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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best KitPlus episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to KitPlus for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite KitPlus episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
03/03/22 • 9 min
Hitomi Broadcast has released a new latency feature for MatchBox, the industry’s premier audio video alignment toolbox, delivering complete timing quality control assurance, end to end. This latest enhancement to MatchBox’s capabilities measures the actual time of flight of video signals from the front of multiple cameras or at various points through the broadcast chain with milli-second accuracy. With applications in remote and virtual production, this further strengthens Hitomi’s product offering.
In this interview we chat to Hitomi Director Russell Johnson to find out more.
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Thursday 3rd March 2022
02/18/22 • 17 min
On the show today we catch up with Bryce Button from AJA to discuss the latest releases including the Io X3 Thunderbolt Video I/O, Desktop V6.2 and their OBS Studio update. Quick links below...
00:02:13 Io X3 Release
00:05:04 Desktop V6.2 Software
00:08:51 OBS Studio
00:10:26 What does the OpenSource SDK mean for the OEM community
00:13:22 Will we see AJA at a show in 2022?
00:15:37 New products on the horizon...
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18th February 2022
02/08/22 • 11 min
Today we visit the Redhill Aerodrome, the former home of Arena TV, to take a look at the auction lots, one of the world's first fully IP OB trucks and have a chat with Tim Chapman from Hickman Shearer and Dan Main from CA Global Partners about the auction on 22, 23 and 24th February 2022.
For more information on the sale, to register and bid then visit https://www.cagp.com/events/arena-television-liquidation-sale/?utm_source=KitPlus&utm_medium=KitPlus+Catalogue+Link&utm_id=ArenaTVSale
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8th February 2022
02/01/22 • 14 min
If you want to send video from any location and access it wherever you are then then take a look at the Sony C3P solution. Connect to the cloud without wires, backpacks or vehicles and get content into your production workflow—fast. We are chatting to Daniel Listh from Sony to find out more.
00:00:39 C3P Solution - what is it?
00:02:39 Is it an 'add-on' or a feature of a camera?
00:04:32 Mobile data considerations - cost / speed / file sizes
00:06:29 Can we use with any camera or only Sony?
00:08:27 What are the stand out features?
00:11:51 AI features - tell us about those
00:12:48 Where can we find out more?
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1st February 2022
01/17/22 • 9 min
First off in this week's news round up is Pebble who have announced the appointment of Besco as its channel partner in Korea, Marshall Electronics has taken ease-of-use to the next level with the unveiling of its USB-based CV605-U3 PTZ Camera with USB-C, IP and HDMI connectivity and Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve was used throughout the digital intermediate (DI) pipeline on 20th Century Studios’ new action film, and third in the Kingsman spy series, The King’s Man.
This week Mr MXF has a look at Blockchain explaining how it works and why. Tune in next week when he’ll be looking at Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)...
Mo-Sys Engineering has announced the availability of its ground-breaking G30 gyro-stabilized head, CA Global Partners together with Hickman Shearer have announced they will conduct a live and online auction of a selection of over 3,000 items from Arena Television Limited and
Ateme have announced that Canal+ has launched one of the world’s first deployments of OTT low-latency streaming on AppleTV 4K thanks to Ateme’s NEA solution.
Pliant Technologies announces the CrewCom v1.10 Update, in trade show news ISE changes it date whilst MPTS opens registration and Pixel Power has been contracted to deliver an end-to-end ingest, storage and playout solution to NHK CosmoMedia (Europe) Limited.
Guntermann and Drunck GmbH and TRITEC Electronic AG have signed an agreement to form a new technology group, PlayBox Technology has provided a comprehensive broadcast playout platform to 3K-TV, PBT EU kick-starts 2022 with a brand-new release of SubtitleNEXT Version 5.11 and finally in the news Broadcast PixTM is announcing a major new feature rich software release for its entire range of production systems.
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17th January 2022
01/14/22 • 12 min
3,000 pieces of broadcast equipment, including trucks and trailers, previously owned or operated by Arena Television are being put up for sale following the OB company’s demise and today we are speaking with capital asset valuation, management and used equipment sales company Hickman Shearer who are conducting the auction in February 2022.
