NEVADA CITY, Calif.—Telestream has launched a new version of software for its PRISM waveform monitors, which includes new audio support features.

The updated PRISM monitor now supports 4K and 8K compliant 32-channel audio monitoring. The new capabilities can be added to any PRISM model with no hardware modifications, just needing a software license key.

Among the new features the software update provides are:

• Complete audio support for IP environments, including 2110-30 and 2110-31; 
• Local headphone and speaker output via IP-to-SDI conversion with 5.1/7.1 downmix; 
• Dolby D/D+ and Dolby E decode with Dolby status support; 
• Integrated RTW surround display; 
• Support for international loudness standards for worldwide regulatory compliance; 
• Adjustable loudness monitoring threshold alarms/alerts; and 
• Simultaneous metering and Lissajous display 

“We’ve been a leading provider for the largest ST-2110 deployments and have worked closely with industry experts to meet expectations for multichannel audio monitoring and regulatory compliance. We are proud that customers view our relationship as one where their success and the success of PRISM’s audio monitoring tools are so closely aligned. Thanks to these partnerships, our capabilities are wide-ranging and both 4K and 8K compliant,” said Charlie Dunn, senior vice president of Tek Video Business Unit at Telestream.

For more information, visit www.telestream.net.  

Telestream is releasing six new models in its PRISM waveform monitoring product line, designed for the next generation of engineers.

The new models include a touchscreen interface, replacing the traditional buttons usually found on the front of the hardware.

Users will still find the familiar tools they would expect on the waveform monitors, which all operate in the same way they used to, but the company says the software approach on PRISM allows users (young and old) to personalize the instrument to match the way they like to use it and with the tools they like to use.

The move to touchscreen is something the company has been working on for some time, according to Ian Valentine, vice president of product management, who discusses the product's evolution with Jenny Priestley, editor of TVB Europe. 

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NEVADA CITY, Calif.—Telestream has announced a slate of new products that are meant to address some of the biggest trends in the video industry, specifically the transitions to IP, 4K/UHD and working in the cloud. The products introduced were the Telestream Cloud Transform and update PRISM waveform monitors.

Telestream introduced the products as part of a Spring Press Event, which the company used as a substitute for the NAB Show that has been rescheduled for October 2021.

The Telestream Cloud Transform is a cloud-native, API-driven media processing and transcoding service. Transform is designed to enable develop teams writing their own code to access Telestream’s transcoding and media processing technology. It features extensive format support, color space conversion and wide color gamut support, as well as captions/subtitles conversion.

Cloud Transform is designed to be integrated into a user’s media supply chain, with them selecting what features they want to utilize. The service also utilizes a pay-as-you-go billing model.

“We’ve taken proven technology, the Telestream Media Framework, that’s the foundation of Telestream media workflows all over the world and built a cloud-native, API-driven, media processing and transcoding service that runs on our customers’ cloud provider of choice,” said Tim MacGregor, senior director, Head of Strategy and Product Development, Telestream Cloud. “Transform’s media processing pedigree ensures a future-proof path as standards and technology evolve, even as organizations develop their own workflow orchestration solutions.”

In addition, six new models have been introduced for Telestream’s line of PRISM waveform monitors that offer a smaller form-factor meant to help address space constraints in mobile trucks/OB vans during live productions.

The new PRISM models—three for both a single screen half-rack and dual screen full-rack unit—are designed to cover use cases from SDI monitoring to IP analysis, as well as support for both local and remote productions up to 8K HDR. The monitors provide full remote viewing of the PRISM display screen. Detailed monitoring and analysis of ST 2110 IP video is available when paired with Telestream’s Inspect ST 2110 probe. Additionally, the monitors are touchscreens.

The three models are the 100 series, which is SDI only; the 200 series, which has SDI and IP; and the 300 series with SDI, IP and Physical Layer.

Telestream will begin to ship the new PRISM monitors in the summer. For more information, visit www.telestream.net.  

NEVADA CITY, Calif.—SES has gone with Telestream to provide a number of new technologies to its new London-based remote broadcast center that will provide system timing, waveform monitoring and quality control.

The SES broadcast center provides playout infrastructure for linear TV channels and can support HD formats and HDR services. While based in London, the network management is operated in Munich.

Telestream’s SPG800A sync generators for system timing applications and its PRISM SDI/IP waveform monitor for all video monitoring and QC applications have been installed at the broadcast center.

SPG800A comes with an ECO8000 change-over unit with newly released firmware that enables full remote operation through a web user interface. This enables the SES teams in Munich to switch network timing sources or GPS receivers remotely without being on-site in London.

The PRISM monitors, meanwhile, serve as the main tool for monitoring SDI signal quality and deep video analysis. Telestream’s “NoVNC Access” allows engineers in Munich to remotely operate and view all PRISM functions through a browser connection.

