< Previoushe 26th edition of CABSAT is set to be held from March 31 to April 2, 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. This year’s edition is set to have several highlights and DWTC’s assistant vice president, exhibitions, Thomas Löffler takes some time out to talk about them. Löffl er says: “ [This year we have will have] Content Congress — the region’s leading summit for content creation, distribution and consumption; CABSAT Africa Forum; GVF SATEXPO Summit; Digital Hub; Esports Congress; and Imagescape. T Everything you need to know about CABSAT 2020, along with a focus on a few key exhibitors in the Suppliers You Should Know section “These sections will feature alongside an all-new 5G Focus day conference. Around 75 speakers, including three- time Primetime Emmy-winning digital series creator, writer, director and producer Bernie Su, will present more than 100 hours of content.” Löffl er also notes that CABSAT is expanding the show into new areas of interest for the broadcast industry, including the burgeoning Esports sector. “Esports is a hugely exciting segment which attracts buyers including broadcasters, advertising and marketing agencies, premium brands and game developers. With our content market ContentScape, we are attracting content creators and sellers who will present their ready-to-be-released content to content buyers.” Flix on 86, a facet of CABSAT 2019, has given way for ContentScape, which will be hosted in collaboration with mena.tv. Original Arabic and international content will be screened to visitors at ContentScape, which will also serve as a platform for businesses to exhibit their latest content, explore production and co-production opportunities, while discovering the latest formats in TV and fi lm. “Ramadan 2020 is at our doorstep and a lot of Ramadan buying decisions are yet to be made for what is a crucial CABSAT 2020 www.digitalstudiome.com30 / MARCH 2020 EVENT SHOWCAE30 day window for broadcasters and production houses. We can expect a lot of activity to take place at ContentScape,” Says Mena.tv’s Heba Korayem. The cinema screening area is set to be bigger and better this year, with a provision to host larger audiences. “We received a phenomenal response to the screenings last year, we are hoping to better that in 2020,” Korayem notes. Elucidating to a recent PwC report based on the fi ve-year forecast of consumer and advertising spending across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania predicts there will be an additional $13.1bn in E&M revenues over the next fi ve years. CABSAT’s Content Congress will highlights two core areas of OTT – “The evolution of the OTT landscape has seen the core mix of OTT players transforming into a myriad of choices vying for their share,” Löffl er. Content Congress will seek to answers to questions such as ‘What are linear TV broadcasters doing — or not doing — to get viewers’ buy-in? Are streaming chiefs working around complementing rather than competing with linear TV? Secondly — and importantly — what’s the monetisation plan for OTT services? So what do the organisers of CABSAT want delegates to remember the 2020 edition for? “We want audiences to understand the fundamental ways that content creation and consumption are shifting,” Löffl er says. “We all know how streaming giants have disrupted traditional broadcasting models — but this transformation is only just beginning. These shifts will inevitably impact legacy business models, and we want to provide a platform to keep the all corners of the industry informed of the latest developments so that they can stay ahead of the curve. One example of that is anticipating what content our children of the Generation Z will be consuming, and how they will be consuming it. Their consumer expectation and experience will be diff erent from what we’re used to. The ways that users manage multiple subscriptions is also a pressing and curious question, and one that will challenge content platforms to engage users. The challenge of subscriber acquisition and retention in an OTT- heavy world brings forward a burning question, can one subscription under one OTT deliver all?” Löffl er notes. The other obvious and major shift in the industry is the impending arrival of 5G. “That’s a huge shift which is certain to bring disruption, and we want to shed light on the ways that organisations can prepare for the shift in expectations that that will bring,” he concludes. “WE ALL KNOW HOW STREAMING GIANTS HAVE DISRUPTED TRADITIONAL BROADCASTING MODELS — BUT THIS TRANSFORMATION IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. THESE SHIFTS WILL INEVITABLY IMPACT LEGACY BUSINESS MODELS...” EVENT SHOWCAE www.digitalstudiome.comMARCH 2020 / 31 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW CABSAT 2020 CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW www.digitalstudiome.com32 / MARCH 2020MARCH 2020 / 33 www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? CABSAT continues to be the most important industry event in the MENA region, and this year we are strengthening our presence and commitment with a more varied range of customer-facing activities. Off the show fl oor, we have scheduled two events that will provide a more casual environments to interact and network with GatesAir representatives. