidth and a scal able flexible architecture includes remote I O units with up to 96 analog or digital inputs or outputs units may be connected onto the same network HD SD MULTIFORMAT ROUTER Quartz Xenon 888 638 8745 www
19. 9545 440 333 salesGstagetec com www stagetec com MEDIAGROUP broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com overcome some of the limitations of CCDs These sensors take advantage of many of the chip level manufacturing techniques that drive the relentless progression in CPU and memory chip performance HD for everyone Apple has been riding the IT per formance curve through its support for the compression codecs used in Panasonic s DVCPRO products DV 25 and DV 50 software codecs were introduced over the past two years At this year s NAB the companies introduced the DVCPRO HD codec 100Mb s which can support Panasonic s 1080i and 720p Varicam products At the Panasonic press conference vice president of marketing Stewart 2005 2006 2007 Figure 2 The progression in storage capacity for Panasonic s P2 storage cards is symbolic of the trends in CPU performance and hard disk stor age that are making the shift to HD affordable for everyone English plugged an Apple Powerbook into a Panasonic DLP projector and played a three minute infomercial at full 720p resolution HD has been devoured Soon digital media professionals will look upon the soft fuzzy images of interlaced SD video justas people looked at those jerky post age stamp QuickTime movies a decade ago HD is about to become the new currency of motion imaging Craig Birkmaier is a technology consultant at Pcube Labs and he hos
20. CALLING it seems there s always an Elephant in the room You know storage should cost less now than ever before but truth is 90 s era servers can t make the change Which is why 360 Systems Image Server employs a smart next gen eration design that delivers every thing but the elephant size price The Image Server 2000 is perfect for tape replacement satellite ingest graphics amp animations JUNE 2004 ver 2000 or as a full time play to air server Of course it s fully compatible with most automation systems and desk top controllers Using FTP you ll ba able to move program content over Gigabit Ethernet and share files with other MXF enabled products For just 10 000 the Image Server 2000 delivers three video channels impeccaole images great specs and it also makes excellent business sense Isn t it time to rethink what you re paying for video storage broadcastengineering com Wwww americanradiohistorv com Check out the image Server 2000 at www 360 systems com and download the new user manual while you re there Or call us direct to arrange a demonstration at your place gt rn Ems On Air Coast to Coast T 818 991 0360 tei S GobUsysten 95 PRODUGI AGKPOT VIDEO CAPTURE CARD AJA Video Systems Kona 2 530 274 2048 www aja com Dual rate HD SD 133MHz PCI X capture card supports uncompressed 10 bit SDI HD SDI and dual link 4 4 4 HD at 10 and 12 bits fe
21. Electronic Visuals PenPalHD signal generator 44 1483 771663 www electronic visuals com This mighty midget is a pen sized HD test signal generator that generates serial digital signals in 18 formats in 1080i 1080p 1080sF 1035i and 720p 26 video test patterns four stereo pairs of AES embedded audio oper ates from battery or mains power Exavio ExaMax MS platform 408 213 5500 www exavio com This solid state server acts f aki onei 1 ind dently of 2 umm independently of any at H i tached online disk storage a pue allowing storage networks En oe to scale throughput in real time support multiseat uncompressed HD production and link and share different files across dissimilar operating platforms without slowing down the network Horita Pocket PA wireless logging system 949 489 0240 www horita com This system combines an off the shelf pocket PC with built in Bluetooth wireless technol ogy with the company s PDA LOG program and its LTC BLUETOOTH wireless transmit ter wirelessly allows the PA to capture time code numbers and jot down notes associated with those codes Hughes SPACEWAY satellite system 301 428 5500 www hns com This new broadband IP platform employs digital processing packet switching and spot beam technol ogy and offers peer to peer com munications and on demand band width allows SNG field crews con tinual access
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23. PLUG INS VDS Synapse 631 249 4399 www videodesignsoftware com Features three new plug in bundles for Quantel s generationQ range supports Af ter Effects plug ins within the Quantel user interface correction FEC transrating and video stream replication to different platforms simultaneously along with bandwidth rate reduction and MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 encoding and transcoding all in the same high den sity multichannel chassis Ahead Software Now even Ahead Software has jumped into the compression fray with an update to Nero Digital claim ing to take AVC and AAC to a level of performance not previously seen in any MPEG 4 audio and video com pression technology The company s AAC developers have created optimi zations to Nero Digital s HE AAC core codec that includes a downsampled HE AAC mode to provide higher quality playback for AAC devices Apple Apple showed an updated QuickTime that incorporates an HD Media Video 9 Series and Windows Media DRM U S Digital Television will use the technology to deliver 12 channels in SD Vistacast and WBT Systems will encode curricula in the format for datacasting to distance learning students Harmonic showed the DiviCom MV 100 encoding platform running the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile 4 2 0 eight bit producing SD digital video for IPTV applications Pathfire announced that it is adopt ing the technology for use in its new Poin
24. Series a comprehensive dynamic five volume collection of sound effects from the Sony Pictures studio archives 2004 Sony Pictures Digital Inc All rights reserved Vegas DVD Architect and Sony Pictures Effects are trademarks or registered trademark of Sony Pictures Digital inc Alt other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Www americanradiohistorv com oom Bringing multiple cha Automation for multichannel broadcastinc By Jim Boston and Mark Brown new broadcast facility should in theory be en gineered and imple mented based on a business plan and capital budget passed down from up per management The problem today is that no solid future business plan exists for most broadcasters The cur rent broadcast business environment is unsustainable over the long haul new revenue streams will be a neces sity It is becoming evident that stations will need to produce multiple real time 46 and non real time program streams If multichannel is the future then the way business is conducted must change The requirements for multi channel operations are radically differ ent than those for traditional single same number and level of personnel Current automated operations are typi cally governed by plant workflow and organized by a software layer presid ing over hardware functions Automa tion has evolved along the same LAC sE i U service operations The challenge is to
25. That can pick up several dB resulting in the desired fade margin The short version In short the technology here is a bit different as are all things digital Some of the early channel sharing systems WTVP WTVP DT Peoria IL uses a combined STL system for the NTSC and DTV signals The hot standby system employs two MRC Twinstream radios Photo courtesy D L Markley amp Associates were terrible But that seems to be straightened out Still watch your back when dealing with any of these systems A good fade margin with high reliabil ity is still a must whether you re deal ing with analog or digital signals BF Don Markley is president of D L Markley and Associates Peoria IL Send questions and comments to don_markley primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 Uncompromising Innovation Vegas software for video and audio production is now considesed the scandard to which other non linear editing products are held The Vegas DVD Production Suite which includes Sony Veges 5 and DVD Architect 2 software provides an unmatched Innovative set of professional production tools Sony s Vegas 5 software redefines workflow by providing an all in one real time solution for editing multi track recording compositingc titling scoring and encoding Its customizable interface allows users to aacomplish a wider range of complex production requirements Whether you re of lining 24 HDCAM proxy f
26. all these terrestrial channels and their content And to be able to pay for all these ser vices the stations would charge partici pating viewers the standard 19 95 a month USDTV has a Chinese minor ity partner to supply the STBs The degree of cooperation by all these stations would have to be incred ible and the viewing public would have to accept a major change in its life the idea that over the air broad casting would no longer be free This contradicts a concept that has almost become a fundamental right for many of us A separate entity would have to form to handle the distribution of the STBs and billing collections And of course once this model was in place 114 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com Sting in a city that has killed HDTV unless you accept a reduction from say six SD programs to only two when HD content is being transmitted Viewers reaction would not be pleasant A short while ago my state s daily news paper eliminated the overnight grids from its TV listings because most of the programming consisted of paid advertorials and to save ink Those grids have since been restored because of the howls from the many late night viewing owls out there Doom and gloom No I just don t see this model as fea sible And looking at the other mod els centered around news broadcast ing news has never been a smart way of making money in television not that you would thin
27. and video signals to the Trinix and Apex routers and through out the building Moving content from tape to servers In the new digital center each of six equipment rooms and seven produc tion control rooms operate indepen dently although they re completely networked together should engineers broadcastengineering com 37 Www americanradiohistorv com need to combine resources K LEY a The digital center s mas SS sive signal routing architecture supports 19 nonlinear edit rooms four master control suites with ex pansion to 10 planned and a large sports content ingest screening facility Signal paths can also be changed quickly to accommodate new channels and fu ture internal growth The Grass Valley Encore facility con trol system from Thomson features tight integration with automation and UM systems The ingest area of the existing facil ity employed 32 PC workstations to log more than 220 hours of game foot age and record individually screen and archive it to Betacam videotape each day In the new building this pro cess is handled by 50 ingest worksta tions and about 35 VTRs networked toa series of nonlinear editing systems and video servers with several terabytes of storage Editing file sharing and playback is handled by networked systems from BBC Technology Colledia and Quantel generationQ The Colledia software has a built in application for screening the daily incoming
28. changes in that industry The big shock in the industry was the news that Andrew was selling its broad cast operation to ERI This has created some interesting changes Andrew and ERI shared a booth on the TV side and former Andrew staff showed up with ERI badges This will undoubtedly lead to some interesting products But right now the change is still occurring and it is too soon to look for new products Nonetheless the change has moved quite a bit of the antenna and hard line manufacturing capability to the ERI site and the rest will soon be there ERI is making a large commitment here and we all wish them the best of luck Finally Dielectric Communications showed a new line of manifold combin ers for analog and digital television sys tems The units offer good characteris tics the big advantage is reduced space requirements In all it was a great year for the RF side of the business It was nice to see some action here that compared to the digital whiz bangs offered by the studio crowd Especially since your aging author doesn t understand what those studio folks are doing anymore Don Marley is president of D L Markley and Associates Peoria IL SD CAMERA Hitachi HV D15AS 800 225 1741 www hitachi com Features 65dB SNR automatic exposure range with 10 F stops and low power con sumption Hitachi processor provides high resolution and color reproduction features noise reduction to reduce grain a
29. convert to the opposite without reprogramming The same is true of standards convert ers that auto sense 625 or 625 or 10801 and 720p or com binations thereof allowing outstanding flexibility This kind of auto adapting bridge is being moved into master control and routing switchers and even production switchers At some point in the not too distant future you will be able to plumb up a system without being too worried about the boxes talking to each other leaving you to concentrate on programming them for the functions you want them to perform System integration will be come function integration and then it ll be time for me to retire DE John Luff is senior vice president of business development for AZCAR Send questions and comments to john_luff prmediabusiness com JUNE 2004 tnternstianal Cornferenos 33 Special Effects TH E OCTO RANGE Image ferte HI TECH MADE SIMPLE Give your High Resolution A V SCALER Presentatians all the effects they SEAMLESS SWITCHER deserve with the New Octo Range UNIVERSAL SIMPLE amp COMPACT fOCTO FX OCTO FAOE avisa OCTO LOGO and Viceo HDTV amp Computer up to 1280 x 1024 OCTO PLUS Dual Output Scaled up to SXGA amp DHLA Audio Sterec B Inputs 4 full feutured microphone input ANALOG WAY USACanade Edition BroallcastEngineering in ution of broadca As the television industry continues to redefine itself Broadcast Enginee
30. detailed coverage from this year s NAB JU Pick Hits By Don Keller A panel of independent judges bestows awards on some of the best products displayed at NAB2004 62 New tools By BE staff A comprehensive wrap up by industry experts helps put the show in perspective 62 Product jackpot By BE staff This year s lineup includes products for applications from acquisition to post production Download 14 Real convergence FCC Update 20 The push for DTV conversion DiGirAL HANDBOOK Transition to Digital 22 Composite digital video Computers and Networks 28 SAN and NAS A practical guide Production Clips 32 Audio consoles BEYOND IHE HEADUNES am ON THE COVER Each of the three HD studios in ESPN s new digital center has its own production control room equipped witn a Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher Photo by Andy Washnik continued on page 8 6 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com JUNE 2004 n our get ihe news first and faster world Panasonic s DVCPRO P2 Series provides the instant advantage with no moving parts no consumed media and no need for digitization prior to editing P2 solutions offer fow operating costs and seamlessly connect original quality DVCPRO data to laptop editors servers and IT media Just what you d expect from DVCPRO To find out how Panasonic can improve your news operation call 1 800 528 8601 or v
31. errors and failures on a LAN or across a worldwide network The product is designed for multichan nel environments such as cable tele vision headends or direct to home broadcast operations ViewCast showed its new Niagara PowerStream encoder which delivers streaming video to mobile handheld devices The new Osprey 300 addresses Mna modi both streaming and video editing needs The PCI X bus interface pro vides compatibility with the latest PC technologies delivering high perfor mance high bandwidth streaming with professional editing performance 102 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com BBC Technology came from the UK to NAB2004 sport ing a new contract with Discovery Networks International to provide high bandwidth services It will stream the network s content to Dis covery Channel Web site users via its dedicated broadband service The real time broadcast quality MPEG 4 AVC H 264 encoding ca pability of SkyStream Networks new Mediaplex 20 video delivery platform was also on display Lots of great gear in the NAB aisles proved to me at least that there are many viable solutions that will help broadcasters provide near broadcast quality streaming once the infrastruc ture hurdles are addressed Rest as sured that eventually once the tran sition to digital is complete broad Streaming products on display at NAB proved broadcasters will find viable solutions f
32. fundamen tal frequency of 750MHz If the third harmonic is added 3 x 750MHz the resulting waveform resembles a square wave If additional odd har monics were added in the correct am plitude and phase a nearly perfect waveform would result In reality with the extremely high bit rates needed for HD only the third har monic makes it more than a few feet down a coax Spectral analysis The physical layer used to transport the data is composed mostly of coax _ Power Fundamental 4 Third harmonic Figure 1 This graph shows the energy loss an HD signal suffers as it travels in a coaxial cable After traveling about 250 feet fundamental energy drops to a third of its original value while the third harmonic drops to the noise floor making the HD signal unrecoverable to the error cliff a particular digital path is The SMPTE292 bit scram bling algorithm essentially produces a square wavelike signal The peak to peak value of this signal should be 0 8V and the rise time or transition time between the 20 percent and 80 percent amplitude points should be only 270ps Using the distance of New with some connectors and perhaps a jackfield But coax provides the great est exposure to problems for a video datastream Coax s series inductance and shunt capacitance create a low pass filter Because attenuation is greater in the higher frequencies the upper harmonics of the signal disap pear The
33. high contrast display fy UHF POWER AMPLIFIER CPI Eimac K3 MSDC IOT 650 592 1221 www eimac com Simplified to three stages achieves 58 per cent efficiency low pressure low flow oil cooling eliminates problems associated with water cooling systems BY TOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE M any broadcasters have diversi fied into other media areas Di versifying makes good business sense But making it profitable especially when it comes to streaming content on the Internet has always been a co nundrum for broadcasters At NAB2004 there were more than 300 streaming or Internet related companies ready to help broadcasters find a way to make the Internet pay But broadcasters despite all the op timistic talk manufacturer stroking and backslapping going on have three main problems when it comes to prof itable streaming First they can t sell ads effectively on the Web Second the public can t afford broadband or DSL level Internet access and third even if it could the majority of the United States still is not wired for the high speed broadband needed for video and audio Add the United States forced conversion to DTV and you can sce why streaming is at the bot tom of some broadcasters to do lists Despite these problems and chal lenges there were some great new products on display this year Encoda launched its new product VeriStream which quickly pinpoints streaming system
34. iB feeds i pest areas and remote trucks Video Processing Frame Syncs 7500 501 1 0 4 8400 SD SDI 1 0 These modules leanl t hot 8500 SD SDI and Analog 1 0 dicial Flute and if there is a loss of input the module will freeze or go to black The Signal Acquisition Solution series works for you in SD and HD supporting digital and analog signals And for handling embedded audio AES or analog audio there are options for 4 or 8 channel audio processing The new Express Panel gives you control over all module parameters and has dedicated knobs for proc adjustments J9AUO2 OJpne 1 r New Express Control Panel zz B Signal integration System 1 i S Tel 1 530 478 1830 A Fax 1 530 478 1832 www ensembledesigns com info endes com PO Box 993 Grass Valley CA 95945 USA WWW americanradiohictorv com HD ROUTER Network Electronics Flashlink 800 420 5909 WWW network electronics com Provides signal processing and signal dis tribution features N Box new housing that offers a modular and flexible solution for applications where space is limnited or only card is needed four N Boxes can be mounted on a IRU shelf pg BROADCAST CONSOLE Harrison TVD SL 615 641 7200 www harrisonconsoles com Offers 44 or 60 total motorized touch sen sitive faders streamlined layout allows for 33mm fader spac
35. introduced MediaTrans Plus which provides an economical deliv ery of video audio signals between locations using MPEG 4 technology Sundance introduced Sentinel an SNMP monitoring package Device servers Digital Transaction Group the former engineering and support team from Odetics Broadcast introduced AIRO XDS a device control server that controls up to 64 devices and can scale up to any number of channels and devices with an unlimited num ber of devices per device pool The XDS server manages the devices re sources state and history Ingest Harris Digital Ingest now allows the ingest of media and metadata of Pathfire syndication and promotional JUNE 2004 k TOTAL SOLUT ON TOTAL COMM TMENT total commitment AHTPEPS i Different applications require clifferent solutions Most manufacturers limited awareness of this fact just creates problems Calrec solves them Whatever your requirements nave a solution available right now Specialists in broadcast consote design for over 30 years Calrec provide all the broadcast features your programme needs now and m ihe future W Powerful dexible feature set to meet all programme needs Embedded control system allowing for power up and operation wrthout the PC pee tob Calrec unique family of digr a production consoles alt share the same high levels of resilience alt have hot swappable cards and panels and all opera
36. maintain than the Eimac K2 and K3 MSDC IOT amplifiers K2 tube replacement and main tenance can be handled by one person without removing the cavity assembly from the cabinet RELIABILITY Oil cooled K3 MSDC IOT e no electrolysis with oil minimal maintenance low pressure low flow rate operation three stage MSDC design smplifies the power supply requirements e simplicity reliability lifetimes of up to 70 000 hours or more Commanicutions amp Power budiustries EFFICIENCY Eimac s Klystode IOT pio neered high efficiency UHF TV power amplifiers The K2 continued this lead ership with enhanced ease of use The K3 three stage MSDC lOTdemonstrates efficiency of up to 58 _ Division 301 Industrial Road San Carlos CA 94070 d P e h ae tel 650 592 1221 fax 650 592 9988 email iot cpii com _ www eimac com ISO 9001 2000 Certified Made in USA Www americanradiohistorv com DIGITAL HANDBOOK Composite video BY MICHAEL ROBIN long period of concept product and electronic component development UT in a large number of applica tion specific digital black boxes oper ating at incompatible sample rates number of bits per sample and quan tizing ranges These products were developed to fulfill specific produc tion needs and were designed for ana log composite video interconnection compatible with the all analog com pos
37. occupancy won t allow such single channel equipment the dual systems may be necessary Togetherness Another scheme is to combine all the signals NTSC ATSC logic audio etc into one big digital datastream then use There is a large school of out that recommends using a separate link for analog and There is a large school of thought that recommends using a separate link completely separate transmitters and receivers for analog and digital 80 90 100 www Ce org broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com one of the big digital microwave systems to carry the signal to the transmitter site There the signals are decoded as neces sary to feed the separate transmitters It works but it is a bit expensive And it s certainly too complex for most station staff members So back to the simpler world of broadcast STL systems Using a combined system isn t neces sarily bad as long as you do the right calculations First base the numbers for transmitter power output and receiver threshold on the actual input output connectors of the equipment not on the whole system When joining the two sys tems into a common antenna the dual stream system adds loss in a combiner There is another lossat the receiving end when the signal splits for the two receiv ers If hot standby is involved split the signals again at the receive site You have to include those losses in the overall path loss or
38. of this program broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohistorv com series of exciting events Highlight Creator supports MPEG 7 based metadata description Interestingly KDDI also had a JPEG2000 hardware HDTV codec the DHS 2000 which enables low delay high quality transmission 50 to 100Mb s of HDTV programs Envivio Envivio introduced the 4Forum Lite JUNE 2004 An impressive performer with exceptional control Robust 90 fit Compact Call Sales Toll free on 1 888 2 VINTZN Vinten wvw vintenveclor om PRODUCT CARDIOID LAVALIER MICROPHONE Audio Technica AT898 330 688 3752 www audio technica com Subminiature cardioid condenser micro phone offers high quality low profile op eration for lecturers stage and TV talent and houses of worship 5mm diameter operates on battery or phantom power DIGITAL MATRIX INTERCOM Telex Cronus 952 884 4051 www telex com 32 port in 2RU a maximum of four units can be linked to form a single 128 port matrix allows two three or four matrices to be combined by adding coaxial cable USB ports for programming available on front and rear panels fully compatible with all existing RTS matrix products able to connect via an interface card to existing ADAM matrices an MPEG 4 webcasting system This small portable appliance enables a net worked conference room to broadcast live and on demand MPEG 4 pres
