SPROCKIT Start-ups at NAB Show

Plan Now Meet the Next Group of Innovators Disrupting the Media and Entertainment Industry at NAB Show   Remember last year? All the cool and innovative companies introducing powerful new tools and technologies designed for the rapidly evolving digital media landscape? It's time to start thinking about this year's visit to SPROCKIT, only at NAB Show.

BE THERE AGAIN

See another group of must-visit start-ups hand-selected by industry leaders on their potential to offer real solutions to challenges many established media and entertainment companies face.  This year, they represent a variety of sectors and offer solutions in areas such as advertising, analytics, mobile content production and content delivery.   This is your chance — along with some of the biggest media companies in the world—to see the next generation of tech that may change how you think about your media business.    Here's a sneak peek of who's coming to SPROCKIT at NAB Show:

AmpLive helps content creators and marketers using live video, build better audiences by tracking user attention and using that data to retarget and engage at a later time.

Appiness provides advanced solutions for video commerce.  The company offers time-stamped products and brands in local and international video for shopping via any smart device.

Blue Frame Technology's Production Truck® software, streaming platform and first-class support make it easy and cost-effective for individuals, groups, and organizations to stream and monetize their video content.

Crowdynews is the largest social media curation platform, delivering social content to the news media market worldwide.

Easy Live is a cloud-based editing tool for distributing your content on all platforms with one click.

Hearken is an audience-driven framework and white-label platform which helps media outlets cultivate, validate and measure audience interest in stories before they are reported.

KlowdTV is a live streaming subscription platform compatible with desktop computers and mobile devices, along with Roku, Google Chromecast, and AppleTV. It's programming is fully licensed for US distribution, including live sports and outdoor programming.

MegaphoneTV enhances the viewer experience through unique features such as interactive on-air graphics, nationwide real time audience polling, contests and gaming, and actionable ads tailored to any show.

Nervve helps industry leaders to target, measure and monetize media through visual search and analysis.

OwnLocal builds the bridge between small businesses and local media companies by automating the digital marketing SMBs need through a secure source.

Stre.am is a mobile live streaming platform with enterprise video player capabilities that is platform-agnostic and can consume live video from mobile devices, GoPros, and more.

Streamstar designs and manufactures the most advanced line of live production tools that enable users to easily produce and stream professional multi-camera video productions.

Switchboard Live (formerly JOICASTER) allows live content creators to syndicate their live stream to more than one platform and leverage the subscriber base of multiple channels to increase viewership.

System73 is the "Google Maps" for OTT broadcast video.  Simple codes added to the video stream guarantee delivery of high quality video to millions of viewers simultaneously with no blocking, while reducing costs.

trueAnthem is a data-driven social publishing solution that enables media companies to maximize profitability from social media.

TVadSync helps advertisers improve return on online ad spend by reaching the right consumers at the right time with the right message.

TVision Insights leverages state-of-the-art computer vision technology to collect viewers' demographics, emotions, actual viewing habits, and content engagement by analyzing data from sensors in the living room.

Vigour empowers media companies and operators to revolutionize online video services using Vigour Video, a world-class interface platform that captivates customers and connects their screens.

Viviso is a live TV ad-injection platform for TV channels that offers them the opportunity to monetize their live streaming ad-breaks on any connected device.

VizSense's platform tracks content and measures its social movement to provide interactive visuals for identifying and engaging super fans, credible voices and key influencers.

ProMAX Invites You! All New Platform V5

ProMAX Invites You!

ProMAX Invites You! To See the Next Evolution of Workflow—From Ingest to Archive   Hello! We are currently scheduling appointments to meet with ProMAX Systems at NAB 2016. We would like to invite you to schedule a meeting with the ProMAX team in booth SL3825 for some exciting announcements. ProMAX will be unveiling Platform Workflow Server V5—From Ingest to Archive the Smart Way. What you will see: Groundbreaking new advancements in Workflow Server technology from ProMAX Systems The next evolution and future of Cache Archiving Solutions Revolutionary results of the partnership between ProMAX and Adobe Systems Jess Hartmann, CEO and Brian Reisdorf, VP of Technology are available for interviews. Please contact Sarah Mason to schedule your appointment,+1 424-229-1034, Skype: Samarasnoh, sarah@cakelive.com Thank you! We look forward to greeting you at the ProMAX booth SL3825 at NAB 2016.