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCTS YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW. GatesAir expanded its product family this year a through strategic THE 100-YEAR OLD GATESAIR IS SET TO MAKE A BIGGER AND BETTER PRESENCE AT CABSAT 2020; RICH REDMOND, PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL FOR GATESAIR EXPLAINS GATESAIR acquisition, and we will show several new products as a result. In addition to our complete range of existing Maxiva TV and Flexiva radio transmitters — not to mention our Intraplex Audio over IP transport systems — we will show new innovations through our new GatesAir Europe division. This includes liquid- cooled transmitters for VHF TV and DAB Radio, as well several compact, high-density solutions that can house multiple UHF, VHF or DAB transmitters, transposers or gap fi llers. All of these solutions are valuable for seamlessly transitioning broadcasters to digital TV and radio in the Middle East, and it should be noted that these transmitters also support analog TV with simple transition paths to digital. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? We continue to be dedicated to the broadcaster delivering rich multimedia content over the air. We still support the broadcaster operating in analog today, we are supporting all digital broadcast standards worldwide. In Television, DVB-T2 continues to dominate internationally, but we see growing interesting the ATSC 3.0 standard. For radio, the interest around DAB as a digital format has grown substantially in the Middle East, while HD Radio and DRM+ remain areas of interest. We are also uniquely positioned to provide complete solutions to help broadcasters deliver and synchronise media content across multi- site single-frequency networks (SFNs) for TV and radio, including traditional FM. We are helping broadcasters lower their operational costs through more energy-effi cient platforms that are also far simpler to maintain, resulting in lower utility bills and reduced labour. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCT? The depth and breadth of experience we bring to the broadcaster. GatesAir has been active for nearly 100 years, and none of our competitors come anywhere close to the number of deployments we have achieved worldwide. In recent years, we are leading the way with very large, national networks that have transitioned entire countries to digital. We have deployed the world’s largest DVB-T2 television network in Russia, and we continue to dominate the landscape in Africa with national network projects. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? The global media environment continues to change. Over-the-air broadcast is one of many delivery methods that enable people to consume rich media content. Our challenge is to help the broadcaster transition from simple analog and linear content delivery, to a mix of linear and non- linear content delivery. That’s where advanced delivery services like DAB Radio, DRM+, HD Radio, DVB-T2 and ATSC 3.0 allow broadcasters to converge with other content methods, such as IP. STAND WATCH E3-21 Rich Redmond.34 / MARCH 2020www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? GB Labs will showcase its award- winning Mosaic automatic asset organiser and the new CORE.4 Lite operating system during CABSAT 2020 among other offerings relevant to the region. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCTS YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? The Mosaic asset organiser makes it far easier to quickly search for, retrieve, and view video assets. GB Labs new CORE.4 Lite operating system is a custom OS specifi cally designed to serve media fi les and guarantees stable performance for workgroups or individuals, while LORRAINE DAVIS, CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, GB LABS TELLS US HOW THE FIRM IS CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF OTHER MARKET SECTORS GB LABS maximising the effi ciency. A powerful new feature included with CORE.4 Lite is Analytics Centre, a dashboard that runs in the background and continuously analyses the network to provide complete visibility of data use. GB Labs will also demonstrate how its Dynamic Bandwidth Control identifi es and selects high, medium, and low priority users to ensure its storage systems automatically adjust to operate at peak performance. For backup and archiving, the exhibition stand workspaces will be coupled with GB Labs EasyLTO, an easy-to-use, cost-eff ective, all-in-one, high-speed solution. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? We sell primarily to the media industry, but we are increasingly seeing success outside that sector including corporate, academic, and major sport businesses. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCT? GB Labs storage systems are the fastest, most intelligent, and most reliable. Moreover, it’s non-disruptive. Our storage can be installed and up and running quickly without removing an existing system. In fact our approach is to not only supply a faster, more reliable storage infrastructure, but make far better use of the existing storage. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? The challenge across virtually every video processing market is the sheer volume of high bandwidth, high value content that is being produced. Fortunately, we are in exactly the right position to help our customers turn those challenges into profitable workf lows. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2020? We will continue our drive to educate and expand our market sectors by communicating and demonstrating the benefits of not just our intelligent storage, but the wide range of tasks for which it can be deployed. GB Labs users continually direct more and more of their applications to GB Labs storage as they discover how powerful and flexible it is. