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Panasonic and Various Broadcasting Equipment Manufacturers Collaborate on P2HD Compatibility

Nov 27, 2007 12:00 PM

Agreements were reached between Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial is known, and industry-leading broadcasting equipment manufacturers (Fujifilm, For-A, Thomson Grass Valley, and Omneon) to collaborate in developing peripherals and systems compatible with Panasonic P2HD series.

FujiFilm is expected to introduce a series of P2-compatible, solid-state memory cards for broadcasting purposes to the U.S. and European markets, beginning Spring 2008.

For-A's proprietary media management system conforms to the AVC-Intra codec, enabling the system to ingest and manage content of P2 cards as metadata. Expected to be released in 2008, it can also be linked with an AVC-Intra-compatible, nonlinear editing system via a network to provide a shared storage for media materials, or to function as an archive system.

Thomson's Grass Valley video servers will be supporting DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra. Combined with Thomson's already completed AVC-Intra support in its Eduis line of nonlinear editors, Grass Valley plans to offer a complete, end-to-end workflow based on P2, from direct editing on P2 cards through to playout.

Omneon announced that the new 5600-series MediaPort modules for the Omneon Spectrum media server and the Omneon MediaDeck integrated server will provide realtime encoding and decoding of HD material using the AVC-Intra codec. Omneon is demonstrating direct recording and playback of AVC-Intra video through the MIP-5601 of a Spectrum server at Inter BEE 2007. The complete MIP-5600 line will be available in mid-2008.

With the addition of these new partners, the Panasonic P2 alliance partnership will shift into a new stage. The partnership with FujiFilm will enable more users to experience P2HD. In addition to providing services with existing software, we hope to share all of the advantages of the P2 solid-state memory recording system with a wide variety of customers.

Broadcasting stations throughout the world are rapidly shifting into HD and tapeless production environments, and the demand for replacing the conventional tape-based system is increasing. Therefore, the P2 series was introduced, leading the industry as a fully featured, solid-state memory video recording system. As of today, more than 60,000 P2/P2HD units have been shipped worldwide. The number of broadcasting stations employing the P2/P2HD Series is also increasing, and today has grown to 610 organizations worldwide (as of the end of August, 2007).

For more information, visit www.panasonic-broadcast.com.

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