For more information, visit www.telestream.net.  

NEVADA CITY, Calif.—China Central TV (CCTV) recently conducted a live test of an 8K UHD TV channel broadcast, using multiple Telestream systems for the test. CCTV says that this was the world’s first 8K UHD TV live broadcast across a 5G network.

CCTV, supported by China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Radio and Television, broadcast the 8K UHD signals over 5G from the Beijing National Grand Theater and Shanghai International. To do so, it utilized Telestream’s full 2110 IP solution, including the Inspect 2110 IP monitoring system, PRISM waveform monitor and SPG8000A precision multiformat video signal generator.

The Inspect 2110 and Prism monitors help CCTV monitor IP 2110 8K signals in real-time. Telestream also provides IP 2110 network health protection and automatic alarm functions, and checks the main consistency of the main and backup channels. 

The images were broadcast in public places on more than 30 UHD large screens and China’s first consignment of 8K TVs across Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Jinan, Haikou and Qingdao.

CCTV has plans for additional 8K UHD broadcasts, including one for its Chinese New Year’s Eve celebrations. In 2022, CCTV expects to start broadcasting 8K UHD channels in the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, with plans to implement 8K UHD as the standard production format for the games. This will include 8K Telestream live monitoring from content production to editing and broadcasting.

 For more information, visit www.telestream.net.  

NEVADA CITY, Calif.—Telestream is now offering an updated software for its Prism waveform monitor.

The new software update for Primestream offers support for enhanced test tools for UHD and 4K/8K with RGB 4:4:4 12-bit HDR/WCG and False color tools, as well as immersive audio surround formats. Part of the software update includes a new user interface for simplifying selection, use and configuration of Prism’s applications. 

In addition, there are up to 36 different presets that can be used to reconfigure the Prism for different applications, which can be exported or downloaded to multiple Prism units. The update also allows for Prism to be accessed remotely through a web user interface. Other features include use of four active trace files, capture and decoding of SCTE 104 messages and the ability to select and down mix stereo and 5.1 surround audio channels.

The Prism software is available now, at no additional cost to current Prism customers.

For more information, visit www.telestream.net.  

LAS VEGAS—Telestream will demonstrate the latest enhancements to Vantage Cloud Port, PRISM and its iQ monitoring solutions at the 2020 NAB Show.

The latest version of Telestream’s PRISM media monitoring and analysis platform offers comprehensive monitoring of IP/SDI 4K/8K signals. The product now includes new tools for wide color gamut (WCG) and high dynamic range (HDR). The new capabilities are designed to accommodate workflow changes and meet quality expectations for broadcast and streamed content, the company said.

The company’s Vantage Cloud Port, which enables new media processing and automation workflows, will be shown with new Tempo time adjustment and content normalization. The cloud-agnostic, multicloud solution will also be shown with the new, streamlined version of Post Producer automated content assembly and processing.

The ability to convert between color spaces, including support and certification for Dolby Vision, has been added to Vantage and Vantage Cloud Port. The new capability enables insertion of missing color metadata and ensures the best possible quality with the Vantage 16-bit video processing pipeline with full support for HDR standards. The product also now supports object-based audio, including Dolby Atmos, the company said.

Vantage Cloud Port also now is offered with an option for paying on a time-metered basis.

The company’s new Vantage Cloud Port Conductor allows users to upload complete Vantage workflows and execute them in the cloud.

Telestream also will feature enhancements to its iQ ABR monitoring solutions. Designed to enable OTT streaming providers to see what their customers see, the iQ ABR monitoring solutions offer enhanced post-origin content processing and delivery monitoring support for DASH and CMAF packaged ABR streams, and dynamic ad video quality assurance.

Sentry software-based quality monitoring probes are now integrated into Telestream’s Intelligent Video Management System for Adaptive Streaming Media (iVMS ASM).

See Telestream in booth SL6 at the 2020 NAB Show, which will take place from April 18-22 in Las Vegas.

For more information, visit the Telestream website.

NEVADA CITY, Calif.—The PRISM series of hybrid SDI and IP waveform monitors from Telestream have added new HDR and WGC support for 4K and HD productions courtesy of a new software update. The update, v1.10, is available for any model of PRISM with the production licenses to enable the features that support HDR and WGC.

Among the new features in the toolset is STOP Waveform, a new kind of waveform that displays in units of lights as a log scale. There is also a false color mode that can highlight the area in a picture display where the colors have exceeded the P3 gamut range. Additional features that are part of this update include a CIE chart, Diamond, Vector and a standard % waveform.

Telestream says that the toolset includes solutions for HLG, PQ and Dolby Vision events and projects.