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXXxXxXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lorraine Davis.MARCH 2020 / 35 www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? Highlights of the Ikegami exhibit on stand C4-20 will be the UHL-43 compact HDR camera, the UHK-430 system camera with IP interface and the HQLM- 3125X 4K master grade video monitor. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCTS YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? The Ikegami UHL-43 is a compact HDR camera designed for applications such as robotic studios, outside broadcasting of live events, parliamentary television, point-of-view image capture, weather coverage, traffi c surveillance and public security monitoring. It employs three 2/3-inch 4K-native 8.3 megapixel CMOS sensors in the same workfl ow and remote control structure as Ikegami’s Unicam XE series UHK-430 and UHK-435 cameras. Unlike cameras using a single chip or pixel-off set technology, the integration of three 3840 x 2160 resolution CMOS sensors and prism optics provides true UHD capture resolution, high quality colour reproduction and complete freedom from colour aliasing. Measuring only 145 x 155 x 169 mm WDH and weighing just 2.6 kg, the camera head can be used on practically any support device such as a shoulder harness, long-reach arm or overhead mount. Output options supporting 12G-SDI or 4 x 3G-SDI over coaxial cable or 12G-SDI over optical fi bre are available. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? Ikegami broadcast cameras are IKEGAMI ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) BROADCAST AND PROFESSIONAL VIDEO DIVISION MANAGER MICHAEL LÄTZSCH GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO THE MAKINGS OF A RUGGED COMPACT HDR CAMERA SYSTEM IKEGAMI designed for use across the entire media business spectrum, from independent production companies right through to large-scale OB service-providers, broadcast TV channels and global TV networks. Ikegami specialises in broadcast cameras, monitors and transmission equipment of the highest quality and standards. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCT / SERVICE? Ikegami products combine no- compromise robustness with highest quality in any desired TV standard from HD-SDR and HD-HDR right through to 4K. As Ikegami’s European headquarters, we can react effi ciently to any sales and technical enquiries which is a major advantage for our customers and partners. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? The key challenge is the profusion of TV standards made possible by ongoing progress in image capture and display technology. Ikegami maintains its position as the leader in its fi eld by viewing every challenge as a potential opportunity. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2020? Ikegami’s focus is on designing products which combine maximum quality and creative versatility within compact dimensions and at competitive prices. We are currently focusing on the development of our next generation of broadcast cameras and appropriate camera control units. The fi rst step will be releasing our new versatile BSX-100 base station this year. STAND WATCH C4-20 Michael Lätzsch.36 / MARCH 2020www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? PlayBox Neo will demonstrate its full range of broadcast playout and channel branding solutions. Highlights of the exhibit will be the PlayBox Neo Channel-in-a-Box system and the software-as-a-service-based Cloud2TV. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? PlayBox Neo’s Channel-in-a-Box is a modular system providing content streaming and broadcast playout for any kind of television channel. Its scalable multi-format playout/streaming engine allows a variety of media fi les to be used in a single playlist. Multiple UHD/ HD/SD SDI/IP streaming outputs are provided simultaneously. Content can be trimmed, edited or repositioned even while on air. Live productions are streamlined to allow insertion and/ or execution of various events or live streams into the playlist. Scheduling AT THE FIRM’S EXHIBIT IN HALL 4, EASE OF DEPLOYMENT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME ACCORDING TO PLAYBOX NEO SYSTEMS CEO PAVLIN RAHNEV PLAYBOX NEO can be performed weeks in advance for automated playout/streaming. Timing gaps and overlaps are automatically resolved to ensure continuous operation even when confl icting events are detected. Special facilities ensure uninterrupted operation if content fi les or even entire schedules are missing or misplaced. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? Broadcasters and channel managers in the EAME market and worldwide. Our CABSAT demonstration will show how easy PlayBox Neo systems are to deploy and, thanks to the intuitive PlayBox Neo graphic interface, very easy to operate. The PlayBox Neo Cloud2TV solution can be confi gured for terrestrial, satellite or CDN-based playout under full IP control. The PlayBox Neo broadcast product range and Cloud2TV can output in baseband SD, HD or UHD SDI, in DVB/ATSC- compliant streams and in web-based formats such as RTMP. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCT / SERVICE? Stable, easy-to-use, scalable. PlayBox Neo customers also expect, and get, absolute freedom to expand their systems as their business develops. There is no size limitation, from the day of installation right on through the full lifetime of the system. We support every scale of operation from single channel to a large scale network, in SD, HD and UHD resolutions, with any desired level of auxiliary protection. Accommodating extra channels is a simple matter of adding one or more extra servers. