IBC Show Previews L – M
LiveU – Stand 7.C19
In celebration of working with remarkable customers for the last 18 years, LiveU is set to unveil its radically efficient and nimble cloud live production solutions and a range of new tech advancements at Stand C19 in Hall 7.
Leveraging the latest developments in Remote Production and cloud-based services, LiveU’s Lightweight Production offers a swift-to-deploy turnkey solution, designed to dramatically reduce the cost of live production, and enable more stories to be told to a wider audience across more platforms.
The IBC2024 spotlight will be on LiveU’s new Lightweight Sports Production solution, which will feature dedicated sports production tools, to be unveiled during the show. The solution opens-up fresh avenues for bringing more sports stories to a broader fan base, while significantly reducing time, effort, and cost. Moreover, it makes coverage feasible for sports events previously overlooked due to prohibitive costs.
LiveU’s Lightweight Production offering makes selected components of LiveU’s IP-video EcoSystem even easier to access and faster to deploy. These include LiveU’s portable field encoders, LiveU Studio, the only LRT native, cloud-based video production service, and IP-video optimized mobile data products. Seamless integration with third-party graphics and social engagement tools equips customers with full control from just one browser screen.
In addition, LiveU will present a groundbreaking new user experience for LiveU Studio with enhanced usability and intuitive controls, placing the mixing of a professional program feed within the reach of more storytellers. Harnessing the power of cloud production, LiveU Studio simplifies the technical director’s experience and as a result reduces the resources required to manage those productions.
The LiveU EcoSystem, known for its contribution, production and distribution solutions, will be further enhanced with new developments across ground-to-cloud-to-crowd technologies and story-centric workflows for greater efficiency and flexibility. Also on display will be LiveU Analytics, the cutting-edge new insights tool that leverages IP-video data for improved workflow management. LiveU is also at the vanguard of automated content provenance validation. As a member of CP2A.org (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity), LiveU is committed to furthering the use of content authentication tools for authentic storytelling within EcoSystem products like LiveU Ingest automatic recording and story metadata solutions.
“In the 18 years that LiveU has been helping broadcasters, sports organizations and storytellers to overcome many of the challenges, costs and complexities of live video production, we’ve seen audience needs radically change,” said Steve Wind-Mozley, LiveU’s CMO.
“At the IBC Show in September we’ll focus on cost-effective Lightweight Production workflows, which make niche content creation viable on a repeatable scale. We’ll be also showing our genre specific developments, which are heavy hitting when it comes to improving the bottom line.” “This is a fitting moment to thank our customers and partners who have been such an integral part of our story thus far. The occasion of our 18th anniversary is also an opportunity to look forward,” continued Wind-Mozley. “And with the developments across LiveU Studio, the release of the LiveU Lightweight Sports Production solution, and more, the future is set to deliver many happy returns for our customers.”
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LTN – Stand 5.A76
LTN, the industry leader in transformative media technology and video transport solutions, will exhibit a range of innovative solutions to drive cost-efficient digital linear channel creation and live event customization at scale through IP video distribution at IBC2024. The company will provide hands-on demos for attendees to discover how flexible and reliable IP-based technologies power new content versioning, regionalization, and multi-platform distribution capabilities — with advanced monitoring and data visibility for greater customer control.
LTN will showcase how its automated digital linear channel creation and playout solution, LTN Lift, drives new revenues and tailored cross-platform experiences for targeted audiences. In live demos, visitors will see how major media companies and sports streaming services, such as DAZN, have leveraged LTN Lift to reliably and efficiently create new linear channels across digital platforms, including FAST. LTN Lift enables content owners and channel operators to rapidly spin up multiple versions of customized linear channels while seamlessly mixing pre-recorded and live programming and integrating with third-party channel management systems. The LTN-hosted playout solution elevated fan experiences throughout the recent European Football Championship in Germany, delivering high-quality, customized video feeds to fan zones across 10 cities.
LTN will also share the latest innovations around its fully managed, multicast-enabled IP video distribution solution, LTN Wave, providing a flexible, cost-efficient, and reliable IP-based alternative to satellite and fiber distribution. LTN Wave delivers greater monetization and scale in multi-platform distribution while discovering new monitoring, visibility, and control enhancements for deeper insight across content and data workflows. The live event versioning solution, LTN Arc, will be featured for visitors to explore how sports organizations and rights holders can acquire, version, customize, and deliver premium live events for global audiences with tailored language and audio for effective regionalization at scale.