39. out a secondary news chan nel with little care and feeding by hu mans Hopefully creative broadcast ers will discover other programming opportunities for DTV s additional channels as most markets won t sup port multiple local newsreels Multichannel automation s ability to push tasks farther from traditional op erating positions also makes it pos sible to share labor across multiple fa cilities Stations in different markets airing the same programming don t each need to conform the show Media can be delivered to each station by dis tribution groups such as Pathfire or DG Systems or by a broadcaster s own dis tribution system Each station can then add its own metadata and program ming will be ready for playout with out additional media preparation broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com Workflow changes Multichannel presents a consider able change in what operators do and the tools they require Operators in an automated multichannel environ ment tend to react to systemic prob lems and faults rather than actively switching between sources In multi channel operations they need to re act to alarms and problems in one program log that may ripple across to other logs In fact monitoring the health of multiple programs can con sume a fair amount of the operator s time Bringing more channels online reduces the ratio of operators to channels thus lowering the cost of additional service d
40. provide the Technical Furniture for this moving target If we re not careful technology just might catch up Forecast Consoles is proudly celebrating our 25th Anniversary of excellence Let Forecast Consoles cover your next console project FERECAST consoles WWwW americanradiohistorv com PRODUCT SINGLE CHANNEL CG Pixel Power Clarity 100 954 943 2026 www pixelpower com M a BY BOB TURNER f he 2004 NAB was an exciting show especially for those look ing at digital news editing solutions 1RU CG for master control graphics inser tion and post production compatible with all the major master control branding and newsroom automation systems can be ex panded to offer dual 2 D live squeezeback capability and full frame cell text and logo animation effects can play back and record up to four audio channels Avid Technology Avid introduced version 5 5 of NewsCutter Adrenaline FX and NewsCutter XP news editing systems the AirSpeed ingest and broadcast playback server and version 4 of Avid BROADBAND UHF ANTENNA Dielectric TUA M 800 341 9678 www dielectric com Mid power antenna designed for multiplexed Workgroups digital and analog signals customized beam The NewsCutters now offer support tiltand null fill stainless steel backscreenand for DVCPRO25 DVCPROS0 radiating element provides broadband im pedance characteristics suitable for single or multiplex
41. quartzus com Available in two frame sizes has signal pro cessing technology modules on input and output cards features optional dual inter nal controllers for deterministic switching dual hot swappable fans and power sup plies all active modules may be hot swapped from the front of the frame CONSOLE Wheatstone Bridge Router 252 638 7000 www wheatstone com Design consists of 7 inch rack mount digi tal routing cages handles 512 simultaneous audio channels on its backplane features bidirectional fiber optic or CAT 5 interlocation connectivity all digital do main AES switching analog digital 1 O and serial control and display with Wheat stone consoles 84 products at 2004 HA m ne BY STEVEN M BLUMENFELD tthis year s NAB show there were companies big and small showing off tools of the trade using compression MPEG is clearly the standard of choice for digital video Whatever the MPEG incarnation the digital video world is MPEG Now with the ratification of the MPEG 4 standard a new scalable cod ing technique has hit the market MPEG 4 AVC represents a major im provement in compression technology from MPEG 2 and has been approved for adoption as a mandatory codec for the new HD DVD specification MPEG 4 AVC and MPEG 4 AAF HE another standard based on the same compres sion techniques were evident in prod ucts all over the NAB floor
42. room operations HD SD ENCODER Radyne ComStream HE4000 602 437 9620 www radynecomstream com Uses latest Tiernan technology to offer si multaneous HD SD video encoding flex ible design architecture enables custom con figurations to suit any encoding require ment most advanced features are available as field software upgrades features include two pass HD encoding 4 2 0 4 2 2 encod ing and built in video upconverter 7 98 BY JOHN LUFF i X might think that nothing new 7 in routing can be created but manufacturers have been hard at work creating new and powerful products for infrastructure routing For in stance Quartz introduced the Xenon routing switcher family It incorpo rates submodules that allow users to add functions such as initial graphics overlay with up to eight keys inter nally You might use this as a Routing switchers EF company s return to small routers af ter the demise of the TEN X series some time back though Acappella has more power than many small routers The com pany continues to provide large rout ers in the Trinix series narrow and wideband video up to 512x512 in one frame and Apex series TDM audio Quartz s unique approach for building complex systems inside an integrated box may signal new minimaster control with no external wiring The company plans to offer modules that shuffle embedded audio and perform other functions This approach to
43. systems for all our routers that are just as popular and every bit as reliable For a better sense of everything Grass Valley routers can do for you visit www thomsongrassvalley com routers OV grass valley Www americanradiohistorv com p qo HEADLINES BEYOND THE convergence BY CRAIG BIRKMAIER he annual NAB conference in Las Vegas is advertised as E the world s largest electronic media show To accommodate all of the new technologies that have been converging during the past decade to create and distribute electronic media the NAB expanded the show to in clude the multimedia world While the NAB has been officially promoting convergence for most of the past decade the multimedia world exibits were segregated from the broadcasting exhibits and inconve niently located in the Sands Conven tion Center Now that the Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC has ex panded the multimedia world exhib its have gradually been integrated into the NAB mainstream This past April as I walked into the lower level of the LVCC South Hall the hall that the NAB calls multime dia exhibits I could not help but feel that the much ballyhooed conver gence was finally happening Apple and Avid dominated the en trance to the lower level of the south hall much as they have come to domi nate the new landscape of digital me dia Farther into the hall you could find SOURCE Gartner estimates and projec
44. the vertical samples are 576125 interpolated from the correct lines in the 720 frame so they end up a smidge lower to line up with the even 10801 field After that begin again The frame rate doesn t match so tem porally interpolate a few 720 frames to come up with a candidate frame single chip solution to mathematically convert pictures The GF9320 scaling processor replaces what was once a 1 2 rack of heat buildup Arguably a de sign using individual components that are optimized for the task might do a better job But at first approximation Format conversion can be either simple or very complex depending on which two formats you to use for the vertical interpolation to the 1080i 540 line field With each successive pair of conversions the temporally interpolated frame moves a smidge so its control has to be sophisticated The line rate is also a tad off frequency as well 1 1 001 The math involved in the conversion process is complicated Gennum a Canadian chip manufacturer sells a 2 D scaling Field separation Color space conversion Vertical filtering at Li Gennum GF 9320 scaling processor Figure 1 Gennum s GF9320 scaling processor makes con verters less costly and complex 106 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com for any particular conversion this is a pretty sophisticated and high quality solution Figure 1 shows the chip s capabiliti
45. to voice and data ap plications independent of video transmission Jadoo NAB fuel cell 888 523 6648 www jadoopower com A high speed bus architecture and advanced 3 D rendering en gine give this HD SD CG excep tional power and performance can be configured as SD or HD only CG or can output SD and HD simultaneously can output real time HD for sports or entertainment environments 58 broadcastengineering com If George Jetson were a videographer this is what he d use to power his camera two pound hydrogen fuel cartridge weighs about one third as much as a standard battery brick yet lasts three times longer system consists of a power converter a fuel cartridge and a refill station JUNE 2004 WWW americanracdiohistorv com OU JVC DM JV600 HD MPEG 2 encoder 973 317 5000 www jvc com pro and satellite link payloads to n existing SD levels allows broadcasters with remote facilities to perform HD ENG and EFP with their existing news vans and helicopters and go straight to air with HD JVC KH F870U HD CMOS camera 973 317 5000 www jvc com pro This new encoder reduces a stations HD microwave BroadcastEngineering 2004 Modulus Video AVE HD encoder 408 245 2150 www modulusvideo com This encoder takes advantage of the new MPEG 4 AVC video compression stan dard compressing HD signals up to full 1920x1080 resolution at 60
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48. 9 comprise the digital hori zontal blanking interval Figure 4 depicts the sample numbering for a nominal NTSC signal The half amplitude point of the leading falling edge of the analog horizontal sync broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com signal falls between samples 784 and 785 The first of the 910 samples rep resents the first sample of the digital active line and is designated sample 0 for the purpose of reference The 910 samples per line are therefore numbered 0 to 909 Figure 5 on page 26 details the digi tal horizontal blanking interval showing the location of some signifi cant samples Note that unlike com 782 783 784 785 786 787 a Horizontal reference Figure 4 4f NTSC sample numbering and horizontal sync relationship ponent digital video where the hori zontal digital blanking interval is not used with the exception of two four word timing reference signals TRS the 4f digital signal car ries horizontal sync and subcarrier burst signals as well The standard was designed with bit parallel distri bution in mind Bit serial signal dis tribution as detailed in SMPTE 259M requires the reorganization of the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals Figure 6 on page 26 shows the loca tion of the added five word TRS samples 790 to 794 as required by SMPTE 259M This leaves space for 55 ancillary data words samples 795 to 849 which could
49. ARRI Tornado 212 944 6820 www quantel com Using NAC fxCam digital HD camera cap turing images at 1000fps new eQ software provides high speed digital image capture for ultra slo mo shots HD RGB or exist ing HD YUV signal handling MPEG TRANSMISSION Axon MStream 408 450 7973 www axon tv Provides high quality video transmission over digital networks real time video streaming and non real time store and for ward applications over IP standard T1 or El telephone circuits or ATM networks 62 Dig BY TOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE F rom portable digital recorders and surround sound for video to DVD audio new mics digital audio mixers and other audio tools this year s show had it all Approximately 500 audio companies had their new and established tools ready for all to see NAB claimed that attendance was higher than last year and the aisles seemed barren But this year s show seemed even more ho hum than last year With the economy still in a slump and new digital technology for television coming over the hill more than one vendor indicated they thought attendees were waiting to upgrade audio because of bigger is sues although none wanted to go on the record That may be but more American consumers are hooking up their TVs and VCRs to stereos and surround systems than ever before Broadcasters attitudes are peculiar Consumer demand for better audio has never been higher The 5 1 sur round sound units a
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53. Grass Valley PVS 3500 800 547 8949 www thomsongrassvalley com sD Plays out SD HD from same server frame and same timeline Fibre Channel and gi gabit Ethernet connectivity supports file streaming protocols MXF and SMPTE 360 automatic conversions of MPEG SD to HD and MPEG HD to SD aspect ratio trans formation available during conversion 7 VIDEO ARCHIVE IBIS SprinTx ServerArchive 44 1458 280 208 www ibis tv For IBIS newsroom automation applica tions provides common UI to control archiving video clips from server supports VTR DVD MCM or data tape manual or automatic process available g ule for Titan and FastBreak systems Florical announced that MediaTimer Desktop which uses MPEG 4 technol ogy to allow desktop viewing now has the ability to designate in and out points for logo bugs animated pro motions and audio overs within pro grams The application imports this information into the on air schedule in the form of secondary events Multichannel Harris introduced Broadcast Presen tation Manager which is part of the Harris Resource Suite to manage scheduling resources and playout of media content on multiple channels Sundance rolled out News Recorder a product that automates content seg mentation during live recording Crispin s RapidPlayX offers a sim plitied view of all channels running in the facility At a glance it shows the current state of each channel a
54. HDK 79EC CMOS camera The company s TA 79HD series is an improved HD triax fiber camera back and CCU This series can switch between fiber and triax cabling In the interesting technology depart ment Ikegami s HDK 79NAR has a rotating optical block that allows an operator to spin the picture without JUNE 2004 Colledia Colledia integrates vendor N OW a h e a d of its ti m e technology across the entire production workflow and enterprise Now and into the future Colledia is currently Supporting ESPN s digital conversion Ready to be your media creation and broadcast management solution Make Work Flow UA Tachinolagy e 888 2 222 e mail bb www americanradiohistory com t MASTER CONTROL EFFECTS AND GRAPHICS Utah Scientific SqueezeMAX 801 575 8801 www utahscientific com Versatile dual channel video effects with built in graphics display capabilities for on air squeezeback effects logo insertion and other channel branding operations available for stand alone use or integrated having to rotate the camera It has a feature that allows the operator to hold the image block level regardless of the camera s angle Ikegami offered the SD HK 399PW which incorporates with the company s MC 2020 y Analog Digital Data More Broadcast Engineers Choose Belden Than Any Other Brand of Cabling Products Why Because broadcast engineers know that Belden ha
55. IPOD Miller SOLO VJ 973 857 8300 44 1243 555 255 www millertripods com 100mm tripod is designed for 10 to 40 pound camcorders with 74 inch maxi mum height three position leg angle locks take it down to 8 7 inches and eliminate the need for a ground spreader tubes do not rotate when tightened so users don t have to tighten from the top down four main qualifications of a next gen eration broadcast audio codec spec trum efficiency cost savings backward compatibility and compatibility with future audio and video formats Ac rack mounted audio monitor and converter with dual SDI inputs and standard BNC connections It can ac cept either HD SDI or SD SDI This unit isn t just an audio monitor it The American viewing public will longer sit still for poor audio cording to the company the technol ogy is less complex and requires fewer changes to the existing broadcast infra structure than other codecs making it more economical As usual Dolby of fered numerous other new technology demonstrations as well Sound Devices came to NAB2004 with a broad line of field audio pro duction mixers line amps recorders and accessories The new 722 and 744T portable audio recorders show cased file based audio acquisition re cording to two recording media a hard drive and or a Compact Flash card Meanwhile the 302 field mixer s light weight extensive control and good audio performance w
56. KDDI R amp D Laboratories KDDI introduced several interesting H 264 MPEG 4 AVC products for the professional and prosumer markets MP Factory is a software develop ment kit for MPEG 1 2 and 4 and Compression is bundled with JVC s consumer high definition camcorder the GR HD1 and with its professional high definition camcorder the JY HD10 The pro gram provides nearly lossless frame accurate MPEG 4 MPEG 2 HDV editing It features logo insertion scene indexing a variety of media conversion capabilities and a soft ware based HDTV player with a jog shuttle controller Another interesting product from KDDI is the Highlight Creator auto matic summarization software Based on content analysis technology it summarizes input video in two forms skimming and highlights and converts summarized video into vari ous formats for streaming and mo bile use Skimming is an outline ver sion of the original content with pre ferred duration while highlights is a Everywhere on the floor were companies big and small showing off tools of the trade using compression MPEG 4 AVC featuring real time en coding decoding transcoding frame accurate editing audio video bit rate conversion and content based audio video indexing The functional APIs are available on mul tiple operating systems MPEG Edit Studio Pro is a nonlin ear MPEG 4 HDTV MPEG 2 and high definition video HDV editing tool The LE version
57. KS 66212 2216 Phone 913 341 1300 Edit fax 913 967 1905 Advert fax 913 967 1904 2004 by Primedia Business All rights reserved broadcastengineering com 113 Www americanradiohistorv com TT Mult Doom and gloom on the airwaves BY PAUL MCGOLDRICK ver since talk about offering broadcasters additional RF channels began people have used the word multicast to describe a potential revenue model for digital broadcasting The term was ill defined and remained so for many years But finally people are making proposals both formally and informally about di rections that this model could take Modest proposals These proposals are a world apart from the four traffic camera images that KRON TV s digital channel has multicast or the view of Detroit from the Canadian side of the Detroit River that WDIV TV has multicast In con versations at NAB2004 it was clear that people are treating some of the ideas quite seriously But are they practical Just before NAB NBC announced that it was going to start a national digi tal network called The Weather and Alert Channel which it expects its O amp Os and 92 percent of its 215 affili ates to carry as a multicast channel A definite first in this program is that NBC proposes to split the costs of set up and operations 50 50 between itself and the stations that adopt the pro gramming Networks will find this to be a useful w
58. REMOTE PRO UNIVERSAL REMOTE MOVEMENT Canon Sony amp Panasonic Canon Sony amp Panasonic Canon amp Sony Manfrotto distributed by Bogen imaging Inc 201 818 9500 www bogenimaging us info bogenimaging com Www americanradiohistorv com For a device to participate in an SNMP network it needs to be able to host a software database called a man agement information base MIB which responds to messages from an SNMP manager and notifies the manager when predetermined events occur This technology will become much more important as multichan nel operations staffs become moni tors of systems both locally and re motely as in the case of multicasting and are tasked with responding to de veloping problems and failures A changing landscape Today automation systems must manage content and build program streams relying on human interven tion mainly media is missing Multi channel operations will require a con trol layer that encompasses more pro cesses and aspires to be much more At CourtTV automation systems lessen the amount of human intervention needed to move content Photo by Andy Washnik than simply a machine and device control system New multichannel au tomation systems will need to provide control over more process than most systems currently support Automatic construction of secondary program of ferings will be desirable Non real time offerings could become common fare with W
59. RRIS ents and availability are subject to change without notice Avid and make manage move media dor other countries All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners me Across 6 continents In more tha PESES As i P ast facilities worldwide The numbers are in In an industry where numbers mean everything Avid has delivered more all digital end to end news production systems than all of its competitors combined Avid helps broadcasters improve the number that matters most the bottom line Networks Affiliates Cable Large medium and small markets Around the world more and more broadcasters are turning to Avid for a competitive advantage through integrated media asset management editing storage and newsroom solutions la raal tima r TA real time collaboration through 1 high performance Irusted by the people who make news happen Available today engineered for tomorrow Find out more at make manage move media VI E Wwww americanradiohistorv com Engineert THE JOURNAL OF DIGITAL TELEVISION FEATURES 10 Automation for multichannel broadcasting By Jim Boston and Mark Brown The multichannel broadcasting landscape could be radically different in a few years NAB Replay By BE staff Happier days are here again Top products and
60. X800 has five slots for P2 cards allowing continu ous recording onto all five cards in a sequence Cards can be hot swapped which essentially allows for continuous recording The camcorder can record in 24p 30p and 60i using three 2 3 inch JUNE 2004 optical variants functions added Clarity Image showed a vari speed controller for the AJ HD27F Varicam It offers smooth real time frame rate changes with user defined custom ramps that can be stored on SD memory cards Sony introduced the HDC X300 compact HD camera Based on new 1 2 inch 1 5 megapixel HD CCDs it of fers 1440x1080 effective pixels with a low 120dB smear level and a signal to noise ratio of 54dB It can be used as an HD POV camera for a variety of HD applications including studio HD security and analysis A slow shutter mode allows the CCD to operate from two to 64 frames Coupled with 48dB gain it features a minimum illumina tion of 0 003 lux and it supports sev eral frame rates including 23 976PsF 25PsF 29 97PsF progressive and 501 59 94i Output signals include HD SDI broadcastengineering com Wwww americanradiohistorv com PRODUCT JACKPOT HD CHARACTER GENERATOR Miranda Oxtel Imagestore 973 683 0800 www miranda com Interfaces to automation for branding graph ics clock insertion lower third text crawls operators can build on air graphics from a desktop gallery two layers of animation still insertion from int
61. acousticsfirst com The LIGHT BRIGADE our Fiber Optic Resource 800 451 7128 110 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com ee 1 Professional Services D L MARKLEY amp Associates Inc CONSULTING ENGINEERS 2104 West Moss Ave Peoria Illinois 61604 Phone 309 673 7511 FAX 309 673 8128 www dimarkley com Member AFCCE GILMER amp ASSOCIATES INC TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS BRAD GILMER PREEIBENT 2207 RINGSMITH DR ATLANTA GA 30345 TEL 770 414 9952 FAX 17701 493 742 EMAIL bqiimer alinet com A buyers guide to nonlinear video editing systems and disk recorders servers for editing with a searchable database of over 200 products http NLEguide com JOHN H BATTISON P E CONSULTING BROADCAST ENGINEER FCC APPLICATIONS AM FM TV LPTV Antenna Design Proofs Fieldwork 2684 State Route 60 RD 1 Loudonville OH 44842 419 994 3849 FAX 419 994 5419 Employment Employers Employees Click On TV ENGINEERS COM System Integration fe MPEG II amp Satellite Headends ENCOM Remote Trucks amp ENG ECHNOLOGY Production Studios 34 Years of Television Experience Design amp Consultancy System Integration Ph 516 997 5675 Fax 516 997 4666 www gencom tv JUNE 2004 MOBILE UNIT ENGINEER IN CHARGE EIC MIRA Mobile Television a five truck mobile facilities company lo cated in
62. ad characteristics horizontal po larization base flange mount 4 8 12 16 lambda configurations 7 MATRIX PLATFORM Riedel Artist S 818 563 4100 www riedel net Provides a decentralized infrastructure for broadcast quality live audio and talkback applications via a unique fiber based net work backbone able to create elaborate systems ensures reliability via its redun dant dual fiber ring ranges in size from 8x8 up to 512x512 9 360 Systems Image Server 2000 818 991 0360 www 360systems com Graphics and DV option provides for rapid import of files over Ethernet from graphics programs and format editors enables ganged playout of key and fill offers mixed format playout including MPEG and DV video clips full screen graphics and graphics with a key and ani mations option can be ordered with new Image Server 2000s or installed in exist ing units MULTIFUNCTION PROCESSING MODULE Teranex XM 407 858 6000 www teranex com Gives broadcast cable and satellite provid ers the ability to perform format up downconversion of source feeds to support a customer s format infrastructure ad dresses high density traffic areas fits in Thomson Grass Valley Kameleon modu lar chassis suitable for advanced video and image processing applications 90 Digital BY CRAIG BIRKMAIER N AB2004 may well be remem bered as the turning point for interoperability It set the stage for a