NEW YORK—Telestream’s offerings at the upcoming NAB Show New York will give attendees a look at what the company can provide from production to distribution. A particular focus for Telestream’s latest products will be the adoption of 4K technology.

To help with production needs, Telestream will have its Prism monitoring and analysis platform that is engineered for IP, SDI and hybrid workflows involving HD, 4K, HDR and WCG. The Prism unit that will be shown comes with new features like false color, HDR measurement tools and support for 25G networks.

The Vantage Media Processing Platform is meant to help with postproduction, featuring automated ingest, media processing and postproduction workflow automation. One of the components of the Vantage platform is the Vantage Media Manager, which provides a user interface for Mac and Windows-based creative editorial to browse, preview, tag and submit jobs for processing. The Vantage platform also provides GPU-accelerated multiscreen transcoding and automated content assembly while handling 4K+, HDR and Dolby Vision formats. Additional features include delivering final masters in IMF and being able to automatically process in the cloud via Vantage Cloud Port.

Telestream has a number of video quality assurance products that it will showcase, including Vidchecker and Aurora for file-based QC and correction. In addition, Telestream iQ and Sentry are designed to ensure viewers’ video experience with hardware or virtualized probes.

On the distribution side, Telestream has products to assist with live streaming, like the OptiQ Monitor, a subscription, pay-as-you-go cloud-native system that provides real-time deployment of live ABR monitoring for real-time video QoE analysis and a comprehensive view of CDN delivery network QoS performance. The OptiQ Channel system, meanwhile, enables the creation of new OTT channels from cloud-deployed infrastructure.

Telestream’s Wirecast Gear will also show its latest features, which include more CPU cores, higher clock speeds, faster RAM and the latest NVMe storage, will be shown at Broadfield’s booth (N121).

Telestream will be located at booth N337.

2019 NAB Show New York will run from Oct. 16-17 at the Javits Convention Center.

NEW YORK—Brought into the Telestream family of products with the integration of Tektronix video test, monitoring and quality assurance systems, Telestream will put new updates to the Prism media processing platform front and center at this year's NAB Show New York, which runs from Oct. 16-17.

Prism is a hybrid IP/SDI media processing platform, and at NAB Show NY will be shown with its latest update that offers a new mixed media card that supports 25GE networks. This will allow existing installed units to be upgraded in the field while new units with the new mixed media card will just need a software upgrade. Both upgrade paths will be available for the same price. Now with a 25GE interface, Prism can provide support for a range of media networks, from SDI to 4K HDR and WGC.

The 25GE option is available in both Prism form factors, the 3RU 9-inch full touchscreen, MPI2-25, as well as the 1RU rasterizer, MPX2-25. Prism IP measurements are also available in all models. HDR/WGC features like STOP waveform, CIE charts and false color displays can be used for 4K content creation via 25GE.

Telestream will demonstrate this at its booth, N337, throughout NAB Show NY.

AMSTERDAM—Teradek will showcase its new Prism 4K HEVC encoder/decoder during IBC 2019, Sept. 13-17, at the RAI Amsterdam. The rack-mountable solution for broadcast, live production and Pro AV applications is the first in a new line of codecs, the company said.

Prism’s 2RU chassis can house up to nine blades, each of which supports up to eight channels of audio and is capable of four simultaneous 1080p60 video feeds. The unit can encode and decode up to 4Kp60 video with 10-bit 4:2:2 image sampling.

Offering redundant power and network connections, Prism’s genlock input provides frame sync on decoder outputs. The unit supports a wide variety of streaming protocols, including MPEG-TS, RTP and RTMPS, in addition to SRT and Zixi, Teradek said.

Prism can be connected to Teradek’s IP video management and production platform Core. Doing so, enables users to configure, route, transcode and record IP video streams in the cloud.

The company is planning a near-term release of software to enable support for REMI remote production workflows.

Teradek plans to make Prism available in the fall, and the company is pricing the unit at $2,990 for the 2RU chassis, $1,990 for the 1RU chassis and $2,990 each for the encoder and decoder cards.

“When we began development of Prism, we spent a lot of time working with our customers to produce a solution that would help them transition to a 4K workflow in a cost-conscious manner,” said Nicol Verheem, CEO of Teradek. “To achieve this, we built our platform from the ground up, using a completely new encoding technology stack and a new design philosophy that is better aligned with what our customers are looking for from a next-gen encoder.”

More information is available on the Teradek website.

See Teradek at IBC 2019 stand 12.E65.

AMSTERDAM—Brought into the Telestream family of products with the integration of Tektronix video test, monitoring and quality assurance systems, Telestream will put new updates to the Prism media processing platform front and center at IBC 2019, which runs from Sept. 13-17 this year.

