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London, England, September 21, 2015: Eyeheight reports sustained high demand for its range of softwarer-based legalisation plug-ins as the broadcast industry moves increasingly to file-based content distribution and playout. "We
have experienced a record number of orders for demo downloads of our
BroadcastSafe range of compliance plug-ins throughout Q1 and Q2 2015,
climbing even higher in the run-up to September's International
Broadcasting Convention in "A
very high percentage have converted into actual sales as users discover
the seamless integration of BroadcastSafe with industry-leading video
editing applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut and
Avid Media Composer. "Demand
for software-as-a-service licensing is also increasing, allowing
customers to pass on the cost of compliance as an operating expense
rather than using traditional capex funding. "The
opex model is very accountant-friendly where the compliance resource is
required for a specific project. We are confident that many customers
initially using Eyeheight software on an opex basis will convert to the
capex model as their business scales up." Eyeheight's
new BroadcastSafeAudio loudness control plug-in attracted strong
interest at IBC. It is compatible with the Steinberg Virtual Studio
Technology interface used for many high-end professional audio
workstations. BroadcastSafeAudio is designed for professionals involved
in any aspect of audio production or post production where the end
product is to be transmitted over a television channel. It provides the
audio compliance features developed for the highly successful Eyeheight
KARMAudioAU loudness control plug-in which is designed for use with
Apple Final Cut 7. BroadcastSafe
is a complete plug-in legaliser, safe-area generator and graphic
measurement toolset. It enables users to verify and conform their
content prior to submission to any file-based quality control system,
all from within their familiar editing interface. BroadcastSafe
can perform composite, RGB, RGB-plus-Y and simultaneous composite-plus-RGB
legalising, all with user-adjustable soft clipping at high and low
thresholds. Precise chroma-space conversion and accurate limiting ensure
compliance while keeping the full gamut available for creative use. Users
can select from an extensive range of presets, or work in custom mode
which gives full access to 15 configurable parameters. Facility
administrators can assign which built-in presets are available to users,
create new presets or disable the custom option to ensure that only
approved configurations are implemented. The
integral BroadcastEvaluate display indicates which parts of a video
image require adjustment in order to be fully broadcast compliant.
Non-compliant areas of content are displayed in a user-definable colour
with the option of manual or automatic correction, giving editors
greater choice in the way they work. BroadcastEvaluate supports all
common compliance standards. Users can alternatively define their own
compliance standard as an XML file. Also
integral to BroadcastSafe is BroadcastSafeArea. This allows a wide range
of graticules to be superimposed over the video monitor display.
BroadcastSafeArea supports a multitude of standards including SMPTE, EBU
and DPP, in 525/625 standard definition, 720/1080 high definition and 2K
line formats. Also included is a centre marker plus a measurement
utility to ensure minimum text height conformance in commercials. Any
marker colour can be assigned by the operator. Eyeheight
(www.eyeheight.com) produces broadcast-standard technical compliance
plug-ins for use with popular video editing software such as Adobe
Premiere Pro. Eyeheight also designs and manufactures rack-mountable 3G,
3D and HD-SDI processors for video and audio content origination,
quality-assurance, post-production, playout and associated areas. This
includes audio descriptors, audio loudness conformers, colour
correctors, emergency switchers, mixers and keyers, safe area
generators, subtitling decoders, text and graphics generators, timecode
equipment, video legalisers and widescreen signal generators. Eyeheight
products are available worldwide.
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