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Quantel technology that means business

Quantel is totally dedicated to bringing its users the most powerful and efficient tools for content creation and production in thedigital age. Quantel systems combine industry-leading performance with total scalability in both hardware and software acrosspost production, graphics, digital intermediate, news and sports production for multiple resolution, team-working environments.

Quantel products deliver unrivalled performance, quality and workflow at SD, HD, 2K, 4K and beyond. We achieve this by unitingthe very best of IT technology with super-powered image processing hardware and brilliant software that together deliver anoptimum mix of flexibility, capability and performance. It all results in the kind of productive and profitable workflows that give post houses and broadcasters the edge they need to thrive and grow in today’s highly competitive global media market.

“Quantel is the best provider to help us achieve our goalof digital nirvana – ‘The One Content Universe’.”

Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO, Sky News

A business in a box

eQ works at lightning speed and at the best

quality there is – it’s the perfect machine for

client-attended work. And eQ gets the whole job

done by combining best-of-breed capabilities

in each of four previously separate operations –

which means with eQ, you get four revenue

streams in a single box:

■ Editing

Next generation gestural timeline interface

and comprehensive editing toolset

■ Effects

The whole box of tricks, including the

world’s first multi-view compositor

■ Color correction

Powerful in-context grading with

the QColor™ option

■ Deliverables

The world’s only realtime, multi-format

versioning system with pan-and-scan

New workflows, new business

eQ has the power and versatility to open up

new workflows, markets and opportunities

with creative color correction tools, productive

realtime versioning capabilities and an HD-RGB

option to open the door to Digital Intermediate

work. It’s the ideal workhorse for both

broadcasters and post houses.

An eQ for every application

eQ is available in a variety of configurations –

the multi-resolution HD model, the Pay as you

Go HD version, the richly specified eQ FX post

workhorse and eQ HD-RGB, which lets you work

with all the latest digital acquisition formats.

Great business for post

With its comprehensive editing, effects,

color grading and versioning capabilities,

eQ is the ultimate all-rounder for the post

house. Its enormous power means that

mainstream editing and effects work can

be completed more quickly and profitably,

while eQ’s QColor option can open up a whole

new profitable of business in color correction.

Broadcast Powerhouse

Investing in eQ gives the broadcaster access

to a massive range of capabilities in a single

room. eQ has all the editing and effects

power needed for putting together sparkling

promotions at breathtaking speed. And eQ’s

multi-format deliverables capability means it’s

quick and easy to produce the multitude of

different versions that are so often required.

TimeMagic™

The new TimeMagic option for eQ literally

doubles the system’s processing power,

providing a further massive boost to throughput;

TimeMagic quite simply takes the waiting out

of rendering.

Pay as you Go HD

Pay as you Go HD is a fantastic commercial

innovation from Quantel that gives post houses

and broadcasters a risk-free path to HD. A Pay

as you Go HD eQ costs just 60% of the price

of the ‘always on’ system, with HD input and

output purchased on a weekly or monthly basis.

For the aspiring post house or broadcaster,

Pay as you Go HD makes compelling financial

and business sense, with Quantel taking the

risk while business grows on the back of the

most powerful, productive and versatile post

production system available today.

eQ means business

eQ: one great system - four revenue streamseQ™ is the complete answer for all today’s mainstream post production needs for broadcasters and post houses at SD,HD and mixed resolutions. eQ’s enormous power, open workflow and extraordinarily broad toolset will dramatically increasethroughput on every job, whether it’s commercials, longform, promotions or high-end corporate.

eQ: one great system - four revenue streams

“The eQ has been instrumental in taking us to another level ofpost production. There’s a quickness about this system that helpsme be my very best. I can be more creative because my thoughtsare being translated in the eQ as quickly as I can think.”

Miriam Machado-Cooper, Creative Services Producer, BET Jazz

The DI backbone

For the post house or film lab, iQ offers

multiple revenue streams in a single system,

and that’s why iQ is the backbone of more DI

businesses worldwide than any other system.

New DI workflows

iQ appeals to the director and DoP because

it enables them to do more and have more

control over the realisation of their creative

vision. iQ also appeals strongly to the producer

because it can do more work for less cost

in a shorter timescale.

Putting iQ at the heart of the digital

intermediate workflow brings enormous

benefits to every stage of the production cycle.

Whether the job originates on film or digital

and is destined for either medium, iQ unifies

the film post pipeline.

Assembly/conform

With iQ the editor can work with rushes,

temps, offline and finals, all on the same

timeline – a massive benefit of Quantel’s

unique Resolution Co-existence™. As a job

comes together iQ’s powerful on-board

Paintbox™, effects and compositing tools

allow finessing and complex changes to be

made without the delays and management

headaches of going back to other systems.

Flexible titling and subtitling tools complete

the picture.

Effects/compositing

iQ has a comprehensive effects toolset,

all brilliantly orchestrated by the industry’s

only multi-view compositor, which gives the

iQ operator unparalleled freedom and clarity

in compositing everything from opticals to

complex multi-layer effects. iQ’s superb DVE,

keying, tracking and image processing tools

complete its formidable effects armoury.

Color correction

iQ’s QColor non-linear, in-context grading

option gives total creative freedom with color

at every stage of the post production process.

Its dedicated trackball control panel gives

interactive, full resolution control and allows

unlimited secondary corrections and in-context

grading of multiple layers within composites.