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? MENA broadcasters, like their colleagues around the world, are looking for maximum reliability and creative effi ciency. Our latest generation products are built on 20 years of solid experience working with customers ranging in size from globally active broadcast networks to independent channel owners and playout service providers. That includes major players in the MENA market such as EutelSat/ NoorSat, Nilesat, ViewMedia and BHS to mention just a few. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2020? To maintain our leadership as the world’s preferred choice in integrated broadcast media playout systems. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx STAND WATCH HALL 4, E4-20 Pavlin Rahnev.MARCH 2020 / 37 www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? Ross’s continued support for CABSAT will have the widest range of solutions for the live production sector on display. Ross may not be the best-known brand in the MENA region, but the fi rm has won a number of high-profi le projects in the region (Sharjah Grand Mosque, beIN Sports sports analysis graphics). GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? Ross is probably best known for production switchers and we’ll be bringing our multi-award-winning Carbonite Ultra switcher to the show. Carbonite is the world’s best-selling midsize switcher family (with very good reason), and the Carbonite Ultra is the latest generation platform that represents tremendous value given the features and performance we’ve packed into the product. We’ll also be showing our XPression graphics solution – the fastest growing 3D real-time graphics platform in the market – and our Mira replay server, which has just been updated to include extra channels and storage at a new, highly-competitive price point. In addition, we’ll be bringing our innovative Ultrix routing/ AV processing platform to the event. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? Our customers in the region are diverse — we work with broadcasters, sports clubs, stadia and live venues, houses of worship, educational providers, legislatures and corporate bodies. In a nutshell, we’ve got solutions for anyone “NOT KNOWN BY MANY”, BUT ROSS VIDEO’S SENIOR COM- MUNICATIONS MANAGER STUART RUSSELL SAYS THE PIPELINE OF PROJECTS IS SET TO GROW ROSS VIDEO creating content in a live production environment. We’ve continued to invest in dedicated sales, presales and technical support capability for the region at a time when some of the other brands have been grappling with merger, acquisition and changes in ownership. Ross has been incredibly consistent in its approach to the market and we’ve doubled our turnover in the EMEA region over the last three years. I don’t believe any other company can claim a success profi le like that, and it’s all down to impressive investment in products and great people who deliver outstanding customer service. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR SERVICE? Anyone familiar with Devoncroft’s Big Brand Survey will know that Ross is consistently ranked very highly when it comes to certain attributes – value, customer service, product quality and innovation. I think one of the great things about Ross is the integrity of our approach. The company genuinely believes in being customer-centric, and David Ross (our CEO) regularly shares emails he has received from customers who have written to highlight the great service they have received from various teams. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? We’re seeing an industry that is in fl ux; the face of media is changing as new platforms spring up on an almost monthly basis and linear television continues to decline. There has been a real content explosion over the last few years and that’s great for companies (like Ross) at the acquisition/ production end of the workfl ow because we’re essentially platform agnostic. That said, I do feel for our broadcast customers given the current highly competitive media landscape. They’re facing a whole variety of creative, business and technical challenges brought about by industry fragmentation and changing consumer trends. Their jobs are tough at the moment — trying to increase or maintain audience share and produce great quality content at a time when advertising revenues are falling, and customers have so much choice. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2020? I always struggle to talk about priorities at Ross because we have over twenty diff erent product lines and each has a dedicated team that is always working on something new and important. I know we’re expecting to launch another raft of new products and signifi cant updates at NAB Show 2020 and, if we stay true to form, there will be another (equally large!) number of releases at IBC. Stuart Russell.38 / MARCH 2020www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? As with previous years, we will be exhibiting our solutions together with our UAE distributer, Venuetech in Hall 4, stand D 4-10. Here will be showcasing, discussing and highlighting products from both Sennheiser and Neumann’s professional product ranges in the audio for broadcast and video category. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCTS / SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? This year, we have strong focus on our digital wireless microphones and how their spectral effi ciency will help overcome recent announcements at The World Radiocommunication Conference that relate to the repurposing of the 600MHz range in The Middle East. This range is currently allocated for the use in the broadcast industry, but as per the announcement it will now potentially be given to telecom providers in the region. