MEDIA ADVISORY – Zixi’s Eric Bolten: Delivering Broadcast Quality HDR Video Services Over IP

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MEDIA ADVISORY – Zixi’s Eric Bolten: Delivering Broadcast Quality HDR Video Services Over IP

New Opportunities to Create Critical Technological and Economic Scale for Service Providers

AMSTERDAM – Sept. 12, 2016—Video software platform company, Zixi, has been delivering video traffic for broadcasters over the Internet for almost ten years and is now meeting the increased demands of HDR video. Its Vice President of Business Development, Eric Bolten, says Internet technologies will be essential because traditional technologies will not be sufficiently flexible and cost-effective. Zixi has been working with Technicolor to demonstrate how High Dynamic Range content can be delivered as part of comprehensive commercial broadcast offerings.

“Delivering true broadcast level contribution with the flexibility and cost structure of the Internet without giving up anything in terms of stability, reliability, security, and latency will be critical across live events, live linear and cloud delivery,” Bolten says.

Technicolor recently worked with Zixi to deliver a 20Mbps HDR signal from Denver to Los Angeles for Time Warner Communications to show a live Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game.

Zixi uses a series of advanced transmission protocols with error correction, error protection, and congestion avoidance routines to enable transmission of broadcast-quality video, but, Bolten explains, HDR presents a new set of challenges.

“By using a series of error correction routines—while being content and network-aware—Zixi is able to effectively turn the unmanaged open Internet into a video network that can deliver the highest quality of services that allows for perfect video signal with the super stability that is required by broadcasters. This is very important with HDR because any disruption of the compressed stream is going to have a greater impact on the quality of the signal than with other technologies,” says Bolten.

He says IP technologies will be essential to meet future demands of broadcasters as consumers’ appetite for video grows.

Technicolor will be demonstrating a wide array of technologies addressed by Bolten during the IBC 2016 conference in Amsterdam September 9 – September 14, 2016.

For access to the full Q&A and to learn about emerging views on the entertainment technology marketplace, click here: http://thefuturetrust.technicolor.com/article/the-future-of-storytelling/hdr-over-ip-delivering-broadcast-quality-hdr-video-services-over-the-internet-creates-critical-technological-and-economic-scale/
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For more details and context, contact: Lane Cooper +1 323 817 7547 Lane.cooper@technicolorpr.com

MEDIA ADVISORY— Captain America: Civil War Shows Visually-Stunning HDR in Action

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MEDIA ADVISORY— Captain America: Civil War Shows Visually-Stunning HDR in Action

LOS ANGELES – May 12, 2016—Technicolor was a prominent member of Marvel’s team for their latest blockbuster release: Captain America: Civil War. Led by senior supervising finishing colorist Steve Scott, Technicolor provided final color-grading as well as mastering for a wide array of HDR theatrical deliverables and HDR home masters.

Technicolor creative talent is leading the industry in HDR presentations for many of the industry’s most prominent theatrical features, having finished the HDR versions of The Revenant, The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War, and the upcoming Steven Spielberg directed BFG. Captain America: Civil War enjoyed the 5th largest theatrical opening in US box office history.

Captain America: Civil War, along with the other cited major recent releases in which Technicolor has been involved reflect a new de facto standard for theatrical distribution, according to Scott. As HDR exhibition and projection becomes an integral part of the movie-making process, Technicolor talent and color scientists are engaging with projects earlier in the production and planning process.

“It gets more and more refined every time out for the simple reason there is less time to deliver … but we face the same level of expectation for our quality and performance. So we continue to innovate solutions and processes that allow us to work in the most efficient manner possible, while not sacrificing any artistry or creative intent in the process,” says Scott.

In addition to HDR color-grading, Technicolor also delivered 500 VFX shots for the movie. Technicolor’s in-house VFX team was led by producers Doug Spilatro and Tricia Pifer.

For more on Technicolor’s work on Captain America: Civil War, visit: http://www.technicolor.com/en/who-we-are/press-news-center/news/marvel-sides-technicolor-captain-america-civil-war

If you would like to schedule a brief interview with Steve Scott or the Technicolor creative team, contact:
Lane Cooper 323 817 7547 Lane.cooper@technicolorpr.com
Or
Robert Hoffman 323 817-6809 Robert.Hoffman@Technicolor.com

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MEDIA ADVISORY – Zixi’s Eric Bolten: Delivering Broadcast Quality HDR Video Services Over IP