“Cost efficiently creating new and unique linear channels to engage global audiences at scale is a huge focus for media companies across Europe and beyond,” said Chris Myers, LTN EVP, Chief Revenue Officer. “We’re looking forward to giving customers hands-on live demos of our IP video distribution and content versioning solutions that help Tier 1 media companies capture new revenue and expand their local and international audiences.”
LTN continues to expand its presence in the EMEA market with the recent opening of its new technical operations center (TOC) in Cologne, Germany. The TOC extends LTN’s customer touchpoints and unlocks new IP ecosystem capabilities for customers across the region while ensuring high reliability and ultra-low latency across mission-critical IP video distribution workflows.
LTN will participate in the following IBC2024 speaking sessions:
- Creating digital linear channels that seamlessly integrate sports and news for all platforms – including FAST (Friday, September 13, 2:30pm CET)
- From Paris to Hong Kong: How LTN and IMAX stream the biggest live events to global audiences with theater-grade quality (Saturday, September 14, 12:45pm CET)
- Global sports streaming service DAZN rises to the challenge of delivering live sports to all platforms (Sunday, September 15, 2:30pm CET)
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Magnifi – Stand 5.H52
At IBC 2024, Magnifi by VideoVerse, the expert in AI-driven automated video content creation, will present dynamic tools for advanced regionalisation and personalisation of content to enable sports, news and entertainment organisations to increase engagement with diverse audiences. Visitors to Stand 5.H52 in Hall 5 and IBC AI Tech Zone Pod Hall 14- AIP4 will experience exciting new features for the Magnifi platform presented for the first time in Europe, including an automated local language content generator, an intuitive video editor, and generative AI-led graphics workflows.
“Building on the innovative solutions we showcased last year, we are excited to unveil significant enhancements to the Magnifi platform at IBC2024,” said Vinayak Shrivastav, CEO and co-founder, Magnifi. “These advancements underscore our commitment to reshaping the content landscape and empowering organisations with cutting-edge tools for enhanced storytelling, native regionalisation and audience engagement.”
New features to the platform include:
- Magnifi empowers clients to engage a global audience on social media by automating content creation in over 80 languages. Rather than simply translating from English, the system analyses and creates content in local languages to ensure cultural and contextual relevance, delivering authentic and engaging posts to help brands resonate with diverse audiences worldwide.
- Geogating, a crucial new feature specifically designed for sports rights holders, simplifies the process of distributing content based on geographic rights, thereby protecting against legal complications. It also allows customers to target content precisely to its intended audience, increasing relevance and engagement.
- The Advanced Tenant Management system provides more control and security over content. By assigning specific permissions to different users, whether internal or external, organisations can ensure that sensitive content is only accessible to relevant teams or individuals, enhancing security and preventing unauthorised access. It also improves collaboration, allowing each stakeholder to efficiently perform their tasks without unnecessary delays, while the streamlined workflow leads to faster content production and approval cycles.
- Magnifi’s new graphics platform, Design-Systems-As-A-Service (DSaaS), unveiled earlier this year, leverages the power of Semantic design systems and generative AI to deliver fully automated, data-driven graphics workflows, integrated with brand guidelines, across all digital media asset classes.
- Magnifi is now equipped with an AI Based studio editor to create ready-to-publish videos in minutes. The seamless integration between Magnifi and illusto, the intuitive online video editing platform, offers a plethora of intuitively designed features including a transitions library, a stock media library and auto subtitles in multiple languages, enabling users to fine-tune highlight clips with greater precision.
Magnifi will also highlight its latest partnerships and collaborations on the stand. These include the new extension for Adobe Premiere Pro which gives users instant access to their Magnifi-indexed libraries of assets while working in Premiere Pro. Clients also have access controlled logins through our tenant management update. Additionally, the strategic partnership with Linius Technologies (ASX:LNU), the only cloud-based solution that unlocks the value of video archives, introduces the opportunity to merge live and historical archive content seamlessly, delivering automated, personalised highlights and highly tailored video streams.
