BIT Audiovisual 2018 opens its doors with an emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship

In this year's edition, the avant-garde and support for entrepreneurship are especially represented in the R+D+BIT Audiovisual platforms, BIT Audiovisual Innova y BIT Audiovisual start-ups.

Once again, Feria de Madrid has opened its doors to the Professional Audiovisual Technology Show, BIT Audiovisual 2018. The Deputy Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of the Community of Madrid, Javier Ruiz Santiago, has been in charge, together with the Organizing Committee, of opening a fair that from the first hour had a large attendance of professionals.

Until next Thursday, 10 of may, the fair that meets 30 years advancing the future of audiovisual will meet in the pavilion 7 to the main manufacturers,distributors and service companies related to both what has traditionally been considered broadcast (radio and television) as with cinema and new means of content production and distribution.

Organized by IFEMA, This event has become the reference show for professionals in the audiovisual sector. In its development it has had the collaboration of the magazine Panorama Audiovisual, what, with the sponsorship of EVS, has launched a Especial BIT Audiovisual 2018 with all the information with reports, photos, interviews, videos… about this Professional Audiovisual Technology Show.

In addition, Tonight the awards ceremony will take place. Panorama Awards 2018. Awards that aim to recognize excellence, technological development and business innovation, professionals and television productions, cine, radio and advertising.

A great turnout

BIT Audiovisual 2018 has the participation of 255 companies, among which are manufacturers such as Canon, and its wide variety of cameras and lenses, o Riedel Communications with an extensive portfolio of solutions for intercom and audio networks, video and communications. To them are overcoming Technology, specialized in IPV solutions and KVM switch extenders, the North American manufacturer Aja Video Systems, Craltech, monitoring solutions manufacturer, y Prodys, Spanish manufacturer of radio and TV equipment.

Regarding media management (Media Asset Management – MAM), Hierarchical Storage (HSM), Business Process Management (BPM), media transcoding and distribution, Spanish companies that are a reference in R&D such as Tedial, VSN, Estructure Media Systems or Ebantic are showing their solutions implemented in broadcasters around the world. As far as coding systems are concerned, the presence of the Spanish company Sapec also stands out..

In addition, AEQ is also present one more year, manufacturer based in the Leganés Technology Park (Madrid) that exports its automation and production systems to the whole world (monitores broadcast, intercom, audiocódecs, consoles, commentator systems, reporter units…). In the radio area, highlights the participation of WorldCast Systems, which is exhibiting its latest proposals in audio coding and processing, transmission, signal monitoring…

Visitors who come to this edition will be able to learn, besides, the solutions for virtual studies, augmented reality and integration of social networks in graphics is being developed by Brainstorm, or what are the latest news from companies dedicated to the manufacture of cabling and connection solutions such as Lemo or Percon, whose developments are allowing signals to be transported and managed with 4K resolutions and higher.

The main distributors of television solutions are also present at the Hall., audio, cine, video and new media like Abacanto, Cintaplus, Xeltec Video, Qinmedia, Crosspoint, KBN Next Media, Ambient Media, AVCast, He didn't see it, SDI, Serman Pro, Star Communications, Sea sound, and Digital Video.

In the case of other distributors, like Ceproma, Video Cine Import, Moncada, Casanova Photo, Catts Camera or Foto Técnica Import its proposals are focused on equipment for production and digital cinematography.

For those looking for accessories in the pavilion 7 from IFEMA can find the most complete range from DiseFoto, K&F Concept o Robisa. Y, in lighting, The presence of companies such as Cinetel España and Cromalite stands out.

In addition to equipment, professionals who come to BIT Audiovisual 2018 They will be able to exchange impressions and learn about the advisory and project integration services of the most diverse nature offered by companies such as Aicox Soluciones, Clearcom, Eurocom Broadcast, Datos Technologies, Broadcast Solutions, ADDI Telecom, Mom, of Vision.

Beyond traditional broadcast, GES-IT has come with its proposal for streaming services, consulting and live broadcasting over mobile networks; y Transparent CDN, bets on solutions for content distribution networks for streaming.

In line with services, Visual Media is a company that is present at the fair and has equipment and technical personnel to support all types of productions from filming to post-production; while in the rental environment, companies such as Falco Films stand out, FTFCam yES Broadcast Hire. They are also at the fair, Video Accessories and Systems, importer of accessories and professional solutions for cinema, tv and professional audio and video

Regarding telecommunications services, BIT Audiovisual 2018 has the main network infrastructure operator, Cellnex Telecom, and with the specialized provider of hosting services in independent data centers in Europe, Interxion, in addition to the participation of Red Telecom.

The Hall is also a must-visit for those who want to find the best music and effects for their projects., thanks to the proposals at the Music Library and SFX stand, company that has recently launched a new web platform in which all the music and sound effects from its catalogs are available from one place.

Finally, Visitors will be able to see the possibilities opened by solutions such as those proposed by Social TV Hub, with a web tool for television producers that allows you to search for content on social networks and display it on the screen; Watchity, the agile live video production platform that allows live broadcasting in broadcast quality using smartphones, public WiFi or 4G networks, y Vector 3, software developer specialized in media management.

BIT Audiovisual 2018 account, in addition to its exhibition area dedicated to broadcast and new media technology, with an extensive program of conferences in which prominent professionals will participate. This program is configured around four areas: broadcast; corporate and new AV expression formulas such as digital signage; cine, and advertising.

Research and development

Besides, and with the aim of publicizing research and development projects, both in the university and business fields, who develop technologies, with high added value and growth potential applied to the audiovisual industry, BIT Audiovisual 2018 features the Audiovisual D+BIT platform.

This platform brings together, for the second consecutive edition, a selection of proposals developed by universities, entities and companies by virtue of their contribution regarding the opportunity of the research carried out; its ability to influence the future development of the audiovisual industry; its application potential; the originality of your approach, method or object; and the ability to bring together and generate collaboration between different interested actors.

Vanguard and innovation

Also for the second consecutive edition, this show has presented BIT Audiovisual Innova, a gallery of novelties in which eight avant-garde proposals stand out that have been selected by a professional jury, among all those presented to this platform by the exhibitors of the fair.

The eight selected were the cloud video production platform Watchity; the web video editor with voiceover and audio editing from VSN Innovation & Media Solutions; the platform for the analysis of marketing campaigns Etiqmedia Brand Tracking from Aicox Soluciones; the Canon CN-E20X50 ultralens; the Tektronix Prism platform from ABACANTO; QRouter de QinMedia; the Phabrix Qx12G hybrid platform; and the comprehensive production environment, Limecraft Flow, both from Visiona Ingenieria.

Entrepreneurship: start-ups

As a novelty BIT Audiovisual 2018, In this year's edition, it has launched an initiative focused on highlighting and providing support to recently created companies that develop innovative technology-based projects with broad application potential in the audiovisual technology sector..

Se trata de BIT Audiovisual Start-ups 2018, which is organized in collaboration with Impulsa Visión of RTVE, and which aims to offer entrepreneurs a meeting point and professional contact, within the framework of the reference fair for the audiovisual technology sector.

Among the start-ups presented, A committee of experts from the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the audiovisual sector has selected half a dozen initiatives linked to accelerators based on criteria of degree of technological innovation; project scalability; application potential and impact in the audiovisual industry; and internationalization potential.

Besides, The Professional Audiovisual Technology Show also celebrates for the first time the BIT Audiovisual Exhibitors Forum, a program of commercial presentations that will take place throughout the fair featuring the exhibiting companies. This is being disseminated throughout the professional field of the sector through the fair's campaigns and the media..