With us in the studio is Tim Chapman who is Managing Director of Hickman Shearer and who helps us to understand the background of Arena TV and how the assets will be auctioned in February 2022.
You can go directly to the auction page here https://arenatvsale.com/?utm_source=KitPlus&utm_medium=General&utm_id=ArenaTVSale
Headline items for sale in the auction:-
Over 100 Sony and Grass Valley camera channels (if you want models, the key models are Sony HDC-2500 and Grass Valley LDX 86N 4K)
Over 100 Canon and Fujinon Lenses (key models are: Canon UJ27x6.5B IESD-SB UHD Digisuper 27; Canon XJ95x8.6B IESD-SB HD Digisuper 95; Canon UJ90 x 9B UHD Digisuper 90 Lens; Fujinon UA80x9 4K UltraHD Camera lens; Canon XJ86 x 9.3B DigiSuper 86 II XS; Canon UJ86 x 9.3B UHD Digisuper 86 Lens)
- 4 x High Quality Outside Broadcast Trucks and remote production facility,
- 100kms of OB and power cable
- Over 3,000 auction lots including:
- EVS production servers and Stage Racers
- Sound Desks and Vision Mixers
- Vinten grip
- Audio equipment from Riedel, Calrec, Black Magic, Genelec, Sennheiser, Wisycom, Sony and Apple
- IT and Comms by Netinsight and Cisco
- Sale estimate circa £6 million
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14 January 2022
12/20/21 • 10 min
In the last news show of 2021 we recap on the year and bring news starting with the IABM BaM Awards where MrMXF features three of the winners, EVS, Eluvio and Blackbird
In the news Blackbird has been engaged by FIFA to provide ultra efficient, sustainable cloud native video production services, Dejero EnGo mobile transmitters and the Dejero GateWay network aggregation solution recently played a crucial role in the connectivity infrastructure behind The Wheel of Time and Autodesk, in collaboration with Epic Games, has released a new Unreal Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® plugin.
Clear-Com's FreeSpeak Edge® Base Station is in the news, Chyron release CAMIO 5.0, Flowics confirm its membership in the GV Media Universe Alliance, DHD.audio is making additions to its range of studio equipment and Public service broadcaster Qatar TV, has chosen Pebble to deliver a bespoke automation, playout and management solution as part of their plans to upgrade their system and future proof their broadcast operations.
AVIWEST have unveiled LiveGuest, two Calrec Artemis consoles with AoIP ImPulse cores and Gateway technology now lie at the heart of the audio setup at Sportsnet Studios, Sapporo Television Broadcasting has deployed 17 MicroN media distribution network devices from Riedel Communications and Matthews Studio Equipment has introduced an easy, grip-compatible solution to hold the industry’s professional medium-sized dimmable LED bulbs by Aputure and Astera.
That’s all for the news today and for 2021. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who have supported KitPlus this year, the many visitors who came along to our two face to face shows in Manchester and London, the 1000’s who have engaged with kit for sale online and those - like you- who have watched the countless hours of KitPlus TV - all supported by our friends at Mediaproxy.
Stay safe and have a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year, we’ll see you in 2022.
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20th December 2021
11/25/21 • 11 min
Today we’re speaking to Heartland Video Systems, the supplier and integrator of professional video equipment who’s primary market is commercial and public TV stations as well as providing systems to professional, educational, house of worship and government markets.
Specifically the use of NewTek for commercial and public TV stations, covering what benefits it offers for commercial TV control rooms and opening up options to enable them to rent the studio out to other organisations?
25th November 2021
11/24/21 • 11 min
Broadcast microservice specialists nxtedition have further enhanced their production and playout platform with nxtcloud, which is a complete deployment of nxtedition that runs in the public cloud.
To tell us all about it and the technology behind it is Adam Leah, Creative director for nxtedition.
24th November 2021
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KitPlus currently has 848 episodes available.
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