Prism is a hybrid IP/SDI media processing platform, and at IBC will be shown with its latest update that offers a new mixed media card that supports 25GE networks. This will allow existing installed units to be upgraded in the field while new units with the new mixed media card will just need a software upgrade. Both upgrade paths will be available for the same price. Now with a 25GE interface, Prism can provide support for a range of media networks, from SDI to 4K HDR and WGC.

The 25GE option is available in both Prism form factors, the 3RU 9-inch full touchscreen, MPI2-25, as well as the 1RU rasterizer, MPX2-25. Prism IP measurements are also available in all models. HDR/WGC features like STOP waveform, CIE charts and false color displays can be used for 4K content creation via 25GE.

Telestream will demonstrate this at its stands, 7.C16 & 7.C14, during IBC 2019.

LAS VEGAS—Tektronix will showcase its entire suite of High Dynamic Range (HDR) tools, including its suite of media production, monitoring and analysis solutions, such as PRISM, Aurora and Sentry at the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

"Broadcasters seeking to address the HDR opportunity have been working with Tektronix to improve the HDR process and optimize HDR workflows,” said Charlie Dunn, general manager of Tektronix's Video Business. “In working together, we’re able to support them in delivering a better customer experience, mitigating churn and protecting their brand perception.”

Tektronix has developed a dynamic set of tools to enable producers to deliver HDR content with confidence to their customers, the company said.

The company’s PRISM media monitoring and analysis now offers comprehensive HDR measurement and displays to provide users with visibility into content dynamics and reduce how long it takes to isolate and remedy a fault. PRISM presents complex information via easy-to-understand graphical displays familiar to broadcast operations teams, technicians and engineers.

Supporting HDR and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) workflows, PRISM reduces the complexity associated with content creation for multiple HDR/WCG formats, especially for content created following Report ITU-R B.2408-1. PRISM with HDR support is built on software that is easy to upgrade in the field to enable the solution to evolve as IP and HDR standards evolve, according to the company.

Tektronix also has added HDR capabilities to its Aurora scalable, file-based QC system. Aurora displays HDR metadata in a QC report and can produce graphs to show measured Content Light Level and Frame-Average Light Level values. If these levels exceed the file’s metadata, Aurora flags the error in the QC report, the company said.

Sentry, Tektronix’s video quality monitoring solution for live streams from cable, broadcast and OTT providers, has been enhanced with HDR status monitoring to confirm HDR services are being delivered correctly, the company said. The monitor also detects incorrectly set or mistakenly modified HDR data and alerts operators. The product offers automation and tools for proactive prevention of issues.

More information is available on the Tektronix website.

See Tektronix at NAB booth SU5006. To register for the NAB Show, visit www.nabshow.com.

BEAVERTON, ORE.—Tektronix has added support for the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards for professional media over IP networks to its PRISM media analysis solution, the company announced today. It also has added new field-upgradable signal generation capabilities to the analysis tool for use in testing IP and 12G-SDI for hybrid/SDI networks.

As facility infrastructure evolves from SDI to IP, broadcast engineers and IT professional must manage hybrid SDI and IP environments. The addition of SMPTE ST 2110 signal generation to PRISM, which can be connected to any broadcast signal in a facility, means users now have a comprehensive measurement, network analysis and troubleshooting tool, the company said.

The new MP-GEN option module for PRISM can inject known good signals into the network to check signal paths and system redundancy, thus allowing users to identify where connectivity errors and other problems originate, Tektronix said. It does so by providing ST 2110-20, -30 and ST 2022-7 test patterns that can be used on IP networks and on 12G-SDI for hybrid/SDI networks.

PRISM’s new ST 2110 support provides generation, connectivity and analysis for: ST 2110-10, system timing; -20, uncompressed active video; -30, uncompressed PCM audio; -40, ancillary data; and -21, traffic shaping uncompressed video.

More information is available on the Tektronix website.

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BEAVERTON, ORE.—With new technologies like 4K/UHD, wide color gamut and HDR now available to video content creators, Tektronix is ushering in a new set of tools for its Prism software-based platform. The new toolset helps Prism address multi-format and multi-standard challenges for camera acquisition for mobile and studio productions.

Part of the new toolset is a Tektronix-patented Stop Waveform Display that operators can use to adjust camera exposure in a consistent manner without dealing with the optical to electric transfer function of a camera; it can also create scene of subject lighting. There is also a vector display with a 3D look-up table that allows the BT.709 vector to be used to evaluate skin tones, match colors to familiar reference marks and determine the degree of color gamut compatibility for BT.709 conversion. A combination of full, quad or vertical display modes are also available.

The updated Prism platform will be available at the end of September, after Tektronix displays it to IBC 2017 attendees.