Magnifi can also be found elsewhere around IBC2024. In the IBC2024 Content Programme, Meghna Krishna, Magnifi’s Group Chief Revenue Officer, will join speakers from Prime Focus and Imagen from Reuters to discuss AI and machine learning in Media and Entertainment. The three panellists will share insights into market trends and requirements, enabling technologies, consumer behaviours and business models, and share current and potential use cases. The free-to-attend panel takes place on Friday 13 September at 4:00pm on the Content Everywhere Stage, Hall 14 (14.C12).
In addition, Magnifi will participate in an IBC Accelerator session on Monday 16 September at 10:45 on the Innovation Stage in Hall 3. The AI Media Innovation Labs session features a project challenge proposed by Verizon Business, aiming to create the ability to generate predictive video and audio that is authentic and as close to what happens during a live-action event such as a sports broadcast.
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Matrox Video – Stand 7.B15
Technology innovator Matrox Video has announced that at IBC the company will launch a tech preview of Avio 2, the world’s first open standards-based, IPMX/ST 2110 IP KVM extender. The newest addition to Matrox Video’s successful IP KVM product line, the Avio 2 HDMI IP KVM extender provides unparalleled video quality and performance, with support for up to 4K60 4:4:4 resolution, delivering real-time remote performance without compromise.
“Avio 2 marks a significant advancement in IP KVM technology by embracing open standards to increase quality, interoperability, and flexibility. Delivering audio, video, and USB control over IP in an industry-standard format unlocks new possibilities for workflows in pro AV/IT, medical, broadcast, and high-quality media production,” said Caroline Injoyan, business development manager at Matrox Video. “System integrators, consultants, and end users will be able to optimize their workflows, reduce cost and complexity, and future-proof installations.”
Avio 2 integrates with existing infrastructure and scales efficiently for installations of any size. Enabling secure, real-time KVM-over-IP extension and switching over 1GbE and supporting true uncompressed 4K 4:4:4 over 10GbE networks, the Avio 2 IP KVM extender is suitable for the most demanding applications, such as handling of detailed content that requires high-color fidelity and image quality.
A uniquely versatile IP KVM technology with multiple codec options, including support for JPEG XS, Avio 2 raises the bar for performance and enhances both productivity and operational efficiency in mission-critical environments. As part of the IPMX standard, Avio 2 supports NMOS, an open API for device discovery and connection management, facilitating signal routing and control via third-party systems in broadcast and live events workflows.
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Maxon – Stand 7.A27
Maxon, maker of powerful, approachable software solutions for content creators working in 2D and 3D design, motion graphics, visual effects, and more, is excited to announce its participation in the 2024 IBC Show. Maxon will be joined by an impressive lineup of leading European artists who will share their expertise and showcase the latest features of the Maxon One suite.
“Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do at Maxon. IBC not only allows us to highlight our advancements but also to engage with the artists who inspire us every day,” says Maxon CEO, David McGavran. “We are thrilled to showcase how our latest tools are reshaping creative workflows with the help of talented individuals from a variety of industries. The show will offer a firsthand look at some of the revolutionary tools and workflow enhancements in Maxon One, along with exciting new products and updates we are looking forward to unveiling.”
Attendees can expect an enriching learning experience, with insights from talented creatives on the latest techniques, trends, and creative processes that will inspire and elevate their own work. Ideal for both seasoned professionals or aspiring artists, this is an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and inspiration from the best in the industry.
Presenter Lineup Highlights:
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Anna Beganskaya is an artist with over nine years experience in creating 3D assets for video games and production. She has worked with high profile clients such as Blizzard, Riot Games, Airship Syndicate, Rovio and Epic Games, Elodie Games and is also an official Maxon Zbrush LIVE Streamer.
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Anna Schmelzer is a digital artist who specializes in digital sculpting and 3D modeling. She creates models for a variety of use cases including imagery for advertisement, 3D printable objects for toys and miniature production, models that can be rigged for animation films or for next gen game development.
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Eva Cremers is a 3D artist and animation director from The Netherlands. Her playful, graphic CGI style can be found in the form of digital art, sculptures, murals and apparel, for a growing list of global clients including H&M, Meta, Amazon Music and Apple.
