Imagine Communications Provides Support For IP Live Studio

Imagine Communications recently participated in the launch of Sony's IP Live Studio at its Digital Motion Picture Centre Europe (DMPCE), located at Pinewood Film Studios.

The company has confirmed it will supply a number of IP-based solutions to the testing and training facility which will provide broadcasters and production companies with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with IP-based live production environments.

Imagine Communications is a long-time member of the IP Live Alliance and has demonstrated interoperability with Sony's Networked Media Interface (NMI), both in the lab and in commercial deployments of IP-based live production environments. Solutions from Imagine Communications, deployed in the IP Live Studio, include Selenio Uncompressed over IP (UCIP) processing, the Selenio IP Live encoder/decoder, the EPIC Multiviewer (EPIC MV) and the Magellan SDN Orchestrator.

Glodina Lostanlen, CMO, Imagine Communications, said: "It is an honor to be working with Sony to help accelerate the transition of live production workflows to more agile and versatile environments. As one of the early advocates of moving media operations to software-based environments built on generic compute and networking platforms, Imagine Communications is pleased to be part of this important initiative to provide media companies with the practical knowledge necessary for putting their live production facilities on a path toward the future."

"Seeing is believing is a particularly apt axiom for the media and entertainment industry," added Norbert Paquet, Strategic Marketing Manager, Sony Professional Europe. "Our new facility at the DMPCE provides broadcasters and production companies with up-close evidence of the power and feasibility of an IP-based live production environment. The participation of Imagine Communications and other leading manufacturers is critical to the overall success of this initiative."

Sony's IP Live Studio is designed for live production engineers, live studio technicians, production companies, broadcasters and other media professions. It will host demonstrations of advance capabilities, including 4K and HD acquisition over IP, video switching over IP, real time graphics over IP, NMI interoperability and dynamic routing.

Image: Imagine Communications' EPIC Multiviewer.

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(JP/LM)