FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JVC LEADS
INDUSTRY TO NEW LEVELS OF IP INTEGRATION
SHIPS PROHD BROADCASTER
SERVER, CAMERAS FOR ADVANCED LIVE HD STREAMING
- WAYNE, NJ (April 7,
2014) –
JVC
Professional Products
Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced it is
shipping its new GY-HM890 and GY-HM850 ProHD shoulder-mount cameras,
as well as its new BR-800 ProHD Broadcaster server powered by Zixi, which
serves as the central component to JVC’s new Professional
Streaming Services. The products are being demonstrated at the 2014
NAB Show (Booth C4314), which runs through April 10 in Las Vegas,
Nev.
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- Introduced in February,
the cameras feature a built-in Zixi
engine that streams HD footage to a 4G LTE or Wi-Fi network for live
field reports while recording HD to non-proprietary memory cards.
The GY-HM850 and GY-HM890 feature Zixi's
new Advanced Streaming Technology (AST)
for content-aware error correction and bandwidth shaping. Both offer
JVC's Streamconfidence real-time viewfinder feedback of LTE signal
and streaming status.
- With bitrates as low as 256 kbps and up to 3
Mbps, Zixi proprietary algorithms maximize bandwidth to ensure
reliable transmission even under difficult conditions. Advanced
content aware error correction compensates for up to 30 percent
packet loss.
- Both HD
cameras capture 1020x1080
images with three, 1/3-inch CMOS sensors and an interchangeable
Fujinon wide angle 20x autofocus zoom lens. Dual SDHC/SDXC card
slots allow simultaneous, relay or backup recording of HD or SD
footage in a variety of native file formats using MPEG-2 or H.264
compression. The dual codec system also allows one card to record
full HD while the other records a smaller, Web friendly format. The
GY-HM890 is also a versatile studio or multi-camera field production
camera, with a 68-pin connection that accommodates JVC fiber or
multi-core camera modules.
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- Available as a physical server or cloud-based
solution, ProHD Broadcaster receives live video from a GY-HM850,
GY-HM890 or updated GY-HM650 3.0 camcorders,
transcodes the signal for a variety of delivery platforms, and
provides reliable transmission of the signal. A
built-in matrix switcher with unlimited I/O makes it easy to manage
signals for distribution, and content can be directed to multiple
destinations, including off-the-shelf HD-SDI decoders for live
broadcast or almost any Web-based content provider.
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- Each camera fed into the Broadcaster is
uniquely identified, and can be selected through a Web control
interface by station personnel for live switching. As a result,
Broadcaster can cost effectively manage multiple cameras at a single
event without a multi-camera production truck, or even share camera
feeds between stations in a station group. Broadcaster also accepts
and automatically transcodes video from Android and iOS devices, so
stations can take live video from a reporter at a news site who only
has a cell phone or tablet to provide video of the scene.
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- The new equipment has already been purchased
by several broadcasters. For example, Sinclair Broadcast Group, one
of the largest U.S. television broadcasting companies in the United
States, has ordered more than 70 GY-HM890s. The company plans to
standardize on the camera across its ENG operations. Del Parks,
senior vice president of engineering and operations, Sinclair
Broadcast Group, said the live HD streaming is the “game-changing
feature we’ve been waiting for in a full-sized camcorder.”
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- According to Dave Folsom, Raycom Media vice
president and CTO, the station group plans to purchase ProHD
Broadcasters for its 32 local news stations, which are standardizing
on JVC GY-HM650 3.0 mobile news cameras for ENG. Once installed, the
servers will manage live HD reports from more than 300 cameras in
the field, and will enable Raycom to easily share news coverage
between markets.
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- ABOUT JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
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Headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, with West
Coast operations in Long Beach, California, JVC Professional
Products Company is a division of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of JVC Kenwood Corporation. JVC
is a leading manufacturer and distributor of broadcast and
professional video and audio equipment, D-ILA front projection
systems, and Super LoLux HD video security products. For further
product information, visit JVC’s Web
site at http://pro.jvc.com
or call (800) 582-5825.
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