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NTP Technology to Demonstrate Latest-Generation DAD Thunder|Core Compact Audio Production Interfaces at NAB 2024

NTP Technology to Demonstrate Latest-Generation DAD Thunder|Core Compact Audio Production Interfaces at NAB 2024

Accompanying image shows the NTP Technology DAD AX Center compact audio interface and router.

Press Release NTP Technology:

Gentofte, Denmark, April 9, 2024 – NTP Technology will exhibit its latest-generation Digital Audio Denmark range of audio production interfaces on booth SU1045 at the 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 14-17. Designed for use in studio or location recording and live music production environments as well as film sound post-production, the DAD Thunder|Core series includes the AX64, compact AX Center and ultra-compact Core 256. 

DAD AX64 analog-to-digital / digital-to-analog / digital-to-digital audio interface

“The pristine audio quality of preamps and transparency of our AD/DA converters originated back in the days of high-res DXD audio recording for SACD,” says Mikael Vest, Sales Director, NTP Technology. “Media professionals throughout the film, television and music recording industry also saw the benefits of our flexible audio routing and digital format conversion. Occupying 2U, the AX24 is our flagship multi-format digital/analog/digital interface. It offers 256 Thunderbolt and 256 Dante channels for use in just about any professional audio application. Standard features also include PRO|MON monitor control from mono to immersive plus 128 channels of SPQ loudspeaker processing with a total of 1024 EQ bands and individual channel delay. The AX24 can be tailored with additional I/O. The expansion capability is unlimited as you can add any Dante device of your liking to your setup such as extra A/D-D/A converters, microphone preamps, headphone amps, mixing consoles or speakers. Installing one eight-channel D/A card in addition to the four built-in output channels makes the AX24 the perfect 7.1.4 solution for immersive Dolby Atmos music production.”

DAD AX Center compact audio interface and router

Occupying just 1U, the AX Center audio interface and router can be housed in a near-to-hand rack, placed directly on a desktop or used as part of a transportable recording rig. It is equipped to be the centerpiece of audio conversion and monitor control. The PRO|MON section of the control software gives access to a 512 x 64 channel summing processor. SPQ processing offers 128 channels with a total of 1024 EQ filters, as well as delay, for accurate loudspeaker correction in the studio. The internal routing matrix spans 984 x 984 channels, allowing any input to be routed to any output or duplicated and routed to several different destinations simultaneously.

DAD Core 256 ultra compact audio interface and router

Core 256 is the most compact of the DAD Thunder|Core series. A digital router and monitoring interface with 720 input and output channels, it is ready to take on many other tasks in the post production, studio and installed audio spheres. “With Dante, MADI and ADAT ports onboard and versatile and flexible DADman routing control available, it is also a stellar D/D converter that can grab any digital audio channel – convert it if needed – and route it anywhere,” Mikael Vest adds. “At 1U high and half-rack width, it can share a 1U rack shelf with an Apple Mac Mini running Dolby Atmos Renderer, Dolby Atmos Production Suite or Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite. For immersive audio post production facilities, this is the missing link that streamlines and optimises multichannel workflows.”

NTP Technology’s DAD Thunder|Core has a hardware latency of only nine samples, 32 bit floating point resolution, and is capable of handling up to 256 bidirectional channels at 48 and 96 kHz, 128 channels at 192 kHz and 64 channels at 384 kHz. It also supports Apple Silicon processors, macOS Big Sur and forward with a Core Audio driver, as well as Windows 10 and forward with an ASIO Thunder|Core driver.

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NTP Technology (www.ntp.dk) produces high-reliability audio routing and signal processing systems for major international broadcasters, audio mastering, editing and post production studios. DAD - Digital Audio Denmark (www.digitalaudio.dk), a brand owned by NTP Technology, is renowned worldwide for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog audio converters delivering outstanding sonic performance. Based in Copenhagen, NTP is part of the Dan Technologies Group, one of Europe's leading suppliers of audio, video, transmission products and digital media solutions.

Contacts for further information

NTP Technology contact:

Mikael Vest, Director of Sales and Operations 

mikael.vest@ntp.dk | +45 4596 8882 

NTP Technology A/S, Nybrovej 99, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark

+45 4596 8880 | info@ntp.dk | www.ntp.dk | www.digitalaudio.dk

Hiltron Communications Strengthens Management Team with New Board Appointments

Hiltron Communications Strengthens Management Team with New Board Appointments

Backnang, Germany, 2 February , 2024

Hiltron Communications announces the strengthening of its management team. Joachim Kärcher steps up to the position of Chairman, succeeded as Managing Director by Jochen Ermel.

