NAB Broadcast Beat Award Winners 2014

And The Winners Are…

The “Broadcast Beat Awards” are given to manufacturers at the 2014 NAB Show.  Some of the judging criteria include Originality, improvement on existing technology, its inventive qualities, whether the technology was ground-breaking and advancement.

There are three (3) “Products of the Year” – one each in each of the main Broadcast Beat Categories of “Content Management, ” “Content Delivery, ” and “Content Creation.”  In all other categories (Originality, Innovation, Creativity and Editor’s Choice), there are three winners each.

Each winner was selected from hundreds of submitted products.

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Blackmagic Production Camera 4K seems to be the world’s most portable 4K digital film camera!  With a large Super 35 size sensor and a professional global shutter combined with precision EF mount optics, it’s perfect for shooting commercials, sport, documentaries, interviews and feature films.  Because the latest high-end televisions and video projectors support Ultra HD (a format with four times the resolution of 1080 HD), this professional powerhouse will provide you with the most amazing high resolution music videos, episodic television productions and anything else shot with it!  Precision engineered for quality, the single 6G-SDI output offers incredible Ultra HD live production.  Spectacular!

About Blackmagic Design

A company dedicated to quality and stability and focusing on where it’s needed most; Blackmagic has created some of the most talked about products in the industry. World famous for their unbeatable codecs, Blackmagic envisioned truly affordable high-end quality editing workstations built upon Blackmagic software and hardware.  Blackmagic Design’s founders have had a long history in post-production editing and engineering. With extensive experiences in high-end telecine, film and post, harnessed with a real passion for perfection, Blackmagic set out to change the industry forever.

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Booth SL10824 at The 2014 NAB Show in booth SL10824 is the place to see the xMac™ Pro Server Thunderbolt™ 2-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion system and 4U rackmount enclosure for new Mac Pro® computers.   Occupying a 4U rack space (7 inches) and just 16 inches deep, this system is perfect for use in a wide range of popular mobile racks, carts, and rack cases, as well as in a server room. Cool and nearly silent, two remarkably quiet, temperature-controlled, variable-speed fans manage airflow to ensure cool, reliable operation in noise-sensitive environments.  Pricing and availability will be announced at a future date.  One of the best parts about this product is that the xMac Pro Server was designed, engineered, and built by Sonnet in California.

About Sonnet Technologies

Sonnet Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of storage systems, Thunderbolt™ technology PCIe® expansion products, interface cards, and media readers for professional users in the audio, video, and broadcast industries. Sonnet’s Thunderbolt expansion products enable the use of pro audio I/O and DSP cards, pro video capture and transcoding cards, interface cards, and other high-performance PCIe cards with mini, portable, and all-in-one computers. The company’s product line features a range of high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable portable, desktop, and rackmount RAID storage solutions. For more than 25 years Sonnet has pioneered and brought to market numerous innovative and award-winning products that enhance the performance and connectivity of Mac®, Windows®, and other industry-standard computers.