IBC 2016 has seen the announcement of several interesting investments, acquisitions and strategic partnerships by vendors eager to improve their existing offerings, attack new markets or do a little of both. Among the announcements:
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NewTek Joins ASPEN Community
NewTek has joined the ASPEN Community, a coalition of more than 30 vendors and broadcasters that are adopting the Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation (ASPN) framework for IP media applications. At IBC 2015 in Amsterdam NewTek announced its own open IP-for-media protocol NDI, or Network Device Interface, and has since released an NDI software development kit […]
Norwegian Broadcaster Joins ASPEN Community
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV 2 has joined the ASPEN Community, a group of more 30 manufacturers and end users adopting the Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation format for building IP television facilities. TV 2 supports all work for open standards in the industry, it said. ASPEN is a standards-based, open format that moves uncompressed Ultra-HD, 3G, […]
Pixel Power Joins ASPEN Community
Broadcast automation, playout and graphics vendor Pixel Power has joined the ASPEN Community, which now includes more than 30 manufacturers, OEMs and broadcasters. ASPEN, Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation, is a standards-based, open format that moves uncompressed Ultra HD, 3G, HD, and SD signals over MPEG-2 transport streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1). More information is available on the […]
Broadcast Pix Joins ASPEN Community
Broadcast Pix is the latest company to join the ASPEN Community of more than 30 vendors, OEMs and users developing ASPEN Adaptive Sample Picture ENcapsulation to transport video over IP. ASPEN transports separate bits for video, audio and metadata using the MPEG-2 transport stream container. Evertz introduced ASPEN to the broadcast industry at large in […]
ASPEN Community Enters 2016 With Over 30 Members
More than 30 major broadcasters, media companies and equipment vendors have joined the ASPEN Community, and over 20 installations around the world have been based on the framework for IP-based media facilities, Evertz said this week. ASPEN (Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation) is an open format that enables independent video, audio, and metadata flows for IP-based […]
AJA Video Joins ASPEN Community
AJA Video Systems has joined the ASPEN Community, a coalition of vendors and end users adopting the Adaptive Sample Picture ENcapsulation (ASPEN) framework to build IP-based media facilities. An open format, ASPEN leverages MPEG2-TS standards and transports separated video, audio and metadata as independent IP multicast streams. To learn more, visit the ASPEN Community website.
I-MOVIX Joins Aspen Community
I-MOVIX, maker of extreme slow-motion systems, has joined the ASPEN Community, Evertz said this week. APSEN, a framework for separated video, audio and metadata on individual IP multicast streams, is a collaborative effort on the part of many broadcast technology vendors working to facilitate the transition from SDI- to IP-based infrastructures. Laurent Renard, I-MOVIX CEO […]
Evertz Launches ASPEN Community Web Portal
Evertz Technologies has launched a new website for the growing community of broadcasters, production companies and vendors interested in the ASPEN framework for IP networks, the company said today. Adaptive Sample Picture ENcapsulation, or ASPEN, is an open IP-based framework for transport and switching of video, audio and metadata on individual IP multicast streams. ASPEN […]