Joachim Kärcher joined Hiltron in March 2019 where he held the role Financial Director as well as, from 2022 until today, Managing Director. In addition to the chairmanship of Hiltron, he continues as Managing Director of ESA Microwave GmbH – a position to which he was appointed when the assets of the former ESA Microwave were purchased by Hiltron in January 2021.

“Joachim Kärcher is highly efficient administrator who has contributed strongly to the progress of Hiltron Communications and ESA Microwave,” says Ole Clausen, co-Geschäftsführer of both companies. “His commercial experience and team leadership skills continue to be very greatly appreciated. In addition to his new role as Chairman of Hiltron Communications, he remains Managing Director of ESA Microwave GmbH.”

“Hiltron Communications and ESA Microwave have both proved their resilience as innovators across the satellite systems development and manufacturing sector,” Joachim Kärcher adds. “I am confident that the two companies will sustain their commercial and technical momentum in both the broadcast and wider telecommunications sectors.”

Hiltron’s new MD, Jochen Ermel, graduated in civil engineering and environmental technology at Bundeswehr University Munich, followed by 10 years working in the field of finance. Subsequently joining Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG, he specialised in the development of product strategies and promotion across a wide range application areas and geographical regions. “Hiltron Communications has an excellent reputation as an internationally active designer and producer of high-precision satellite communication equipment and systems,” he comments. “Satellite communication technology is developing rapidly, particularly in LEO sector with its ability to supplement ground-based telco networks across large areas of sparsely inhabited terrain. We will build on Hilton's proven capabilities in broadcasting, defence, secure communications and science through a consistent growth strategy.”

For further requests, please contact

Jochen Ermel

Email: jochen.ermel@hiltron.de | Tel: +49 (0)7191 343 570

Website: www.hiltron.de

Hiltron Communications, Emil-Rathenau-Str., 71522 Backnang, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)7191 343 570 | Fax: +49 (0)7191 3435 750 |

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Join Us at AES 2023 in New York

Join Us at AES 2023 in New York

As always, we will take part in the AES Show in NYC. And this year, you can find us at Booth 514.

If you plan to attend the show, please come by and we're happy to take you through the details of the Penta Universe  of audio routing, conversion and control.

No matter what you audio infrastructure looks like, we're sure Penta can be integrated in a meaningful way that improves your daily workflow in the studio, at your broadcast facility, Av installation, etc., as Penta easily adapts to applications like Post, Broadcast, House of Worship, Universities, Live Sound and many other areas where audio needs to flow seamlessly.

AES Show 2023

The Jacob Javits Convention Center, NYC
Wed 25th Oct: 10 am - 6 pm
Thur 26th Oct: 10 am - 6 pm
Fri 27th Oct: 10 am - 4.30 pm

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Danmon Group, NTP Technology, Marquis and Hiltron GmbH at IBC 2023

IBC 2023

Danmon Group, NTP Technology, Hiltron and Marquis Broadcast were exhibiting IBC2023, the company was represented by key staff from Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Asia.

Danmon Group and NTP Technology were exhibiting on stand in Hall 8 at stand B60/61 with Pods on the stand from Vantec showing their Studio2GO system which is used for Live-Streaming and NTP showing their Thunder Core Serie.

Marquis were exhibiting in Hall 7 at stand B20 and also had a Pod in Hall 8 at the Danmon Group stand were it was possible to see how Marquis tools could help protect you from ransomware. sort gaps in your workflow, reduce egress charges and make any workflow actucally work! You could also learn more about our clever Sony C3 Portal to Avid workflow.

Hiltron were exhibiting in Hall 1 at stand A42 and also had a Satelite in Hall 8 at the Danmon Group stand were it was possible to see and hear more about the Hiltron Satelites.

It was a very positive IBC2023, showing our clients the best solutions in the market with help of our partners. IBC continues to be a useful forum for one-to-one meetings both with suppliers and clients.

As Usually we always had our tradtional HAPPY HOUR from 17-18 pm friday to sunday - here some pictures during the days from IBC.