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Fabian Oberhammer, also known as “The Dizzy Viper,” is an Italian digital artist who has been creating daily artworks since February 2017, resulting in the creation of over 2,500 pieces of art. He has worked with notable brands like Maserati, and with artists such as Skrillex, Excision, Drake and Oliverse, creating stunning stage visuals.
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Jennifer Cox and Mario Hill are 3D and motion graphic artists from ZDF Digital, a media production company for content-driven, creative & cognitive experiences. Together they will explore their TV content production workflows, virtual production and integrating Maxon One tools.
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Lukas Kunzmann is a filmmaker based in Germany, passionate about bringing stories to life as a visual effects artist and director, having worked on various feature films produced by Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Amazon Prime and Netflix. He directs narrative films with extensive visual effects, along with music videos and commercials.
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Ran Manolov is a figurative sculptor whose work fuses classical shape and form with deep emotional resonance. He currently serves as a VFX/character supervisor, and has worked with studios such as BLUR Studios and Blizzard Entertainment. His notable commercial projects include “Love, Death & Robots Season 3,” “Diablo II Resurrection,” “Jurassic World II,” “King Arthur,” and “Batman vs Superman.”
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Roman Rappak is a musician and the co-founder of Ristband, a startup that uses AI, game engines, VR and cutting edge technology to bridge the gap between physical events and digital spaces and revolutionize live events.
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Ross Mason is a graphic designer turned motion designer turned 3D artist. He enjoys bringing brands and products to life through the power of CG, and teaching the process along the way. His client list includes Glossier, Louis Poulsen, and Logitech.
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Media Excel – Stand 1.F51
Media Excel, a leading provider of live video encoding and transcoding solutions, announced that it will use its IBC 2024 presence to showcase its new, groundbreaking artificial intelligence-based DIVA (Dynamic Intelligent Video Adaptive) encoding technology. DIVA encoding’s innovative approach maximizes efficiency by performing real-time analysis of incoming video streams, dynamically adjusting encoding settings, and optimizing codec performance. This revolutionary technology achieves unparalleled visual video quality while delivering a remarkable 20% or better reduction in bandwidth usage for streamed HEVC-encoded video content.
Narayanan Rajan, CEO of Media Excel, emphasized DIVA encoding’s transformative impact on the video streaming industry: “Our approach to leveraging AI through cutting-edge deep learning models is very pragmatic. We aim to deliver the best video visual quality while significantly reducing the cost of streaming video at scale. This becomes even more critical as more content owners are streaming directly to consumers, and cloud egress and CDN distribution costs start to dominate TCO.”
The solution ensures more efficient bandwidth usage, enabling significantly reduced bandwidth consumption for both constant and variable bitrate delivery without impacting the end experience for the viewer. The technology leverages proprietary intellectual property developed by Media Excel and continues the organization’s history of embracing innovation.
Narayanan Rajan also highlighted the additional benefits of DIVA, stating, “Our new technology extends the lifespan of current service chains and postpones the need to transition to new codecs. This makes it a highly cost-effective solution for service providers and content owners.”
DIVA encoding will be released for general availability on Media Excel’s Hero platform this Fall. It can be enabled via on-premise Media Excel Hero appliances, or in containerized Hero instances in public clouds.
DIVA encoding enabled Hero systems ensure ease of implementation by seamlessly integrating within existing infrastructures by simply replacing encoders or transcoders. This allows media service providers to enhance their video encoding capabilities without extensive overhauls.
The demand for high-quality video and efficient bandwidth utilization has driven the need for new codec developments and their adoption. However, embracing new codecs requires end-to-end system upgrades, from the encoder to the client devices. Such transitions are expensive and can take years to fully implement. Media Excel’s Hero platform addresses these challenges by enabling service providers to enhance content quality and achieve bitrate savings without having to invest in new codecs.
Media Excel is committed to expanding the Hero platform’s capabilities and will introduce a suite of DIVA preprocessing features later in the year. These innovative features will include further improvements to visual quality, such as super-resolution and image restoration, as well as automated subtitle generation in multiple languages. This will ensure that Media Excel’s Hero platform remains at the forefront of video encoding technology, addressing the evolving needs of media service providers.
