NAB 2012 Vendor Announcements
The NAB show is the world's largest gathering of the media production industry. Digistor sent a contingent to Vegas for the 2012 NAB to assess and communicate the developments at the show.
We've compiled all the relevant NAB updates and press releases from our vendors and we'll be updating this section regularly with new material over the NAB period (April 2012). Digistor will also be hosting a Post-NAB Round-Up days in Sydney and Melbourne.
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New products, new workflows and new footage from AJA users around the world. More
April 16, 2012 AJA Video Systems announced T-TAPTM, a very small new bus-powered device that takes advantage of ThunderboltTM connectivity for high-quality 10-bit SD, HD and 2K output through SDI and HDMI connections. More
April 16, 2012 AJA Video Systems announced another new product in its Ki Pro family, Ki Pro Rack, enabling recording of high-quality, edit-ready files for the fastest path from camera to edit in a new 1RU rack mount form factor. More
April 16, 2012 AJA Video Systems announced Ki Pro Quad, a new solid-state portable video recorder at NAB Show 2012. Ki Pro Quad is capable of capturing high-quality edit-ready files in formats including 4K (4096 x 2160), Quad HD (3840 x 2160), 2K (2048 x 1080), and HD (1920 x 1080), for the fastest path from camera-to-editorial with 10-bit 4:4:4 and 10-bit 4:2:2 color support. More
April 16, 2012 AJA Video Systems streamlined lens to post workflows with the introduction of its Ki Pro family of portable video recorders. The newest product in that family, Ki Pro Mini has been in high demand, facilitating direct camera-to-edit workflows that eliminate the time consuming video encode step. More
April 10, 2012 You can now use Io XT, Io Express and the latest AJA KONA cards, including KONA 3G, with Final Cut Pro X. Download the new AJA 10.3 drivers to take advantage of the improved Broadcast Monitor Functionality available in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.4 For more information on the use of Final Cut Pro X with AJA products. More
Avid demonstrated the largest array of new product announcements in over a decade. Learn how these solutions can help you achieve new levels of creative excellence and business performance. More
Avid has announced that it will deploy the most comprehensive Avid workflow in the history of NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group to support its coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games taking place in London, England, July 27-August 12, 2012. More
Avid announced that it is showcasing Avid Motion Graphics, the company’s next-generation graphics solution, at NAB 2012. Avid Motion Graphics gives media producers a streamlined graphics workflow allowing them to deliver stunning visual imagery to air and build strong brand recognition more cost-effectively. More
New AirSpeed and ISIS products expand production workflow capabilities; offer greater flexibility, storage capacity, better workflow integration, and a more affordable range of choices. More
New AirSpeed and ISIS products expand production workflow capabilities; offer greater flexibility, storage capacity, better workflow integration, and a more affordable range of choices. More
Media Composer and Final Cut Pro users can save over 80% on Symphony, enabling accelerated storytelling with a suite of professional editing, color correction, and mastering tools. More
Come check out the latest technology and learn how professionals in post-production are using Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation solutions to solve complex production challenges and deliver their best work using:
- Autodesk Smoke
- Autodesk Flame Premium
- Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite
Autodesk will also be streaming presentations and announcememnts live from their booth. More
ATTO Technology will be conducting a number of live demonstrations at NAB 2012 Booth SL6320.
April 13, 2012, ATTO Technology will be showcasing its extensive line of storage and network connectivity products in interactive workflow demonstrations at the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada April 16 through April 19. Through capture and ingest to content distribution, demonstration areas will highlight how ATTO powers high-performance audio and video workflows.More
April 10, 2012, ATTO Technology, Inc., today announced the ThunderLink and ThunderStream families of Desklink devices representing the latest next generation, high-performance storage and network connectivity products for mobile devices, laptops and Ultrabooks. These solutions allow customers to use high-end, data-intensive applications on Thunderbolt -enabled portable computers in highly-mobile environments.More
April 4, 2012 ATTO Technology, Inc. today announced its partnership with Telestream for live software demonstrations at NAB 2012, April 16-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, booth SL1405, Telestream will showcase a variety of its high-performance video applications, including Vantage®, Episode®, Pipeline™, FlipFactory® and Agility 2G, all powered by ATTO’s Celerity Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). More
Media enterprises around the world rely on Aspera software to power high-performance, multi-environment file-based workflows and increase their productivity, efficiency and capacity. Visit Aspera at NAB 2012 to see live demonstrations of the latest releases of their high-speed transfer software, including major new enhancements to their core transfer, synchronization, and workflow automation platforms, and new applications for sharing, collaborating, and exchanging data at high speed, securely, over public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. More
April 16, Blackmagic Design has announced Blackmagic Cinema Camera, a revolutionary digital cinema camera design that includes powerful features such as super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, high resolution 2.5K sensor, built in high bandwidth SSD recorder, open file format support, color correction with full version of DaVinci Resolve and a built in LCD with metadata entry. More
Blackmagic Design was at NAB booth (SL220). They demonstrated their existing range, and of course new NAB 2012 announced products. More
Dejero, will showcase the Dejero LIVE+ Platform at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas. The Harris exhibit will demonstrate the Dejero LIVE+ Platform as a seamlessly integrated solution into Harris' wide range of Multiviewer products. Notably, Harris will be showing live-from-the-floor transmissions of the upcoming Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App for iPhone 4S and iPad viewed on a Harris HView IP Multiviewer and into an SDI production environment. More
Digital Rapids will be bringing their complete range of tools and solutions for transforming and distributing media to the 2012 NAB Show, in booth number SL5624.