The company have a global strategy for the coming years, but we are also completely aware of how much the local anchoring means. Our Mission is to connect businesses with their core audicences anytime, anywhere , on any device. Our aim is to continue building customer thrust in our business.

We think globally and act locally.

Contacts for further information

Dan Technologies A/S: Christoffer Kay, Chief Operating Officer

Email: christoffer.kay@dantechnologies.com | Tel: +45 4596 8853

Compnay Address:

Dan Technologies A/S, Nybrovej 99, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark

Tel: +45 45 96 88 00 | Email: info@danmon.dk | Web: www.danmon.com

 

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Join Us at AES 2022 in NYC

Join Us at AES 2022 in NYC

The AES show is back! And you can enter the Penta Universe at Booth 537.

This year's AES Show is the first in-person edition since 2019, and we're very excited to meet all of you face to face for a chat and a demo of our range of Penta products.

As always, the show takes place at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on Manhattan - this time Wednesday, October 19, and Thursday, October 20.

In fact, we're pleased to be able to offer you a free EXHIBITION+ entry badge.
Simply use this code when you register online: 22NTP153

Without an online registration, the on-site entry fee will be $50.

We hope to be seeing you!

Register for a FREE Exhibition Badge...
Learn More About Penta Universe...

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Danmon Group is now a strategic partner with AVID in the Scandinavian countries as well as Spain and Portugal

Danmon Group is now a strategic partner with AVID in the Scandinavian countries as well as Spain and Portugal

Danmon Group and AVID have established a strategic partnership agreement for Europe that will allow Danmon Group (NO, SE and DK) to represent and commercialize the entire portfolio of products and solutions from this manufacturer.

From audio to content management systems, through storage and archive, graphic systems and editing system. This agreement, which also covers other companies in the Danmon Group (Datos Media in Spain and VANTeC - Danmon Group in Portugal ), also expands the skills and competences of the Danmon Group's technical team, thus offering our customers even more security and support in the solutions that provided by Danmon Group.

Following this agreement, Danmon Group will, over the next few months, launch a set of promotional initiatives around the products from AVID's product portfolio, either digitally or through direct contact with our customers.

Danmon Group is now Global AVID Strategic Partner
Call now and contact us to find out more about your next AVID solution.

For more information, contact:

Danmon Group A/S (Denmark)
Peter Nikolaj Trnka, Technical Manager
Mobile: +45 2180 9269
Email: peter.nikolaj.trnka@danmon.com

Danmon Group AB (Sweden)
Marcus Lundahl, Director,
Mobile: +46 733 58 80 01
Email: marcus.lundahl@danmon.com

Danmon Group AS (Norway)
Øivind Iversen, Director
Mobil: +47 900 32 696
Email: oivind.iversen@danmon.no

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ATG Danmon to Promote Full Range of Systems Integration and Support Services at IBC 2022

ATG Danmon to Promote Full Range of Systems Integration and Support Services at IBC 2022

Letchworth, UK, August 24th, 2022: ATG Danmon will promote its full range of systems integration services at IBC 2022 (Amsterdam RAI, September 9th-12th) as part of the Danmon Group exhibition on stand 8.B51. These include consultancy, project planning, workflow design, system installation, testing and commissioning, documentation, training and technical support.

"A lot of operational and technical innovation has taken place across the media market during the three year gap since the last IBC," says Jonathan Hughes, Head of Systems Integration. "We are seeing a strong resurgence of investment in every category from broadcast right through to the educational, corporate, live-events and multimedia sectors. A significant trend is the growing interest in the NDI protocol which makes IP live production more cost-effective and versatile than ever. Another is the increasing refinement, compactness and affordability of virtual studio technology made possible by latest-generation graphic rendering systems. The transition from HD to UHD continues along with growing recognition that HDR is progressing from aspirational to routine."

ATG Danmon projects in recent months include a studio control room upgrade for one of the UK's most prestigious broadcasters. "A key challenge, and by no means an uncommon one, was the need to ensure that the upgrade could be completed without impacting the facility's daily schedule," adds Howard Dixon, Project Manager. "We were able to perform a complete changeover across a weekend prior to the new system going live on the Monday morning."

