TODAY is the TH
IRD day of The 2015 NAB Show – and WOW! WHAT a day it WAS!!! 🙂 Broadcast Beat had 
a STELLAR coverage day of the Show yesterday, and the third day is definitely the charm! We maintained a constant LIVE FEED while at the show, thanks to the TVUPack and Wowza – both extremely instrumental in allowing us to get the word out about the Show and all the products appearing there!
Here we are – getting ready for DAY 3 – everybody is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed… all four crews have checked-in and we’re ready to roll! I see Jessica & Nikki (r, l-r) are rip-roaring ready to go, as well!!! Janet West and Jeff Adams are biting at the bit to be let loose… so run! Be Free!!! LOL
The 2015 SPROCKIT winners were announced – they are:
- FLUENDO’s technology improves the multimedia experience in the free software environment, empowering devices and consumer desktops. Today, all of FLUENDO’s products are fully compliant with all patent licenses and ready for professional use.
- Psychability’s TV Data Management Platform (DMP) brings big data and analytics to TV and helps traditional TV media and programmatic advertisers make more profitable use of TV audience data.
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ScoreStream crowd-sources sports scores, photos, chat and more.
- Yottio is a real-time video screening and trafficking platform for media makers.
- Unruly is a video ad technology company that enables major brand advertisers and content owners to use paid and earned media to distribute their video content in native ad formats across the Open Web.
Esther Mesas, CSO of Tedial, shows off the company’s recent HUGE achievement: The Game Changer Award for Innovation – i
n this case, for their system automation and control products! Given by the IABM, the award recognizes vendors that devote significant time and resources to bringing their best new developments to the show floor. The Game Changer Awards honor this effort and the forward-looking solutions it yields. IABM is the authoritative voice of the broadcast and media technology supply industry worldwide. Its wide range of services to members encompasses market research and intelligence, training, expert representation at standards bodies and broadcasting unions, executive networking opportunities, and preferential purchasing. A presence at every major broadcast tradeshow, IABM also provides a valuable channel for communication among broadcast manufacturers, government, and regulatory bodies. For more information, please visit www.theiabm.org.
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Jeff Adams of the Jeff Adams Show is interviewing Dan Lofgren of TVU Networks; TVUPack is one of
their most popular products, and Broadcast Beat Magazine is even using one not only to record the interview, but all around the Show! TVUPack is the award-winning mobile live cellular uplink solution; using its proprietary IS+ technology, TVUPack uses any combination of cellular, satellite, microwave, WiFi and Ethernet IP connections to deliver live HD video from practically any location. To see more, visit their website: www.tvunetworks.com/
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Nikki talking to Felipe Santos and Edel Garcia at Glookast – GLOOKAST develops tools that solve the most challenging 
issues of today’s media production; they remove the complexity of capturing, sharing, managing, converting and distributing content through seamless integration across multiple platforms. So, where did their name come from? GLOOKAST = GLOO for “Glue” and KAST for “Broadcast.” Since their customers already had the tools to capture content (XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, DVCPRO HD, AVC-I, uncompressed HD, HD/SD SDI, etc.) and they already had the storage for their media (local, SAN, NAS, Avid, etc.), what they needed was “glue” to ingest their content in multiple, simultaneous resolutions and the ability to deliver the media and metadata to their current storage devices. They provide that capability – and much MORE! Visit their site: www.glookast.com/
We’re extremely happy to be with Dave Wells, CEO of Moving Picture Rental, talking about a few of his favorite products here at the 2015 #NABShow! Since 1987, Moving Picture Electronic Services has been a leader in the rental and support of all types of audio video production equipment. Whether you are searching for a digital cinema camera rental, lens rental, Avid Media Composer rental, film lighting package, grip truck rental, sound mixer, video assist operator, or camera crew — Moving Picture is here to be your “One Stop Shop” for all your film and video production needs. For more information, or if you just want to see allof the fine equipment available for rental, check-out their website at: www.movingpicture.com/index.html
Nikki and Carlos having a little fun with @SoundDevices new and innovative products!Founded in 1998, Sound Devices, LLC designs and manufactures portable audio mixers, digital audio recorders and related equipment for feature film, episodic television, documentary, news-gathering, live event and acoustical test and measurement applications. Video Devices is a brand of Sound Devices for their digital video recorders and related products that address a range of multiple-source video productions, including fast-paced, mission-critical studio applications, live sports, live events, and mobile production. In their Reedsburg, Wisconsin headquarters with additional offices in Madison, Wisconsin Sound Devices ROCKS! For more information, visit the Sound Devices and Video Devices websites: www.sounddevices.com and www.videodevices.com.
