The common assumption is that by feeding timecode to camera you will keep camera and sound in sync. Unfortunately this is not so, Timecode and Sync are not the same thing. Timecode is in fact only metadata to identify how the first frame is labeled for time when the camera begins rolling. Once a camera starts recording, it ignores external timecode and uses its own internal clock to record.

RTW is bringing its TM9 TouchMonitor to IBC 2018 (Stand 8.D89) as a 19-inch 4U rack-mount solution (MA4U). The reconfigured unit brings all the audio monitoring features of the standalone RTW TM9 in a new design that is more easily accessible to users in broadcast studio settings.

The India Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC) is a massive monitoring centre that includes 300 workstations, spread over five monitoring rooms, scalable to 1500 channels and 500 users. The centre monitors the contents of all TV channels and radio stations broadcasting, uplinking and downlinking in India, checking for program and advertising code violations.

Cinegy is to unveil its new Professional Service at the IBC Show in Amsterdam, from 14-18 September. The company will also showcase its channel-in-the-cloud solution, and an end-to-end 8K workflow using the complete set of its entire suite of broadcast software products.

Tom Cruise, who famously performs many of his own stunts, doubles down on the derring-do in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the latest installment of the spy thriller franchise. Multi-award-winning British production sound mixer Chris Munro had to up his game to cleanly capture Cruise’s dialogue as the action star clambered aboard a moving helicopter, leaped from a high-altitude jet and sped through the streets of Paris, using Lectrosonics PDR Portable Digital Audio Recorders, as well as his existing arsenal of Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment.

AJA Video Systems announced that the company is accepting orders for OG-X-FR, the next-generation openGear compatible rackframe including adaptive cooling and redundant power, among other features.

TVU Networks is to showcase a host of live video solutions at the IBC Show in Amsterdam, 13-18 September. The Artificial Intelligence driven TVU MediaMind Platform will be a key part of TVU's booth.

RTW, a leading vendor of visual audio meters and monitoring devices for professional broadcast, production, post production and quality control, will highlight the availability of floating licenses for its Masterclass Plug-ins at IBC 2018 (Stand 8.D89). Forthcoming versions of RTW’s Mastering Tools, Continuous Loudness Control (CLC) and Loudness Tools software plug-ins will include this new licensing.

PHABRIX is to host several European debuts at IBC 2018, with IP, HD and HDR/UHD ready solutions.

With the growing use of the Unreal Engine to create AR and graphics for live broadcast, AJA announced its KONA 4 and Corvid 44 are the first video cards with built-in support for the engine. There are first video cards to enable HD/SDI input into Unreal Engine, delivering a low cost, low-latency solution for augmented reality applications for live broadcast.