San Antonio, TX – May
1, 2008 --
NewTek, Inc.,
manufacturer of
industry-leading
video and 3D
animation products,
today announces it
has begun shipping
TriCaster
BROADCAST™, its
latest portable live
production and
virtual set system
that offers
producers the most
extensive list of
benefits and
flexibility to date.
With a small
footprint that fits
comfortably in even
the most
space-constrained
environments,
TriCaster BROADCAST
offers easy set up,
seamless one-person
or team operation
and NewTek’s LiveSet™
technology, which
makes it possible to
turn small spaces
into
larger-than-life
network style
studios.
“Whether doing a
live production from
a sporting event
such as the Major
League All Star
Game, a music event
such as the MTV
video music awards
or from thousands of
schools, city halls,
corporate boardrooms
or houses of
worship, TriCaster
is the choice of
producers around the
world,” said Michael
Kornet, NewTek’s
Chief Marketing
Officer. “With the
introduction of
TriCaster BROADCAST
and its serial
digital solution,
the growing family
of TriCaster
products now
provides all of the
capabilities of a
live digital
production truck in
a small package for
an ever-growing list
of video and web
streaming
producers.”
Offering
unprecedented
flexibility,
TriCaster BROADCAST
allows producers to
quickly connect and
mix up to six serial
digital, component,
composite and Y/C
camera’s to provide
full coverage of any
event. Users can
switch six cameras
with a shared
preview monitor or
three cameras with a
dedicated preview
for each. TriCaster
BROADCAST’s
integrated character
generator provides
users the ability to
create custom
titles, motion
graphics, scrolls
and crawls. It can
also lock any title
or graphic upstream
to any input. Dual
VCRs may be assigned
to scrolls, crawls
and motion titles.
Operators may also
easily cut to video
using the on-board
DDRs at any time
without the need for
another person to
cue up the content.
In addition,
TriCaster BROADCAST
includes the
following benefits:
-
Full support for
both 4:3 and
16:9
broadcasting
-
Multi-format
live clip
playback
-
Up to three
external
displays, Mac
or PC, can be
imported as a
switcher input
-
Flash, Windows
Media and VC-1
streaming
support
-
Serial Digital
BNC connectors
provide
increased
durability and
reliability for
camera hook-ups
-
Four balanced
XLR or phone
jack connectors
for professional
audio mixing
-
Simultaneous
recording of
full-screen .avi
while archiving
a Web stream
-
iVGA under scan
to select
whether or not
an external VGA
input fills the
entire video
frame
-
Cleaner keying
and
ease-of-setup
with an
optimized
LiveMatte™
engine
-
Integrated video
editor, with
improvements
based on
SpeedEDIT 1.5
-
Additional tools
that will allow
customized
LiveSet™ virtual
sets created
with LightWave
3D v9
Virtual Sets
The LiveSet™
proprietary virtual
set system in
TriCaster BROADCAST
allows virtual sets
to be assigned
independently to
each of six camera
inputs and the dual
integrated DDR’s. In
addition, each input
has an independent
LiveMatte™ module
eliminating the need
for expensive keying
or frame-sync
hardware. Each live
virtual set supports
multiple angles,
focal lengths and
secondary video
sources, such as
on-screen monitors.
The photo-realistic
LiveSet engine
allows real-time
reflections,
refractions, bump
maps and more.
Pricing
and Availability
TriCaster BROADCAST
NTSC is available in
North America for $11,995US. TriCaster BROADCAST is also
available
internationally in
multi-standard
PAL/NTSC versions.
For more
information, please
visit
www.NewTek.com
or call NewTek Sales
at 1-800-368-5441,
international
callers dial
+1-210-370-8000.
About NewTek
With headquarters in
San Antonio, Texas,
NewTek is an Emmy®
Award-winning and
leading provider of
full-featured live
production, video
editing,
presentation,
animation and
special effects
tools including
TriCaster™,
TriCaster Pro™,
TriCaster STUDIO™,
TriCaster
BROADCAST™, VT[5]™,
SpeedEDIT™, 3D
Arsenal™, LightWave
3D® and LightWave
Rendition™ for
Adobe® Photoshop®.