Nikki had the pleasure of speaking with Crist Myers, President and CEO of @MyersInfoSys, about industry trends and exciting software! “At Myers, we understand the industry has evolved and in order to stay competitive broadcasters need to focus on reducing operational costs just as much as generating revenue,” said Crist Myers, CEO and President, Myers.Myers has been a pioneer in developing broadcast management software, since its founding in 1982, for the rapidly evolving media landscape. Myers’ extensive domain knowledge and systems integration expertise has served as an integral part in the development of a suite of software products and services that drive distribution workflows across multiple departments and systems. Media facilities large and small utilize and benefit from our unique, scalable broadcast management solution, helping them improve operational efficiency and profitability. For more information, please visit: www.myersinfosys.com.
At the MTI Film booth, we check-out their dead pixel solutions… Current methods for identifying and correcting for dead pixels are time-consuming and expensive. The new Dead Pixel Correction feature of CORTEX Dailies Enterprise solves such problems quickly and automatically. MTI’s Dead Pixel Correction is based on proprietary technology developed through MTI Film’s expertise in digital film restoration. All CORTEX v 2.0 products will include Dead Pixel Detection, a tool for identifying dead pixels in camera media or in later rough cuts or assemblies. On set, this can give early warning about faults in the sensors of digital cinema cameras. Information about dead pixels can then be stored, along with corresponding timecode information and other metadata, in a CORTEX Manifest file so that it can be passed on to post production. Dead pixels, sometimes referred to as “stuck” or “hot” pixels, are a frequent problem in digital cinematography, the result of pixels in a camera’s sensor malfunctioning. “It’s very common,” says MTI Film Product Director Amy Hawthorne. “All cameras have some number of dead pixels and the problem worsens with usage, age and travel.” See more: www.mtifilm.com/
Our fearless host Nikki will stop at nothing to get the best interview with Rush Beesley at Rushworks… RUSHWORKS was founded in 2000 by Rush Beesley, a technology pioneer since the early 1970s. Having been a creator of – and participant in – a broad range of production and automation technology solutions, his ‘mongrel pedigree’ is uniquely suited for the company’s branding as a provider of integrated media solutions. Rushworks provides INTEGRATED MEDIA SOLUTIONS that increase PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, and RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT. As technology evolves, they embrace and adopt appropriate new directions, and continue to offer the best possible price/performance value solutions … with sustained Customer Support of the highest possible caliber. For more information on their fine products, visit their website at: rushworks.tv/index.html
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On the left, you’ll see Broadcast Beat Magazine up on the giant NAB Vision Wall! Just some proof that we were there (if you don’t tend to believe the multitude of pictures we’ve posted or the videos or the interviews…) And to the right – the giant Westgate Hotel sign, where the IAWTV Award Ceremony is being held! Of course, we are on our way there! I think Crew D is already there… how they got there before ME, I’ll NEVER know!!! Gotta run… See you there!!!
We came, we saw, we CONQUERED … NAB is OURS! The end of Day 3 and we have logged MANY HOURS at 2015 #NABShow already! And Day 4 (albeit a partial day) is upon us in the morn… For now, it’s off to the Red Carpet, where we KNOW that we’ll see some notables… while not as star-studded as the Emmys or the Oscars, there will be industry stars walking before us… Until tomorrow, when we hit the floor for the last time this year, get in a few good parties, and remember to stay blogged-in! Have a GREAT night – and we’ll see you on the floor tomorrow!
