Earlier this month Braodcast Pix treated us to a new integrated system called the Broadcast Pix Flint and now at NAB 2013 they are announcing the new Broadcast Pix Granite X Series. The new series is
designed for large-scale live productions and accessing cloud-based content, its new hardware and software enhance integration from ingest to delivery. Beyond the traditional live cameras and file-based studio content, today’s live video production environment needs to accommodate cloud-based content from a variety of online sources. Granite X ingests files, even during live production, from Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Sky Drive, and other cloud-based resources, enabling content to be contributed from anywhere. Granite X can also connect on-air graphics to content from Twitter, RSS Feeds, calendars, and clocks, while cloud-based databases can be accessed for sports and election coverage. “Granite X is the new flagship product line for Broadcast Pix,” said Steve Ellis, Broadcast Pix CEO. “It delivers the features and reliability that broadcasters, sports, large live venues, and other major installations require. With its integrated production tools and workflow, Granite X minimizes crew requirements to produce highly compelling live video.” When the system becomes available in may Broadcast Pix will offer three different control pannels for the Granite X Series: – 6000 is a full-sized panel with 24 source buttons per row, two M/E control banks, two patented device control banks, 143 patented PixButtons™ that show files names on the buttons, and a Fluent Macros bank for recalling switcher effects. – 5000 is a more compact version of the 6000 panel with 16 buttons per source row. – 2000 is a more compact version of the 5000 panel with one M/E control bank (2 M/E functionality with shift) and one device control bank.