TVU NETWORKS AND UNILUMIN GROUP FORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

At NAB 2016, TVU and Unilumin will demonstrate  solutions for global  customers in news and sports broadcasting,  public safety and special events

Mountain View, CA – March 29, 2016 – TVU Networks and Unilumin Group  have announced the formation of a strategic partnership between the companies,  aimed at better serving their joint customers in broadcasting and other industries around the globe. TVU Networks, of Mountain View CA, offers a complete suite of solutions  to capture, transmit and distribute live video from anywhere over IP to web  and broadcast audiences. Shenzhen, China-based Unilumin Group is a major  manufacturer of large 4K LED displays featured in broadcast studios and major  outdoor events worldwide. Visitors to the 2016 NAB convention, held in Las  Vegas from April 16-21, can experience TVU's suite of IP solutions and  Unilumin's 110 inch/2.8 meter LED display monitor in the TVU booth at the  Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall #SU4405.The companies are each  technology and market leaders in their respective industries. TVU's family  of IP transmission solutions gives organizations a powerful tool to distribute  live HD video content to broadcast, online and mobile platforms. TVU products  have delivered professional-quality live HD footage at important events from  global sporting events, to coverage of presidential elections, papal visits and  natural disasters as well as breaking news as it happens. Unilumin has rapidly  become a global name for its high pixel density bezel-free LED video wall  system, which allows the creation of seamless display wall of virtually any size.  Its displays are widely used for news broadcasts, public safety, sports stadiums  and special events. They support multiple signal inputs, deliver outstanding  visual performance, and are environmentally friendly with low power  consumption. Together, the companies anticipate the strategic partnership  will help both companies better serve existing customers as well as expand  into new markets and new distribution channels. Paul Shen, CEO of TVU Networks, said, "The alliance is an especially nice  fit since our companies share news broadcasters as a core customer for our  products. This joint effort will allow us to offer solution packages that  incorporate both TVU and Unilumin products tailored for each vertical  market. It's an opportunity for us to combine resources and provide a  turnkey solution. The fact that we can now offer a source of very large  LED displays with Unilumin's manufacturing capacity and quality will be a  real added benefit to our customers." Unilumin CEO Tiger Lin added, "We look forward to a fruitful partnership with  TVU Networks. We're excited to contribute our expertise, product offerings  and market knowledge, and to work strategically with TVU as well. Both of  our companies furnish extensive global experience in our product areas.  And together, our firms are now positioned to utilize our combined strengths  while we leverage the differences, to help us create more value for our clients. " About TVU Networks Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, TVU Networks is a technology and market  leader in IP-based live video solutions. TVU's solutions help transform  broadcasters' SDI-based video acquisition, transmission, routing, distribution  and management operations to an IP-based infrastructure. TVU serves  customers of all sizes in more than 80 countries from industries that include  news broadcast, web streaming, law enforcement, sports, corporate and  government. In broadcast markets around the world including the USA, China  and other major economic powers, TVU is the dominant market leader with a  large majority of all news broadcast stations using its IP video solutions, which  includes TVUPack, the award-winning mobile live cellular uplink solution,  TVU Grid, the award-winning IP video switching, routing and distribution  solution, and TVU One, the company’s most recent, ultra-compact video  innovation. TVU Networks is a pioneer in IP video technology and is leading  the way in helping organizations looking to transition to a predominantly  IP-based infrastructure. Many of the largest news broadcast station groups  in the world have deployed TVU Grid and are leveraging it in their existing  workflow infrastructures. More information about TVU Networks can be found at www.tvunetworks.com. About Unilumin Unilumin Group, based in Shenzhen, China, is a leading manufacturer of large  LED displays for control rooms, presentation, information, sports, broadcast,  VR and simulation applications. With customers in more than 100 countries,  it is known for its bezel-free LED video wall system featuring a pixel pitch of  just .8mm, its curved and transparent displays, and its lightweight glass-free  3D LED wall which is ideal for a variety of creative installations. Unilumin has  extensive experience in meeting special customer requirements, in particular for  broadcasting and control centers. It serves customers from its global sales and  support network with subsidiaries in the USA, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.  For more information, visit http://www.unilumin.com.

Republica Emigrată România, dincolo de statistici

Text scris de Ilinca Stroe

O foarte bună sinteză recentă despre cine şi de ce a emigrat din România în deceniile de după decembrie 1989 oferă date statistice care contrazic unele dintre convingerile împământenite privind exodul de români către străinătate.

Prima surpriză o constituie faptul că nu a avut loc mult-lamentata „fugă a creierelor” (sau nu în proporţii apocaliptice), doar 12,4% din intelligentsia educată în universităţile autohtone părăsind ţara; interesant de observat şi că orientarea lor în principal către Marea Britanie (medicii), Germania (inginerii), Franţa (profesorii) şi SUA/Canada (economiştii) îi distinge de restul de 82,6% emigranţi cu studii medii, stabiliţi preponderent în Italia, Spania şi Turcia.