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64. all handled in the background Access to the knowledge needed to build a SAN system is usually not a problem given that most SAN instal lations are part of a larger system in volving a vendor that can assist in the initial setup NAS typically does not require specialized hardware knowledge although familiarity with Ethernet is a plus However for a system admin istrator getting all the users comput ers to recognize a NAS through dif ferent operating systems and different versions of the same operating system can be a real challenge Installing a NAS can be as simple as unpacking the device plugging it in and attaching a network cable Vendors have done an broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com excellent job of programming these devices so that when they first power up they recognize their operating en vironment and do a large amount of configuration themselves Ninety five percent of the time these devices work straight out of the box That said with a moderately complex network you should expect some challenges Net works that could cause problems in clude ones that use manually assigned IP addresses have internal firewalls or implement complex routing based upon different protocols For a more complex network you might be bet ter off purchasing a higher end NAS system from a well known manufac turer It will probably provide a smarter NAS box that is more likely to work in your enviro
65. anasonic WJ MX1000 Postbox Tim Costley Guy St Arnauld Bobby Saggu Test your knowledge See the Freezeframe question of the month on page 8 and enter to win a Broadcast Engineering T shirt Send answers to bdick primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 A THOMSON BRAND AFFORDABILITY THROUGH INNOVATION ROUTING Sys TEM ACAppr ERR S Whether it s a handful of crosspoints or 10 million in a single installation Grass Valley routers deliver the reliability scalability and multi format capabilities that fit your facility best This balanced approach has made Thomson the undisputed market leader in router technology For instance our new Grass Valley Acappella utility router packs unmatched capabilities into a 1 RU frame With three levels one video and two audio its advanced control panel functions streamline your workflows And its built in redundant power supplies provide peace of mind without taking up any extra rack space P For mid size applications our Concerto Series routing matrix offers peerless performance By offering a wide range of board format types and sizes as well as two different frames it makes your digital transition as smooth financially as it does technologically When you need the largest most compact and most easily serviceable routers available our Trinix and Apex matrices lead the industry And we have a full range of control
66. any t prepared to exceed your needs At Maxell sat a higher star derd Thus each and every Mezell hi def product from D 5 to HDCAM incorporates the most advanced Te aT DT PES To BO manufacturing techniques to deliver the highest performance possible To lea n more about Viaxe Professional Media ca 800 533 2836 or visit www maxell com Expanding Memory amp Mobility Recordable Media Data Sto age Portable Energy Technological Partnerships ood obsoletes six million HDTV sets b nce you reach 50 your eyeballs see things in a new light often a fuzzy light Now with Hollywood s and the FCC s help everything you see on your new HDTV set may get fuzzy too While the FCC recently prohibited cable and satel lite providers from down rezzing OTA broadcast pro gramming the commission has not been so kind re garding non broadcast programming This leaves open a viewer s disaster for high def networks such as HBO HD Showtime HD and Cinemax HD E You see Hollywood is threatening to withhold what it calls high value content unless these and other net works down rez their programming on analog inter faces The threat came from retiring Motion Picture As sociation of America MPAA president Jack Valenti The perpetual availability of content over unprotected high definition analog outputs is not an option he said Hollywood claims that all those analog inputs on toda
67. as a hit especially with the ENG crowd Wohler Technologies showed its new AMP2 S8MDA a multichannel also provides powerful demuxing ca pabilities with eight channels of ana log as well as AES audio out directly from the dual SDI inputs For audio professionals who didn t make the show NAB was a missed op portunity 2004 is turning out to be a year of significant change both for audio production and TV Not only is the transition to DTV accelerating the change to digital audio acquisi tion is complete and the American viewing public will no longer sit still for poor audio From educational seminars and expert panel discus sions to the latest in production and TV audio products digital audio has never sounded better Tom Patrick McAuliffe is a journalist entertainer and a contributing writer with Video Systems magazine N B xw Hc o Ue p L NET 64 HD SDI SD SDI Patents Apply aur Evaartatias HD and SD waveform vectors and audio monitoring using proprietary and Patented processing A CRT replacement technology product Covers ALL HD SD SDI standards CAV Composite and YC with embedded and analog audio included SDI DV and analog units available Made to measure Irresistibly priced TEL 949 916 1070 TOLLFREE 866 4 HAMLET E Mail sales hamiet us com Web site www hamiet us com UK Tel 44 0 1494 729 728 Freephone UK 0500 625 525 E Mail sales hamiet co uk W
68. asters have a growing need for and interest in tight asset management Customers and vendors now view asset management as an in herent aspect of an automation sys tem The automation system only touches the assets throughout the pro cess so it is logical that it should handle asset management As the tentacles of automation reach further across the entire broadcast enterprise automation systems are talking an ever broader array of pro 66 broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com tocols and using more IT tools Today s automa tion topology gen erally consists of amp an application layer that interfaces to client stations and external systems that sit above it The application layer then communicates to a data and device control layer below it Inter faces to external systems not tradi tionally controlled are tending to ward open standards based ap proaches such as Web services SOAP XML MOS protocol using XML and SNMP A number of vendors point to the Microsoft Net framework as a good development tool These methods enable rapid API develop ment and easy extension as needs change Most software development tools include SDKs that can be used to support rapid development Over the years automation vendors have offered systems running on real time OS kernels outside the Microsoft and Unix realms Today there are sys tems available running Linux and at least one vendor with a system run n
69. atures eight channel AES audio HD SD component analog video output and broadcast quality HD SD hardware up downconversion EDITING CONSOLE Forecast Consoles IMAGEMASTER NLE 800 735 2070 www forecast consoles com Pre engineered editing consoles incorporate benefits of MASTERail console system ex pandable and quick to ship offer deep counters and accessible counter bays for applications including linear nonlinear multimedia and graphics FOCUS ASSIST SYSTEM Fujinon Precision Focus Assist 847 945 8923 www fujinon com Built in feature precisely adjusts the lens for optimum focus can perform on wide shots without initial tight zooming initially available on the XA101x8 9BESM HD zoom and HA13x4 5BRD S28K wide angle lenses AUTOMATION INTERFACE Crispin PSIP updating interface Crispin 919 845 7744 www crispincorp com Link Electronics 573 334 4433 www linkelectronics com Dynamic PSIP updating interface works with Link Electronics TV Linx and a station s traffic software for real time PSIP based on actual on air events at master control NEWSROOM SYSTEM Dalet DaletPlus News Suite 212 825 3322 www dalet com Newsroom computer system with rundown management and integrated video and text and a prompter interface provides media asset management and archiving ingest desktop editing and playout automation fj 96 RF at NAB2004
70. ause the equipment is a bit easier to troubleshoot and dish alignment is simple Also the channels in that band are nice big 25MHz channels So manufacturers have designed sytems to squeeze both the analog and digital television signals into one microwave channel along with data with mixed results The system du jour is a 16QAM sys tem with an 8 VSB modulator This ap pears to provide the most dependable service The digital side of these systems transports the ATSC 19 39Mb s Broadcast only DBS customers Total cable Digital cable Broadband users Seen HD displayed 0 10 20 30 40 SOURCE Consumer Electronics Association 42 50 60 70 datastream along with at least aT1 two RS 232 channels and some additional logic circuits The analog side provides a channel for standard video with sev eral FM audio subcarriers Separate and unequal The scheme usually includes separate power supplies and amplifiers for the two channels At some future date when analog video goes away the fa cility can change that channel to a sec ond digital channel with just the pur chase of a bunch of electronics Sounds good And it is for the most part signals Separate antennas can avoid a lot of loss in the combining splitting filtering system resulting in a better fade margin for the same antenna size Equipment for that simpler function is readily available for those locations where its use is feasible Where band
71. be lower if the proposed 2004 fees are adopted it should surprise no one that the ma broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com Markets 1 to 10 Markets 11 to 25 Markets 26 to 50 Markets 51 to 100 Remaining markets Construction permits Markets 1 to 10 Markets 11 to 25 Markets 26 to 50 Markets 51 to 100 Remaining markets Construction permits Satellite television stations All markets Construction permits jority of broadcast regulatory fees are proposed to go up for 2004 The pro posed fees which would be due for Proposed FY2004 television station regulatory fees Proposed FY2004 regulatory fees for miscellaneous broadcast related authorizations Low power TV TV FM translators boosters Broadcast auxiliary Earth stations payment in September are set out in the table The winners under the proposed fees are commercial UHF TV permit tees Regulatory fees for UHF permits will plummet by more than 30 percent from 8300 in 2003 to 5675 in 2004 The losers will be commercial UHF licensees in markets 11 to 25 who are looking at an increase of more than 25 percent from 12 875 in 2003 to 16 175 in 2004 BE Harry C Martin is an attorney with Fletcher Heald amp Hildreth PLC Arlington VA Send questions and comments to harry martin primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 K2 IOT and MSDC from EASE OF USE No IOT system is easier to tune and
72. be used for JUNE 2004 The Fastest Alternative in the Werld NEW EDITICHN wwurv sachtler com corparation of america 3 North Main Street Fseeport N Y 11520 5 6 867 4902 Fex 516 623 6844 saciitlerUS aol car re you LAS l 3216 West Victory Blvd Burbark CA 91505 M 21991 tr Prone 6781 845 4446 www americanradiohistorv com End of digital p g active videc embedding four digi wol tal audio channels reterence The quantizing range Figure 7 shows the relationship between Start of digital active video to 010 hexadecimal and top headroom levels 972 to 1019 decimal or 3CC to 3FB hexadecimal The total headroom is on the order of 1dB and al lows for mis adjusted or analog NTSC signal i E drifting analog input sig levels and cight bit 767 782 nal levels This reduces the and 10 bit sample val k esi 5 0 signal to RMS ues of 100 7 5 100 768 784 28 quantizing error ratio by 7 5 color bars signal ronda 755 zu bol 15 digital the same amount The The 10 bit approach ie 2m 849 ere theoretical S Q of a 4f provides for 1024 digital levels 2 ex pressed in decimal numbers varying from 000 to Digital levels 000 001 002 and 003 as well as 3FC 3FD 3FE and 3FF are protected and not permitted in the Figure 5 4f NTSC digital horizontal
73. blanking interval showing the location of some significant samples digital stream This leaves 1016 digi tal levels expressed in decimal num bers varying from four to 1019 or in hexadecimal numbers varying from 004 to 3FB to represent the 790 794 795 849 gt gt ee TRSID data 5words 55 words T T Figure 6 4f NTSC horizontal sync period details showing location of TRS ID and op tional ancillary data Analog levels mV IRE Reserved range value 16 decimal video signal The sync tip is assigned the or 010 hexadecimal The highest sig nal level corresponding to yellow and cyan is assigned the value of 972 decimal or 3CC hexadecimal The stan dard provides for a small amount of bottom headroom some call it foot room lev els four to 16 decimal or 004 Y Highest quantized level Headroom 100 chroma level Setup level E Blanking level Headroom Sync tip level 6 Lowest quantized level Figure 7 Relationship between analog signal levels and digital sample values 26 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorvy com product featuring ana log in out interfaces is 68 10dB for a 10 bit sys tem and 56 06dB for an eight bit sys tem This is considerably higher than any composite analog or component analog VTR Conclusion In most cases D2 D3 VTRs were used as drop ins in an NTSC analog compos
74. building complex systems inside an integrated box may signal new directions for the industry Some routers represent a single point of failure but Utah Scientific has added redundant automatic failover crosspoint cards to its Utah 400 This unique feature allows users to replace failed cards without disrupting a single signal path The routers also include signal presence detection which can be used to set up signal res toration paths when an input signal has failed Thomson Grass Valley has intro duced a new small scale router fam ily Acappella which offers up to two levels of 16x4 routing in a single rack unit An abridged version of the company s Encore control system Pre lude is embedded in Acappella offer ing sophisticated features in a small router Prelude can control routers up to 128x128 Acappella marks the broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com directions for the industry router up to 256x256 in one frame under the control of Jupiter Encore and Concerto control systems which all support SNMP monitoring The Trinix line now includes analog to Utah Scientific s rMan router management ap plication is software used to graphically show the connections between specific inputs and each output within a routing system digital converters on input modules as well as digital to analog converters on outputs Thomson Grass Valley also announced optical output modules for Trinix
75. cde 25 Saltzbrenner 18 Screen Services Itaia wild Solid State Logic M Sony Pictures Digita 45 StreambOx 110 Sundance Digital 50 Themson Broadcast a13 Utah SI GTICITIC caeterarum t 47 WIG OTE MG seroren en ces mea 109 Video Technics esses 70 ttti toc 41 Vinten Broadcast Ltd 85 Watt Disney Pictures 112 T 111 West Star TV 111 Wheatstone Corporation IFC 112 QU 111 WSBE Inc 1 360 Systems 95 Zangar Technologies 68 JUNE 2004 Advertiser Web site Hotline Address 877 flywheel 800 366 3891 800 251 4224 212 269 1943 973 812 3858 203 929 1100 800 949 avid 724 873 8100 888 919 9379 516 328 7500 888 222 3820 201 818 9500 b activepower com a1130 adc com broadcast aja com angenieux com antonbauer com avid com info axcera com axon tv azdencorp com bbctechnolo m belden com a 65 pdf ogenimaging com 441422842159 calrec com 828 613 1 81 n 12 925 6000 973 633 5600 800 966 0069 44 1494729728 800 788 1330 800 AHARRIS 4420 7611 5500 800 363 3400 202 944 8545 800 231 9673 800 800 6608 800 53
76. ced Morpheus Veloc ity Velocity isa client application of the Morpheus automation backbone that was introduced last year at IBC Veloc ity allows breaks in live events to be changed by drag and drop operations at the last second Logging Florical introduced AirLogger which automates off air logging and review by automatically creating off air re cordings on long term storage media Media prep Sundance introduced a revamped version of its Media Prep input mod 70 Ingest Edit Produce Playout broadcastengineering com www americanradiohist New Open Architecture 4 Design Provides First Affordable All Digital Tapeless Newsroom WORKS AS FAST AS YOUR NEWS Full Featured Ingest Edit Playout End to End Solution Instant Access to Hundreds of Hours of DV and MPEG Networked Storage Automated Ingest of SAT Feeds and Faster than Real Time Batch Digitizing Low Resolution Frame Accurate Proxy Editing Running Inside Newsroom Automation Software DV Studio Pro Editor with Real Time Effects and No Transcoding Fully MOS and VDCP Compliant for Broadcast Environments ue S CIPRICO A Acceleranng the Digital worton Digital Video Satutions Adobe www newsflow tv JUNE 2004 Teeing Up For Perfect Audio THE GOLF CHANNEL Standing from left Steve Specht Audio Operator Chuck Jones Maintenance Engineer Jim McCabe Audio Operator udi Dersick
77. channel matrix surround encoder for Digidesign s At this year s NAB broadcasters seemed to have put audio on the back burner but consumer de mand for better audio is higher than ever new 6 4 ProTools software allowing users to not only encode up to 6 1 channels of audio but also to precisely monitor what the audience will hear through a real time decoder built into the software One of the most interesting displays was put on by Dolby Laboratories It showcased its new Dolby Digital Plus technology which is part of the En hanced AC 3 standard Expanding Dolby s noise reduction capability the new standard is designed to meet the JUNE 2004 Xe o 4 A new generation of intercoms that just made your life a whole lot easier Introducing the advanced digital matrix intercom that offers up to 208 communications ports in 62U the highest port density of any existing system PLUS intelligent linking expandable system architecture modular configurable stations and powerful transparent interfacing qh Clear Com COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS www clearcom com CHARACTER GENERATOR Inscriber Inca titleOne 800 363 3400 www inscriber com Provides render free 2 D effects including page wipes pushes dissolves rolls and crawls includes serial digital key and fill I O with bypass and analog preview sup ports MOS protocol and integration with ENPS and iNews L ENG TR
78. complete family of plug in modules that interface the routing system to existing Wheatstone digital and analog standalone consoles inum d The 0 9 is Compact yet Powerful it can route generate and monitor 51 surround signals and produce simultaneous 5 1 and stereo master signals for your dual broadcast chain Wheatstone Knows Live Audio The D 5 1 is loaded with The console also provides extensive rapid communication foldbacks and clear easy to read displays You ll have all paths throughout your entire Bridge system Motorized the power you need when the news breaks Its intuitive layout faders and control setting storage and recall make show helps your operators work error free and it can handle and to show transitions fast easy and accurate generate all the 51 content and simultaneous stereo capability any large or medium market station could need A P r 3 wv the digital audio leaders 600 Industrial Drive New Bern North Carolina USA 28562 www wheatstone com tel 252 638 7000 fax 252 635 4857 sales wheatstone com Madein USA Copyright 2003 by Wheatstone Corporation It s 5 37 pm with thunderstorms The transmitter needs to be checked And you re stuck in traffic Have a nice day Isn t it time for remote in depth transmitter and transmitter facility analysis and management anywhere anytime from Harris Tired of the personal sacrifices you make every time something s not right at
79. diohistorv com NEW PRODUCTS amp REVIEWS Format conversion BY JOHN LUFF here was a time when video s formats were NTSC PAL or WW SECAM Today it s not that simple Not only do broadcasters have to contend with the 50Hz and 60Hz standard definition systems but there is also a plethora of HDTV for mats in 16 9 aspect ratios and a few SDTV 16 9 formats as well To these add progressive scan and interlace variants 24Hz adaptations and many formats related to the NTSC color subcarrier 60 1 001 It presents an interesting bouquet of possible pro duction and air formats As with any conversion between standards format conversion can be either simple or very complex de pending on which two formats you choose to convert Converting ana log components properly scaled into digital components sampled to meet ITU R BT601 SMPTE 259M is relatively easy Filter properly sample quantize and code the samples for transmission But pick a different con version and the degree of difficulty increases dra matically Take for ex ample a true 60Hz 720p60 HDTV signal and jam it into a 1080159 94 transmission system Spatial and temporal samples don t line up nicely for the conversion process Several things have to happen First those pesky progressive frames must be sliced and diced into interlace fields Seven hundred and twenty lines must be come 480 Secondly in the next frame make sure
80. e 99 999 percent the classic five nines for an STL system A design fade margin of 40dB is still desirable good reliahility rate would still be 99 999 percent the classic five nines for an STL system The output power is somewhat lower for the digital systems It s basically the same power amplifier but the tuning network World leading compact router program All signal formats Broadcast Telecom and Multimedia 16x2 8x8 16x16 32x32 64x64 Modular Router 32x32 to 128x128 Special RGBHV Multimedia Routers THOR Router Management System Advanced Control Panels All 3 party interfaces Network Electronics US Inc 11075 South State Street Ste27 Saft Lake City UT 84070 Phone 800 420 5909 Fax 800 420 5911 www network electronics com US RA broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com is a bit different Actually the amplifi ers must have a wider flat bandwidth for the digital signal If the bandwidth goes up the overall gain will usually go down remember the old gain bandwidth product At the same time the receiver sensitivity is not quite as good as analog systems again the same bandwidth considerations The result of all these issues is that the path loss should be a bit less than for a simple analog system Usually you can accomplish this by increasing the dish size if possible If all else fails space diversity may be necessary
81. e LasVegas Motor Speedway and televising UNLV games at Sam Boyd Stadium we use the Azden 1000 series the Anton Bauer unit and both the 1000BT beltpack and 1000XT plug in transmitter We ve used it for about 2 years in almost every condition and environment getting a strong clear signal without any problems including on the ski slopes of Utah Caples Productions is proud to use Azden Azden has been selected by both Ikegami and Panasonic for their Slot in cameras model 1000URX Si For ccmplete features and specifications visit our website www azdencorp com Bodypack transmitter 1000BT with reduced current drain for improved battery life is available with Azden EX 503H Sony ECM 44H Plug in XLR transmitter 1000XT works with dynamic mics A AZDEN 0 Box 10 Franklin Square NY 11010 516 328 7500 FAX 516 328 7506 E Mail azdenus azdencorp com Www americanradiohistorv com nation so that programming matches the PSIP information This coordina tion can become cumbersome with certain types of live programming such as sporting events that don t run their scheduled length more hardware is brought under its umbrella facilitated by an increas ing amount of middleware Automa tion systems have long relied on middleware to implement SQL pro tocol for database access remote pro cedure calls via CORBA and Microsoft s COM technologies through ActiveX controls for applica Midd
82. e shift from working with formats to working with files Both companies also understand the importance of working with each other And their partners understand At NAB Apple and Panasonic showed that they understand the importance of interoperability the need to work with both When companies are free to develop tools that work for anyone anywhere then everyone wins Craig Birkmaier is a technology consultant at Pcube Labs and he hosts and moderates the OpenDTV Forum The Signal Processing Router Multi format Routing plus optional plug ins Initial plug in functions include Channel Branding Master Control Embedded Audio Processing Winner of the STAR award at NAB 888 638 8745 sales quartzus com www quartzus com 92 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com JUNE 2004 Obviously we ve got it COVERED Some of our consoles were featured on the covers of Broadcast Engineering magazine in 2003 Countless others appear in all the other major industry magazines i D gt Court T A Winning verdict _ ystenis N B as Tdi vec replay Continuing CMOS HD imagers Will they replacd CDa 4 Phot Courtesy A F associates amp Scnpps Networks Photz3rarhy by Robert Wolsch Our industry is constantly changing evolving redefining or reinventing itself At Forecast Consoles we work very hard to
83. e to produce zt WE more with less has never been greater On air devices are more complex and controlling the production can be a real challenge OverDrive simplifies live production control with a simple and powerful user interface X L AUL LLAS OverDrive is a Windows based production control system it drives all of the devices during amp production extending the reach of the technical director to include video servers audio mixers robotic cameras and more This means that you can get a more sophisticated production on the air without increasing your staffing levels Productions are more consistent and less staff training is required to execute a production SV LLL i ew HUA SLUTS The key to ALL is the tight integration to the Ross Synergy Series production switcher family The interfaces to audio mixers video servers and robotic cameras are connected through Synergy enabling a tightly integrated production system This alsc means that the Synergv production switcher has direct control over these devices without the OverDrive system present Ue UM HLL s Sophisticated productions Consistent productions e Fewer staff e Less staff training e On the fly changes e Immediately air breaking events Optiona newsroom link WWW Ever sry com be The ability to acquire high resolution imagery continues to be the most elu sive barrier to convergence T
