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NAB 2008: K-WILL Corp. Wins 2008 STAR Award
-- Newly Announced VP3000 Portable Lip Sync Error Detection Device Honored by the Editorial Staff of TV Technology Magazine --
NAB 2008, Las Vegas, NV — April 16, 2008 — K-WILL Corporation (Booth N918), a global leader in HD/SDI video and audio quality monitoring, has been selected by TV Technology magazine as the recipient of the 2008 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) for its new VP3000 Portable Lip Sync Error Detection Device.
Designed for broadcast stations and networks, cable providers, satellite trucks and remote facilities, production studios, editing bays, digital video R&D labs, video/audio equipment manufacturers and telecom service providers, the K-WILL VP3000 automatically detects video and audio errors in real time, including lip sync errors. This makes it easy for users to automate the quality monitoring of live video and audio from control rooms or video feed points and check lip sync along the broadcast chain at the same time. An integrated graphics screen allows the operator to view a waveform of the video and audio in real time, including an exact readout of lip sync drift in fields and milliseconds.
" Every year, the NAB Show serves as the launching pad for thousands of new products and services for audio and video professionals," said Tom Butts, TV Technology Editor. "Our panel of editors walks the show floor in search of the most innovative technologies. The products and services that we select for the STAR Award make the cut—they demonstrate their ability to help advance the acquisition and distribution of entertainment and information across the media spectrum."
The STAR Award celebrates and showcases the outstanding technological innovations available to the broadcast industry. A panel of judges consisting of TV Technology editors and columnists reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then submitted their award nominees.
"The VP3000 has the same monitoring functions as our larger QuMax-2000 system in a 3RU, half-rack size. Since the VP3000 is portable, it's ideal for field applications, remote facilities and satellite trucks, or for engineers moving around among different sites, stations, control rooms or production facilities," explained John Alexenko, General Manager-Americas for K-WILL Corporation near Los Angeles. "It can also be mounted permanently on an editing bay desktop or control room equipment rack for continuous monitoring during an editing session or broadcast."
Operators, editors and engineers can use the VP3000 to test one channel from two points to detect lip sync drift and monitor video quality. Errors such as blackouts, freezes and mutes are detected automatically in real time on a single stimulus frame-by-frame basis.
Quality degradation such as compression strain and audio noise are detected by a double stimulus process without inserting potentially harmful markers in the video stream. Other common applications for the VP3000 include:
— Lip Sync Error Detection
— Video Written to Servers
— Broadcast System Monitoring
— Fiber, Cable or Satellite Transmissions
— Equipment Manufacturer QC
— Dubbing Quality Checks
"Both the VP3000 and the QuMax-2000 automate the video quality monitoring process so that operators don’t have to sit and monitor hours of video and audio solely by the human eye and ear. K-WILL allows users to automate all video and audio quality checks, perform more detailed instant analysis and immediately respond to any quality issues," Alexenko added.
About TV Technology
TV Technology (www.tvtechnology.com) is the industry’s leading magazine for technology news and reviews and is celebrating its 25th year covering the television industry. The magazine is published by NewBay Media LLC, the world’s largest publisher of audio and video publications.
About K-WILL
Based in Torrance, CA, K-WILL Corporation is pioneering the objective evaluation and measurement of digital video and audio quality through its patented Video DNA technology. K-WILL’s products serve the entire video industry including content producers, professional broadcast equipment manufacturers, broadcasters, CATV companies and satellite and telecom carriers. More information can be found at www.kwillcorporation.com.
Media Contact
John Alexenko
K-WILL Corporation
1-818-961-2401
alexenko@kwillcorporation.com
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