Appear completes media jigsaw to offer best-of-breed workflows @IBC
To mark its 20th anniversary, Appear – a global provider of live production technology – is launching a flexible, open software platform providing high-performance media processing for live production, and a solution ecosystem comprising Appear’s own capabilities alongside industry solutions, enabling “best-of-breed” workflows.
Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, CEO of Appear, said, “2024 is Appear’s most innovative year in its 20-year history. Our first wave of innovation provided the media industry with the most flexible, powerful, and functionally versatile hardware-based live production solutions.
“At IBC2024, we will complete the live media jigsaw with a software platform that allows media organisations to operate at the highest quality and robustness levels, regardless of their choice between hardware, on-premise software, or the cloud. The launch of our new solution proposition alongside this will provide further technical, operational and commercial flexibility. “
Besides these new offerings, Appear will also unveil important features and functionalities for its X-Platform hardware solution.
These include the 100G IP Gateway Switch modules, which drives cost efficiencies and sustainability by increasing density and significantly increasing media flow throughput. With latency being critical in live event content production, Appear has further optimised the latency of the AVC and HEVC functions of the X Platform, now delivering end-to-end contribution below 100ms.
A new double density JPEG XS module enables Appear to deliver 8 full HD channels per module, enabling a possible 96 JPEG XS full HD channels across a single 2RU chassis on the X Platform.
Lastly, a new compression module allows the X Platform to deliver new levels of audio with Dolby Atmos support and high dynamic range (HDR)/standard dynamic range (SDR) C-conversion.
Andy Rayner, CTO of Appear, added, “At IBC this year, we are introducing the next generation of Appear by initiating an all-tiers live production software platform and enabling operators to take advantage of our new solutions portfolio.
“Individually, both are important, but together we believe that we are building the live production workflows of the future.”
To find out more, visit booth 1.B41 at IBC 2024, which is taking place at the Amsterdam RAI convention centre from September 13-16.