84. e users with a way to access and share content but the two use fundamentally different approaches to facilitating access to shared storage Many excellent tutorials are available on SAN and NAS Just do an Internet search on SAN or NAS tutorial If you need information on their implementation search for SAN or NAS how to These articles give practical information on installing and configuring these devices BE Brad Gilmer is executive director of the AAF Association and the Video Services Forum He is also editor in chief of the File Interchange Handbook To order Brad Gilmer s book File Interchange Handbook for Images Audio and Metadata from Focal Press visit www focalpress com or call 800 545 2522 The book is also available from most major booksellers FILE INTERCHANGE HANDBOOK ferimoge audio ond metadcia aso BRAD GILMER Send questions and comments to brad_gilmer primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 WWW americanradiohistorv com Keeping On Air Transmissions With Active Power s Battery Free Energy Solutions Dead air is no longer a problem when Active Power s innovative CleanSource Energy Storage systems are protecting your broadcast networks transmitters and microwave uplinks Today having a generator for back up power is not enough to keep your operations on line When a power interruption hits crucial unprotected seconds mean broadcast interruptio
85. eapon in their effort to pressure the cable industry and the FCC to ensure that must carry rules apply to multicast channels The rest of the multicast offerings out there today are rather tepid material compared to the seemingly daily appearance of new channels that are vying for space in cable systems limited bandwidths Multicast numbers are already rather impressive According to Decisionmark which tracks the DTV roll out 213 sta tions were multicasting in January 2004 Of those about half were public TV sta tions multicasting mostly adult and children s educational material The commercial stations are offering news weather type options which would ob viously be a threat to cable s Weather Channel if must carry applied Bold proposals But the big plans are much more ex tensive One proposal I ve heard go ing beyond the limited offerings that USDTV has made in its start up cities is to compete directly with cable and satellite by banding digital RF channels together with four to six SD programs on each channel The broadcasters in the group would carry their own feeds as usual plus cable type offerings If everybody cooperated and presumably PBS stations could not play at this party the higher DMA cities might be able to offer a dozen RF channels to give a maximum of say 72 program choices The viewers would then have to ob tain by buying renting or as a giveaway a set top box that could sort out
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88. ed stations constructed to operate in severe environments subject to high winds and heavy ice loading DVCAM and MPEG IMX at 30 40 and 50MB s including support for Sony XDCAM and Panasonic P2 me dia acquisition plus integration with the AirSpeed system In a release ex pected before the end of the year they will also support HDV DVCPRO HD and Avid DNxHD Version 5 5 also in troduces MXF support Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Systems had major HD news All Liquid turnkey NLEs now support HDV Elite HD long GOP MPEG 2 and uncompressed HD Liquid Edition is HDV only The company introduced a Liquid HD ap plication that will work with all Liq uid editing products Pinnacle s Liq uid HD video editing was awarded a Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit award Liquid nonlinear editors are now MXF native and support Sony XDCAM and Panasonic P2 media They also integrate directly with MediaStream servers and Vortex sys tems Pinnacle also introduced Cin Wave 4 6 which now supports multiple streams of Panasonic DVCPRO HD in real time There are over 70 000 Liquid seats sold and Pin nacle announced an annual growth rate of 40 percent Pinnacles Liquid Editing for MULTISDI MONITOR Leader Instruments LV 5700 800 645 5104 www leaderusa com Monitors HD SD SDI signals with an XGA TFT color LCD in an adjustable tilt front panel tests 20 HD SDI and SD SDI for mats with total digital processing compli ant t
89. edia management Doremi Labs showed its MCS HD video server with four independent shared storage channels two play channels two record channels select able compression rates and a VTRlike front panel Leitch was highlighting its NEXIO modular scalable server system for transmission and news environments It serves integrated applications with a reliable platform for editing brows ing and media management across a multitiered storage hierarchy The server provides fault tolerance and interoperability including IP and supports multiple compression for mats in both SD and HD While there were both innovative and not so innovative storage solu tions shown on the exhibit floor at least most were not the smoke and mirrors demos of years past They are real deliverable products BE C Jason Mancebo is chief technologist at Korsade Technologies a broadcast and digital media technology consulting firm in Silicon Vailey PRODUCT JAGKPOT ZOOM LENS ZEISS Band Pro Carl Zeiss DigiZoom Zeiss www zeiss de Band Pro 818 841 9655 www bandpro com Features a 95mm front diameter and 4x zoom offers industry standard pitch zoom and focus and iris gears Carl Zeiss back focus mechanism accurately maintains cali bration across the focusing range focuses to just 22 inches from the image plane 11 inches from the front of the lens GRAPHICS AUTOMATION SYSTEM Pinnacle Systems DekoCast Traffic Integ
90. el announced it would offer interoperability between its generationQ editing and server sys tems and Panasonic s professional plug in P2 solid state memory based acquisition system Thomson Grass Valley initially will integrate the Panasonic P2 card into its current generation digital news production products NewsEdit and JUNE 2004 M Series iDVR devices Eventually it will use the card across the Profile server and LDK camera lines as well Pinnacle announced that Time Warner Cable s NY1 was installing its Vortex networked news system and equipping it with support for Panasonic s P2 Omneon announced that its SPEC TRUM media server is compatible with Sony s XDCAM Ingested content be comes immediately available across an entire facility thereby providing a sig nificant improvement in the collabo rative production process Omneon also announced enhancements to its SDTI media interface adapter to sup port Panasonic s compressed HD for mat DVCPRO HD With this addition the SPECTRUM is capable of support ing all HD broadcast formats simulta neously including MPEG HDCAM and DVCPRO HD Omneon also an nounced its support for MXF Other storage highlights Thomson Grass Valley launched Pro file in its new sixth generation version as the Profile 6G It uses the same popular user interface but it now in cludes the ability to operate in SD HD modes in a more compact version SeaChange introduced its next
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92. entations with synchronized video and the presenter s PC screen over IP networks 4Forum Lite uses MPEG 4 to deliver interactive and synchronized webcasts with a subsecond latency and can scale delivery to thousands of viewers Just plug the VGA cable into your laptop and you can be broadcast ing in seconds Another Envivio product 4Front MPEG 4 IPTV is middleware for net work operators It creates a client user interface and fills it with metadata and business rules defined by the network operator 4Front allows a network op erator to offer a complete set of digi tal TV services DG2L Technologies DG2L Technologies boasts that its DG2L Neuron with multinetwork and HDTV MPEG 4 capabilities can de liver high definition and standard definition interactive broadcast and IP streams over DVB S DVB C DVB T and IP networks The Neuron STB also offers advanced digital services includ ing video on demand VOD pay per view PPV personal video recording PVR and MPEG 4 systems layer in teractive program guides SkyStream SkyStream Networks showed the real time broadcast quality MPEG 4 AVC encoding capability of its Mediaplex 20 video delivery platform The delivery platform offers reliable IP video delivery with forward error CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH ROUTE TO TAKE It s hard to know what your future routing needs will be but whichever direction you choose SIRIUS can take you there e Built in analo
93. eployment Application processes controlling the hardware in a multichannel en vironment need to be more collabo rative and cohesive Automation typically driven by traffic must con trol ATSC encoder muxing elements WTTW uses a Sundance Digital FastBreak Automation system to bring multiple chan nels to air Broadcast operations techicians Dennis Raymond and Barry Blue in the station s BOC to change their service profiles Also multiple traffic logs and dynamic PSIP tables must be kept in coordi JUNE 2004 The Azden 1000 Receiver can be purchased integrated into the Anton Bauer Gold Mount 1000URX AB or the IDX V Mount 1000UDX VM for use with any V Mount battery system for easy nd secure mounting to your camera Designed specifically for broadcast ENG the 1000 is a true diversity system with 2 complete front ends and offers 121 user selectable UHF channels in the 723 735MHz range Here s what Buck McNeely of the TV Show THE OUTDOORSMAN WITH BUCK MCNEELY has to say about the 1000 My choice of wireless microphones is the AZDEN 1000 series can mount up to 2 receivers in line between the camera body and the battery on the gold mount adapter ana it s powered by the attached battery with little noticeable extra drain We have hundreds of channel options and appreciate the clear reception and range these Azden units deliver Craig Caples of Caples Productions in Las Vegas says When shooting at th
94. ernal storage 7 AUDIO CODEC Dolby Digital Plus 415 558 0200 www dolby com Expands capability of Dolby Digital back ward compatible with Dolby Digital 5 1 increased efficiency less complex and more cost efficient currently an ATSC candidate standard for Enhanced AC 3 y HDV PLAYER RECORDER JVC JY VH1 973 317 5000 www jvc com Records and plays HDV features a 3 5 inch LCD monitor and digital iLink interface for NLE and dubbing systems component for multiformat playback and an SD memory card slot for capturing still from tape VIDEO CAPTURE AND EDITING CARD Aurora Pipe HD 586 726 5320 www auroravideosys com Works in either HD or SD connects to most A V devices offers 10 bit I O can monitor video via composite S video or component analog outputs genlock input provided outputs two channels of 24 bit 48kHz analog audio for monitoring BROADCAST MONITORING SYSTEM Encoda VeriStream 303 237 4000 www encodasystems com Identifies and corrects failures and errors in transport streams over an entire network and specific channels through all stages of transmission multichannel and centralized controlled environments supported 79 Bg i j PRODUGI JACKPOT VISUAL WORKSTATION Silicon Graphics Tezro 800 800 7441 www sgi com Workstation platform accommodates up to four 700MHz MIPS RISC processors with 4MB L2 cache supports seven PCI X slots
95. es There are several opportunities left to create great conversions or poor ones The quality of any A D and D A conversion involved in the process is a major factor Getting the filter mask to match the standard precisely still re quires good old fashioned design tal ent Other considerations include integrating a de interlacing solution and sundry other required components Clearly this is no amateur design project for the basement Many recent modestly priced conversion boxes offer such integrated solu tions some of which are now confined to a single module in a D A tray One manufacturer Cobalt Digital sells a box a little larger than my Palm Pilot that does a pretty good job it is designed using precisely this type of inte grated solution What sets sophisticated high quality solutions JUNE 2004 Sophisticated high quality solutions are set apart by the quality of the optimized code that controls them or in some cases by a custom integrated solution For sev eral years Teranex has offered some of the best conver sion equipment available Its products come as an out growth of a processing engine designed initially for gov ernment applications I don t suppose that was used for converting the images from the Hubble Telescope But in any event they designed a box that used multiple proces sors on multiple boards with more computing power than any of us would know what to do with Thi
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97. for a highly compressed tape based HD acquisition system is questionable given the trend toward acquiring less compressed high resolution images direct to hard disk or solid state memory A partnership with impact Several years ago Apple and Panasonic announced their intention broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com DVCPRO HD codec which enables users to realistically work with and de liver HD using affordable off the shelf components from the information technology industry Apple and Panasonic have set the stage for the real HD revolution But they are leveraging the existing tape based infrastructure for the moment while Panasonic puts the finishing touches on P2 its SD memory based acquisition gear To fill the gap Panasonic introduced a new studio portable DVCPRO deck that supports the entire range of DVCPRO codecs from DV 25 to DVCPRO HD The AJ HD1200A is the company s first recorder to offer an IEEE 1394 interface operating at 100Mb s data rate with DV high defi nition video streams Equipped with the 1394 interface this deck will sell for about 30 000 within the price range of many independent produc ers This will allow them to rent HD acquisition gear and finish their HD projects using the same tools they now use for SD production Roll your own Across the aisle Avid was proving that Panasonic and Apple do not have JUNE 2004 Signal Acquisition Solution at SERIES
98. g amp digital conversion for audio amp video signals e Mix amp match different formats in the same chassis including HD Modular architecture for up to 256 x 256 in blocks of 8 Master Control Signal Managemem Automation 86 www pro bel com USA 1631 5495159 UK 44 0 1189 866 123 France 33 0 1 45 18 39 80 Asia 852 2850 8383 broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com JUNE 2004 US Canada Edition BroaticastEngineering F Sign up for an e newsletter Beyond the Headlines from Broadcast Engineering magazine pra with weekly timely updates on FCC actions industry news and st schedules Also highlighted are the latest in new products and tec and server based stations and production facilities Subscribe to Headlines 2 R 1 y d a 2 3 A Wm from Broadcast Engineering maga bame man DTV related issues including F Og dates The newsletter gig As the television industry continues to redefine itself Broadcast Engineering is there Only Broadcast Engineering s e newsletters deliver the crucial television industry updates you depend on to make informed decisions An instantaneous and accurate resource our e newsletters offer the latest FCC updates technical industry news product news and new product highlights http broadcastengineering com subscribe_now index htm Subscribe to Beyond the Headlines and RF Update today redefini
99. g and the delineation between the control layer and the underlying media continues to blur Fission is another company that offers the control layer over SAN or NAS based computer technology Blueline Technology introduced its JustClips software package which offers clip playback from any video server and gives manual control to the server It runs on Windows Linux and Unix platforms DNF unveiled boxes that fall under their Flex Control Network They al low playout to control servers and other devices Server control currently is under Odetics RS 422 now but it will soon extend to the VDCP protocol Jim Boston is a West Coast consultant Holds color in captivity Introducing the new 8 4 diagonal ERG HDM EV80D HD monitor with extremely accurate color Its HD innovations include four inputs and one output which allow it ta be used with multiple cameras The monitor s DC output and cost effectiveness make it ideal for rack mounting while its compact rugged design and low power consumption make it perfect for location shooting No matter how you use it the monitor will capture your imagination For more information about the HDM EV8OD call or visit our website erg ventures com contact erg ventures com U S 1 949 263 1630 Japan 81 3 3760 8 6 ER HD Monitors 74 JUNE 2004 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com What you REALLY do with 19 39 Mbps Call us or vi
100. genera tion MediaLibrary 2G online storage sys tem The storage system supports serial ATA or SCSI drives in compact 6RU 4RU or 2RU chassis A fully configured ML 2G system can support 1080 disks online providing universal format in dependent access to more than 240TB of RAID 2 protected storage 360 Systems has added several new features to the Image Server 2000 The video server now handles FTP trans fers between Image Servers and sup ports NAS storage and other MXF compliant products SGI showed its InfiniteStorage solu tion for broadcast featuring a data centric broadcast workflow Based on the Media Server it provides enhanced JUNE 2004 MXF capabilities across the SGI InfiniteStorage TP9100 SAN server line It can also support CXFS MassTech MassBrowse MassProxy and MassStore for low resolution browse proxy and archive applica tions Third party support for SGI s CXFS file system comes from several vendors including Alias Apple Dis creet and Quantel SGI also highlighted its MXF integra tion by demonstrating working systems with Avid NLEs using multiple SGI Media Servers all under the control of Harris automation Atlanta based Crawford Communications an nounced that it has purchased fully re dundant CXFS servers with 4TB of TP9500 storage Georgia Public Broad casting has also invested in SGI technol ogy by operating a complete IT infra structure that facilitates easy file sharing and complex m
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104. hile disc based cameras have started to make an impact with hard drive and optical variants This year Panasonic showed working prototypes of their P2 tech nology P2 technology provides more reliability with fewer maintenance costs because there are no moving IT sensors each with 520 000 pixel resolution Panasonic also introduced the AJ l SDC905 DVCPRO50 and the AJ SDC615 camcorders which offer firewire capabilities Both cameras use 520 000 pixel CCDs are switchable between 16 9 and 4 3 have a sensitiv ity of F13 at 2000 lux and use 12 bit A D The AK HC900 was introduced with variframe cinegamma options The 900 series camera with the AJ RC905 CCU and AJ CA905 camera adapter had 26 pin camera control Tape based camcorders have been the norm in the industry while disc based cameras have started to make an impact with hard drive and parts in the camcorder P2 camcorders record video on a series of PCMCIA RAM cards These cards can then be inserted into a PCMCIA slot on a computer or in Panasonic s P2 studio deck The video is then available for playback or editing without any cap ture process P2 cards offer 100 000 rewrite cycles with immunity to severe shock and vibration The P2 studio deck includes a DVD R drive for archive or restore A P2 card drive is also available to attach five P2 cards to a computer Current cards offer 4GB capacity with 16 minutes of DVCPRO25 recording The P2 camcorder AJ SP
105. his is largely due to the fact that the core tech nologies are not being driven by the same geometric progression that is in fluencing all things digital Cameras are by nature analog they capture pho tons not bits The CCD sensors used in virtually all HD cameras today are analog devices devices that are nearing their practical limits in terms of reso lution versus SNR performance There are signs that the HD acquisition prob lem may be yielding to other technical innovations Perhaps the most prom ising is a new generation of high resolution CMOS image sensors that Digital Audio Routing System NEXUS is the integrated solution for digital audio routing each 19 base device is a router format converter and audio processor in one compact unit Connected via glass fibre they form decentralized networks of any desired size with mini mum cabling and maximum reliability A unique concept that has won over users in hundreds of installations throughout the world Large routing capacity and dynamic signal path circuit Delay free signal processing Excellent audio quality through 28 bit TrueMatch converter Numerous special DPS functions Modules for all common audio formats available Programmable GPI contacts for signalization and external control Compact light and extremely reliable in operation 18 DIOROUTING DE Industriegebiet See D 96155 Buttenheim Phone 49 9545 440 0 Fax 49
106. hler com M cT T A WT I This I RU array contains a row of eight 1 8 inch LCD monitors idea for quick confidence checks of multiple channels Each monitor has one composite video input and one composite loopthrough output connector NTSC and PAL auto sensing internal AC power transformer 61 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com PRODUCT JACKPOT P2 STUDIO RECORDER Panasonic AJ SPD850 201 392 4127 www panasonic com broadcast Real time baseband video audio recording and editing five 4GB P2 card slots provide 80 minutes of recording in 25Mb s DVCPRO or 40 minutes in 50Mb s DVCPRO50 shuttle at 100x speed in for ward reverse fast forward and fast rewind with full color images QUARTZ TUNGSTEN DIMMER LIGHT Frezzi MFIC PTS 800 345 1030 www frezzi com Fifty percent increase in output advanced pulse width modulator conserves power and minimizes color change advanced noise fil tering new fuseless reverse polarity protec tion and robust potentiometer 7 LIGHTWEIGHT CAMCORDER Panasonic AJ SDC615 201 392 4127 www panasonic con broadcast 16 9 4 3 switchable EEE 1394 interface and three 520 000 pixel 2 3 inch CCDs transfers digital component video to a laptop NLE in the field sensitivity of F13 at 2000 lux low light shooting down to 0 1 lux 12 bit A D DSP circuitry records up to 66 minutes 7 SLO MO EFFECTS Quantel eQ
107. i and encap sulating them in an MPEG 2 transport stream can carry two to three times more channels over the same carrier NuComm CamPac camera transmitter JVC s newest box style camera uses three 2 3 inch CMOS imaging chips and is swit chable between 1900x1080i and 720p 60 HD video the CMOS chips reduce power consumption to about one fifth that of a comparable CCD based HD camera CMOS chips also avoid skew lag Leitch Digital Turnaround Processor 800 231 9673 www leitch com I i 908 852 3700 www nucomm com This miniature transmitter mounts on professional cameras using a standard Anton Bauer battery clip or Sony V dip uses MPEG 2 encoding and COFDM to transmit the camera s audio and video signals over 2 and 6 7GHz channels power consumption is 12W Panasonic AJ HD1200A DVCPRO HD VTR 800 528 8601 www panasonic com This MPEG 2 stream manipu lation device allows broadcast ers to overlay graphics logos on precompressed HD and SD streams allows remotely en coded DTV signal to be localized with such applications as logo overlays time temperature stock information and local weather and news Leitch Velocity HD NLE system 800 231 9673 www leitch com This HD NLE system comprises the company s new Altitude PC card and an enhanced version of its Velocity software the system features full quality HD playback of two video streams two dynamic graphic streams and dua
108. ications in models from 555kVA to 800kVA DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT ARKEMEDIA Technologies Enterprise Edition 44 1256 869 200 www arkemedia com Compliant with all metadata standards features hierarchical and extensible metadata tools thesaurus functions tax onomy management media object and asset versioning extensive folder features and dynamic asset associations GLOBAL END TO END HD SERVICE BT Broadcast Services 202 721 8599 www bt com broadcastamericas Fully integrates fiber and satellite designed to increase revenue opportunities for broadcasters by enabling them to meet the expected surge in demand for HD cover age of major sporting and entertainment events around the world E AUTOMATION SOLUTION Digital Transaction Group AIRO 512 837 3737 www dtgtv com Designed for master control automation and broadcast transmission control of single and multichannel broadcasting op erations in assisted unassisted or unat tended operations y AUTOMATED JOIN IN PROGRESS Florical Systems Auto JIP 352 372 8326 www florical com Designed to make it nearly effortless to join a program already in progress such as when a live sport ing event runs longer than ex pected or when a breaking news event ends operators simply push a but ton to signal the end of thelive event and the rest is automatic Auto JIP Storage BY C JASON MANCEBO advances storage
109. iles or finishing your project in DV Vegas software delivers the ultimate in flexibility Sony s DVD Architect 2 software delivers a complete professional set of DVD production tools that lets you develop dynamic menu based DVDs with subtitles alternate audio tracks end actions and more Created through imagination driven by uncompromising novat on Nother media production suite is like it The Vegas DVD Production Suite raises the bar with these new features New in Vegas 5 3E motion and compositing Kevframable bezier masking Coatrol surface support Envelope automation recording Au o input record monitoring Filra style 5 1 surround panning Real time A V event reverse Media subclip creation Customizable keyboard mapping Networked rendering Anc much more New in DVD Architect 2 End actions Multiple audio tracks Subtitle support lt 24p DVD encoding Elementary stream import Project overview window Real time external monitor previews And much more Uncompromising innovation for your unconventional creations SONY B T SONY 4 lt Sa AIANd se6an 2 p Vegas DVD 4 Pr A Professional Video Audio and OVD Creati oduction Suite 1 ton oftwa re The Vegas DVD Production Suite Includes Vegas 5 software DVD Architect 2 software Dolby Digital AC 3 encoder Also introducing the Sony Pictures Sound Effects
