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Paul Babb, the founder of MAXON USA chats with Ryan Salazar of Broadcast Beat about the history of his company and Cinema 4D.

MAXON Computer is a leading developer of 3D software for the creative industries, best known for Its flagship 3D modeling, painting, rendering, and animation software, Cinema 4D. Today, thousands of users across the world rely on Cinema 4D to create cutting-edge 3D motion graphics, architectural and product visualizations, video game graphics, illustrations, and much more. MAXON's client list includes ABC, Blizzard Entertainment, BMW, BSkyB, CNN, Fox, ITV Creative, MPC (Moving Picture Company), NBC, NFL Network, Rhythm & Hues, Siemens VDO, Sony Pictures Imageworks, The Walt Disney Company, Turner Broadcasting, Vitra, and many more.

Formed in 1986 by current CEOs Harald Egel, Harald Schneider and Uwe Baertels, MAXON's headquarters is located in Germany. MAXON operates subsidiaries in the U.S. and U.K., and competence centers in Japan, France and Singapore. In addition, MAXON products are sold and supported by over 150 distributors and resellers in over 80 countries worldwide. In early 2000, Nemetschek AG (www.nemetschek.com), Europe's leading vendor of software for architecture and construction, acquired a 70% share of MAXON. 30% of shares remain in the ownership of the company's founders. Becoming part of the Nemetschek group (whose products include leading CAD brands such as Allplan, ArchiCAD and Vectorworks) has enabled MAXON to dramatically increase its sales to the architecture and visualization markets.

First released commercially in 1993 on the Amiga platform, Cinema 4D debuted on Mac OS and Windows OS in 1996. In 2000, BodyPaint 3D followed, an innovative 3D painting application available as an integrated part of Cinema 4D or as a standalone product for use with other 3D applications. Now in its 14th release some 18 years later, Cinema 4D has always been known for powerful features, rock-solid stability, ease-of-use and fast workflow. Close relationships to hardware manufacturers like Intel and Apple guarantee optimized products that follow the pulse of technology closely. There has been a major feature-packed release of Cinema 4D almost every year since its creation. Despite this rapid development speed, stability remains excellent for the product. MAXON's experienced programming team is still headed by Cinema 4D's original programmers, who ensure that all new features stay true to their aims from day one of power, speed, stability and ease-of-use.

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Travis White of NewBlueFX chats with Ryan Salazar of NAB Show LIVE about their titling software.

Providing innovative video technologies since 2006, NewBlue, Inc. delivers video editing solutions to consumers, filmmakers, and broadcast professionals worldwide. The company’s NewBlueFX line features a product portfolio with over 280 video editing and audio plugins, while its Titler Live and VPX technologies serve the video cloud and streaming industries. The company boasts unique intellectual property, a seasoned development and design team, well-respected founders with a track record of success, a superior market reputation and a cash-flow positive revenue stream.

Founders Melissa Jordan Grey and Todor J. Fay saw immediate parallels between the surfacing of video technology in the 21st century and the rise of audio technology in the 90s. (The pair initially capitalized on the emergence of audio technology when they sold their first company, The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks to Microsoft in 1995.) They founded NewBlue on the premise that video would become an essential component in popular culture and the consumer marketplace.

NewBlue entered the market in 2006 with its NewBlueFX line of video special effects for video editing, which quickly became the fastest growing in its market. The company currently holds multi-year license deals with industry leaders Adobe Corporation, Avid Corporation, Corel, Cyberlink, Magix, Pinnacle Systems, Thomson Grass Valley and Sony Corporation.

In 2011 and 2012, NewBlue released Vibop 1.0 and Vibop 2.0 respectively for Apple iPhone. While the app received consistent critical acclaim, the company chose to withdraw it from the market in 2013 to focus on its underlying technology, NewBlue VPX (video production engine) technology.

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Quantum's Geoff Stedman talks about storage workflows in the media and entertainment industry with Ryan Salazar of Broadcast Beat. Geoff also talks about using spinning disk versus solid-state. Later in the conversation, Geoff touches on integrating cloud-based solutions with local storage in production facilities.

Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive and data protection, providing intelligent solutions for capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. They help customers maximize the value of these assets to achieve their goals, whether it’s top movie studios looking to create the next blockbuster, researchers working to accelerate scientific discovery, or small businesses trying to streamline their operations. With a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class disk, tape and software solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, Quantum enables customers to address their most demanding workflow challenges and opportunities.

