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Radiotelevisione Italiana selects Sony's XDCAM for strategic move to HD
Ericsson selects Viaccess as an IPTV/IMS solution partner
Radiotelevisione Italiana selects Sony's XDCAM for strategic move to HD
RAI has announced a major investment in XDCAM High Definition technology that will see the Italian public broadcaster transition to an HD infrastructure over a three year period.The deal will see 180 of Sony’s High-end PDW-700 camcorders and 180 PDW-HD1500 decks used across the organisation’s entire range of operations from news gathering to drama and documentaries. The flexibility of XDCAM tapeless technology will enable RAI to manage its legacy SD operations and move to HD transmission over the next three years.
Mr. Andrea Lorusso Caputi, Director of Production TV Department said, “RAI is committed to moving towards HD content production and this agreement with Sony represents the first pillar in our plan to create a proper platform to migrate to High Definition. The XDCAM format and Professional Disc media are critical as they allow us to to maintain our current workflow process, whilst offering innovative new IT features to deliver further tapeless operational capabilities”.Commenting further on the decision to select MPEG HD422 50Mb/s for the new production platform Mr. Ubaldo Toni, Head of Engineering Group, Production TV Dept of RAI explained: “As this was a significant investment decision for us, we had to be sure we made the right choice, not only from a technology perspective, but even more so at an operational level. We trialled intensively Sony’s XDCAM technology at the world’s two largest sporting events throughout the summer, and the results achieved have been very positive.”
The versatility of the XDCAM system will enable it to firstly act as a drop-in replacement for traditional VTRs allowing XDCAM discs to be used within a traditional tape-based workflow. More importantly, the decks will also then serve as IT drives for easy transfer of the data files into non-linear editing (NLE) systems.“This agreement sees RAI join a growing list of high-profile European broadcasters that have quickly made substantial investments in XDCAM HD422. In just six months this new high-end tapeless technology has been embraced by these customers to deliver a variety of programmes ranging from news to drama production,” said Benito Manlio Mari, General Manager of media business at Sony Professional Solutions Europe, Italia.
“For Sony, this latest XDCAM announcement is a great endorsement of our High-end tapeless IT strategy. Sony has enjoyed a strong, long-term strategic partnership with RAI stretching back to the 1980s and without doubt trust is an important element when a company moves to a new generation technology. We are very pleased that RAI selected Sony for this business-critical project.”
Ericsson selects Viaccess as an IPTV/IMS solution partner
Viaccess, a France Telecom company and player in conditional access and Ericsson, telecommunications provider have have signed an important agreement for Viaccess to provide security software and services in support of IMS-based IPTV solutions.
Leading TV technology providers have begun to integrate their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new Ericsson IPTV solution, an open, carrier-class ecosystem that is designed to drive the future of converged and blended communications and entertainment services. With this agreement, Viaccess will leverage it’s advanced security solution and services further to the telecommunication operators through Ericsson.
Francois Moreau de Saint Martin, Viaccess CEO said: “Viaccess strongly believes that future revenues for the operators will come from interactivity, interoperability and flexibility requiring cross platform services. This business strategy requires a secured environment to support the sustainable development of the content industry.”
Viaccess has considerable experience in delivering solutions for digital pay television and secured content distribution, to help telecom operators, TV channels and content owners to address this new multimedia era; Viaccess, a company specialised in protecting TV content for over 15 years, offers reliable solutions to protect mobile multimedia content through the use of Conditional Access (CAS) and Digital Right Management technologies (DRM) technologies.
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