110. ility to assess compressed video quality K WILL debuted its Video DNA moni toring line which decodes an MPEG transport stream and analyzes el ementary packet video in real time Rohde amp Schwarz s DVQ performed similar functions Both systems allow an A B comparison of SDI video with respect to compressed MPEG 2 el ementary stream video DVQ allows users to set QoS levels and trigger alarms to initiate reconfiguration of encoding parameters or distribution paths Tektronix upgraded its AD953A and claims to be the first with a transport stream analysis sys tem that supports both the H 264 and WM compression standards Digital program insertion is a real ity and verifying that transport streams are compliant with the ANSI SCTE 35 2001 DPI standard is im perative Pixelmetrix known for products such as DVStation IP an MPEG 2 transport stream test and monitoring over Ethernet system JUNE 2004 presented the DPI Auditor a new DPI software application that features splice information logging and reporting capabilities This product moni tors the compliance of bitstreams for digital program insertion Triveni debuted its next generation DTV transport stream monitor and analyzer StreamScope MT 30 It monitors MT 30 DPI SCTE 35 digital cue NAB attendees found that equipment manu facturers are increasingly integrating test and measurement features and including a tones MPEG 2 PSI and ATSC PSIP It supports
111. imilar capability and the engineer can define all sources as either mono stereo or 5 1 in origin AMS Neve digital consoles have had the ability to control multiple input and output channels from a single fader for several years But Neve be lieves that many broadcast applica tions will remain two channel for the years to come It says forcing 5 1 tech nology onto these customers would be unreasonable Calrec s market includes few users All Calrec consoles incorporate both stereo and mono down mixing capa bilities Shown here is the Calrec Alpha 100 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorvy com who are broadcasting in 5 1 at this time However the company recog nizes that some of its base will require this functionality in the near future particularly those broadcasting sport ing events Essentially 5 1 capable by design Calrec will be introducing 5 1 fold down channels later in 2004 and this functionality will be available to all existing users as an upgrade Multichannel metering is also becom ing increasingly important as 5 1 broadcasts gain in popularity and all of the manufacturers we spoke to are including this capability in their con soles Neve is moving to a more sim plistic method of signal routing and its boards now offer graphical repre sentations to make it easier to keep track of multiple audio channels Both the Wheatstone D 5 1 and D 9 have dedicated 5 1 buses 5 1 meter ing a
112. indows Media 9 and MPEG 4 support in future generations of set top boxes It should be noted that the ATSC is currently evaluating new encoding technologies for providing these advanced services Programming could be delivered through datacasting or IP with em bedded metadata instructing use and context of the media for reassembly at the receiver The television broadcasting landscape could be radically different in a few years The control layer in place to orchestrate programs and associated services should be radi cally different also Jim Boston is an industry consultant based on the West Coast and Mark Brown is CTO of SignaSys NNG HD SD Analog Digital Included a HO SD Screen Formats _Signal Forveats 1080 60 501 HOSDI Digital 120P 24 25 30 60 SDI Digital PAL or NTSC Y Pb Pr Analog 480P 24 25 30 60 RGB RGBHV Analog 1080 30 24 25P Composite Analog XGA We offer over 50 models of LCD monitors designed to meet virtually any application Ma rsha il Tel 800 800 52 6608 Fax 310 333 0688 type of HDSDI SDI or Analog HD SD signal Dperates on 12 17 Voit D C Bright 380 nit High Resolution Display e 6 Frame marker overlays Zoom for focus function Monochrome function Direct access for all adjustments Three LED tally 110 220V power supply included Optional Battery Pack 3799 wi
113. ing Microsoft WMV HD WMV HD is designed to deliver HD video at data rates comparable to SD DVD video ROUTER Pro Bel Morpheus 631 549 5159 www pro bel com Manages systems from single channels up to the most complex multichannel envi ronments features the MediaBall concept which provides a way to handle secondary events such as interactive TV Li REMOTE SPORTS LENS Thales Angenieux 70 HD 973 812 3858 www angenieux com Delivers a focal range of 9 5mm to 665mm and an aperture of f 2 2 features dust and condensation free enclosures requires low power for operation allowing direct con nection of the lens to the camera Monitoring test and measurement BY PHILIP J CIANCI ach generation of equipment shown at NAB integrates more test and measurement features and invariably includes some type of monitoring capability Therefore monitoring must now be considered part of the traditional realm of test and measurement All broadcasters seek a total end to end monitoring test and mea surement system for essence net work and software applications In this era of convergence of broadcast engineering and IT technologies it was surprising that traditional IT companies which offer SNMP en abled network monitoring systems did not demonstrate broadcast re lated applications Nor did I find any PC products that monitored con figuration application health Now that nearly al
114. ing on its own proprietary OS Vendors at NAB reported fewer requests for product demonstrations but more for workflow discussions at their booths JUNE 2004 HA18x7 EERM ERD High De intion A18x7 6ERM ERD Standard Definition HAs18x7 6BMD Motor Drive Feetures vary with madel ONLY FROM FUJINON e 18X Standard Zocm Range Longest and Widest Standard Lens DigiPower Servo User Programmable Functions Remote Control D FUJINON Broadcast and Communications Products Division FUJINON INC 10 High Pant Dr Wayne 07472 7434 Paone 973 623 5500 FAX 9731 633 5216 FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO LTD 1 324 Letake lt ite Ku Saitama City Saitama 331 9624 Japan Phone 81 48 668 2152 www fujinon com PRODUC RIS PROGRAM RECEIVER Scientific Atlanta PowerVu D9850 770 236 5000 www sciatl com ETT Provides digital transmission for cable headends I1 RU height 10Mb s standard Automation at and 50Mb s optional data output wih NAB2004 Ethernet port supports IP services down loads files to servers SDI output with em bedded audio ASI input for remote un Archive interfaces link monitoring 7 Blueline Technology unveiled TECHNOLOGIES Zandor offer a wide range of proven MultiViewer solutions with numerous input formats output display reso utions and control options Think Zandar for Command amp Control AV Presentotions Master Control Rooms Video con
115. ing while offering an eight character channel display instant re set snapshot recall automation of all func tions stereo and 5 1 monitoring routing and panning 16 auxiliary sends a monopoly on HD innovation Avid s DNxHD compression system operates in 4 2 2 color space and is available in three user selectable bandwidth con figurations 220Mb s configurations for both 10 bit and eight bit video and an eight bit configuration requir ing only 145Mb s The technology supports 720p at 60fps and 1080p i HD resolutions at 30 25 and 24fps Avid is publishing the DNxHD al gorithms opening them up to any company that wants to implement the software One of the first manifesta tions of the new codec will come from a longtime partner Ikegami At NAB Ikegami announced it will develop a disk based HD camcorder that uses the DNxHD codec And there were other signs at NAB that companies are taking the need for interoperability seriously Thomson Grass Valley announced a partnership with Apple opening up the Grass Val ley Digital News Production products to allow the use of Apple s Final Cut Pro Thomson Grass Valley will sup ply a Broadcast Plug in software mod ule to allow the editor to decode files stored on the company s servers The survivors of the interoperability battle will be the companies that are committed to working with everyone Apple and Avid are emerging as the leaders for now of th
116. ir needs and can expand in Ie E smart manageable increments all without replacing the original pud P system anc in many cases without taking the system off line px To leam mere about the unique advantages of an Omneon OMNEON SpeciRIM media server system visit y VIDEONETWORKS RECORDING MEDIA Fujifilm DP1001 126E XL DP151 126 XL 914 789 7916 www fujifilm com The DP1001 126E XL provides 126 min utes recording capacity in DVCPRO HD mode the DP151 126 XL provides 126 minutes capacity in DVCPRO50 mode and 252 minutes in DVCPRO25 ONLINE STORAGE SYSTEM SeaChange MediaCluster 2G 978 897 0100 www schange com Supports serial ATA or SCSI drives in 6RU 4RU or 2RU chassis 1080 disks provide universal format independent access to more than 240TB of RAID 2 storage BROADCAST CONSOLE Studer Vista 8 818 920 3212 www studer ch Combines the automation capabilities of the Vista 7 and the on air ergonomics of the Vista 6 redesigned central control bay houses 12 faders and a Vistonics TFT screen with di rect access to up to 52 output signals 7 EDIT CONTROLLER Accom Axial MX 650 328 3818 www accom com Supports uncompressed editing in all SD and HD formats including 24p offers eight channel audio edit capability fea tures include intelligent auto caching auto assembly and optional simultaneous four stream digitization for streamlined tape
117. ire industry and the FCC was pleading for someone to invest in HD Well we did invest in HDTV and effectively launched an entire new class of service benefiting consumers electronics manufacturers and broadcasters I call on Chairman Powell to marshal his fellow commis sioners and protect the American consumer Chairman you asked the American public to believe in DTV and the six million HDTV sets we bought prove that we did We ve supported the U S transition to DTV with our money and we must not be penalized for that investment Protect American HDTV investment by prohibiting the down rezzing of content on nonbroadcast cable and satellite channels just as you ve done for broad caster signals Americans deserve nothing less editorial director Send comments to e editor primediabusiness com www broadcastengineering com broadcastengineering com JUNE 2004 WWW americanradiohictorvy com DENSIT SERIES ADVANCED INTERFACING CONTROLLED OVER IP ci over IP ots QG IP auality Contr DEWSITE d s i LL LLLI How smart can interfacing get You may be surprised Take a look at Miranda s Densit Series which offers advanced control over IP from the desktop From a highly adapted interface you can see thumbnails of signal feeds waveform and vectorscope displays as well as full proc amp controls And the range has just been expanded with 23 new cards to cove
118. isit www panasonic com p2 2 ideas for life americanradiohistorv com THE JOURNAL OF DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEMS DESIGN INTEGRATION Syster mo ninm Showcase 36 ESPN s SportsCenter begins HD production 42 Digital STLs su iol ndamental a Third harmonic len 99 125 150 200 250 300 31 e in feet uilding New PRODUCTS amp Reviews O Technology in Transition 106 Format conversion 108 4sight s HRM 1500 DEPARTMENTS 10 Editorial 1 Reader Feedback 109 Classifieds 113 Advertisers Index fM EOM Freezeframe BROaDCaST ENGINEERING amp eam Laying claim to being the first true broadcast video server isn t easy In fact no less than 12 video serverlike products were first introduced at the same NAB In what year were these 12 server products introduced Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing of Broadcast Engineering T shirts Enter by e mail Title your entry Freezeframe June in the subject fisld and send it to editor primediabusiness com Correct answers received by Aug 1 2004 are e igible to win 8 broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com JUNE 2004 High Definition Higher Standards Highest Performance 2004 Maxell Garparatinn of America As hi def takes over the field ore media comp
119. itachi also featured the SK31B and SK31C HD camera backs The B version has a fiber optic cable from the camera back to the CCU and the C version is a multicore system JVC unveiled a prototype three chip HD camera recording to HDV format DV media The camera will use 2 3 inch CMOS imagers with a native resolution of 1920x1080 pixels The broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com camera will be capable of both SD and HD recording including 24p JVC also introduced the KY F650 and KY F550 box cameras based on 1 2 and 1 3 inch CCDs They offer 850 lines and 800 lines respectively and both cam eras have an SNR of 62dB The KH F87U HD CMOS sensor box camera features three 2 3 inch NAB attendees saw many unique exhibits and were introduced to new camera technologies CMOS sensors 12 bit A D converters and a 54dB signal to noise ratio The camera operates at either 10801 or 720p natively with a dynamic range of 68dB and has two HD SDI outputs Ikegami introduced the HDK 725P and HDK 75EX handheld HD cam eras The HDK 725p is native 720 60p and the HDK 75EX 1080 at 60i The 75EX offers an integrated fiber adapter Both are cost effective cam eras Ikegami s HDL 40C CMOS cam era is based on two million pixel CMOS sensors operating natively in 720p 1080i and 1080 24p formats They are designed for a variety of ap plications and one version offers slow motion The company also showed a prototype of the
120. ite environment Their per formance figures were superior to older analog composite as well as ana log component BETA CAM VTRs especially if parallel or serial digital 143Mb s interfaces were used The major handicap of composite digital video was the fact that 46 could not be compressed using highly efficient contemporary transform coding methods typical of MPEG Consequently VTRs used a high re corded data bit rate 127Mb s result ing in large videocassettes and no portable camera VTR gear The ap pearance on the market of competi tively priced component digital video equipment has tilted the market to ward the adoption of component digital video equipment DE Michael Robin a fellow of the SMPTE and former engineer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp s engineering headquar ters is an independent broadcast consultant located in Montreal Canada He is co author of Digital Television Fundamentals published by McGraw Hill and translated into Chinese and Japanese Send questions and comments to michael robinC2primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 Aren t all Triax Camera Connectors the same No ADC s the most compatible and flexible ADC s New ProAx Triaxial Camera Connector is loaded with patented features that ensure the greatest performance flexibility and compatibility with other vendors connectors MIL Std 202 tested and qualified Gender reversible
121. ite video production studios The composite dig tud ital video format constitutes a step ping stone toward the all digital vid eo teleproduction studio In North America there was an initial interest in composite digital videotape recorders This had to do with the need to replace the obsolescent analog composite videotape recorders with digital vid eotape recorders featuring analog in put output ports bandpass Number of samples per total line per active digital line Sampling freq Uniformly Quantizing resolution Table 1 Summary of coding parameters for 4f NTSC composite digital signals A number of manufacturers devel oped such products identified as D2 Sony and Ampex and D3 Panasonic digital videotape record Sampling Possible frequency bandpass 7 16MHz Nyquist frequency 10 7MHz Figure 1 Spectrum of a 4f sampled NTSC signal ers A wide range of compatible com posite digital video studio type pro duction equipment appeared on the market subsequently The SMPTE Value of STBs units in millions 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SOURCE In stat www instat com Orthogonal 22 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorv com 244M standard defines the characteristics of the 4f NTSC composite digital signals as well as the bit parallel intercon uantized nect characteristics The digital signal aspects de fined by
122. k that when you look at the more than 40 companies that offered news weather products at NAB But if there is no revenue stream from multicasting what will happen to terrestrial TV broadcasting I have to say that I see nothing but doom in the future unless the broad casters supplement an HD offering with novel content in one or two chan nels of multicast SD signals Even then the must carry of that content on cable will be critical If broadcasters don t take that direction I can see them handing back a large number of digital channel licenses to the FCC at about the same time that the analog licenses go away Those additional li censes may turn out to be the kiss of death for the industry as we know it BE Paul McGoldrick is an industry consultant based on the West Coast Send questions and comments to paul_megoldrick primediabusiness com JUNE 2004 VP Multi Image Video Processor Iw xperience the Dawn of Evertz MVP The One to Watch he Most Advanced and Comprehensive Multi Image Display System Today See Us At TAB2004 Booth 200 nme Tel 1 905 335 3700 Toll Free 1 877 995 3700 WWW evertz com LUE d E Leitch For HDTV Editing VelocityHD NLE N Store and Serve NEXIO MTS Transmission Server Routing Ponacea Integrator Gold Signal Processing NEO and 6800 Modular Processors Branding DTP Digital Turnaround Proce
123. l broadcast equipment vendors have incorpo rated some kind of SNMP capability many have gone so far as to develop their own resource management ap plication Vistek offers ViewNet capa bilities for its newly launched range of HD products Evertz s VistaLINK offers comparable signal monitoring capabilities for its fiber optic trans mission products and vast array of baseband processing cards Addressing the issue of SNMP implementation vendor compatibil ity Snell amp Wilcox s RollSNMP ex tends SNMP monitoring available in its RollMap and RollCall to other vendors hardware and software products With a feature set that in cludes unified alarm reporting for all system elements mapping of system interconnections and identification of the physical location of resources this integrated application suite 104 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com approaches com plete infrastruc ture signal path monitoring fault diagnosis and resolution Facilities spread across large cam puses or numerous locations need verification of incoming and outgo ing signal quality For such facilities Evertz has expanded its line of inter face products to fully support HD These products include integrated monitoring and measurement of sig nal parameters And of course the requisite SNMP interface is available MPEG transport stream monitor ing systems were a hot item again but this year with a twist the capab
124. l stream real time HD transitions and effects Miranda XVP 801i HD SD universal processor 514 333 1772 www miranda com This interface card offers high quality up down and crossconversion providing re lief from multiple SD and HD formats also offers HD SD sig nal processing frame synchro nization and 16 channel audio processing accepts and simulta neouslv outputs SD and HD JUNE 2004 This portable AC DC powered deck is designed for HD studio field production and nonlinear editing offers an IEEE 1394 interface operating at 100Mb s for HD video streams plays all SD DVCPRO formats as well as DVCPRO HD and can dcwnconvert HD to SD Panasonic AJ SD93 SD feeder VTR 800 528 8601 www panasonic com This multiformat SD digital VTR has an IEEE 1394 interface to fa cilitate 4 2 2 video transfers to non linear editing systems records up to184 minutes of DVCPRO video or 92 minutes of DVCPRO50 plays back DV and DVCAM tapes Pinnacle Liquid HD NLE software 650 526 1600 www pinnaclesys com Pinnacle s newest version of its Liquid NLE software now supports real time multistream HD editing offers users the option to work with the bandwidth efficient HDV format low bandwidth Pinnacle HD Elite or uncorapressed HD SDI all on standard PC workstations 59 broadcastengineering com Wwww americanradiohistorv com PICK Quante QEdit Pro softwa
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126. le syribol ave regstered trademarks Of Dotby Laboratories o her trademarks remain the property of thesi respeCive tuners 2004 Dolby Inc Saaftso02 15345 BEYOND THE HEADLINES The push for DTV conversion BY HARRY C MARTIN 7 ecent actions by the FCC gt and Congress may spur a 1 speedier conversion to digital television service The Communications Act now re quires that all broadcast stations con vert to digital and the spectrum pres ently occupied by NTSC TV channels 52 to 69 be returned to the FCC to be auctioned for use by other services The deadline set by Congress for the completion of this conversion process is Dec 31 2006 or when 85 percent of the households in a television mar ket are capable of receiving digital tele vision service The Media Bureau s DTV Task Force proposed that the 85 percent penetra tion level be met by counting the de livery of digital service by cable and satellite services The focus would not be on the actual coverage of digital OTA service but on whether there is a digital signal in viewers households regardless of the delivery mechanism Viewers would be considered in the 85 percent if they convert the incom ing digital signal with a set top box and retain their analog receivers Television broadcasters said that this plan would eliminate the incentive for consumers to purchase new digital sets Moreover because consumers would
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128. leware Automation control is spreading as The Next BIG THING from Sundance Digital The Big idea Titan was designed to make automating high channel count and central casting facilities easy and affordable The Big Easy Titan s distributed architecture means it can control more channels than the FCC will ever let you own The Big Payoff Consolidated tasks less overhead and fewer mistakes mean higher profits OK OK WE GET IT IT S Bie DIO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE LOGO OUT OF STONE TO PROVE IT NT IOth Ann veersary Sundance Digital Inc 972 444 8442 www SundanceDigital com 50 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com tion collaboration and client server processes Now technologies such as Microsoft s NET are enabling Web services to become tools in the con trol and operation of the facility XML now allows the sharing of in formation between subsystems that need to work together to implement the desired workflow as long as they subsystems agree on consistent infor mation tags Many newsroom systems use Media Object Server MOS pro tocol which is formed using XML Other Internet based protocols such as Web Services Description Lan guage WSDL and Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP are used for spreading control though the Web Automation control is spreading as more hardware 15 brought mum 101010111 nib In fact one of the goals of SOAP is to encapsula
129. lexing For stations planning to stay JUNE 2004 with their VHF channel an internally diplexed transmitter needs only a DTV exciter and mask to make the conversion when ready The transmit ter is available with a switching or linear power supply Axcera also has a full line of IOT transmitters for UHF and a line of low power solid state transmitters for both VHF and UHE The company now pro poses the use of frequency agile DTV translator booster systems with its low power transmitter line Papers given at the show and available at the Axcera Web site explain how this will all work Essentially it proposes that broadcast ers can chain translators together in amazingly long strings without signal degradation Each site can return the digital signal to baseband apply error correction modulate the signal and convert it to the desired channel The upconverter which is the agile compo nent actually picks up the channel Axcera is quick to point out that fewer frequencies are needed for cross coun try translator systems The idea is that the same two frequencies can be re peated over and over again If the sys tem detects any small remnant of the co channel signal it simply treats it the same as a multipath signal with no harm to the signal As pointed out ear lier the newest receivers are solving this multipath problem Visit the Axcera site to review the papers The digital trans lators are poised to make some big
130. lose digital quality signals when they were downconverted for delivery to analog television sets programmers would lack the incentive to create new a 20 digital programming This conversion to digital could eliminate OTA service to the 15 percent of the population that does not have cable or satellite service or a new digital television Congress is looking at different ways to encour age the conversion to digital most recently in the context of the reau thorization of the Satel lite Home Viewer Im provement Act A draft of the legislation contains a proposal to permit satel lite service providers to bring distant network signals into local markets to fill in where local broadcasters are not pro viding quality DTV ser vice The idea is that be cause many digital televi sion stations are operat ing at reduced power the threat of the carriage of distant signals would give broadcasters incentive to build out their full digi tal facilities Broadcasters are blamed for the slow conversion to DTV But the commis sion has not resolved the issue of digi tal must carry And the FCC has yet to set final DTV tuner receiver standards or settle critical copying issues VHF TV UHF TV 2004 regulatory fees The commission has released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the assessment and collection of regulatory fees for fiscal year 2004 While the fees for some classes of li censes will actually
