InterBEE REVIEW2016

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42We want to focus our efforts on providing these technologies for IP transmission in the future.■Exhibit of Broadcast and Mixing Console Realized and Fine Tuned with Feedback from Japanese UsersWe mainly exhibited the mc2 36 broadcast console and new mc2 56xc product from the German company LAWO and an intercom/optical transmission system from the German com-pany RIEDEL that are handled by our firm. In particular, we especially focused on the broadcast console from the German company LAWO this time. The mc2 56xc is a product improved on from the mc2 56 that has already been installed in many sites in Japan. This is a compact console that was newly developed due to requests from users in Japan.LAWO is a manufacturer that traditionally mainly manufac-tured audio mixing consoles. However, this company devel-ops products to also transmit IP video signals at the same time together with audio. In addition, our lineup of IP trans-mission equipment has been enhanced with the provision of VSM control systems from VSM Control as control systems for video and audio in IP transmission as one of LAWO’s brands. In addition, LAWO is participating in the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) as a board member toward the further standardization of IP.LAWO’s remote production system was also adopted at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Looking at trends in NAB and IBC, we can see that production companies and broadcasters in