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MediaHub provides and deploys Full-IP Ateme solution for VAST news services throughout Australia

SYDNEY, 3 December 2021 – The Viewer Access Satellite Television service (VAST), is a satellite television platform providing digital television and radio services giving access to a suite of metropolitan-equivalent broadcasting services to remote and rural areas, as well as viewers in terrestrial black spots. Late last year MediaHub was awarded the contract to provide ingest, compilation, playout and distribution of the twenty-one concurrent main and backup news channels, with material ingested from forty record sources across all regional Australian broadcasters. MediaHub, in turn, has now provided a “Full-IP” Ateme solution for all of Sothern Cross Austereo (SCA) VAST news services throughout Australia

The federally funded VAST service uses the Optus C1 and Optus D3 satellites and is managed through a joint venture between SCA and Imparja Television.

The Full-IP solution provides MediaHub the ability to playout MXF OP1a file-based-only media in a high bitrate SMPTE 2022-6 video-over-IP output format, whilst maintaining first-class video quality alongside audio and caption integrity.

As part of their rapid transition to becoming a full-IP facility, MediaHub worked closely with Ateme to ensure the initial realisation of this goal using their TITAN and PILOT software range.

MediaHub CEO, Alan Sweeney

MediaHub CEO, Alan Sweeney, said, “Our faith in Ateme and its focused IP centric roadmap has been rewarded with the commissioning of a platform with all the flexibility required as we move into a new era of digital broadcasting with many different delivery points. VAST is the initial deployment in a major project for the balance of our playout platform of over 400 channels. In short, our clients are the ultimate winners.”

Under control of PILOT Media, Ateme’s workflow and orchestration system, news content is captured via TITAN Recorder from existing outputs of WIN, Prime, SCA, and Imparja headends. Once captured, the content moves through an automated file-based workflow into the TITAN Playout environment where it is scheduled and played out over SMPTE 2022-6 outputs into the TITAN Live and TITAN Mux headend.

The PILOT and TITAN platforms are fully virtualised running Docker containers in a Kubernetes environment, enabling MediaHub both future flexibility when considering multi-site redundancy or cloud disaster recovery scenarios, as well as leveraging their expansive common infrastructure platform.

MediaHub MCR

Beyond an existing strong local support presence, Ateme’s distributed 24-by-7 Asia Pacific support team is intimately familiar with the comprehensive TITAN product portfolio. In line with Ateme’s ongoing commitment to upholding a customer-centric approach, an extensive training program is underway to gear up the wider support organisation, and to further cement Ateme’s technical support presence within MediaHub’s operating environment.

An agile yet formalised approach was implemented to ensure alignment between Ateme’s evolving TITAN Playout product roadmap and MediaHub’s vision for the future direction of the company.

Will Munkara-Kerr, Country Manager Australia and New Zealand for ATEME added, “MediaHub and the local Ateme team have done an incredible job designing and implementing a cutting-edge solution that maintains the exacting uptime standards required by the critical nature of the service and our industry in general. It’s rare to feel a part of such a genuine technological leap forward, and I congratulate MediaHub for their forward-thinking business vision and technical leadership, as well as everyone on our side committed to continuing to realise that vision.”

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MediaHub Australia’s CEO, Alan Sweeney
MediaHub Australia’s MCR

-Brad

D-Link expands F-Series Long Range PoE Switches with Full Gigabit Line-Up Ideal for Surveillance Systems Integrators and companies who deploy Wi-Fi and VoIP solutions

D-Link expands F-Series Long Range PoE Switches with Full Gigabit Line-Up
Ideal for Surveillance Systems Integrators and companies who deploy Wi-Fi and VoIP solutions

SYDNEY, 2 December 2021 – D-Link has expanded its selection of Long Range (250m) Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches, with the addition of a full Gigabit range (DGS F-Series) to complement the existing 10/100Mbps products (DES F-Series) on offer, which have proven to be very popular in the local market since their initial launch in early 2021.

Designed as part of D-Link’s entry level Unmanaged PoE Switching solutions, the DGS F-Series sports Gigabit (1000Mbps) on all ports, whereas the DES range comes with 100Mbps per port, as well as Gigabit uplinks. All models have enhanced features not normally associated with an Unmanaged Switch including Long Range PoE, VLAN, QoS and Auto PoE Reset functionality.

DGS-F1026P-E

The ideal Switches for Surveillance Systems Integrators and companies who deploy Camera and Monitoring solutions, these D-Link F-Series Switches meet this market’s requirements head on.

DES-F1018P-E

With many companies utilising IP Cameras with ever-increasing resolution requirements for better image quality, there is a strong need for PoE Switches to have higher throughput than the 10/100Mbps ports that the DES F-Series range provides, and D-Link has now addressed this market need with the expanded full Gigabit DGS F-Series range launching this month.