131. ls It s also a very flexible family that lets you get the configuration you need and then add to it as your needs grow We even offer a portable version So don t spend time puzzling over your MPEG transport streams Ask us about the DVM family with the performance you need and the scalability you ve been looking for The single dual stream DVM 50 8661 A Robert Fulton Drive Columbia Maryland 21046 e 1 388 TEST RSA www rohde schwarz com SS WWW americanradiohistorv com T The portable DVM 400 Sa ae consume them were tightly coupled In the new digital world media are files and the ability to use these files is more dependent on software than the underlying hardware that executes the programs and algorithms Over the past two decades there has been a relentless progression as all things digital consume one medium after an other The typewriter gave way to the word processor and the artist s paste up board gave way to desktop publish ing Audio was consumed next and SD video was swallowed up by the end of the last decade Now it is HD video s turn This progression will soon take over the world of film as well The reality of convergence has more to do with the underlying technolo gies for creating distributing and All of these displays have individu ally addressable pixels that create im age rasters nearly free of the geome
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133. luded the LDK 500 and LDK 300 The LDK 500 is based on the popular remote controllable LDK 200 camera head which offers 14 bit A D conversion and optical and digital fil ters It has a configurable processor sec ond order color correction a frame store and vertical shift for locking the camera to computer monitors The LDK 500 is available in DPM FT IT and ITW versions The LDK 300 is replacing the 100 and 200 series cameras Also new for Thomson Grass Valley was its Triax Repeater offering HD transmission up to 2000 meters with 14mm triax The C2IP camera control system can accommodate up to 99 LKD series cameras over Ethernet via TCP IP compatible with all series 9000 control systems Dalsa announced that it is targeting its Origin CCD camera offering 4K image size for commercial rental availability by Nov 1 ARRI also dis played updates to its D 20 project camera released at IBC2003 It features a single six megapixel CMOS sensor that has an image area comparable to a 35mm full aperture film frame ac commodating 35mm cine lenses This year s NAB highlighted some emerging and existing technologies Next year s NAB promises to bring this year s ideas and concepts to market in production models Practical cameras with CMOS sensors and non tape based camcorders will be the technol ogy to watch i Dan Stark is president of Stark Raving Solutions JUNE 2004 of content creation e management e delivery
134. m Uses 10 bit processing one reclocked HD serial output and two reformatted HD se rial digital outputs accepts two groups of SMPTE 292M embedded audio signals and re embeds them into the output HD video fully SMPTE 292M compliant full proc control including color correction black level luma level chroma level and optional audio level AUDIO ANALYZER Rohde amp Schwarz UVP 888 837 8772 www rsa rohde schwarz com Digital audio interfaces up to a 192kHz sampling rate features expanded measure ment bandwidths can perform several measurement functions simultaneously fg content The Invenio Starter Pack al lows users to create and store proxies of WM content ingested into broad cast servers Sundance has also introduced a product that manages the transfer of new media out of Pathfire s cache server to other servers Last minute changes Crispin s PSIP software and Linx Electronics TVLinx can communicate with one another allowing real time updating of PSIP tables based on last minute changes at master control Florical announced Automated Join In Progress which automatically calculates the necessary timelines for a join in progress to a program follow ing a live event that runs long Opera tors can drag and drop commercials to be aired into the schedule and the ap plication automatically recalculates the timelines to compensate by reducing program content to be aired Pro Bel introdu
135. m www americanradiohistory com cases to puta TV in the same room with the PC As the average screen size of a PC increases however it is becoming more practical to use this relatively ex pensive digital media appliance as a PC TV and stereo The classic definition of convergence misses an important point With a myriad of choices in cheap consumer electronics gear consumers have be come accustomed to buying purpose built devices People are more inter ested in having these devices share their media content and consumers tend to choose appliances that are ap propriate for the venues in which they will use them The reality of convergence The unreality of convergence for the past decade has been due more to po litical concerns than technical limita tions We are experiencing a classic technology shift and it is shaking the foundations of several media indus tries These industries are converging around a new reality Virtually all forms of media can be represented as bits In the legacy analog world media and the appliances people used to JUNE 2004 DVM 400 DIGITAL VIDEO MEASUREMENT SYSTEM High performance and flexibility for MPEG2 transport stream analysis The new DVM family of MPEG 2 instru ments lets you know exactly what s going on with powerful analysis capabilities It gives you Real time monitoring In depth analysis Networkability SNMP Scalability up to 20 signa
136. m CIFS to discover log in and transfer content to and from a storage device NFS and CIFS both communicate over mo system Fibre Channel Operating system Figure 1 SAN and NAS use differ ent protocols and transports Ethernet The user typically enters a username and password and then is granted access to a particular device The SAN and NAS storage schemes evolved to meet different needs Some 28 possible benefits of SAN include ac cess to large amounts of data sharing data among different applications on different computers real time or near real time access to data updates legacy support for SCSI devices fast speeds and avoidance of network congestion common with Ethernet Possible benefits of NAS include relatively simple user configuration compatibility with existing username password access systems compatibility with legacy networking and server sharing systems In many cases either scheme can now meet all these needs But in ear lier implementations the distinction between SAN and NAS was useful For initial installation and configu ration SAN usually requires some spe cialized knowledge of network hard ware such as how to install the appro priate SCSI drivers and Fibre Chan nel card You should also know how to configure your Fibre Channel net work properly Once the installation and configuration are complete ac cess administration and authentica tion are
137. mpasses several hundred booth and staff visits during the show hundreds of new product releases and more man hours that can calculate One result is that we ve ended up with way more content than space to present it here Web exclusive Because space constraints made it necessary to limit what we could present from our writers what you see here is just a good start But wait there s more We ve repackaged each reporter s copy in its full length for Web presentation To see the full length articles just go to the magazine Web site www broadcastengineering com I d like to thank our reporters and judges for all their hard work see the list at the end of this article Meanwhile don t miss this year s Pick Hits The top 40 products and technologies shown at this year s show all selected by readers like you In addition we ve got hundreds of new products just a page turn away so what are you waiting for Read on NAB Replay contributors and judges Craig Birkmaier Steven Blumenfeld Jim Boston Philip J Cianci David Danto Tim Davis John Luff C Jason Mancebo Don Markley Tom Patrick McAuliffe Brian Murray Garry M Paxinos Dan Stark Bob Turner Richard Wood 5 ur tay Elo WITH OUR COMPLETE LINE O ry H ue LE Ed 5 T Sh Bag F eu a A Large Video and Audio Routers NVISION Masters in Digital Audio Pioneers in HDTV Flexib
138. n ap selectable bit rates of up to 12Mb s Thinking Blue Join the Club I D 15 Years of Excellence Here s what some of our Club Members say We outfitted six of our news cameras with the ENDURA System and the photojournalists love them They can t believe the amount of runtime they get before needing a recharge Needless to say the overall light weight is a plus as well The only gripe I ve heard is the crews using the old battery system want to know when they are getting ENDURA s Mark Schaefer Director of Engineering WFLA TV We are pleased with the power to weight ratio and reliable perfor mance of the IDX Lithium lon batteries The quality of their products and exceptional service and support we get from IDX gives us the best return on our investment Peter Larson Vice President Broadcast Sports Technology While compact and amazingly lightweight the IDX ENDURA System has proved itself completely durable with tremendous holding power have taken IDX ENDURA batteries into extremely difficult environments for commercials features and documentaries the batteries have performed flawlessly Matthew J Siegel Director of Photography c PAUN men SYSTEM Lithtum lon C Technology DX System Technology Inc 1602 Lockness Place Torrance CA 90501 Phone 310 891 2800 Fax 310 891 3600 Email idx usaQpidx tv WWW www idx tv broadcastengineering com 105 Www americanra
139. n standards ingest system 44 20 8917 4330 www snellwilcox com Comet takes advantage of open data ex change standards such as the MXF SMPTE RP 210 metadata dictionary as well as the latest AAF edit protocol allowing the broad caster to create multivendor systems with complete interoperability intuitive user in terface allows simple and robust operation 60 broadcastengineering com Snell amp Wilcox MXF Express software development kit 44 20 8917 4330 www snellwilcox com MXF Express is a free comprehensive soft ware development kit that supports OP la OP Atom MPEG DV BWAV and AES profiles includes C libraries to add MXF awareness to products Directshow L filters to help create MXF players and writ ers and sample MXF files Sony Anycast Station portable live production studio 800 686 7669 www sony com professional This live content creation system roughly the size of a laptop carrying case combines a six input video switcher a six channel audio mixer an F X generator a preview program video monitor a pan tilt zoom remote control for Sony VISCA robotic cameras an RGB output and an encoder and server Sony HDW S280 HDCAM VTR 800 686 7669 www sony com professional This compact 12 pound half rack space HDCAM VTR can switch between 1080i 59 94 and 1080 50 built in downconverter allows it to play back Betacam SX Betacam SP and standard Betacam c
140. nals The HDW 7308 is a reduced feature ver sion of the HDW 730 A more cost effective 1920x1080 interlaced cam era its price is comparable to high end SD camcorders It offers HD SDI out put standard and interfaces to most Sony optional products The Sony BRC 300 is a three chip robotic pan tilt camera in a small footprint with three high perfor mance 1 4 7 inch advanced HAD CCDs A 12x auto focus lens is pro vided and the camera has an addi tional 4x digital zoom allowing a com bined 48x zoom Optional cards offer component analog or digital outputs The BVP E30 E30WS camera uses Power HAD EX CCDs and new 14 bit A D conversion It operates in progres sive or interlaced modes and offers sen sitivity of F11 at 2000 lux with an S N ratio of 66dB Slow shutter mode allows CCD exposure down to 7fps with 42dB of gain The camera features a minimum illumination of 0 035 lux The E30 in terfaces to existing Sony CCU and VTR models including the WLL 55 wireless camera system The system converts the camera s signals into an MPEG 2 bitstream for transmission over the 2 4GHz band does not require any li censing and is compatible with many Sony cameras Hitachi introduced the Z2500 cam era based on 2 3 inch IT sensors with 900 lines of resolution and a 65dB sig nal to noise ratio The HVD15 box camera has three 12 inch IT sensors a bayonet lens mount and SDI output and features 900 TV lines of resolu tion at 64dB H
141. nd warns the operator if attention is needed Crispin also rolled out NewsPlayX Newswheel which uses an MOS interface and allows stations to add a 24 hour newswheel without the need for an operator OmniBus unveiled its TX gt Play automation system which is able to control up to 12 channels and is based on the company s G3 technology MicroFirst Engineering introduced its Digital Automation System DAS multichannel automation system DAS provides capacity for up to 16 separate user configurable event lists Each can hold up to 1000 events SYNAPSE HD SD When it comes to digital infrastructure choose from our growing family of over 90 hot swappable cards www axon tv E mail info usa axon tv PHONE 408 450 7973 72 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohistorv com Digital Design JUNE 2004 Screen Service i ITALIA 55 a SCRE ITALIA Srl Via G Di 125 Brescia Italy u 39 030 358 x 39 030 3582226 Cu I OI www Screen nfoGscreen it s l 145 MEM Un pn AAA AAA FpHIREUMITE UE IL Y SeCRE TRE VG HERE a Dual ASI input with statistical analysis and automatic i wa nnn switching I gt PCR re stampin e _ Control of the om crest factor B Integrated SFN adaptor Management of the null packets Integrated test modes
142. nd 5 1 panning and both boards feature 5 1 panning displays SSL s C100 also features 5 1 metering and panning as part of its surround pack age Calrec s bar graph metering pro vides surround metering to its cus tomers who can also purchase third party jellyfish displays from outside vendors such as DK Audio and RTW Networking multiple control surfaces together is becoming a more promi nent aspect of broadcast work Longer runs once looked upon with great suspicion are proving reliable allow ing live boards to communicate with multiple on premise audio post rooms Euphonix recently announced the release of two different models of iis System 5 broadcast console The Sys tem 5 B now includes the same bus structure and features as the Max Air supporting 96 channels 24 mix buses 24 groups clean feeds and 16 IFB aux sends from a single DSP Core The new 2004 System 5 B also includes an N 1 JUNE 2004 Go further Expand your coverage and capture new audiences Video Solutions Distribute content new viewe s and new markets opening new opportunities the world over Delivering content has never been easier With Intelsat s Video Solutions you can grow your audience by distributing programming anywhere ir the world Our state of the art network gives you the flexibility and reliability you need to access new markets and new audiences After all Intelsat has been creating global content deli
143. nd other artifacts 7 WAVEFORM MONITOR Hamlet Flexiscope 444 1494 729728 321 939 0457 www hamlet co uk Specifically geared for au dio and video test and mea surement combines HD capability and a flexible ar chitecture with low power consumption palmtop unit provides integral 3 5 inch TFT display INTELLIGENT A B SWITCH Microfirst MPS 9810 201 651 9300 www microfirst com A new redundancy option for the Digital Automation System D A S monitors the D A S and switches up to 32 asynchronous serial communications ports over to the backup automation processor AP a mir rored database of the primary AP enables seamless switching in case of a failure 7 CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM Irdeto Access Irdeto Chip on Board 858 668 4800 www irdetoaccess com Niche content providers can distribute Common Interface Conditional Access Modules CI CAMs with an embedded Irdeto Access smart card CI CAMs work in compliant STBs to allow auto expiring free trials and normal subscriptions 7 Omneon is the one server that fits our tight budget meets all our requirements today and supports us as our needs change Helge Blucher Vice President Detroit Public Television It s not just what you serve It s who With Omneon Specrrum media servers Detroit Public TV mplemented a solution that works across their entire operation was con igured precisely to the
144. ndwidth for HDTV c r Gas Injected Crush Resistant Dielectric ore i m DT Zero Center Conductor Migration ai mnm Exceeds SMPTE Specifications HH LEN 1 5GHz oS aun INTERNATIONAL INC TRANSMITTING CLARITY broadcastengineering com 103 WWW americanradiohistorv com z 9 o o a 5 zu o o a 2 Ba lo JAGKPOT TELEVISION AUDIO PROCESSOR Modulation Sciences MSI 3300 732 302 3090 www modsci com Multifunction unit combines analog to AES3 and AES3 with automatic speed detection to analog conversion with high quality gain riding and a transmis sion audio processor conditions audio for transmission in a variety of media includ ing cable modulators satellite uplinks and fiber modulators 7 SCALABLE TDM DIGITAL AUDIO ROUTER NVISION NV7512 530 265 1000 www nvision com Supports analog as well as digital audio sig nals linearly expandable to offer 2048x2048 channels MADI format mul tichannel digital I O also is featured as well as high performance 24 bit converters enables users to manage large numbers of mixed format audio signals 3 DVD AUTHORING APPLICATION Microsoft DVD Producer WMV HD Edition 425 882 8080 www microsoft com Special version of Sonic s authoring appli cation supports the production of DVD titles us
145. nel carrying capacity while preserving picture quality e Supports a mix of SD and HD VBR and CBR encoders along with data in the same pool Offers a variety of input output options to integrate with virtually any environment Broadcast Network Gateway BNG e Gigabit Ethernet output enables efficient IP based transport of HD and SD digital video to carrier headends NMX Digital Service Manager Manages video infrastructure as a series of services rather than discrete hardware and software components e Enables seamless change in system mode according to time of day and day of week e Interfaces with third party conditional access PSI SI and automation systems e Supports a wide range of redundancy designs and automaticall reprovisions the infrastructure ensuring the highest levels of service reliability and availability Permits centralized and distributed service management Harmonic Inc 549 Baltic Way Sunnyvale 94089 Tel 1 800 788 1330 or 1 408 542 2500 Fax 1 408 542 2510 2004 Harmoni Inc All rights reserved www americanradiohistory com Cameras n BY DAN STARK AB this year offered several ad ditions to evolving technologies especially CMOS camera sensors and solid state recording One attractive capability of CMOS is its ability to switch between various video formats to provide different native resolutions Tape based camcorders have been the norm in the industry w
146. ng television WWW americanradiohistorv com PRODUCTI JACKPOT MULTICHANNEL AUDIO MONITORING SYSTEM Genelec 1029 LSE Powerpak 508 652 0900 www genelecusa com Consists of five 1029A two way biamplified active monitors one 7060A LSE series ac tive subwoofer and an acousti tape fre quency wavelength measuring tape in cludes a setup guide for accurate speaker placement wiring and fine tuning PROGRAM INSERTION MONITORING SOFTWARE Pixelmetrix DPI Auditor 954 472 5445 65 6547 4935 www pixelmetrix com Allows broadcasters to monitor and audit the accuracy of digital program insertion built in function for the DVStation and DPI Auditor separate DPI analysis appli cation with enhanced features y DIGITAL MEDIA 4 DELIVERY SOLUTION Telestream ClipMail Pro 871 251 6245 www telestream net Transmits MPEG signal to Telestream ap pliances or FTP servers anywhere choose the transmission speed and video quality desired send and receive approval to mas ter quality video deliver over any global IP network connection INTEGRATED MEDIA PLATFORM HP Digital Media Platform 650 857 1501 www hp com Simplifies and reduces the cost of content production distribution and consump tion links production and post produc tion processes in a workflow based sys tem enables shared use of a common set of media assets for rendering editing workflow archiving and restoration 7
147. nitton producticn in the mo t unique aad c citing locations the planet Their work appears regularly on the BBZ Discovery CF annel PBS Naticmal Geographic Vi jungles deserts and the ocear to film the argest iceberg in recorded a t history was as challenging in its pracuction as its images were stunning Xarst s latest project was an e plorafi n of the underground rivers of Florida for PBS Diving great Cistances through narrow passages while being tracked from above the team harted the detailed path water takes tc reach local springs Their Senz HDW 900 3 cameras were equipped with HvTRON 120 and Dicnic 90 batteries both above and below the water in E special waterproof ho rings Dur specialty is 1 amp ilizing cutting edge techznozogy to capture the experience of 2xpscration while expanding the understandirg of oat planet says Wes I mace my reputaticr filming er some of earth s nost extreme envi onmar ts Ma s why I use Anton Bauer batteries or my ntomba shoots tney re togh reliable arc versa ile Ccrfidenc in your team and ycur equipment h is a must THE POWER BEHIND THE BEST CAMERAS CAPTURING THE BEST IMAGES IN THE WORLD ANT N BAUER INC 4 FROGRESS DRIVE SHELTON GOFJK EZ ICUT OG484 USA 293 929 1100 FAZ4203 925 4988 WWW ANTONBAUER COM NAB REPLAY Continuing coverage of today s technology NAB research BEE EN AE UND
148. nment In ad dition such systems typically come with better product support With a complicated network you may need It Be particularly aware of where you plug the NAS system into the network While you can plug a NAS box into any Ethernet connection it is not wise to do so The NAS should be connected at a point in the network you are sure will have sufficient bandwidth to sup port the traffic the NAS will generate Example If you connect the NAS box to a 78 10 port Ethernet switch it may not work very well see Table 1 on page 30 Low cost Ethernet switches do not have sufficient backbone capacity to provide full bandwidth to all ports at the same time A 100Base T Ethernet switch might have a throughput of only 200Mb s Once you subtract the over head the actual available throughput is somewhere around 130Mb s If the load is shared among the 10 ports each port has only about 13Mb s available NAS performance will suffer if it is lim ited to 13Mb s On the other hand if JUNE 2004 d i A inscriber a cH gt Master Plan Prese We Don t Just Think About the Future of Broadcasting We Are the Future of Broadcasting For almost 20 years inscriber has been a driving force in the television broadcasting industry and has established a worldwide customer base of over 200 000 installations Inscriber s longstanding reputation for providing high quality innovative products wit
149. ns and potential dead air before the facility s generator kicks in CleanSource from Active Power is the ideal solution to a et oni protect against power outages and damaging voltage Telemundo s multiple transmitters at fluctuations With power ratings from 65 kVA to 3600 the top of the Empire State Building b EN Rones kVA the battery free CleanSource Flywheel UPS CleanSource technology meets the quality demands of today s broadcasting and transmitting facilities and eliminates the need for bulky high maintenance battery based systems Visit our website at www activepower com a1130 to learn why major U S and international television networks depend on Active Power s AC and DC solutions to keep broadcast stations on line and transmissions live Active Power Market Enginecring Award Recipient www activepower com a1130 email a1130 activepower com Toll Free 1 877 FLYWHEEL WwWw americanradiohistorv com DIGITAL HANDBOOK BY GARY ESKOW ER u eu anufacturers of broad cast consoles are help b b ing engineers who need to simultaneously deliver 5 1 and stereo audio by incorporating fold down capability single fader control of multiple audio channels and increased monitoring into new boards Both the Wheatstone D 9 top and Solid State Logic C100 5 1 feature metering and panning as part of their surround package Solid State Logic s SSL C100 digi
150. nts was that Apple s Final Cut Pro will be inte grated into the DNP family through a Thomson Grass Valley professional plug in module Final Cut Pro 4 0 and Final Cut Pro HD work with the Open SAN system or the M Series IVDR Quantel Quantel launched QEdit for news and sports editing QEdit is a low cost soft ware only application accessing the powerful version 2 GenerationQ edit ing tools One unique feature is cus tom transitions It allows a TV station s graphic designer on a QPaintbox or QEditPro to create a customized tem plate for effects that could include di rectional blurs flashes to color resizes in 2 D and 3 D plug ins then effec tively clusters these effects into one JUNE 2004 saved transition that any of the net worked QEdit desktops can drag and drop onto a clip This creates identities that help stations differentiate them selves from competitors especially during sweeps periods Quantel plans on making generic customizable cus tom transitions available for download on its Web site The system offers a wide range of tools to clean up white balance resize images for content or quality purposes and track blur or mosaic to hide identities While other systems may offer similar features QEdit has what are called one shot effects which enable users to fix white balance with a single key press There is a single key resize a tracker that does not require complex key frame programming and a one
151. o SMPTE 259M SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 296M input format colorimetry and trilevel or black burst external refer ence inputs are automatically detected 3 CARDIOID MICROPHONE DPA Microphones Type 4021 45 4814 2828 www dpamicrophones com eng pub Phantom powered P48 condenser micro phone uses the same type of cartridge as the Type 4011 but is preamplified using a built in thick film mounted FET preamplifier no external preamplifier needed 5m standard cable is side mounted linear frequency re sponse from 40Hz to 20kHz 24 94 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com NLEs at NAB Workgroups is a complete low cost networked editing solution for SD and soon HD video that uses Pinnacle s Palladium Store 100 PS100 This MSRP solution includes 2TB of storage with ultra se cure RAID 10 mirroring Thomson Grass Valley Thomson Grass Valley showcased its digital news production products in cluding the NewsEdit XT nonlinear editor NewsEdit LT laptop based nonlinear editor now supporting XDCAM and P2 formats NewsEdit SC software based nonlinear editor FeedClip interactive feed capture sys tem NewsQ manual playback system NewsQ Pro automated news playback system NewsBrowse Web based browser editor Network Attached Storage system Open SAN system Profile XP media platform and Pro file network archive One of the big announceme