New studio facilities were also provided at the London premises of one of the world's most active financial management services. The project centred on the design and construction of a fully-featured UHD virtual production facility. It included three UHD pan/tilt/zoom cameras and an ATG-designed green screen virtual production set.

A multi-camera studio and control room upgrade to full UHD vision, routing, recording, monitoring and archiving was completed for That Lot, one of Europe's leading providers of social media content production support. This project coincided with the relocation of That Lot's London headquarters to new premises. A full-colour LED-backlit cyclorama is incorporated to achieve sharp chroma-key superimposition over any background. 360 degree surround video and audio capture can also be performed if required.

An IP-linked multi-camera studio was created for the German branch of an internationally active provider of investment services. Situated in Frankfurt Rhein-Main, it allows fully remote operation from the company's London headquarters. The studio is used for internal and external communication and podcasting as well as allowing the company to participate in finance-related interviews and presentations for broadcast TV channels around the world. It is based on the remote-contribution model which has been standard broadcast practice for decades, in this case using latest-generation NDI IP.

Broadcast television production facilities were completed for one of the world's largest and longest established global news agencies. The project included the design and integration of two new studios plus associated galleries and a master control room. Cable prefabrication was performed at ATG Danmon's Letchworth headquarters prior to the onsite build. Equipment installed included cameras, power-efficient LED lighting, Ross routing and RTS talkback.

A large-scale upgrade to the news production and editing resources at the headquarters of Alaraby Television in London's Park Royal was completed. Work is meanwhile nearing completion at one of Britain's largest universities, sustaining ATG Danmon's long experience in the higher education sector as well as the broadcast mainstream.

ATG Danmon (www.atgdanmon.co.uk), part of the Danmon Group, is an international systems integrator and a world-class supplier of broadcast systems planning, design, installation and commissioning services. Customers include some of the world’s largest television and multimedia networks. ATG Danmon is also active in the educational and corporate sectors. The company has partnered with many clients in the construction of IT-based automated file workflow systems, high-definition studios, master control rooms and playout facilities, as well as the upgrade of existing SD systems to HD and UHD. With offices in Asia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Danmon Group (www.danmon.com) thinks globally and acts locally to support customers with its highly experienced sales and engineering teams.

Contacts for further information

ATG Danmon: Jonathan Hughes
Email: jonathan.hughes@atgdanmon.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1462 485 444

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ATG Danmon Completes Control Suite Upgrade for ITN Productions

ATG Danmon Completes Control Suite Upgrade for ITN Productions

London, UK, September 1st, 2022: ATG Danmon announces the completion of a studio control room upgrade for ITN at their Gray's Inn Road, London, headquarters. The project included the integration of a latest-generation production switcher, control surface and production server. Transition to the new system was completed over a single weekend to ensure continuity of the facility's daily transmission schedule.

"The ITN engineering and production teams decided to replace a legacy vision switcher and related equipment with a latest generation Ross Carbonite Black vision control platform, TouchDrive operating panel, Abekas Tria Express Duet server and Ultrix router," comments Jonathan Hughes, ATG Danmon Head of Systems Integration. "A key challenge was the need to ensure that the upgrade could be completed without impacting the facility's normal schedule which in this case included daily news presentations plus Monday through Friday magazine shows.

"As a Ross Diamond Elite partner, we were able to design, deliver, integrate and commission a complete system plus ancillary equipment. Production requirements included the ability for the switcher to interact with the control systems. Graphic cues and spot-on audio cues are controlled directly from the vision switcher which is linked to the sound desk. The vision switcher also interfaces to Avid iNews Command automation for clip replay, allowing the production team to set up and build the shows.

"Based on our long experience of time-critical projects, we pre-installed and tested the complete system into an onsite development environment so that daily studio and control-room operations could proceed without interruption. The development area was also used for preliminary operator familiarisation.

"We were then able to perform a complete changeover on a Saturday followed by full testing and in-situ training on the Sunday prior to the new system going live on the Monday morning. Everything went fully to plan. The new infrastructure is future proof and can be upgraded from HD to UHD and SDR to HDR if or when required."

The Ross Carbonite Black vision control platform incorporates four independent media player channels which are available switcher-wide. Stills, logos and animated graphics are played out from on-board memory and can be loaded via USB storage devices. The attached TouchDrive control panel incorporates 25 crosspoint buttons on a 15.6 inch touch screen plus three mix/effects control rows. Operators can enable functions such as panel mapping without having to step through menus. Selected menus are complemented with touch gestures.