The 250 metre PoE capability of the Switches also satisfies the needs of Surveillance Systems Integrators dealing with deployments where a Camera or a Wi-Fi Access Point needs to be installed at a distant location where the standard 100 metre cable length is a limitation. Using the Long Range PoE feature of these clever Switches efficiently overcomes this issue.

The F-Series Switches are also designed for installations where IP Cameras are connected to the same network as other devices and require better security than a standard Unmanaged switch provides. Additionally, when mixing video traffic with other traffic, users often want to apply priority to video streams to avoid video stutter and dropped frames. To overcome this, the D-Link F-Series Switches offer a simple VLAN solution whereby users can easily isolate ports from each other, without the need for additional configuration, alongside automatic QoS to prioritise video and voice traffic.

Another valuable feature of both the DES and DGS F-Series is the ability to reset connected PoE devices using the automatic PoE reset function, or AI PoE. If a device, for whatever reason, stops responding, the Switch automatically detects this and resets the electric current supplied to the device momentarily, causing the device to reboot itself, bringing it back online hopefully in good working order once again.

In short, the DES F-Series Switches and DGS F-Series Gigabit Switches offer an affordable,
high-performance PoE solution with enhanced features over a standard Unmanaged Switch. The F-Series range also offers better throughput than many comparable Switches as well as valuable features including Long Range PoE, VLAN, QoS and automatic PoE reset support.

DGS F-Series and DES F-Series Switches Smart Features
VLAN
Isolates ports from each other. Adds security and improves network performance by constraining broadcast traffic. With a flick of a button, you can isolate Switch ports from each other, whilst still allowing the devices to communicate via the uplink ports. This feature not only adds security but can also effectively suppress network storms and improve network performance.

Extended Range
Enables Long Reach PoE+ support and the capability to supply 802.3af/at PoE and data connectivity on cables up to 250 metres long (Cat 5 or better cabling is recommended).

AI PoE
AI PoE feature automatically restarts a remote device by disabling and re-enabling PoE on the port, if it detects the remote device has locked up and there is no incoming traffic.

QoS
Enables application prioritisation. The new Switches’ performance is enhanced with a QoS (Quality of Service) feature to ensure that critical network services such as IP Surveillance, VoIP and IPTV are always given high priority. This feature makes the Switch a perfect solution for IP Camera and VoIP applications.

Availability and pricing
The new DGS F-Series Switches and DES F-Series Gigabit Switches are available from www.dlink.com.au, www.dlink.co.nz and from all authorised D-Link partners and resellers in both countries for the following RRP:

DES-F1006P-E – RRP AU$79.95 and RRP NZ$89.99
DGS-F1006P-E – RRP AU$179.95 and RRP NZ$229.99

DES-F1010P-E – RRP AU$129.95 and RRP NZ$129.99
DGS-F1010P-E – RRP AU$249.95 and RRP NZ$329.99

DES-F1018P-E – RRP AU$349.95 and RRP NZ$379.99
DGS-F1018P-E – RRP AU$549.95 and RRP NZ$649.99

DES-F1026P-E – RRP AU$429.95 and RRP NZ$499.99
DGS-F1026P-E – RRP AU$629.95 and RRP NZ$749.99

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The DGS-F1026P-E 26-Port Gigabit PoE Switch with 24 PoE+ Ports (8 Long Reach 250m) and 2 SFP Uplinks
For more images go to: http://files.dlink.com.au/Products/DGS-F1026P-E/Images/
The DES-F1018P-E 18-Port PoE Switch with 16 PoE Ports (8 Long Reach 250m) and 2 Gigabit Uplink Ports
For more images go to: http://files.dlink.com.au/Products/DES-F1018P-E/Images/

-Brad

Epson projectors power IMAGINARIA Unique design-driven experience

Epson projectors power IMAGINARIA
Unique design-driven experience

SYDNEY, 30 November 2021 – When Nick Ennis’ previous life as a fashion designer came to an end, he took some time off to spend it with his partner and four young children. During that time, they explored as many family activities as possible but were struck by the lack of design-driven experiences that spoke to both adult and child in the same breath. When thinking about his next project, they knew he wanted it to be highly creative and experiential as we could see a shift in consumerism as it moved further towards people wanting rich and memorable experiences. The idea they came up with was Imaginaria and to power it he turned to Epson and their unique projectors.

Ennis explained, “We pulled out a black piece of paper and asked the question, what is the ideal experience for a family like ours? What does it need to be to be fun and entertaining for adults as much as the kids? That’s how the idea for Imaginaria started. I’ve always admired Epson from product though to branding and I knew there could be a synergy with what we were developing.”

Ennis reached out to Epson Australia who instantly embraced the idea.

Light Vines

Ennis continued, “The relationship with Epson Australia helped us get the project off the ground and beyond that we had a symbol of endorsement from a trusted brand and that meant more than anything to us. Not only did Epson provide amazing projectors but they went beyond that and supplied incredible technical advice to scope out each installation with very precise specifications, diagrams and product recommendations. To be very honest, we’ve never seen support and technical expertise like it.”