152. om 408 235 5500 www terayon com The Advanced Network Distribution En hancement System is a highly integrated multifunctional HDTV broadcast distribu tion system that enables networks and af filiates to switch seamlessly between national and local digital feeds and brand programming with logos and program guide data Videotek DL 850HD serial digital legalizer 610 327 2292 www videotek com This device brings color correction signal equalization and legalization to the HD realm its auto format detect input accepts most SMPTE 292M formats and outputs in the same format legalizes HD SDI to HD SD color space and or en coded NTSC or PAL composite color space VTG NetCAD design tool 800 325 0266 www vtgcorp com This is a free online end to end design and pricing tool for clients who need audio and video interfacing and cable equipment for their custom installations it uses a drag and drop interface to link the client to a complete library of all the products offered by VTG s two daughter companies Wohler MON8 1 LCD monitor array ee This repeater line amplifier increases the maximum distance you can send SD and HD camera signals over triax cable from 3300 feet 1000 meters up to 6600 feet 2000 meters effectively doubling the maximum usable cable length with no significant loss of signal quality JUNE 2004 888 596 4537 www wo
153. om the ground up building Yes we are breaking ground on a new facility If this sounds like a perfect fit you should apply but only if you re com mitted to working with and develop ing a terrific group of people Want to be part of the team Send a cover let ter and resume to Ray Carter VP amp GM WPXI 11 Television Hill Pittsburgh PA 15214 Email rcarter amp wpxi com or fax 412 237 1286 EOE _ Broadcast Engineering JUNE 2004 WSBC BROADCASTING is looking for a Manager of Engineering We will soon own five AM stations and one FM station in the Chicago area We need an experienced person familiar with AM directional patterns and multi tower arrays In addition the person will be involved in all engineering and technology aspects for this growing company Resume job and salary history to Harvey Wells WSBC Broadcast ing 1645 West Fullerton Ave Chicago IL 60614 WSBC Broadcasting is an Equal Op portunity Employer BERMUDA CABLEVISION is seeking applications for the post of General Manager for Cable Television General Responsibilities To provide manage ment direction for the activities and operations of the Cable Television sys tems throughout Bermuda Core Du ties and Responsibilities Preparation of budgets and forecasts and direction of operations to meet defined objec tives for growth and profitability Man agement and monitoring of sta f to maximise productivity and to improve the qu
154. ons understanding of Linux and Microsoft computer systems and general office software applications such as word processing spreadsheet e mail and internet browsers programs The Opportunity This position represents an opportunity to perform deployment operation and maintenance of the MovieBeam technology used in the BVData Distribution and Broadcast Network The Compensation An attractive compensation plan including base salary bonus potential and comprehensive benefits plan including stock purchase and 401 k WE ARE AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Joelle Jennings The Walt Disney Company Enterprise Talent Acquisition 500 So Buena Vista Street Burbank CA 91521 7477 818 558 2200 joelle jennings 9 disney com Help Wanted 8 0 0 0 0 0 00000 000 A TV CHIEF ENGINEER is needed at LeSea Broadcasting s WHNO TV 20 in New Orleans Louisiana Candidates must have high technical skills in Master Control Studio Remote Venue and Transmitter operations and maintenance IOT de sired including non linear video editing satellite receiving tape amp DVD record and play video server camera remote truck and high power transmitter equipment troubleshoot ing Strong computer skills are a plus SBE Certification de sirable At least 3 years as a chief or assistant chief is re quired Exceptional interpersonal written and verbal com munication skills a plus Send your resume and cover letter to WHNO TV 20 Chief En
155. ontrol panel includes LCD monitor can be powered by AC as well as 12VDC battery power Sony Vegas 5 0 NLE software 800 686 7669 www sony com professional Sony s latest version of Vegas includes 3 D track motion and compositing key frameable Bezier masks network rendering transition progress envelopes subtitle text export to DVD Architect software Flash swf import and much more TANDBERG Television Intelligent Compression Engine ICE encoder card 407 380 7055 www tandbergtv com The ICE card which is included in the company s EN5930 encoder and can be used in the EN5710 al lows encoders to perform MPEG 4 part 10 or Windows Media 9 Series video encoding users can switch between these two codecs with a simple software change JUNE 2004 WWW _ americanradiohistorv com y i E TDK Blue Laser Disc for XDCAM 516 535 2818 www tdk com TDK s foray into XDCAM media may help drive down the cost of these optical discs the company s 23 3GB discs accommodate the 405nm laser wavelength and high numerical aperture 0 85 lenses used in Sony s Professional Optical Disc XDCAM camcorders and decks Tektronix WFMNLE waveform monitoring software for Avid NLE 800 835 9433 www tektronix com This software plug in allows us ers to monitor the video quality of Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Avid Xpress Pro Me dia Composer and Symphony nonlinear editing and finishing systems
156. ontrol surface ap pearing as input sources to the other control surface AMS Neve consoles use a computer the Encore PC to manage and store console configuration and automation data Console settings can be transferred across a network to and from other consoles or to a PC for offline management and surface configurations and automation settings can be cre ated or adjusted offline Neve extends its networking capabilities by the use of its modular I O system MIOS which introduces bidirec tional communication to Neve systems Remote control mic amps in multiple studios can be routed between con soles on demand Cable runs of up to two kilometers are now routine allowing physically removed studios to be networked on demand MIOS circuits are based on Neve s classic mic pre and signals may be passed at resolutions up to 24 bit and 96kHz SSL also sees the inevitable move into wider plant rout ing schemes The development of router protocol integra tion into both the C100 and C200 is evidence of the company s belief that broadcast applications will require this kind of interoperability Calrec s new Hydra audio network lets users gang mic pre amp and I O resources throughout their range of digi tal consoles Hydra is built on Gigabit Ethernet technol ogy to provide a high bandwidth Connections can be made with fiber MTRJ or copper RJ45 The connection be tween the digital I O rack and the Gigabit Interface Unit allows
157. ontrol systems to allow one point to monitor control transmitters over the whole country Harris showed a new STL system called Intraplex STL HD Plus It trans ports HD audio LAN WAN data tele phone intercom voice and remote control signals over a single 1 connec tion For UHE the company showed a new line of high power ATSC trans mitters designed for high efficiency They replace many of the manual ad justments for IOT phase and gain cor rections with advanced digital adaptive circuitry Zenith showed its newest DTV receiv ers which can deal with a OdB echo without losing picture quality Thus the prediction that receivers would solve multipath problems appears to have come true RFS showed some changes in its an broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictorvy com all including digital audio analog au dio AES EBU uncompressed audio RDS or HD radio data plus Ethernet and RS 232 communications One big push this year seemed to be for large wide area control systems to allow one point to monitor control transmitters over the whole country Obviously this is aided by the use of our old friend the Internet RFS Har ris Burke and others showed systems that perform this function DRS Technologies showed a beauti ful 100kW shortwave transmitter Axcera introduced a new line of VHF transmitters The Innovator HX is available for full power analog opera tion with either internal or external dip
158. or prof itable streaming when the time comes casters will somehow find a way to make streaming programming prof itable In the meantime don t hold your breath It may be quite a while and there are more important things to do first BE Tom Patrick McAuliffe is a journalist entertainer and contributing writer with Video Systems magazine JUNE 2004 A PRIMEDIA Publication Droaticast Engineering www broadcastengineering com Editorial Director Brad Dick bdick primediabusiness com International Editor Jerry Walker jwalker 2primediabusiness com Technical Editor Donald Keller dkeller primediabusiness com Sr Assoc Editor Susan Anderson sanderson primediabusiness com Sr Assoc Editor Laura Collins Dixon dixon primediabusiness com Asst Editor Chevonn Payton cpayton primediabusiness com Asst Editor Heidi Hueseman hhueseman primediabusiness com Sr Art Director Michael J Knust mknust primediabusiness com Assoc Art Director Robin Morsbach morsbach primediabusiness com Technical Consultants Computers amp Networking Brad Gilmer Antennas Radiation John H Battison Digital Video Michael Robin Transmission Facilities Donald L Markley Legal Harry C Martin New Technology John Luff Industry Watcher Paul McGoldrick New Media Craig Birkmaier Intemational Technology Sypha Sr VP Peter L May pmay primediabusiness com Group Publisher Dennis Triola dtriola primediabusiness com
159. orrect the violations WFMNLE is presently available as an Avid plug in and there are plans to release versions for other editing systems in the future For those in the trenches who still need to trace signal paths cable by cable Wohler will soon offer an HD SDI signal generator PenPal HD which includes 26 video test patterns 18 serial formats and four stereo pairs of embedded AES audio and fits in your shirt pocket It will be an indis pensable tool for tracing signal continuity in any size plant Leader s LV 5750 portable SDI monitor can help verify HD and SD distribution integrity anywhere in the plant Full screen or multiple displays allow viewing of waveform vector picture audio and status Bar graphs allow you to monitor eight channels of audio A digital data dump can facilitate TRS XYZ and VANC analysis Last but not least ENCO s Guardien a speech recogni tion technology enabled automated audio zapper can be trained to recognize the seven or eight words that you can t say on the air and will bleep out the offending audio log the event and save the audio clip This is certainly a well timed product introduction Can a wardrobe mal function macroblocking depixelizer be far behind af Philip J Cianci has been in the TV business for 20 years and done circuit design in the Grand Alliance ATSC prototype system JUNE 2004 Thales introduced GARNET a handheld MPEG 2 analyzer and MPEGScan a media file validatio
160. pple s newest version of its Emmy award winning editing software plants a step firmly inthehigh definitionrealmandably straddles the gap between HD and SD cap tures DVCPRO HD footage directly over an IEEE 1394 FireWire connector sup ports several HD and SD formats Barco iPresent video monitor wall 432 56 368211 www barcocontrolrooms com Create a large bright high quality on stage video wall using an array of several rear pro jection modules hardware controller sup ports dynamic moving scaling and cropping of image windows iPresent software supports smooth image transitions between modules and provides several graphical effects Belden Brilliance DigiTruck 179DT coaxial cable 847 590 1110 www belden com This lightweight compact coaxial cable is specifically designed for mobile tele vision broadcast trucks where equip ment load weight is a prime concern and space is scarce weighs 60 percent less and requires up to 40 percent less space than standard mini RG 59 U cable Canopus EDIUS HD NLE package 408 954 4500 www canopus com This real time HD NLE combines the company s HD SDI input output card its HD software codec and its EDIUS Pro software to create a profes Exe editing and content creation n solution supports recording and playback to HD D5 HDCAM and DVCPRO HD VTRs Chyron HyperX CG 631 845 2000 www chyron com Hits By Don Keller
161. r all the essential interfacing and distribution functions So if you re looking for more intelligent interfacing solutions call Miranda Miranda Technologies tel 514 333 1772 ussales miranda com WWW americanradiohistorv com pastEngineering wi We GNEC s Anew Global headquarters IT becomes the Backbone tor news mu 6 m A JVC s new HOY Measuring SDI To the editor While reading your magazine I was impressed with the high level of knowledge people such as Michael Robin have in regards to new tech nologies I remember that EIA TIA 250 C was clear on how to measure the video and audio signals after a long haul or short haul transmission path Now that video compression techniques such as MPEG 2 are cur rently used to transmit the digital audio visual signal from point A to point Z the use of EIA TIA 250 C is no longer valid This is mainly be cause the interfaces are now bit se rial digital video and audio as per SMPTE 259M C and SMPTE 272M Does it make sense to measure the SDI signal at the output of the MPEG 2 decoder Would the MPEG 2 decoder create a brand new SDI stream How do we measure trans mission path problems at video level SDI over MPEG 2 networks Is it only possible to check TR 101 290 at the DVB ASI level These questions have been around our facility for some time now and nobody seems to know the answer RUBEN 12 Ed
162. r chronizer TBC With nc in anything ov its ideal for bridging analog and d video and duds 3 gncls Normal Mode For conversion syack enization of any signal in any s enal out mode of opercrion he rormal mode simultaneousby conversone selected audio video ir put tormat into all supported audiczvideooutput formats Digt Suplex Mode Digi Duplex provides bi directional connectivty betwee an analog device ard digital device by enabling simul 3eous transcoder and fame svncaronizer operation Add Versatility to your Integrated Content Environment ICE www leitch com dps575 Free Ia 2grated Content Environment Poster www leitch com freepostet Canadc USA E344 USA Ves Latin Ameica WWW americanradiohistorv com 1 800 387 0233 1 800 231 9673 1 888 843 7004 1 305 512 0045 LEITCH www leitch com DIGiTAL HANDBOOK Figure 2 Phase diagram showing the rela tionship between the chrominance vector projections on the B Y R Y axis system and the I Q axis system and rise times compatible with the analog waveforms are included as an integral part of the digital signal The SMPTE 244M standard was developed with reference to the original NTSC specifications that used I Q encoding instead of B Y R Y encoding as is the current practice Figure 2 shows that any chrominance vector can be repre sented by I Q or B Y R Y vectors The original intent of the NTSC standard
163. rall bitstream energy and a break down of fundamental and third har monic energy BE Jim Boston Andy Hutton Lou Janis and Rob Martin are engineers with 4sight For more information on the HRM 1500 visit www 4sightproducts com JUNE 2004 TALLY MAPPER Tally Routing amp Mapping One Button Operation Store Maps Internally Edit From a PC Laptop HDVI 10 SDI ro UM CONVERTER Convert your low cost LCD Monitor into a HD SD SDI video monitor for 1 000 A Compact Solution Ideal for Mobile Units and Input HD SDI output DVB ASI Multiple Production Setups Based on the LSI Logic DoMiNo chipset Perfect for post production HD content distributicn PC platform provides flexibility and connectivity TM Video rame For more information on the HD Maestro or any Control System Solutions DVEO products call 858 613 1818 Or visit Tel 530 477 2000 doremi tel 818 562 1101 www doremilabs com www videoframesystems com Pro Broadcast Division CAN Hemva ELECTRONICS RESEARCH INC Precision Color Bar amp EL Series Test Signal Generators Time UHF Antenna CSG 50 379 k Digitally synthesized full SMPTE color bars The EL Series UHF blackburst composite sync 15 Hertz Ref Built in timer switches bars to black tone to Transmitting magazine silence at 30 60 seconds Crystal controll
164. ration 650 526 1600 www pinnaclesys com Allows broadcasters to schedule complex graphics playout with a single automation event introduces a controllable mechanism for quality assurance of scheduled on air graphics without master control interven tion on air promotion can be scheduled as needed can be run within customers exist ing automation systems template based WIRELESS HD CAMERA Ikegami HDL 0101 201 368 9171 WWW ikegami com Developed with NHK self contained one man unit with RF links and MPEG compres sion selectable from 60Mb s to 24Mb s video with embedded audio is transmitted over a 7GHz COFDM channel with an om nidirectional antenna to the receiving site 7 LOGO INSERTER Keywest Technology LogoStar 11 913 492 4666 www keywesttechnology com Features logo animation capabilities an enhanced GUI that allows users to make logos move in any direction and the addi tion of nonlinear effects such as bounce and explosion and DVE like effects avail able in analog and SDI version upgradeable to HDTV TRANSMITTER TUBE L 3 Communications Electron Devices CEA 80 570 326 3561 www L 3Com com edd The tube can be used if the transmitter is upgraded to digital service at a later date combines IOT and Multistage Depressed Collector technologies for electron collec tion efficiency has demonstrated correct able average power output of 30kW 7 broadcastengineering com 101
165. re 44 1635 48222 www quantel com This news sports editing software package is designed to run on a standard PC and dra matically lowers the cost per seat of editing performs wipes and dissolves Version 2 fea tures sophisticated custom transitions pro vides direct local ingest into the workstation g a Ross Video OverDrive production control system 613 652 4886 www rossvideo com This control and automation software al lows one person to perform the produc tion functions of three or more staff in terfaces with and drives selected switch ers robotic cameras VTRs CGs and other devices GUI lets user build rundowns and events and allows manual intervention Sencore DTU 225 SX USB to ASI adaptor 800 736 2673 www sencore com This portable adaptor allows user to record Mas monitor and analyze an MPEG 2 transport stream through a laptop PC high speed in jm put can be used for both DVB ASI and SDI signals operates directly from USB port without additional power supply Shining Technology CitiDISK DV portable DV capture device 714 761 9598 www shining com This portable self powered hard drive connects to a DV source through its firewire connector and captures and stores the video in a choice of file formats mov avi dv etc eliminates time consuming step of transferring DV footage into a NLE system Snell amp Wilcox Comet ope
166. re among the most popular home additions ac cording to the Consumer Electron ics Association Consumers are favor ing 5 1 audio playback systems even more than HDTV so making sure programming content is surround ready seems like a safe bet It was a bit perplexing then to learn that both ex hibitors and attendees agreed that purchasing plans did not include au dio this year Perhaps with the digital transition upon us broadcasters have put audio on the back burner Be that as it may there were lots of new products and refinements of ex isting technologies such as MXF and MPEG 4 for audio at this year s show There were also lots of educational op portunities For example in three semi nars audio expert John Travis showed attendees how to use Digidesign s broadcastengineering com WWW americanracdiohistorv com ital audio ProTools software for advanced dia logue and ambi ance sound edit ing noise reduc I tion and 5 1 7 1 surround sound There was also a new Sound Opera tors Workshop area where anyone could take dry audio sources and learn proper EQ and mixing techniques from on hand experts All the educational opportunities were almost enough to make one for get that the NAB gear fest is where broadcasters come to try out and pur chase new equipment Space doesn t allow us to cover all of the new prod ucts being shown but here are some representative highlights SRS showed a 6 1
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168. rix for large scale infrastructures was to provide the network with more studio space The digital center boasts three HD studios 9000 5000 and 3400 square feet that will be home to all Bristol based studio shows beginning with SportsCenter To shoot in its pre ferred digital format widescreen 720p ESPN will use 16 Grass Valley LDK 6000 mk II multiformat cameras Evertz transmitters and receivers and SumiTomo multimode fiber gear inter connect the seven studios via 1000 fi ber optic circuits Each studio has its own production control room equipped with a Grass Valley Kalypso A set of Calrec Alpha Kevin Stolworthy VP production ops Jim Servies VP tech planning Jackie Bracco VP facilities planning ops Ted Szypulski dir engineering special projects Mitch Rymanowski sr coordinating dir production ops Rob Hunter dir new media tech Robert Biff Longfield mgr planning construction John Cistulli mgr plant engineering Architects HLW International Facilities Engineering Associates System integrators National TeleConsultants NTC Doyle Technology Consultants The Systems Group broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com JUNE 2004 Reliable Powerful Affordable AS Eesy to Learn and Use Packed with Features Max Air at KRON Local News Studio San Francisco Max Air R Large Format Console Technology Mix Foundation T C Awards Nominee E
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170. s 70Mb s Nonbiocking 10 port 1Gb s 100Base T Ethernet Table 1 Connecting a NAS server to an inexpensive Ethernet switch may severely limit its performance you connect the NAS device to a nonblocking Ethernet switch which can deliver 100Mb s 70Mbit s after subtract ing overhead to all ports simultaneously then the NAS will be able to deliver data at its maximum performance limit and the switch will not limit the speed Maintainability is a key factor in selecting any shared storage device The choice between SAN and NAS isa mat ter of preference As a general rule you maintain SAN sys tems through the SAN device s operating system Mainte nance tools tend to be powerful and reasonably well docu mented but may be command line based Some SAN ven dors have developed nice GUI based maintenance tools If you are comfortable with the command line of your operating system and don t mind getting under the hood then you will probably find that SAN systems are straight forward and easy to maintain Typically you maintain NAS systems through a Web in terface NAS systems tend to be relatively simple to main tain unless you are using them on a complex network While NAS maintenance interfaces are generally complete occa sionally I have found that there were things I could do ona SAN that I could not do ona NAS So the ultimate choice is yours SAN and NAS have both matured significantly over the past few years Both provid
171. s an extensive line up of digital cabling products including data cables and the quality to match Whether you re installing cable in a television or radio studio a video post production facility an indoor or outdoor sports arena a film production studio a church a government chamber or an entertainment venue any area where a high quality signal is important Belden has the digital cable to meet your needs BRILLIANCE 1 Belden Waivers Flexibility To Your Audio and Video Digital Conversion To make your selection process easier we re offering a 3 Edition of our Digital Studio Cable Guide This Guide will help your understanding of digital cables 01 and AES EBU specifications HD Radio concerns key electrical distance parameters and why Installable Performance is important to cable performance Look to the leader Call 1 800 BELDEN 4 and get a free copy of the definitive Digital Studio Cable Guide Or download a copy from Belden s Web site at www belden com tb65 pdf ele 82 broadcastengineering com 14 bit A D converters with a 68dB sig nal to noise ratio The Editcam system was shown with the DNS 33W Thomson Grass Valley announced the LDK 6200 HD Super Slow Mo digital camera providing 120fps in 10801 It uses a DPM sensor and an EVS disc recorder It is slated for use in the 2004 Olympic Games in Ath ens Greece Thomson s new SD cam eras inc
172. s at home in broadcast or post production facility Preduct Highlights Conforms HD to Encoded SD and RGB CRC Monitoring with E or Indication Specifications Recalculation ard Inserton Instantaneous Pixel by Pixel Correcticn Adjusta le Alarm Mask Fully Adjustable HD amp SD Clip Levels e Ethernet Web Server gad GPI Control HD SDI Gamut Monitoring Output Option Front Panel Cable EQ I otification 20 User Presets HD SDI Outputs with Bvoass For more than 30 years VIDEOTEK has led the brcadcast industry with innovative high performance products In tcday s digital Videotek continues to set the standard for legalizazion colcr correction and processing amplifiers To learn more about our solutions visit our web site at www videotek cam or call 800 800 5719 and speak with ore of our sales engineers Call eur produci specialist today ms YEAR WARRANTY VIDEOTEK Zero Defects Company o Toll Free 800 800 5719 Direct 610 327 2292 www videotek con WWW americanradiohistorv com INTEGRATION SYSTEMS DESIGN amp BY DON MARKLEY et s look at the problem of getting the signal from the studio to the transmitter Like most things in television it sounds like a simple little task It isn t Join the band Most stations prefer to use the 7GHz auxiliary broadcast band for the STL These paths are less fussy than those at 12GHz or higher be c