The Ross Abekas Tria Express Duet production server can store over 38 hours of HD 1080/59.94i video at 100 Mbit/s with up to eight tracks of digital audio embedded in each video channel.

Occupying 2U, the Ross Ultrix router includes 16 × 16 HD BNC plus two auxiliary I/O ports, expandable to 72 x 72. The integral Ultrimix allows routing, mixing and processing of all embedded audio inputs plus the ability to support up to 512 x 512 discrete mono audio inputs.

ITN (www.itn.co.uk) has been one of the UK's foremost television production and news organisations for over 67 years. Combining cutting-edge technology and innovation with expert story-telling flair and energy, ITN is recognised globally for its quality, integrity and creativity. ITN makes the award-winning daily news programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, providing comprehensive and impartial news to the British public and reaching millions of viewers every day, as well as television production; sports; advertising; corporate films; education content; entertainment and news footage syndication; and post-production. Each year ITN produces over 650 hours of non-news unscripted content for UK and International broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, the BBC, Netflix, Discovery, Amazon and NBC. ITN's programmes have won hundreds of major awards over the last decade, including Emmy Awards, Baftas and RTS Awards. Documentaries Watani: My Homeland and For Sama were both nominated for Academy Awards.

ATG Danmon (www.atgdanmon.co.uk), part of the Danmon Group, is an international systems integrator and a world-class supplier of broadcast systems planning, design, installation and commissioning services. Customers include some of the world’s largest television and multimedia networks. ATG Danmon is also active in the educational and corporate sectors. The company has partnered with many clients in the construction of IT-based automated file workflow systems, high-definition studios, master control rooms and playout facilities, as well as the upgrade of existing SD systems to HD and UHD. With offices in Asia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Danmon Group (www.danmon.com) thinks globally and acts locally to support customers with its highly experienced sales and engineering teams.

Contacts for further information

ATG Danmon: Jonathan Hughes
Email: jonathan.hughes@atgdanmon.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1462 485 444

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Hiltron Introduces HMAM LEO High Speed Motorised Tracking Antenna Mount

Hiltron Introduces HMAM LEO High Speed Motorised Tracking Antenna Mount

Accompanying image shows the new Hilton HMAM LEO high speed motorised tracking antenna mount.

Backnang, Germany, august 22nd, 2022 – Hiltron Communications, a globally active satellite system integrator, manufacturer and distributor, announces HMAM LEO, a new addition to its HMAM series of motorised antenna mounts. HMAM LEO is a complete system combining the strength, precision, smoothness of operation and internal computing capabilities necessary to monitor low Earth orbit satellites.

Based on over 10 years of Hiltron experience in designing, manufacturing and integrating motorised satellite mounts, HMAM LEO is capable of accommodating parabolic antennas of up to 2.4 metres diameter. Supported on a high-stability ground pillar, it incorporates the computing resources to track satellites using the NORAD TLE (two-line element) data format which defines satellite locations based on their location and velocity. The system can lock onto the desired LEO satellite within the approximately 10 minute timespan where the target satellite is in sight.

The HMAM LEO mount can be controlled and oriented within more than 360 degrees of azimuth and 80 degrees of elevation at the required tracking speed. All elements of the antenna control unit are accommodated inside a weatherproofed outdoor housing.

HMAM LEO systems can be specified from a wide range of options. These include a feed changer allowing the antenna to be switched between up to four microwave bands. Customers can choose between standard steel mounts designed to screw directly to a base surface, or non-penetrating mounts. Control can be performed via an integrated web interface or SNMP. Other options include de-icing, extended temperature range tolerance and increased protection from salt water.

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less, making at least 11.25 orbits per day, and an eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial objects in outer space are in LEO, with an altitude never more than about one-third of the radius of Earth. The LEO region is the area of space below an altitude of 2,000 km, about one-third of Earth's radius.

HMAM LEO will be make its first exhibition appearance on the Hiltron stand (1.D50) at IBC 2022 in Amsterdam, September 9th-12th.

For further requests, please contact

Jean-Luc George van Eeckhoutte
Sales Manager

jeanluc.george@hiltron.de
Tel: +49 (0) 7191 34357-27
Website: www.hiltron.de

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