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Ryan Salazar of Broadcast Beat chats with Bob Michaels of ZeeVee about how the video distribution industry has evolved from Radio Frequency (RF) to IP.

ZeeVee was conceived in 2007 by technology experts Vic Odryna, Jeremy Greene, Steve Metzger and Andy Marcuvitz, who realized that widespread adoption of HD video was being limited by relative cost and complexity. Upgrading from analog to digital video distribution was costly and complicated; the ZeeVee team saw this as the primary disconnect between explosive emergence of HDTVs and customers' ability to access high quality video content. In a breathtaking development phase, they hired leading engineers in TV and broadcast technologies and harnessed the latest technology for digital signal processing. ZeeVee reverse engineered the typical video distribution system, launching ZvBox in May 2008 to widespread acclaim. Since then, the company has continued to revolutionize digital video distribution by producing products that are commercial grade, highly flexible, extremely reliable and incredibly cost-effective.

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Paul Applebee of QStar Technologies speaks with Ryan Salazar of Broadcast Beat about their solutions from the 2015 IBC Show.

QStar’s software products provide a rich set of archive and data management functionality. These products can be deployed as independent applications or can be added incrementally to an existing platform installation. Advanced functionality includes real time mirroring or replication for disaster prevention, and data lifecycle management through advanced policy-based data migration and management.

QStar solutions work to create secure archives that allow simple access to all archive data using standard interfaces and protocols across the network. QStar archive software can be installed on any server platform running Windows, UNIX, or LINUX, for seamless integration with existing network security models.

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Jacques Le Mancq, CEO and President of Broadpeak speaks with Ryan Salazar of Broadcast Beat Magazine about the history of his company. Jacques also talks about the technology Broadpeak provides.

Broadpeak designs and manufactures video delivery components for Content Providers and Network Service Providers deploying IPTV, Cable, OTT and mobile services.

Its portfolio of solutions and technologies powers the delivery of movies, television programming and other content over managed networks and the internet for viewing on any type of device. The company’s systems and services help operators increase market share and improve subscriber loyalty with superior quality of experience.

Broadpeak supports all of its customers worldwide, from simple installations to large delivery systems reaching capacities of several million of simultaneous streams.

Broadpeak systems leverage the long legacy of Technicolor’s excellence in broadcast and broadband content delivery from

where the founders and technology originated.

Broadpeak is headquartered in Rennes, France.

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Mark Anderson of G-Technology shows of their Evolution Series products at the Adobe Video World Conference in San Jose.

G-Technology, a leader in delivering premium storage solutions, recently announced four new products in its Evolution Series, a flexible ecosystem of docking stations and interchangeable and expandable external hard drives and accessories that makes transferring, editing and distributing content more efficient, scalable and reliable. The new products include the G-SPEED® Studio XL with two ev Series Bay Adapters, ev Series Reader RED® MINI-MAG® Edition, G-DOCK ev® Solo and the ev Series FireWire™ Adapter. Designed with creative professionals in mind, the new Evolution Series products provide the ultimate flexibility and customization for all workflows.

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John Sandeman of Broadcast Beat Magazine chats with the founder of iOgrapher, Dave Basulto at Adobe Video World in San Jose, California.

The iOgrapher Mobile Media Case for iPad Mini is the first all purpose filmmaking case for the iPad Mini. Made from high grade polycarbonate, iOgrapher is extremely tough and durable enough to withstand any shooting environment - from your high school football game, your kids’ birthday party to that pro shoot you may be prepping for your next big film.

Add 37mm lenses to a convenient, threaded lens mount for wide angles, fisheye looks, and macros for those extreme close ups. iOgrapher even has mounts for attaching lighting and audio gear on its 3 accessory shoes across the top.

Want to set up your iPad Mini in one spot for continuous shooting? Simply mount the iOgrapher to any standard standard tripod, monopod or portable dolly. A rugged tripod mount will handle them all.

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Al Mooney of Adobe chats with Broadcast Beat's John Sandeman the the VERY FIRST Adobe Video World.

Picture big-industry names, insider access, and other great perks you usually get at large industry events. Then, add the vibe of a small gathering with like-minded people with whom you connect instantly. Sounds ideal, right? That’s what Adobe has done with Adobe Video World!

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Gayan Gunawardana of Snapstream shows Broadcast Beat their video recording system at NAB Show New York. The unique thing about this system is that it can capture closed captioning and then index all the text, allowing you to search text string mentions of company names, etc. This is a VERY cool product!

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