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Media Links – Stand 1.A37
On the heels of the Paris Summer Olympics where Media Links’ latest solutions were used to transport the highest quality, highest value media services both domestically and internationally, the company will present its complete IP ecosystem at the upcoming IBC 2024.
Headlined by its next generation SMPTE ST 2110 enabled Xscend IP media platform, the Media Links ecosystem provides for the transport of pristine quality video, audio, and data signals over any managed and/or unmanaged IP network, anywhere, accommodating current and future evolving industry standards and protocols. At IBC, the company will demonstrate how its versatile product portfolio addresses various industry challenges across a range of applications, including:
- GPS-free Single Frequency Networks (SFN)
- Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) over Microwave
- Cloud-based content delivery
- SDI to IP and/or IP to IP migration
- Media Network Management for any network, service, or equipment
- Remote / Distributed Production for all media types and volumes, local or global
In addition to the award-nominated Xscend, other showcased Media Links ecosystem components include ProMD-EMS network management software, the MDX series of IP media switches, and MDP Series of IP media gateways.
Renowned for its industry reputation of uncompromising quality, consistency and reliability, Media Links solutions help organizations deliver exceptional media experiences to audiences worldwide.
Cesare Camparada, Head of Market Development – EMEA adds; “This year marks 31 years of Media Links engineering, sales and manufacturing innovation in Media over IP technology for the broadcast and media industry. Our technology solutions continue to help broadcasters and network providers streamline their media delivery workflows. We value ourselves in being a trusted partner for organizations looking to transition to IP-based media delivery and have a legacy of offering future proof solutions that address the evolving needs of the industry.”
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Mediagenix – Booth 1.B47
Mediagenix will showcase a suite of innovative tools at IBC 2024, designed to revolutionize audience engagement. Its latest solutions raise the bar in content strategy, value management, and scheduling. Mediagenix ensures that media and entertainment companies can seamlessly integrate their most valuable assets – content and audience.
Mediagenix offers content owners significant value by optimizing the entire content lifecycle. This holistic approach enhances efficiency and quality throughout the supply chain, ensuring seamless delivery and collaboration. With advanced solutions, content owners can efficiently launch and manage revenue-generating channels, enhancing content quality and viewer engagement through AI-driven automation. Mediagenix also delivers accurate content performance forecasts, enabling more strategic programming decisions that maximize advertising revenue. Its tools streamline complex planning processes, aligning content strategies with audience engagement and business objectives to ensure maximum ROI.
Key Innovations at IBC 2024, RAI, Amsterdam:
Advanced FAST Channel Management – Mediagenix is setting a new industry standard in FAST channel management with its Scheduling Artist and Continuity Artist tools. These cloud-native, award-winning solutions enable broadcasters to launch compliant, engaging, and revenue-generating channels with a single click. By harnessing the power of advanced automation, AI, and machine learning, they deliver instant schedules that include ad breaks, promotional intervals, and branding. Scheduling Artist achieves efficiency gains in scheduling automation of more than 80%, without compromising on the essential success criteria of a linear channel.
Next-Generation Content Performance Prediction – The Mediagenix Ratings Artist tool offers broadcasters immediate and accurate content performance forecasts. Utilizing AI and machine learning, this innovative and award-winning tool helps eliminate ineffective programming while maximizing ad revenue. With seamless integration and daily updates, it ensures proactive and informed decision-making. Ratings Artist achieves efficiency gains of 75%, and is 27% more accurate than human predictions, thereby allowing ratings experts to deliver better results in a fraction of the time.
Strategic Content Planning Redefined – Shortlisted for both the upcoming CSI Awards and the IBC BaM Awards, Mediagenix Strategic Planning addresses the complexities of future content planning. Targeting the challenges posed by frequent updates and diverse stakeholder inputs. This centralized solution empowers both business and creative teams to drive content strategy through content-centric scenarios that align audience engagement with business objectives. High-level strategic plans are effortlessly translated into detailed long-term schedules, complete with visual timelines, budget tracking, and data-driven decision support for maximum content ROI. This empowers broadcasters to stay ahead in a competitive landscape, with a 31% efficiency gain and 44% end-to-end acceleration of processing time.