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? Sennheiser’s target audience and the attendees at CABSAT have a large overlap in their areas of interest. CABSAT focuses on a large volume of visitors from the broadcast, satellite and content production industries. Sennheiser has market leading solutions that cater to the specifi c needs of radio, audio, fi lm, events, broadcast and content creation. Our intention is to be able to provide a platform for the engineers, videographers, content creators, marketeers and decision makers from these segments to learn WE HEAR FROM MIG CARDAMONE DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MAR- KETING AT SENNHEISER MIDDLE EAST ON THE NEW SENNHEISER AND NEUMANN PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY SENNHEISER and experience Sennheiser and Neumann products. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCTS? At CABSAT, we will showcase several of our market leading solutions for the broadcast industry. These include the: Sennheiser Digital 6000 - The Digital 6000 is an all-digital wireless microphone system that can transmit artefact-free audio with superb dynamics. It has been designed for broadcasting professionals, musical theatres and high-profi le live audio events and delivers the highest channel counts and operation in dense frequency environments. Neumann NDH 20 - This is Neumann’s fi rst-ever professional studio headphone. This closed-back studio headphone combines excellent isolation with a carefully balanced sound image and outstanding resolution. It is ideally suited to monitoring, editing and mixing tasks, even in loud and noisy environments. The NDH 20’s 38-mm drivers with high-gauss neodymium magnets ensure high sensitivity and low distortion, meaning the NDH 20 does not need a dedicated headphone amplifi er and maintains its impressive sound characteristics even when connected to mobile devices such as laptop computers. IE 400 PRO and IE 500 PRO - The professional in-ear monitors off er natural, high-resolution sound, a secure and comfortable fi t that comes close to custom-moulded in-ears and a break-proof, patent-pending cable connection. The IE 400 PRO and the IE 500 PRO use a single high-performance dynamic driver that covers the entire frequency range with ease, resulting in a distortion-free, detailed and accurate sound reproduction STAND WATCH HALL 4, D 4-10 Mig Cardamone.MARCH 2020 / 39 www.digitalstudiome.com CABSAT 2020 SUPPLIERS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR CABSAT 2020? The great news is that both Pixel Power and Rohde & Schwarz are together on the same booth at CABSAT. We will be there to talk to customers about all our solutions in studio production, post production, delivery and distribution. GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW? We are showing the following areas: Create and Stream Master Produce graphics creation tools — with a 30 year heritage in graphics creation Pixel Power can show you how your brand can come to life, how you can automate your branding workfl ows and how to create a stunning new look and feel for both premium channels and across all your channel portfolio. StreamMaster Deliver (channel-in-a- box) and Gallium Playout (complete workfl ow automation for playout) will AT PIXEL POWER AND ROHDE & SCHWARZ’S JOINT STAND, TRUST OF GOOD ENGINEERING WILL BE A KEY CONCEPT, CIARÁ N DORAN GIVES US MORE INFORMATION. PIXEL POWER be one of the prominent demos on the booth. Full broadcast chain monitoring solution and multiviewing software using the Rohde & Schwarz Prismon solution set. Satellite amplifi ers will be the star of the show with the new PKU- 100 satellite uplink amplifi er. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OFFERINGS? We are looking for customers interested in innovative solutions where they want to save money or make money in their broadcast network. Customers who are interested in workfl ow solutions, future proof software defi ned tools that can scale and change with their business. WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR PRODUCTS? There are many unique selling points of our products and services but one of the most important things to note about Pixel Power and Rohde & Schwarz is that we focus on partnering with our customers throughout the whole journey from fi rst discussion about a new project right through to the ongoing creative, operational and technical support over many years. We are an engineering led business and driven by the desire to deliver great solutions for great broadcasters for great content. WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE MARKET FACING IN THE MARKET SECTOR YOU FIRM OPERATES IN? “Buzz” and the need to be realistic. There is a lot of talk about new standards, new resolutions, new consumer features. But the reality is that most broadcasters don’t simply want to hear about the dream, they want to see the reality of how they can create a steady pathway to that dream over a period of time. In the past decades we have had the ‘time in motion’ studies, the ‘just in time’ movement, the ‘time to market’ period. In the 2020s I believe it’s the ‘time to trust’ decade. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2020? We will keep developing and delivering innovative solutions for our broadcaster and telecommunication customers who want to create and deliver exciting television programmes and movies — then help them deliver that to you and me on our screens at home or on the move, in the cinema or the stadium, to enjoy with family and friends. STAND WATCH XXX Ciará n Doran. ASTAND WA XXXNext >