Grass Valley has announced a major new software upgrade for its GV Stratus nonlinear production application framework. With the new software version, GV Stratus now supports seamless processing and delivery of content to second-screen and multi-screen distribution platforms. “Content is no longer made for just one screen-operators now face a number of challenges in order […]
Grass Valley has announced a major new software upgrade for its GV Stratus nonlinear production application framework.
With the new software version, GV Stratus now supports seamless processing and delivery of content to second-screen and multi-screen distribution platforms.
“Content is no longer made for just one screen-operators now face a number of challenges in order to meet the demands of a more dispersed, multi-screen, multiplatform audience,” said Mike Cronk, Senior VP, marketing at Grass Valley. “They need to be able to send content across numerous distribution channels at the same time, despite the varying requirements for image size, quality, and overall systems management.”
Other significant new features include integration with Grass Valley Smart Playout Centre. This enables customers to segment content for the Cobalt playlist management used by Grass Valley K2 Edge playout nodes to insert promos and commercials.
The new version also allows users to tag content from multiple ISO cameras. While recording, operators can tag content on the fly and when recording from one or multiple cameras, marks can be inserted at points of interest with one click. The marks are instantly available to all users with low resolution browsers, low resolution editors, and high resolution editors.
It also allows all archive content, proxy files, and metadata to be moved from an existing Aurora system to a GV Stratus system.
The company also announced some significant deployments, with Lyon Video deploying Grass Valley LDX cameras for live HD mobile productions and the Denver’s Pepsi Centre selecting Grass Valley’s end-to-end workflow solution for the 2013-14 NBA and NHL seasons.
