IP and remote production, live HDR and cloud playout, SAM's main proposals for this IBC

One of the most notable innovations that can be found in Amsterdam is the new Timeline Television mobile unit, with support for UHD2 IP, 4K and HDR on SAM solutions.

Snell Advanced Media (SAM) exhibits at its stand at IBC its IP and remote production solutions, UHD sports production workflows with HDR compatibility, cloud-based playout solutions, multi-format news production products, and automated monitoring and control.

One of the most notable innovations that can be found in Amsterdam is the new Timeline Television mobile unit, with support for UHD2 IP, 4K and HDR on SAM solutions. Supporting SAM's live sports production area, RT Software's live graphics specialists also demonstrate their studio augmented reality products.

The cloud

SAM shows a live channel deployment on AWS. With the recent launch of the ICE SDC, customers can quickly select full-featured channels in an up/down fashion. ICE SDC leverages the market-leading functionality of its sister solution Channel-in-a-Box (CiaB). SAM's continued investment in cloud solutions has led to an expanded portfolio of products including Alchemist high end conversion and Multiviewers. SAM customers benefit from the innate elasticity of cloud services deployed with software, at a time when the industry is transforming its business models to adapt to the changing financial dynamics of the media sector.

IP Production

In terms of IP production environments, SAM presents a complete range of turnkey IP routing solutions with support for SMPTE 2110 signals. SAM also displays its native IP products, including multi-displays, processing systems and production and master control mixers with 25, 50 and 100GbE interfaces. SAM's IP production technology has already been successfully deployed by many clients, such as BCE in Luxembourg and Vista Studios in Los Angeles. Visitors to the show are being able to see SAM's ability to easily process uncompressed UHD and HDR signals in Timeline's new UHD2 mobile unit on display at the stand.

SAM technology has also been successfully deployed by UEFA between Poland and London for the first uncompressed UHD remote production, which took place during this year's UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final. For the match in Poland, SAM provided an ultra-low latency IP system, returning efficient and cost-effective remote production capability to the London production centre. For remote editing, the cross-platform editor Go! by SAM allows users to view and make raw and final edits from any device and location to quickly work on breaking news or in distributed work environments during productions.

SAM Vibe

At its stand at the RAI Center in Amsterdam, it is also worth noting SAM Vibe, which allows a single production team to create content from any device and for any device, mobile phone, tablet, laptop and television, regardless of aspect ratio, resolution or frame rate.

Vibe enables easy, collaborative/shared workflows, all through Go!, SAM's browser-based HTML5 editing system that works in conjunction with the powerful Rio editor. This, in combination with Go! Integrated into Adobe Premiere, it allows users to deliver high-quality informational content to the web, social networks, and linear platforms from wherever they are.

Live HDR

SAM's Alchemist provides the world's best standards and frame rate conversion for live events. Alchemist XS perfectly complements the UHD/HDR capabilities of Kahuna production switchers and the LiveTouch multi-format playback system. SAM products enable seamlessly integrated multi-format live production and replay with content in any resolution across IP, SDI and 12G-SDI domains. SAM is demonstrating live production workflows that can use any combination of formats and resolutions – from SD and HD to 360 UHD and live UHD/HDR – while publishing to any platform, including social media.

Remember, on the other hand, that SAM technology was an essential component in the realization, by BT Sport, of the first UHD 360/VR production of the UEFA Champions League final, played in June, with the LiveTouch system, providing live 360 ​​replays through the linear and online channels of the television network. As Formula One recently announced, SAM technology is central to its UHD and HDR workflow.

Finally, it should be noted that SAM also exhibits its sector-leading multimedia content monitoring and control solutions, including its pioneering Media Biometrics technology. SAM products enable unparalleled media monitoring and quality control for audiovisual systems. SAM will also showcase its unique smart monitoring technology, including its new logo detection and calendar-sensitive monitoring technology.

Alchemist XS

SAM launches Alchemist The system has been optimized to deliver impressive image quality, even with the most complex fonts. Alchemist

Built with Alchemist Ph.C. from SAM, the system enables motion-compensated frame rate conversion for streaming media content in real-time IP and SDI domains, with native support for video with resolutions from SD to 4K UHD. The system is delivered on a COTS server platform and supports real-time 4K UHD frame rate conversion or multiple HD conversion channels to become a high-performance and economical conversion solution.

Alchemist Poor conversion can result in image duplication on moving objects, loss of resolution, unstable or incoherent motion, and loss of object integrity as objects break down and change shape. Alchemist XS eliminates these problems.

Televisa renews its confidence in SAM

At IBC, SAM announced that Mexican television network Televisa has recently completed a large-scale upgrade of its SAM Vibe news production solution, investing in a series of review, raw editing and editing positions for full productions. The update has also included several licenses for Go!, SAM's browser-based remote timeline video editor.

The television network integrated its new VIBE servers to support DVCPro 100, as well as AVCi 50 and AVCi 100 formats, all without interrupting its current programming schedule.

Elías Rodríguez Perales, general director of technical operations at Televisa, stated that “as a large television network with millions of viewers, we constantly strive to broadcast high-quality information, sports and entertainment programs, which makes it essential that we have the appropriate architecture and workflow efficiencies to meet our objectives.” "Having relied on SAM's experience and the unbeatable airtime of its news production solution over the past few years, we have had no hesitation in choosing SAM's market-leading technologies for the upgrade of our systems. We are trying to break the barriers of what is possible in fast, live production in terms of new workflows. For us, SAM was the most obvious choice," added Elías Rodríguez Perales.