A professional A/V network needs reliable transmission with no audio defects (pops or clicks), video dropouts, or other artefacts.Audio Video Bridging (AVB) technology enables the delivery of audio, video and highly time sensitive content with perfect Quality of Service (QoS) seamlessly over an Ethernet network. The implementation of AVB technology also helps simplify the connectivity of A/V components with easy ...

The rural market seems to be emerging as a larger revenue generator than the urban areas.India is poised to become the world's largest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay TV market with 36 million subscribers by 2012, overtaking the US. India's DTH subscriber base is expected to touch 45 million by 2014 and 58 million by 2020, according to a study by ...

Whatever the end use, the demand is now very strong for video over the three screens - the PC, the mobile device and the set-top box. says, A Raza, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, KIT digital.The only constant is change, said Heraclitus, the Greek Philosopher, sometime before 475 BCE (or thereabouts).Though, one can be reasonably sure that he did ...

Digital assets are comprised of various file types including, but not limited to product images, lifestyle photography, audio and video formats, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Auto CAD, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, In-Design, PDF, and various other file formats.Management of digital assets is controlled by personnel designated as administrators. Administrators have varying degrees of control and the ability to manage both assets ...

IPTV has been accepted in metros and it is just that the low awareness and being a wireline business it is a slow starter.Just like the mobile industry is witnessing a 3G change, the television viewing audience in India will also experience a revolutionary change. The technological advancements in the IPTV domain has already made the Indian viewers witness changes ...

With 3D TV still in its infancy, the industry's challenge is to come up with a uniform standard so that it will be received by as many brands of TV sets as possible.While 3D versions of the various digital TV standards appear to be exploding into life everywhere, actual standards for 3D TV appear to be years in the future. ...

One question, which bothers everyone in TV industry in India, is - Do audience watch channels or a property? Actually both. The impact of this viewing behavior, on both viewer ship and revenue, is very different.When viewers watch a specific property, it is by appointment viewing the holy grail of broadcasters and media planners alike. Agencies vie to buy airtime ...

We can all agree that at the heart of any successful film beats a brilliant concept, but now, more than ever, the act of taking that concept and bringing it to reality falls at the feet of the visual effects (VFX) team. Whether we are leaping through time and space between present day Adelaide and futuristic Mumbai in Love Story ...

The next gen monitors provide system integrators and end users with enhanced workflow and fully featured processing.The broadcast industry like many industries in the recent economic climate is greatly challenged to accomplish a wider range of core tasks with less equipment, less budget and less people, however, customers demand an increase in the quantity and quality of products that they ...

Campus Televideo signs on as first HITS Central affiliateHITS, a business unit of the Comcast Media Center (CMC), announced HITS Central, a centralized headend management solution for cable system operators. HITS Central allows cable operators to deploy a wide array of customer premises equipment (CPE) without operating multiple conditional access (CA) management systems.The CMC recently entered a relationship with Evolution ...

Customers are looking for HD options at the cost of SD says, N.M. Mehra, Vice President-Technology & Technical, Visual Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.The year 2010 will be remembered as the year of 3D in the history of the television broadcasting. Though, the practical implementation of the 3D HDTV on full scale will be taking a long way off.A lot of ...

2010 has brought an avalanche of international sporting events...the ICC Twenty20 Cricket for ESPN in West Indies, 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. Broadcasters have many decisions to make on both the technical and business fronts. What will generate the largest audience - is it worth the investment in HD or even 3D ...

The compelling and inevitable reposition towards 3D stereoscopic delivery is amazing. This new technology is beginning to change the way we watch movies and view TV.As post production continues to evolve during this decade, innovative finishing tools that run on high-powered computer processors reveal an exciting future. The non-compressed data formats operated on hardware designed for high-end finish?ing offer application ...

With competition for compelling content constantly heating up, the challenge for a number of post-production houses in the region is to find cost-effective workflows that can enable them to create the best content possible.The only constant in the post-production industry is change, says Peter Barber, director of Creative Services for Blackmagic Design. A leading post-production facility based in Singapore, the ...

In an ambitious move that can delight customers, TRAI has proposed a nationwide deadline of March 2013 for implementation of digital and addressable cable TV systems. The TRAI proposals include incentives like an eight year income tax holiday from April 2011 to March 2019 and zero basic customs duty on imported equipment for the cable industry for the first three ...

On change in policy parameters The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has redrawn its key policy parameters to put people first and reach out to them effectively through innovative tools and processes. Initiatives as digitalization of Doordarshan and AIR network ensure connectivity to the last mile in the remotest corner of the country.Such changed parameters, the Ministry is in the ...

"The M&E industry , One of the fastest growing markets, needs a change in approach"The Indian M&E industry showed great resilience during the global slowdown and actually closed 2009 with a growth of 2.2 percent. This is a reflection of the positive socio economic factors India has, which augurs well for healthy growth in the future. Factors like youngest population ...

Many aspects of radio are analysed, and overanalysed when discussing the radio scenario in India from RAM numbers, to the policy framework, and impact on revenues! One aspect that is most critical yet is often ignored is programming. While we have heard many people say that radio is not rocket science, there certainly is a scientific way to approach programming ...

Providing meaningful, exclusive content, within financial budgets is the real challenge. says, Mala Manyan, COO, Raj Television Network LimitedAs a person in television software production for the past silver jubilee years, my area of interest is obviously production. Having been part of the pioneer television programme production house seventh channel and having been involved in film production as well, there ...

As the name implies, Conditional Access is access based upon certain conditions. The essential role of broadcasting is to convey information on a broad scale. Therefore, CA, which has the aim of restricting reception, is at odds with this role. However, the implementation of fee-based broadcasting made it necessary to prevent non-subscribers from receiving broadcasts and so scrambling of broadcast ...

Client:Nine Network AustraliaProject: Setting up of an automated newsroomIndustry: BroadcastingVendor:Harris CommunicationsFor every major broadcaster, news is a prime focus. It is one of the most direct ways for a station to stamp its personality on its output. That, in turn, builds brand loyalty, which retains audiences and advertisers.Reporters need to be authoritative, with solid, well-researched packages that deliver the information ...

Client: Production houses, Mumbai and KolkataProject: Episodic television productionIndustry: Soap ProductionVendor:Visual Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.A remarkable development in the High Definition (HD) wave engulfing the Indian broadcast industry today is the beginning of production of Indian episodic television in HD, dominated primarily by the Panasonic DVCPROHD AJ-HDX900 camcorder. The camera has been adopted by many renowned production houses and famous ...

For a successful infrastructure, project execution plays a major role over designing.AV (Audio Visual) consultancy forms the core service offering of RST. This emphasizes practical, aesthetic and innovative solutions that serve the best interest of the client. The designs are user friendly, reliable, cost effective and, most importantly technically complete. The core services part of consultancy are system design, review ...

Innovation in broadcast visualizationBroadcast companies worldwide have chosen Barco's visualization solutions for their monitoring and studio needs. Be it for TV shows or news studios, broadcast or distribution monitoring rooms, screening or post-production environments, broadcast and telecom professionals know that Barco offers technology they can trust.LED rear-projection video wallsLED-lit rear-projection technology has opened the door for a significant performance improvement ...

In the last few years, the number of satellite television channels has increased from 136 channels in year 2005 to around 550 channels presently.International satellite television was introduced in India in 1991. Spurred by major international events, the industry experienced rapid growth, with the number of subscribers increasing from just 4.1 million in 1992 to more than 91 million by ...