Ross Video… @ 2012 NAB With… (Hardware—SatBroacasting™)

[SatNews] Ross Video has announced their NAB 2012 offerings.

Ross Video Production Switcher
Vision QMD & Octane Multi-Format Production Switchers : Ross’ Vision Series high-end production switcher family continues to evolve with v15 software that will be showcased at NAB 2012. This new version extends the rich integration between Production Switcher, XPression Graphics system and the OverDrive Automated Production Control system. Sports and news workflows will be demonstrated that previously would have required multiple CG channels across multiple platforms, streamlining production tasks without compromising that perfect on-air look. Also at the show will be new Vision control panel modules that accommodate additional external device control. Vision offers tremendous operational flexibility – cost effectively, making it the smart choice for mid to large production systems.

Ross Video Carbonite Switcher
Carbonite Digital Production Switchers: Ross’ new award winning mid-size switcher line-up adds the new Carbonite C1M, a 1 MLE production switcher with 24 direct access source buttons. Version 6 software will also be demonstrated, bringing several important enhancements to this highly successful product. New features will include expanded MultiViewer capabilities, providing users with far greater monitoring flexibility and unprecedented control over screen layouts and labels. In addition audio playout capabilities have been added to the Media Stores for playout with animated transitions. This version will include many other valuable features and be available to all existing Ross Carbonite users via a free download from the Ross Video website.

Ross OverDrive production control
OverDrive® Automated Production Control System: NAB 2012 will see the preview of v12 software for OverDrive, the world leader in Automated Production Control technology. Version 12 completes the set of redundant options, which include: HotSwap to switch between OverDrive servers, DeviceSwap to manage sync rolling of video servers, and FrameSwap allowing two Vision switchers to be operated synchronously from a single OverDrive system. Additionally, support has been added for Traditional Chinese text, .5MLE Vision switcher models, device status indications in GlobalView™ and more! Also featured this year will be the QuickTurn™ new media workflow, which enables concurrent creation of web and broadcast streams.

Ross Xpression
XPression Real-time Motion Graphics: XPression has gone through some major enhancements for NAB 2012.  With the introduction of v4.0, users can now load multiple projects simultaneously, or even single graphics, without disrupting on-air operation.  In addition, in a MOS newsroom environment XPression can now apply different styles to the same graphics in a rundown. For example, all of the graphics in a morning news show can be re-skinned to have the evening news look, simply by selecting the appropriate style from the XPression Remote Sequencer. This can even be done on-air. NAB 2012 also showcases camera tracking for XPression virtual sets in partnership with North America’s most successful virtual set integrator, Unreel.  Tracking software and optional UX touchscreen GUI from Unreel add full camera tracking capability to XPression for dynamic virtual set environments.

The NWE-3G Nielsen Watermarks Encoder is now shipping; a modular, future proofed solution with a 16 audio channel, 3 Gb/s processing core and passive bypass protection on all audio and video I/O. A single openGear frame can now be configured with a complete air path solution for Nielsen encoding, Loudness processing for CALM compliance and Dolby encode/decode with room left over for other complementary solutions like SCTE trigger detection or Fiber transport.