April 16, 2012Digital Rapids is showcasing practical, real-world examples of the exceptional efficiency and flexibility of the upcoming Digital Rapids Transcode Manager 2.0 automated, high-volume media processing software at the 2012 NAB Show. More
April 16, 2012 Digital Rapids is launching the powerful and flexible new Kayak workflow platform at the 2012 NAB Show. A significant departure from other workflow technology approaches, Kayak enables customers, systems integrators and software developers to design, deploy and manage customized workflows that empower their businesses with the operational efficiency, agility and insight they need to thrive in the expanding multi-screen media landscape. More
April 9, 2012 Digital Rapids has announced powerful new enhancements to the Digital Rapids Stream software for the company's StreamZ, StreamZHD and Flux encoding solutions. The same new capabilities are also available as applicable in the StreamZ Live family of live streaming encoders and the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated, high-volume file transcoding software. More
March 29, 2012 Over 150 automated StreamZ Live encoders power lucrative live streaming of 25,000 events annually for leading sports media group. More
April 12, At this year's NAB, DVS will be showcasing SpycerBox as an integrated storage solution that is easy to manage, easy to maintain, and that forms the robust core of any workflow. More
April 10, Right on time for NAB 2012, DVS will present the latest member of its renowned video board family: CinePlay is not only optimized to work with JPEG2000 compressed material but also handles uncompressed data. More
April 02, DVS will showcase its flagship product CLIPSTER packed with an extended stereoscopic features set. Along with support for mezzanine formats, CLIPSTER provides massive flexibility. More
April 5th, At NAB 2012, DVS will present its broadcast server VENICE with numerous highlights: Now available in a 2U chassis, VENICE comes with many enhancements such as support of various new file formats and codecs. More
April 16, 2012 EditShare debuts brand new Geevs Post Server at NAB 2012. New 64-bit Geevs Flux engine leverages latest 8-core CPUs and fast GPUs for outstanding performance. More
April 16, 2012 New advanced project sharing with Adobe CS6, bigger drives, faster connectivity and high-performance mobile-shared storage top the list of new EditShare collaborative storage features shown at NAB 2012. More
April 16, 2012 EditShare showcases its latest release of Ark at NAB 2012; new capabilities include migration between different tiers of storage, deletion of individual clips from backups. More
April 16, 2012 Asset management and archiving now integrated into every shared storage system; new high-performance collaborative storage platform facilitates better tapeless production workflows. More
April 16, 2012 EditShare will be showing technology previews of a 64-bit version of Lightworks and Lightworks running on Linux. More
April 16, 2012 EditShare announces the official release of Lightworks is to be 28th May 2012 and demonstrates important new features including advanced Long-GOP editing for DSLRs and all popular camcorder formats. More
MAXON will be at booth, #SL7625 showcasing its complete range of state-of-the-art 3D product solutions.
They'll also be hosting some of today's most talented 3D artists who will provide useful tips and techniques, and also look at the behind-the-scenes role that CINEMA 4D played
in the making of award-winning feature films, broadcast graphics, commercials, and games.
The presentations will be streamed live from the event .
April 15th 2012, Three new, live production solutions give producers the ability to meet 21st century consumer demands for high-impact video content delivered in real-time across broadcast, Web and mobile devices.More
April 13th 2012, NewTek has confirmed that award-winning actor, Kevin Pollak; radio personality, Kidd Kraddick; along with Don Sperling, vice president and executive producer for the New York Giants; and John Servizzi, CEO of Webstream Productions and producer for Turner Broadcasting, will be on stage at the NewTek booth discussing how they use live streaming and social media to engage fans, grow their audiences, build their brands, and increase revenues.More
April 13th 2012, Main stage presentations, along with informative interviews with representatives from leading technology companies, will be produced and live streamed from the show floor, giving viewers around the world the opportunity to see the latest from NAB, as it happens. NewTek TriCaster™ will be used to simultaneously produce the booth presentations, deliver the content to LED screens and live stream to the Web.More
April 5th 2012, NewTek will stage its third annual Broadcast Minds thought leadership event in Las Vegas during NAB 2012. This year's event will feature an interactive conversation between industry experts, including MTV, and Turner Sports.More
11 April, The Pixel Farm have some amazing new things to show, and invite you to join them at their Booth #SL13408 to see it all in action. More
04 April, The Pixel Farm has announced PFDepth - a new, fully integrated toolset for spatial scene reconstruction, depth creation and 2D to 3D conversion. More
03 April, The Pixel Farm has announced their new Stream Pre-Processing Module for PFClean. More
13 April, Xytech has the answer to the Automated Digital Supply Chain. Our industry leading MediaPulse platform provides out of the box automation for the entire production ecosystem.
To stay relevant to industry needs, they have created a product that automates today's supply chain. MediaPulse provides rapid integration to any MAM, delivery system, transcoder, or file management system. Templated and ad hoc workflows are driven by Xytech's unique event orchestration technology, managing all activities in an order and automatically monitoring individual tasks for revenue and cost tracking. More