IBC2014: Sony Debuts PXW-FS7 Cinema Vérité XDCAM

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 09.12.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated by the Americans themselves." ~ Albert Einstein On this Day: In 1958, Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit at Texas Instruments. IBC2014: Sony Debuts PXW-FS7 Cinema Vérité XDCAM At IBC 2014, Sony is introducing the latest in its XDCAM series of camcorders: The PXW-FS7 is a "cinema vérité" camera that features a Super 35-sized 4K Exmor sensor, multiple codecs and an ergonomic design. The camera is capable of internal recording of Ultra HD at up to 60 fps (and 4K via free upgrade). External recording options include 12-bit linear raw. 4KTV: Hitachi Introduces 2/3-Inch 4K ENG-Style Camera Hitachi announced that it has developed the SK-UHD4000, a broadcast 4K Ultra-HDTV camera system that uses 2/3-inch B4 mount lenses now functioning on conventional (2K) HDTV broadcast cameras. What Tom Said: Hatching the UHD Egg As our industry heads to Amsterdam for the annual IBC Show… the trends will be similar to those we saw at the NAB Show earlier this year: The cloud, IP, mobile and 4K/UHDTV. A Missing Piece of the 4K Puzzle The arrival of 4K could be a replay of the roll-out of high definition a decade ago—arriving first via satellite. iPhone 6 Captures Time-Lapse, 240 fps Slo-Mo Apple's new iPhone 6 models are thinner, faster, more efficient and capable of capturing 1080p video at up to 60 fps, plus slo-mo clips at 240 fps. NBC Preps ND1 for NFL When it came to building a new truck to cover the upcoming season of Sunday Night Football, the production engineers at NBC began with a premise in mind: space, space, space. News & Technology IBC2014: Telestream Wirecast Launches New Live Streaming for Microsoft Azure IBC2014: Vizrt Creates Viz Opus Control Room System IBC2014: JVC Joins Works With Wowza Partner Program IBC2014: TSL to Merge With IPE Products IBC2014: Cisco Videoscape Streamlines Multiscreen Video Processing and Delivery eBOOK: Guide to Broadcast Management Solutions Industry Roundup Report: YouTube U.S. Video-Ad Revenue Will Top $1 Billion in 2014: Report (Variety) Verizon Plans Mobile TV Service in 2015 (Light Reading) TiVo Inches Toward Ultra HD (Multichannel News) Streaming TV Site Wins One in Fox Lawsuit (TV Spy) Viacom Reaches Web Distribution Deal with Sony (B&C) Evertz Reports Record Revenues for First Quarter of New Fiscal Year (Devoncroft) TV Technology White Papers "Playout in the Cloud," from Imagine Communications highlights "an entirely new range of opportunities for media companies to evolve their operations, transform and transport content free of geographic or other historical channel boundaries, extend and expand their brands." "Gaining Competitive Advantage from Switching and Extension," from ThinkLogical addresses changes in the post-production ecosphere and outlines best practices for the design of a future-proof, fiber-optic KVM signal management infrastructure. "The Move to IP-Based Broadcast Infrastructure and the Impact of Object-Based Audio," from Linear Acoustic addresses how to select and deploy equipment that interoperates with multiple manufacturers as well as being sufficiently reliable to meet multiple requirements. "Analyzing 4K Video Quality," from Video Clarity, examines how, as new 4K systems and products reach the market, the importance of video quality testing and evaluation will grow. "Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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