Streamlined Content Supply Chain Management – The Mediagenix Production Portal bridges the gap between content production and distribution, ensuring consistent and efficient delivery of metadata, images, and materials. This innovation marks a new era of seamless collaboration between upstream and downstream content value chain partners, resulting in significant efficiency and quality gains across the board. Streamlining the Content Supply Chain with a focus on integrated value management optimizes metadata quality and improves efficiency by 59%, as well as providing a 40% improvement in catalog discovery.
Ivan Verbesselt, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Mediagenix, commented: “Our innovations address the most pressing challenges in media operations today. Mediagenix is helping content owners and aggregators stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry, with unified, automated, and data-driven solutions for strategizing, managing, and engaging audiences. We empower media companies to achieve a lean and smart content lifecycle – with the right audience, engaged with the right content, through the right channels, at the right time.”
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MediaKind – Booth 1.D71
MediaKind will unveil its latest portfolio advancements at IBC2024, showcasing its capabilities across live streaming, live broadcast, content production, OTT, and Pay TV platforms. The company will also introduce a new AI-assisted approach to live events, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and scalability by automating routine tasks.
MediaKind’s comprehensive portfolio empowers a wide range of organizations – from international sports leagues and broadcasters to content owners and smaller enterprises – to deliver business-critical video services with the same unmatched quality and reliability powering the world’s most-watched live events.
On Display at IBC2024:
- MK.IO: MediaKind’s flagship SaaS platform, designed to manage the complexities of live and on-demand streaming at any scale.
- MK.IO Beam: An advanced edge processing solution for live video contribution, production, and distribution; enabling operators to deliver pristine live video while optimizing production and delivery costs.
- MK.IO Platform: A comprehensive OTT Streaming platform that enhances fan experiences through exceptional video quality and interactivity, while supporting a wide range of monetization strategies.
- MediaFirst: MediaKind’s powerful Pay TV platform, offering Live, VOD, and cloud DVR services with advanced analytics and monetization options, delivering personalized viewing experiences across all devices.
The company builds on a year marked by major partnerships and technological innovations. These recent customer deployments highlight the significant impact of MediaKind’s solutions in the industry:
- Flawless Basketball Streaming: MediaKind successfully completed another basketball streaming season, ensuring uninterrupted, high-quality streams and advanced advertising that kept fans engaged.
- Sports Streaming Redefined: MediaKind played a pivotal role in supporting a large US cable operator in launching Ultra HD Low Latency Streaming with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos during the recent summer games.
- Iconic Sports League Partnership: MediaKind has partnered with one of the world’s most iconic leagues to improve its video streaming quality, further solidifying its influence in the sports industry.
- Rapid Customer Growth: MediaKind welcomed 500 new customer accounts and now supports 375 daily active users on MK.IO, demonstrating its ability to meet the demand for specialized content streaming in high quality, from music school performances and public court hearings to table tennis games and international soccer highlights.
Invitation to Engage at IBC2024
MediaKind invites all IBC2024 attendees to visit booth #1.D71 to explore how its latest products and services can meet their live production, streaming and monetization needs.
“Our recent achievements have positioned MediaKind as a leader in delivering broadcast-quality video experiences,” said Allen Broome, CEO of MediaKind. “At IBC2024, we’re excited to showcase how our solutions benefit from the latest AI innovations and discuss how we can help our customers captivate their audiences, enhance content value, and simplify their operations.”
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Moments Lab – Stand 5.H60
At IBC2024, leading AI and video search company Moments Lab will showcase the latest features powered by its award-winning, multimodal AI indexing model MXT-1.5. Attendees will see how MXT-1.5’s new automatic sound bite feature highlights the best quotes in a video, while powerful moment-based and timeline searches enable editors and producers to find the exact clips they need in seconds.
Moments Lab’s scalable suite of products for media, sports, and entertainment organizations will also be available to demo, including Just Index with MXT-1.5, Cloud Media Hub, Live Asset Manager, and Media Marketplace.