Cea de-a doua surpriză constă în bizara legătură dintre confesiunea religioasă a celor emigraţi (sau lipsa ei), salariile lor şi sumele pe care le expediază ei în ţară, familiilor. Astfel, aconfesionalitatea pare rentabilă, emigranţii atei având cele mai mari salarii, dar cauzează pasămite şi zgârcenie, căci tocmai ei nu trimit nici prea mulţi, nici prea des bani „acasă”. În schimb, mai prost remuneraţii români ortodocşi „din afară” sunt şi cei mai mărinimoşi cu patria-mamă.

În fine, printre motivele pentru care au plecat emigranţii, al căror flux maxim a fost atins în 2010 (când 13% din populaţia de atunci a României lucra în străinătate), se numără cele din tabelul de mai jos.

Acestea fiind datele, să încercăm să conturăm celelalte realităţi, cele non-numerice, dar nu mai puţin factuale, din spatele lor: realităţile variilor sensibilităţi existente în jocul deciziilor de un fel sau altul luate în experienţa emigrării. Intrăm, desigur, pe teren speculativ, cu intuiţia, mai degrabă decât statistica, la cârmă; şi, neaspirând defel la emiterea unor afirmaţii cu greutate, propunem, în schimb, articularea unor întrebări, e de spera, fructuoase.

Primul set de asemenea dileme are de-a face cu defalcarea nord-vest / sud-vest a emigraţiei române în funcţie de nivelul de educaţie, rezumată mai sus: aparent, românii cu studii superioare preferă prima regiune, în vreme ce aceia cu studii medii aleg Sudul. Să existe, oare, un raport între această departajare strict inter-românească şi recentele discuţii identitare despre Nord şi Sud în Europa? În ce măsură aleg emigranţii intelectuali români Nordul datorită asocierii acestei regiuni cu valori precum raţionalitatea, etica muncii, corectitudinea, individualismul performant? Pe de altă parte, în ce măsură sunt atraşi românii cu studii medii înspre Sud (în special către câteva dintre aşa-numitele ţări „PIGS” – [1]) în virtutea reputaţiei lui bonvivante – cu gregaritatea convivială, relaxarea vizavi de muncă şi pofta de viaţă şi de petrecere care, zice-se, îl caracterizează? În fine, ce efect defeedback au aceste opţiuni în regiunile respective, dar şi în România? Altfel spus, în ce măsură influenţează experienţele acestor două categorii de emigranţi români percepţia Nordului şi Sudului asupra României, dar şi impresia românilor din ţară despre cele două?

Legătura dintre confesiunea religioasă a emigranţilor şi banii trimişi în ţară de ei pare să indice numaidecât un plus de purtare-de-grijă din partea diasporei ortodoxe: emigranţii ortodocşi îşi ajută financiar familia şi, prin extensie, ţara, în mai mare măsură decât cei aconfesionali. Presupunând că aceştia din urmă rămân, totuşi, şi ei ataşaţi de România, în ce fel (altul decât pecuniar) se manifestă ataşamentul lor? Avem, oare, de-a face cu două feluri net diferite de relaţionare la „ţara-mamă” – una de tip asistenţial, unde trimisul banilor acasă ameliorează nişte dificultăţi pe care, totuşi, nu le rezolvă deloc pe termen lung, iar cealaltă – de tip ambasadorial, unde accentul pus pe reuşita individuală în ţara de adopţie are efectul de a genera respect pentru români, acolo, dar şi dorinţa altora, în România, de a imita modele reuşite, de a o lua pe urmele emigranţilor de succes? În ce măsură ar modela cele două feluri de relaţionare atât transformarea României (şi prin ce schimbări – concrete, profunde, superficiale?), cât şi imaginea ei în străinătate?

În ce priveşte principalele cauze pentru care au emigrat românii, următorul exerciţiu de sintetizare ar putea fi amuzant: punctarea unei trăsături pe baza fiecăruia dintre motivele listate. Astfel, „speranţa la un trai mai bun” ar putea semnala deopotrivă  „mioritism” sau dârzenie, în vreme ce „m-am săturat de condiţiile care mi se ofereau în ţară” indică, destul de clar, furie ori, în cel mai bun caz, lehamite. „Câştigul unor sume de bani mai mari” – spirit antreprenorial sau lăcomie? „Oportunitatea de a pleca în altă ţară” – escapism sau spirit de aventurier? „Dorinţa de a mă afirma” – frustrare, ambiţie, asertivitate? „Nu îmi mai găseam loc de muncă în ţară” – dezamăgire sau pragmatism? „Posibilitatea de a mă alătura rudelor/prietenilor” – solidaritate sau comoditate? „Ocazia de a-mi deschide o nouă afacere” – recunoştinţă sau rece fler?

