TV Technology Europe has announced the recipients for its STAR Awards, presented at IBC2008.
The STAR Award (Superior Technology Award Recipient) is designed to celebrate and showcase the preeminent technological innovations available to the broadcast industry. TV Technology Europe's editors and writers reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then chose 25 winners.
"STAR awards are given to interesting new products that help a user save money or accomplish a task in an easier way," said Mark Hallinger, Editor of TV Technology Europe. "The products selected help advance the industry—some were chosen because of technical novelty or innovation, some because they filled an important gap in the production or transmission chain, and some because they were just cool products."
16x9 Inc. on the BandPro stand: Shut-eye for Sony Viewfinders
Algolith: Algogear image processing line
Anton-Bauer: Stasis Flex
Autoscript: LED backlighting in prompters
Blackmagic: Mini-converter range
Bridge Technologies: MicroVB
Canon: BU 50H and 45H remote pan tilts
Cobalt Digital: OGCP-9000 Remote Control Panel for openGear
Digital Rapids: TouchStream portable streaming
EVS: XT2Web web access for remote production
Graham-Patten on the Argosy stand: Sonarae audio monitoring
Hamlet: Protean Axiom 3 Gig Test Signal Generator
Media Links: MD-MAX Integrated 3.2 Tbps Transport and Switching Solution
Miranda: XVP-3901 3Gbps/HD/SD Universal Video & Audio Processor
Nucomm: Messenger IP File Transfer System
Omnibus: 1080p 24 playout
Panasonic: AG-HMC151E AVCHD camcorder
Pixelmetrix: DVStor with Disaster Recovery
Quantel: SIP 2100 3D
Ross: Edit Set HD, with Editware edit controller and Renegade Audio mixer contributing
Sony: HVR-Z5E camcorder with MRC1
Studer: IO sharing between consoles
Thomson: LDK 8300 HD SloMo
Telecast Fiber: Copperhead Platform for Infiniti
Wohler: RM Series