173. s required and excellent communication skills Will maintain company vehicles and DVC Pro equipment Send resume and cover letter to WDSI FOX61 Atten tion Christene Ramsey 1101 East Main Street Chattanooga TN 37408 email to wdsijobs pgtv com or fax to 423 265 3636 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Deadline for resumes is June 30 2004 WDSI FOX61 is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace contact Jennifer Shafer 800 896 9939 jshafer primediabusiness com broadcastengineering com 111 WWW americanradiohistorv com The Walt Disney Company Broadcast Engineer The Situation The Broadcast Engineer position is located in Kent Washington and resides within the Buena Vista Datacasting business unit part of The Walt Disney Company Buena Vista Datacasting has just launched MovieBeam a video on demand movie rental service transmitted via digital wireless signal to an electronic receiver The Position Reporting to the Manager of Network Deployment this position will be primarily responsible for installing the MovieBeam technology into Broadcast Towers performing installation analysis and generating coordinating drawings and integration points to interface the MovieBeam technology into the Broadcast Stations Analog transmission system and executing installation integration and activation activities in the deployment of the MovieBeam technology into Broadcast Stations Other responsibilities include t
174. s year the company introduced a new solution the XM series modu lar product which fits in a D A tray and produces about the same results It s pretty impressive but it s clear that the science and engineering involved are becoming mature When that happens competition pushes prices down rapidly This is happening now just in time for the serious implementa tion of HDTV production and distribution systems It is valuable to remember why conversion products ex ist They are the bridge between eras of technology or between competing economic interests The 525 and 625 standards coexisted for many years with little interchange before the first converters were put in service in Europe in the 1960s when Telstar first beamed live television be tween continents Telstar 1 launched in July 1962 It per mitted only minutes of live connection but it required a bridge more immediate than kinescope copies sent by commercial aircraft Today we see the overlap of NTSC and PAL with HDTV At some point other media will supplant HDTV In all cases the bridge period requiresa new device to enable both technologies to succeed simul taneously So long as we don t have one world standard conversion will remain a fixture in the engineer s toolkit It is logical to look to a product range that can be used for coversion in both directions For instance today we have converters with single inputs that accept either ana log or digital inputs and
175. shot choice of blur or mosaic that tracks easily You can even spotlight the desired area darken ing the background simply and easily Direct to timeline editing through IEEE 1394 is another distinguishing feature It is a perfect fit between the QCut cuts only application and the QEdit Pro craft editor Interoperability with P2 and XDCAM acquisition technology was also demonstrated Canopus Canopus unveiled its EDIUS HD turn key broadcast editing solution It in cludes EDIUS Pro real time HD SD editing software the Canopus HD and HQ software codecs and the Canopus HDRX E1 SDI HD SDI I O card Bob Tumer is a contributing editor to sister publication Video Systems magazine and an editing consultant STUDIO LENS Canon DIGISUPER 22xs 516 328 5000 www usa canon com Also known as the X 22x7 3B IE D com pact box style design 13 4 pound package offers a focal length of 7 3 to 161mm 14 6 to 322mm with a 2X extender maximum zoom speed of 5 seconds and focus of 1 5 seconds F stop of 1 8 972 444 8442 www SundanceDigital com Provides array of news production tools including camera control audio and switcher controls plus a range of video server controls allows structured news casts to be built with macros or drag and drop control automation level can be se lected on a show by show basis 7 ae IMAGESER WHEN THE VIDEO SERVER SALES GUY COMES
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178. square wave data signal starts 108 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com to look more like a sine wave and may become unrecoverable The bottom line The weight of the cabling needed in a broadcast facility often equals the weight of the equipment For this rea son facilities especially trucks are built with the lightest cables possible Many facilities use minicoax even with HD Unfortunately smaller di ameter cable results in increased HF losses RG 59 type coax might show 5dB loss per 100 feet at 750MHz whereas minicoax has 9 59dB of loss At 2250MHz the center of the HD third harmonic RG 59 type typically has 9 14dB loss per 100 feet while minicoax has a loss of 16dB Figure 1 graphs energy loss against distance for a coax path It shows that third harmonic energy drops at a much greater rate than the funda mental energy as distance increases This is why loss at both levels must be considered Usually the error headroom value is checked with expensive test equip ment such as a spectrum analyzer Asight s handheld HRM 1500 meter offers broadcasters designing build ing and maintaining HD facilities a simple economical way to check the health of HD signal paths It deter mines the amount of energy in the third harmonic which indicates how close to the error cliff the HD bitstream is It also provides a simple indication of distance from the error cliff more detailed information on ove
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180. t ric distortions common with scan ning CRT displays All of these dis plays have the ability to present both Nyquist filtered imagery video film and digital photos and the unfiltered imagery common to many comput ing applications including the ubiq uitous Web browser This past December these new dis uncompressed video systems And as HD production became a priority cheap IT technology became a solution A prime example of how this ava lanche of bit processing power is im pacting the future of digital media pro duction can be found in the Panasonic P2 product line introduced at NAB2003 Based on Panasonic s SD memory card technology P2 camcorders will capture images directly to memory cards or to cheap hard disks using an IEEE 1394 play technologies be gan to outsell CRT based direct view and projection sets in the rapidly growing home theater HDTV product segment While cheap CRT based TVs still CheapiT based Ghats E I 4 High resolution display technology Convergence High resolution digital processing _ image acquisition dominate the market the era of the CRT is clearly drawing to a close With it one of the last barriers to real con vergence is crumbling The increasing speed viewing all forms of digital media content than the classic definition implies Figure 1 shows that the ap plications are not converging In s
181. t legalizer and 4 4 4 internal processing supports AES AC 3 and Dolby E audio provides advanced metadata handling and insertion including flagging cuts and 3 2 cadences fy Automation_ BY JIM BOSTON f his year s NAB demonstrated that a number of trends would con tinue developing well into the future HD and the need to develop new busi ness models for the future are leading broadcasters to rethink how they do business New business models usually mean new workflows and processes This puts automation at the epicenter of change in terrestrial broadcasting A common theme in automation this year was commoditization You can expect to see the cost of automa tion systems drop Vendors report fewer requests for product demon strations but more for workflow dis cussions Broadcasters view automa tion no longer as a suite of software applications that automates a few te dious tasks but rather as a system that streamlines the workflow process Automation is shifting from device control to managing content storage and playout Indeed a number of vendors now combine automation and video server functionality in a single system More devices can now be controlled through LANs and IP to serial conversion boxes is becom ing more widely available to serve legacy devices These factors are allow ing MPEG encoding and decoding to take the place of real estate that used to be used for the serial ports Today broadc
182. t to Point newsgathering system Stradis announced that it is also adopting the technology and will sup port it on all its future video decod ing and encoding products TANDBERG Television demonstrated the EN5920 real time hardware encoder the only dedicated hardware encoding platform for Windows Media 9 Ad Microsoft was y media To with AVC video codec The newest QuickTime AVC codec is scalable al lowing content creators to write their content for 3G phones HD and every thing in between At the show there were announcements and demonstra tions of AVC everywhere except in the Microsoft booth because Microsoft has its own proprietary format Other players Microsoft was wooing media mo guls with Windows Media 9 HD mainly announcing integration part ners for WM9 Rainbow DBS satellite service VOOM will use Windows Media 9 as one of the compression technologies to expand its available satellite capac ity for HD offerings Akimbo Systems will launch an Internet VOD service using Windows broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com vanced Profile that is currently shipping Digital Rapids demonstrated a real time software based WMV HD en coder featuring a multiformat HD cap ture card extensive A V preprocessing capability and Stream Pro encoding Inlet Technologies demonstrated HD Workbench an application that stream lines professional encoding from AVI MPEG 2 and other formats in
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185. tead the technologies that support these applications are converging The venerable CRT display is finally Figure 1 There are three important areas of tech nology that are facilitating the real convergence that is transforming the landscape of digital me dia Perhaps the most important is high resolution display technology The most powerful force is cheap IT based digital processing components The most elusive is high resolution image acquisition reaching its end of life In the past year major manufacturers of CRT displays have announced that they are shifting investment to next genera tion display technologies including LCD and plasma panels and LCD DLP and LCOS projection systems and or storage capacity of cheap com ponents used in the IT industry con tinues to devour applications that place heavy demands on digital media in cluding high resolution motion imag ing Compression based desktop video cable The first SD P2 camcorder is now shipping and Panasonic showed a mock up of an HD P2 camcorder at NAB this year Figure 2 on page 18 shows how these P2 products will be able to leverage the geometric progression in systems soon gave way to storage capacity over their useful life LD Che SP Ciejhics Solutions 16 broadcastengineering com www americanradiohistory com Layering mixer with SD output and upconverted HD output www chyron co m JUNE 2004 5 The pressur
186. tech nologies provide great advan tages to the digital entertainment field Certainly as content moves from tape based storage to hard disk optical and solid state storage media exploiting these IT technologies can reduce the cost and increase the performance of the final solutions Under the hood Until recently the hard disk technolo gies of choice were SCSI and Fibre Channel These enterprise level drive technologies were designed and well suited for the high duty cycle real time demands of film and video applications Because SATA was well received in the marketplace last year NAB2004 turned away from hardware and focused much more on software storage solutions Real time content collaboration a k a workflow is a key concern and the refinement of shared clustered file systems is a prime innovative technol ogy The Holy Grail of storage is the use of centrally located shared stor age resources with simultaneous real time shared content It s important to note that not all storage area networks have this important feature Apple s Xsan is the new player in this arena Riding on the success of Final Cut Pro and the newly introduced motion graphics package Motion Xsan is a 64 bit cluster file system for the Mac OS X Panther The platform can share files and volumes up to 16TB in size on a high speed Fibre Channel network Additionally it s designed with bandwidth reservation a critical feature that ens
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190. the standard are summarized in Table 1 The sampling structure The sampling frequency is equal to four times the subcarrier frequency or 14 3181MHz 14 32MHz nomi nal The sampling clock is derived from the color burst of the analog signal Fig ure 1 shows the sam pling spectrum of 4f NTSC There is a signifi cant gap between 4 2MHz the maxi mum nominal NTSC baseband frequency and 7 16MHz the Nyquist frequency The standard does not specify the characteristics of the anti aliasing and reconstruction filters The manufac turer has the choice of developing complex and costly wideband brick wall ripple free filters resulting in an extended frequency response or mod erate cost 4 2MHz low pass filters with a gradual roll off As a result various 4f products have different analog bandwidths Note that a digitally generated signal fed directly to a digital 4f unit will have an equivalent analog bandwidth equal to f 2 7 16MHz Severe overshoot and ringing of the derived analog composite signal may result unless special precautions are taker to ensure that digital blanking edges JUNE 2004 tereh More than a Ascio Vidze Test Signal Generator and NTSC E COMPOSITE VIDEO Y C S VHS Hi 3 COMPONENT ANALOG SDI OPTIONAL BV SYNCHRONIZER Versatility between environments Our 295 575 Digital Processing Synchronizer all in one system is tte adustry s most unique frema sy
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192. tions Adobe and Discreet Logic Together these companies now command the markets for tools used to create TV video and film Thanks to convergence the concept of digital motion imaging is being devoured just as the world of digital audio was a decade ago The myth of convergence The classic myth of convergence is that the worlds of television and personal computing would become one and that will likely continue to be used prima rily for the lean back viewing experi ence The PC has traditionally been a de vice used up close and interactively by individuals This has become known as thelean forward viewing experience Studies suggest that millions of people multitask and use their PCs while watching TV Many people have equipped their PCs with TV tuners but it is both easier and cheaper in most Studies suggest that millions of people multitask everyone would surf the Web on their TVs or watch TV on their PCs But the TV has traditionally been a device viewed passively at a distance This has become known as the lean back viewing experience TVs espe cially the big screens in the family room are often viewed by groups of people Interactivity has been limited to the remote control efforts to make the TV viewing experience more in teractive have largely been met with disapointment This may change but the big screen TV in the family room www 3gartner com 14 broadcastengineering co
193. to high quality WMV HD content Other fea tures include batch mode encoding StreamRepair for reliable two pass en coding and controls for frame accurate encoding from a file or tape Again as in the past compression is playing a large part in the digital revo lution But this year it is hidden be hind a cloak of great products BE Steven M Blumenfeld is president of StudioBroadcast com JUNE 2004 ge ING AUDIO TECHNOLOGY http www for a com aep NN Ge m Digital Video SUCHT Switche an Whe j E 4 FLAME s nct Jb ha O85 as STABILIZER 78 700 FOR A Company Limired Head Office 3 8 1 Ebisu Shibuya ku Tokyo 150 0013 Tel 81 0 3 3446 3936 Fax 81 0 3 3446 1470 USA FOR A Corporation of America 11725 Knott Ave Cypress CA 90630 USA Tel 1 714 894 3311 Fax 1 714 894 5399 CANADA FOR A Corporation of Canada 425 Queen St W 210 Toronto Ontario M5V 2A5 Canada Tel 41 416 977 0343 Fax 41 416 977 0657 WWW americanradiohistorv com PRODUGT UHF BROADCAST ANTENNA Radio Frequency Systems Superturnstile UHF antenna 203 630 3311 www rfsworld com Ultra slim and lightweight super turnstile UHF broadcast antenna supports the en tire U S and European UHF bands ideal for low and medium broadcast applica tions low drag profile underpins the antenna s high wind speed rating and low wind lo
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195. uardo Gudis of Videotek responds It makes sense to measure SDI sig nals on the output of an MPEG de coder but you should look at MPEG 2 encoding decoding errors such as macroblocking frame dropping and audio video lip sync The MPEG 2 decoder should in theory replicate what was fed into the MPEG 2 en coder at the source But because MPEG is a compression algorithm that isn t always the case Transmission path problems can cause timing errors when MPEG 2 packets arrive and that causes PCR jit ter If too much PCR jitter is present at the decoder end it may lose its abil ity to lock to the video audio signals of a specific program present on the MPEG stream At the DVB ASI level the TR 101 290 defines the important measurements including PCR jitter Economic patriotism Mr McGoldrick Thank you for the editorial Cutting Corners in the February issue I agree with you and your article reminds me of an old saying the gist of which is penny wise pound foolish I also coined the rhetorical question Do you know how many people die each day because someone assumed some thing Ironically in this same issue is a quote from Glen Sakata director of sales for Harmonic which says in es sence Why employ 20 people when automation can replace 18 of them While I do not advocate returning to the days of one tech for each piece of equipment the station owns I like what one former presidential candi
196. up to 128 bidirectional channels DE Gary Eskow is a composer and journalist who lives in New Jersey He has held a number of editorial positions in the field of audio journalism and is currently a contributing editor at Mix magazine JUNE 2004 WWW americanracdiohistorv com 5 ORCF HR SD ENCO coat Th Ssatus Fevits TIERNAN TIERNAN 2 Rade VaniSe eai Company PurREPEG Technolog Pheeric 632 437 9620 Sar Diego 358 458 1800 JK 44 1320 540233 America 83B 5E 1800 B Satellite and Terrestrial Interfaces MET ace ice _ Enhanced Low Bit Rate Performance Absolute Finest Picture Quelitv 1 MB s to 160 MB s Boa E 36 broadcastengineering com ESPN s new digital center boasts three HD studios each TL its own produGtion cantrol ream equipped with ThomsSon Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher tos courtesy Thomsoff GPass Val ley Photos by Andy Washnik ESPN s SportsCenter begins production By Michael Grotticelli he June 7 premiere of ESPN s SportsCenter in pristine widescreen HD with multichannel AES audio was made possible by a new sig nal distribution infrastructure and a comprehensive collection of multiformat broadcast equipment The Signal distribution To manage the network s produc tion workflow the project design team combined multiple racks of Grass Valley Trinix routing switchers from Thomson config
197. ured as a 1024x512 I O matrix for HD video Most of ESPN s HDTV operations will be moved to the digital center in January 2005 telecast was also the first step in an op erational move to a new digital center The 120 000 square foot all digital HD facility is located in Bristol CT di rectly behind the network s existing production and post production head quarters Not only is the new HD ver sion of SportsCenter originating from the new building most of ESPN s HDTV operations will be moved to the digital center in January 2005 x 2 A Thomson Grass Valley Trinix digi tal routing switcher lets ESPN frame accurately switch a large number of crosspoints simultaneously signals with a similarly dense Grass Valley Apex router to handle all in coming audio sources The Trinix router can handle both SD and HD video signals in the same frame and allows the network to execute frame accurate on demand switching on a large number of crosspoints simul taneously Router control is handled by an Encore facility control system from Thomson All of the routing switchers are monitored and controlled via SNMP as well as HTTP for Web based con tent This support allows a routing switcher s status to be checked by re mote To support its signal distribu tion paths ESPN installed Miranda Densit control probes and several hundred Grass Valley Kameleon 16 channel output DAs These route digi tal audio
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199. ures that a critical file system client application gets the per formance it requires Another SAN player is Bright Systems Its Linux based SAN controller provides a similar clustered file system But 100 broadcastengineering com WWW americanradiohictory com unlike Apple s Xsan the Bright Systems controller can sup port heterogeneous SAN clients includ ing Linux Apple SGI Irix and Windows Texas Memory Solutions showed its RamSan 320 solid state disk which it claims achieves 1500MB s random sustained external throughput This may be an excellent solution for those customers who demand a high per formance disk but have less stringent capacity requirements Data Direct Networks presented its S2A8500 silicon storage appliance The system claims 1 5GB s of sus tained throughput with Fibre Chan nel or SATA disks What format war Given the two new storage platforms introduced last year Sonys XDCAM and Panasonic s P2 you would expect many third party vendors to an nounce their system of choice this year And the winner is the user Third party vendors eagerly embraced both Sony s and Panasonic s storage so lutions and most vendors declared themselves format agnostic willingly supporting both XDCAM and P2 Sony announced a technology part nership agreement with Avid that en ables images acquired with XCDAM to be compatible with Avid s NewsCutter and Media Composer NLE systems Also Quant
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201. video and was developed for ESPN to help quickly identify and retrieve clips This has dra matically streamlined the video workflow and asset management at the 38 network in both the old and new buildings by fostering collaboration between production departments and individual employees The new digital center also features a large complement of Quantel edit ing and server equipment When it s completed there will be 19 QEdit Pro five more will be in the old building and eQ systems tied to 68 sQ servers to move data on and off the SAN which currently has a storage capac ity of more than 360TB A series of SeaChange International broadcast servers serves as a set of proxy SANs that can be accessed any where in the building and from out side the facility with a security code System redundancy is handled by ef fectively running two independent power sources to each key device in the building Master control The design team is still evaluating sys tems but has installed automation sys tems from Pro Bel to handle the initial load and is considering several IBIS master control switchers Signals are routed through this area where logos and channel bugs are inserted into the transport stream before going to air HD studio production The second major goal for the facility Design team ESPN Bill Lamb VP systems engineering The Grass Valley Apex router from Thomson offers a high density ma t
202. was to assign different bandwidths to the I signal 1 2MHz and to the Q signal 0 6MHz thus allowing for a better resolution for the orange vi sual information Figure 3 4f sampling instants of an NTSC composite analog signal 24 The I Q encoded NTSC sig nal can be decoded along the I Q axis with equal or unequal bandwidths or the B Y R Y axis with equal equiband bandwidths Because the transmitter video frequency cutoff occurs at 4 2MHz the wider bandwidth I signal is transmitted with unequal lower 1 2MHz and upper 0 6MHz sidebands vestigial upper side band unlike the narrowband Q signal which is transmitted with equal lower 0 6MHz and upper 0 6MHz sidebands Few I Q decoding monitors and receivers were built because of decoding circuit complications resulting in no visible picture improvements As shown in Figure 3 the NTSC 4f standard requires that the sampling instants coincide with peak positive and negative amplitudes of the I and Q subcarrier components The upper part of the drawing shows that sampling instants provide an adequate 4f representation of the B Y R Y information Given a sampling frequency f 14 3181MHz nominally 14 32MHz and a horizontal scanning fre quency 15734 25 Hz the number of samples per total line is equal to f f 910 The digital active line accommodates 768 samples numbered 0 to 767 The remaining 142 samples numbered 768 to 90
203. y s HDTV sets represent gateways for the illegal distribution of movies onto the Internet The MPAA s goal is to force us early adopters to buy new TV sets with built in DVI and HDCP interfaces to plug the so called analog hole I say What hole The facts are that MPAA and its minions have never submitted any evidence that any analog HD content has ever been transmitted over the Internet Valenti and his lapdogs cannot produce one iota of evidence that there is or would ever be an analog hole allowing so called high value content to flow from those YPrPb jacks directly onto the Internet Their argument of an analog hole is totally specious Somehow I just don t believe that anyone is going to lock up his or her Internet connection for a couple of days to download the latest HD movie And no mat ter how fast broadband gets 10 to 20Mb s isn t going to happen during the life of today s HDTV sets Yes I can already hear you WM9 and MPEG 4 advocates saying But but new compression is just around the corner and someday it won t take such bandwidth to send these signals My response is that for consumers those compression schemes are years yes years away By the time that WM9 or MPEG 4 are doing HD on your desktop today s HDTV sets will have been long dead Today s six million HDTV equipped homes represent the early adopters like myself who believed in HD We put our money on the line when this ent

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