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All ‘Signs’ Point to Continued Growth
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by Tony Ware, August 21, 2008
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With $2.7 billion in advertising revenues projected for coming years, digital signage technologies and applications are most certainly an advantageous market for systems integrators, content producers, technology manufacturers and brand owners to explore.
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The Big Screen Experience at IBC2008
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by Andy Stout, August 21, 2008
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This is the year to check out 3D cinema seriously and, with all the major players in the field assembled under one giant roof, IBC2008 is undoubtedly the place to do it.
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Advances in Mobile TV Highlighted at IBC2008
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by Barry Tew, July 24, 2008
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The highly successful Mobile Zone, which has been one of the features of IBC conventions in the past few years, is expected to turn its focus this year on the convergence of data interchange between platforms, especially those for mobile and broadcast TV.
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IPTV – What to expect at IBC2008
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by Craig Norris, June 26, 2008
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The broadcast industry maintains a strong level of interest in IPTV. Although there are relatively few success stories around the world in terms of enthusiastic subscriber take-up, there remains plenty of optimistic forecasting in favour of IPTV becoming a part of daily life for us all.
IPTV is establishing itself as a delivery medium for closed-broadcasting networks, in-room hotel video services, for instance, but its reach into the average household remains a growing market.
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OmniBus will show the latest version of iTX at IBC2008, which combines all the functions of a conventional transmission chain in a single, integrated suite of software applications.
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The CC-1 expands the features of the CamPac 2 through a software-based data interface that allows the CP2/CC-1 to work with various camera manufacturer’s control panels and command protocols.
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In addition to seeing Sony’s entry-level XDCAM EX3 solid state camcorder, visitors at the show will discover new solutions for the PDW-700 that include an extension of the range’s metadata management capabilities.
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Mobile video and IPTV services have made big promises over the past few years, but have yet to deliver in terms of revenue. This may be the year that vendors and operators show the new technologies and services that will finally get consumers onboard.
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We’ll see a lot of interest in nontraditional distribution media, like online and IPTV content, and mobile television, and the technology to support them. In today’s economic climate, people are looking to work smart, so there is a growth in production automation solutions.
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Omneon will be showing a range of workflows all built around a common infrastructure. Central to these workflows is our MediaGrid active storage system, which delivers the performance and functionality needed to streamline file-based applications.
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