In total for Imaginaria Ennis and his team use multiple Epson EB-L1505UHNL and Epson EB-L630U projectors with Epson ELPLU03S Short Throw Lenses.

The Fountain

Ennis said, “Epson’s projectors have enabled us to create experiences including Light Vines, which is two projectors projected into one thousand strands. For The Fountain we’ve created a digital wishing well where visitors whisper their wishes into the fountain. Their wishes then pan around the room and the Epson projector creates an ethereal light beam and projection inside the well. Then there’s the Anti-Gravity immersive theatre room and Air Bubble where we literally project inside a giant bubble.”

Anti-Gravity

For Nick Ennis and the Imaginaria team they clearly love their art and their incredible installation and they clearly see the Epson projectors as a key part of its success. He concluded, “We love our Epson laser projectors because of their brightness and resilience. We’re running them for eight hours a day, seven
days a week and they never falter. They are truly amazing.”

Imaginaria is touring Australia and currently on display as part of the Brisbane Festival. For more information go to: https://imaginarianow.com/brisbane/about/

For more on Epson’s EB-L1505UHNL projectors go to:
https://www.epson.com.au/products/projector/EB-L1505UHNL.asp

For more on Epson’s EB-L630U projectors go to:
https://www.epson.com.au/products/projector/EB-L630U.asp

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Epson projectors in use as part of Imaginaria

-Brad

Video of the Day (Mac Pro Mega Leaks — Dual M1 Max & 120Hz Mini-LED!)

Mac Pro Mega Leaks — Dual M1 Max & 120Hz Mini-LED!

Check out this cool Video from
Rene Ritchie
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-Brad

PNY adds value and commitment in Australia via new distribution partnership with Leader Computers Leader now distributes all PNY VGA, SSD and DRAM products in Australi

PNY adds value and commitment in Australia via new distribution partnership with Leader Computers
Leader now distributes all PNY VGA, SSD and DRAM products in Australia

SYDNEY, 23 November 2021 – PNY are adding extra resources, value, commitment and presence in the Australian market having signed a new distribution agreement with Leader Computers, which now sees Leader representing all PNY VGA, SSD and DRAM products, their local RMA service, local marketing activities and pre and post sales support across the country. This new partnership will be a major boost for and add significant value to IT channel resellers, SMB, education and corporate resellers, e-tailers, national retailers, system integrators and managed service providers.

XLR8 RGB DDR4 Desktop Memory Pink Limited Edition

PNY regional sales director (ANZ), Robert Wu, explained, “PNY was looking for a professional and capable component distributor in Australia to meet the needs of our rapid growth in Australia. Leader is one of the largest component distributors in Australia and thus, we can and will leverage its strengths in each sales channel. Leader are the perfect complement to PNY and our VGA, SSD and DRAM products in Australia.”

PNY XLR8 CS3040 Gen 4 SSD in PS5™ SSD slot

As ever, PNY’s requirements for the new partnership were comprehensive. As well as the obvious search for revenue growth, they were looking for a company who would expand PNY’s reach through a major network of IT resellers and partners nationwide.

PNY offers latest NVDIA’s GTX and RTX series graphic cards.

Wu added, “Leader have dedicated local account managers with great product knowledge for their network of over 10,000 resellers. They also have nationwide distribution with large warehousing in five major capital cities and the fastest dropship in Australia.”

With the new partnership in full swing Leader are now not just responsible for PNY’s products, service, marketing and support, but as the sole distributor of PNY VGA, SSD and DRAM products in Australia it is also part of their remit to promote the PNY brand.

Leader Computers Product Director, Simon Yang, said, “We are incredibly excited for this new partnership with PNY whose strong heritage as a PC component manufacturer represents an amazing opportunity for our reseller channel to continue to diversify & enhance their product portfolio. Leader is one of the largest IT distributors in Australia covering all 5 major cities which include local sales, warranty, support & most importantly stock so we can deliver same day & deliver fast.”

“PNY is a natural fit for Leader as we are a broad based distributor focused on gaming, consumer, enterprise, corporate & more. PNY’s solutions cover all these verticals & more – And we aim to add value to this partnership through our pre-sales support, white label marketing, local sales & local RA to help our channel partners to go to market with PNY with confidence & trust with Leader supporting them”

For more on PNY graphics cards, solid state drives and DRAM go to:

Graphics Cards
https://www.pny.com.tw/en/products/graphic-cards/
Solid State Driveshttps://www.pny.com.tw/en/products/memory-upgrades/
PC Memory (DRAM)
https://www.pny.com.tw/en/products/memory-upgrades/

For more sales information on PNY graphics cards, solid state drives and DRAM in Australia please contact Simon Yang at Leader Computers.

-Brad

Video of the Day (WOW! New Apple Self Service Repair Program!)

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-Brad