InterBEE REVIEW2016

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38ITOCHU Cable Systems promoted the company’s enhanced lineup due to the firm’s business merger with Hoei Sangyo■Key phrase: “Total solutions”Mr. Watanabe: We significantly enhanced our product lineup through the business merger between ITOCHU Cable Systems (ICS) and Hoei Sangyo in October 2016. The key phrase of the ITOCHU Cable Systems exhibit at Inter BEE this time was “total solutions.” We wanted to emphasize our ability to perform system integration from video and audio editing to delivery with our products in fields that straddle visual, audio and networks.Mr. Shiga: The Hoei Division that is carrying on the opera-tions of the old Hoei Sangyo is involved in a wide range of product genres. For example, we handle equipment in the audio field in addition to the video field. Furthermore, we also have technology and expertise in terms of studio design and similar. Our aim was to inform people that the solutions which could be provided by ITOCHU Cable Systems had greatly expanded with the addition of these products.■Extensive exhibit – from integrated management systems to film scannersMr. Watanabe: We most wanted to emphasize our IMC integrated management system as a system integrator that provides total solutions. I don’t think I saw any other firms with a system that can offer integrated management of everything from work to broadcasting equipment control in file-based program production. This system can offer com-plete control on a terminal in terms of what process is being operated and what facility is being used in work according to workflow from the request for program production to primary/secondary recording reservation that automatically assigns recording reservations according to the availability of equipment, the assignment of responsibility, management of the situation from the generation of material files to com-plete package files, automatic transcoding, and file delivery by FTP. This product has been supplied to a broadcasting satellite station after being customized based on the original product as an integrated management system for program production. IMC employs a modular design. Therefore, we combine it with this to suit the needs of the user and provide it as a generic product.Mr. Watanabe: We exhibited Bit Note, which can be installed at low cost, as a file-based quality checker. In terms of quality checkers that offer standard compatibility and quality inspections, expensive software is offered that can do everything up to report creation with high performance. However, these have not been installed in production com-panies due to their cost. On the other hand, Bit Note is low cost and easy to install. Therefore it is possible to offer file