Fiecare dintre aceste posibile caracteristici generatoare de motive de emigrare din România poate prea bine emana un profil naţional (sau altul) – o fibră colectivă, un ethos românesc. Iar dincolo de statistici migraţia românească desfăşoară o geografie sufletească despre care aproape că nu s-a început a se spune nimic – într-atât de vastă şi polifonică este.

   Această geografie sufletească „a voastră”, cei plecaţi, se prea poate să dea măsura deplină a mai-bunului „nostru”, cei rămaşi. Cum? Destui români din diaspora vor fi trăit acel moment când, „acolo” fiind, capetele s-au întors spre el/ea, urechile s-au făcut atente, minţile s-au deschis, iar el/ea au fost unicii ambasadorii ai României acolo, pe moment. Momentul de ambasadoriat. Cel care nu rămâne neonorat, cel care poate topi prejudecăţi şi schimba mentalităţi. Cel pentru care „străinii”, concitadinii voştri, pot veni să ne viziteze, pentru care se pot lăsa convinşi să ne cunoască. Cu aceasta, merită intuit un ultim motiv de emigrare de adăugat în tabelul statistic. E motivul adesea descoperit retrospectiv, după ani întregi de trăit departe, şi motivul poate cel mai miezos: plecăm din România ca să reprezentăm România mai bine, mai durabil şi mai profund decât s-a făcut până acum.

Notă

[1] – Abreviere depreciativă pentru Portugalia, Italia/Irlanda, Grecia şi Spania.

 Surse

Popa, Dan. „Cinci mituri false despre emigranţii români.” Hotnews, 1 feb 2016. Web. Accesat 7 feb 2016.

http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-finante_banci-20766361-cinci-mituri-false-despre-emigrantii-romani.htm

Sursa imaginii cover: https://pixabay.com/ro/%C8%9B%C4%83ran-agricultorul-482727/

The RF Report -- March 31st, 2016

April 1 Is the Deadline to Enter Yes, tomorrow is the final day to nominate a product for the NewBay Media Best of Show Awards. Review  the rules here. Submit your entry here. Tech, Regulation & More "Core Market" for AM Continues to Grow and Shift, NAB Writes The broadcast association offered several proposals about AM revitalization on issues as diverse as siting cross-service FM translators and relaxing main studio rules. More»Google Approved for Millimeter  Wave Testing Across U.S. FCC grants permissions for both airborne and terrestrial testing. More» FCC Challenges States' Stances on Municipal Broadband The commission makes the case for trumping state laws limiting buildouts.More» Opinions Mount in AM Revitalization Filing deadline was March 21. More» Ofcom to Allow IoT and M2M Applications for Low-Band VHF Spectrum UK machine-to-machine connections which support the IoT are currently authorized by Ofcom through business radio spectrum licenses. More» Spectrum Repack Historic Incentive Auction Begins March 29 was the in or out day.  More»NAB Urges FCC to Plan for Repack Sooner Rather  Than Later Spectrum auction is expected to be completed until sometime in Q3 2016. More» Products & Business Dielectric Adds Engineering, R&D Employees Ahead of Repack Several veteran employees return to company to fill new positions. More»Gates Air  Incorporates Burk Technology's SNMP Plus for RF Monitoring Companies will show RF monitoring, remote control system at 2016 NAB Show. More» Inovonics to Show 525N Modulation Monitor 531N FM modulation analyzer will also be on display.  More»Dielectric Unveils New  Antenna Offerings DCR-U is aimed at the higher power broadcasters, while the DCP-K is for the lower power range. More» Aaronia USA Introduces Spectran V5 RF Analyzers Comes with four different frequency range versions. More»531N Is FM Mod Monitor  With Network Interface Incorporates features for station setup, regulatory compliance and FM signal monitoring. More» From the current issue of Radio magazine The Much-Maligned Negative Tower And other AM challenges. More»

MusicMaster at the NAB Show 2016

Coming to Vegas for NAB 2016? Looking for the most flexible and efficient solution for your music scheduling or television programming needs? Then stop by MusicMaster Booth #N6129 to see the latest. Test drive our brand new software product designed for multi-station groups: MusicMaster CS! Check out the cool new tools in MM Pro Version 6, or see how MusicMaster PE can solve your in-store music, event DJ, internet stream, or personal music scheduling needs. You'll also have a chance to meet our integration partners from around the world and learn how we have streamlined connectivity to automation through MusicMaster Nexus.