“We’ve seen an incredible response to MXT-1.5 from major media companies since its launch earlier this year, with several initial deployments underway in North America and Europe,” said Philippe Petitpont, co-founder and CEO of Moments Lab. “It’s a history-making year for national elections as about half the global population heads to the polls — not to mention there are several major sporting events taking place, such as the Olympics. As broadcasters are challenged to produce more content, faster, multimodal AI with features such as sound bite detection make a significant impact on video production and story creation workflows.”
Intelligent Media Search That Finds Moments, Not Files
Media, sports, and entertainment organizations attending IBC2024 will get to experience the impressive, moment-based and timeline search features of Moments Lab’s Cloud Media Hub.
The Cloud Media Hub is perfect for companies that want to find a specific shot within vast media collections. The moment-based search engine enables content producers to land on exact footage, rather than hours-long video files. The new timeline view provides an intuitive way to refine results while discovering moments from specific time periods.
MXT-1.5 Features Available to Demo at IBC2024
Moments Lab will showcase several cutting-edge features of its MXT-1.5 multimodal AI indexing model at IBC2024. Key highlights will include:
- Automatic Sound Bites: MXT-1.5 automatically highlights sound bites in videos, allowing journalists and editors to instantly identify compelling quotes without spending time scrolling through footage or transcripts.
- Sequences Detection: This new feature enables users to instantly find the moments they need to build a story. MXT-1.5 improves the relevancy of search results by automatically grouping shots into the editorial sequences that content producers are looking for.
- Media Topic Categorization: MXT-1.5 automates the categorization of videos into relevant overarching topics or themes defined by the user. By handling the mundane, time-consuming task of content classification, the technology enables media managers to focus on more strategic and creative tasks.
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MRMC – Stand 11.C28 / 12.C20
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon company, is to showcase the new Studiobot LT for broadcast workflows, as well as the Cinebot range for cinematography for the first time at the show. The company will unveil their range of groundbreaking technological innovations across two stands covering both Motion Control (Hall 12, C20) and Broadcast (Hall 11, C28). Both booths will showcase examples of seamless workflows between MRMC, Nikon, and Red, demonstrating the collaborative solutions they can offer together.
Broadcast Stand (11.C28)
On MRMC’s Broadcast Stand, which it shares with Nikon Europe and RED, the company will be highlighting the launch of the Studiobot LT. Designed for permanent or semi-permanent studio productions, this new robot is easy to get up and running, offering unrivalled flexibility and a wide envelope of motion that enables content creators to drastically increase output quality within a small footprint. The StudioBot LT supports up to 10kg, making it ideally suited for box-cameras with a typical studio lens. It features native support for broadcast serial lenses, as well as being able to drive external lens motors. It also comes equipped with numerous safety features and a tally lamp for studio deployment. There is also a choice of base and mounting for floor, ceiling, or a track, meaning the StudioBot LT can be deployed for a range of applications. The system is easily controlled via an industry-leading software interface, provides FreeD positional data, and offers an API for integration with studio automation systems making it suitable for integration into VR environments and advanced broadcast workflows.
The studio set design of the stand will showcase various robotic and virtual production workflows, including a dedicated section for Sports broadcast robotics. MRMC, RED, and Nikon will host regular daily presentations in the studio throughout the show to demonstrate live production workflows using a range of camera robotic systems, including StudioBot XL, TRH-1 Track Robotic Head and the RLS-1 Rail Lift System. The systems will be demonstrated alongside Disguise and ROE. Hands-on demos of Slidekamera will also be available, including the new Orion Slider as well as the Atlas Slider & PTZ mover kit.
MRMC experts will also be on hand to run visitors through the latest development, the Super Milo. The award-winning Milo set the industry standard for stability and precision with its smooth motion and pinpoint macro accuracy when it was released thirty years ago. Now, the Super Milo represents a significant leap forward, enhancing speed, acceleration, and reach. New brushless motors propel it up to 400% faster on track and double the speed of its predecessor, making it ideal for high-speed filming. With an extended reach of up to 6.1m, it offers improved stability, while electronic lifting actuators speed up track placement. Featuring full integration with Unreal Engine, the Super Milo can stream real-time positional and rotational data and synchronise with LED walls for virtual production. With faster setup time than ever, it is perfect for macro, tabletop, CGI work, and live-action shooting, meaning that the Super Milo meets all of today’s production demands across multiple disciplines.
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