TrailersiQ has all the power and all the tools to enable

editors to create powerful trailers as soon as

the rushes start hitting the machine. It means

the iQ owner can get a bigger slice of the job.

Deliverables

With iQ, work that used to go outside can now

be kept in-house, further increasing revenues

for the iQ owner. The iQ DI workflow makes

it easier to make the movie and all the many

versions that are always required, adding

another profitable revenue stream to the post

house or film lab’s ratecard.

iQ means business

iQ: the only DI business model that works and worksiQ™ delivers the only DI business model that works and works; that’s why a staggering 700 movies have already benefited fromthe extraordinary power of iQ, the world’s number one DI system. No other system comes close to iQ’s power or capabilities,which cover the entire DI spectrum from pre-vis, assembly/conform, effects and grading to titles, trailers, deliverables andrestoration – total DI. All this with realtime, full resolution operation right up to 4K.

iQ: the only DI business model that works and works

“The iQ is a great machine. It allows us to provide the bestproduct possible in the DI service market. The iQ integrates allof the requirements of doing DI in a single box.”

Bill Schultz, Senior Vice President and General Manager, FotoKem

Next generation technology

Pablo is a totally integrated, super-powerful,

in-context, non-linear color correction

environment that brings more creative, more

productive and more profitable ways of

working to post and DI from SD to 4K.

Realtime 4K

Pablo is the first system to offer realtime

operation up to 4K resolution with a toolset

that not only covers the full gamut of in-context

color correction needs with its dedicated

head-up controls, but also enables these to be

used interactively with the full iQ/eQ toolset.

That means color correction can take its

rightful place in the mainstream of post

production, alongside assembly/conform,

effects, titles, repair/restoration and

deliverables production.

By colorists, for colorists

Pablo has been designed by colorists,

for colorists. Over the two years since Quantel

introduced its ground-breaking QColor

in-context color grading facility for iQ and

eQ, there has been a continuing dialog with

some of the world’s leading colorists that

has led to Pablo, the next generation color

grading environment.

All new, all powerful

In creating Pablo, Quantel’s engineers went

back to the heart of the machine and rebuilt

the system from the ground up to meet all

the needs of colorists head-on. The result is

massively increased power and no waiting

for rendering thanks to TimeMagic, coupled

with brilliant head-up ergonomics and

super-rich toolset that make color correction

a fast, creative and highly versatile process.

Pablo for the DI business

Color grading sits right at the heart of today’s

digital intermediate process. It requires

the combination of interactive working at

resolutions right up to 4K and a toolset that

covers every conceivable aspect of color

control. Pablo does it all:

■ State-of-the-art non-linear, in-context

color correction

■ Fabulously efficient workflow

■ All-round DI capabilities

■ Instant 2K and 4K working

■ World’s first true 4K system

■ Full quality, no-proxy operation

Pablo for the Post business

Bringing the DI workflow to post with Pablo

gives the post house a powerful weapon to win

more core business while maintaining rates

and opening new markets too. The DI workflow

can be applied to all work that originates on

film, from commercials to dramas. The secret

is in scanning and carrying out all post work

at high resolution, only converting to the

target format(s) at output time. The benefits

are enormous:

■ Greater efficiency – telecine freed for

next project as soon as technical scan

complete

■ Color correction carried out in context –

greater freedom, better results

■ Keys and composites much more precise

and so better-looking

■ Highest quality versioning for deliverables

with realtime pan-and-scan

■ Full original film quality maintained

for cinema projection

Pablo means business

Pablo: next generation non-linear color correctionPablo™ is the next major step forward in color correction technology – a complete, state-of-the-art color grading solution that bringstogether the best of two worlds – and adds more than a touch of magic too. Pablo is a unique combination of the most powerfulimage processing hardware on the planet with the enormous flexibility of the world’s most versatile color correction software – all perfectly blended with the Quantel heritage of quality, performance and interactivity.

Pablo: next generation non-linear color correction

“I give it more gas and Pablo responds very nicely. The hardwarenever bogs the engine down. The Pablo and iQ pair up andintegrate into the most powerful creative color grading andfinishing station I’ve seen.”

Rick Unger, DI Colorist, Milagro Post

Returns not risk

Newsbox is a complete, self-contained system

that arrives tested and proven – ready to go

on air within just a few hours straight out of

the box. Newsbox offers every facility of the

largest customized systems. It is available

in SD and HD versions; in short, Newsbox

is a risk free passport to all the benefits of

integrated digital news production.

Workflow not wrangling

With seven configurations in the range, there’s

a Newsbox that will very closely match your

station’s workflow aspirations. Going digital

doesn’t mean emulating a tape-based set-up;

with Newsbox you can have a smarter,

more efficient workflow that enables you

to maximise your resources – both human

and technical. And all without the worries,

delays and risks of customized technology.

A complete system in a box

All Newsboxes are complete, fully integrated

systems that include ingest controllers, a mix

of newsroom and craft editing workstations,

and playout and media management.

The package also includes all the necessary

Quantel and PC hardware, all the software,

the network switch and even the cables;

just the normal power, video & network

connections and monitoring are all that

are required to complete the installation.

Better stories, more easily

Newsbox uses the same progressive view/

edit/craft software that is found in all Quantel

sQ systems. The interface and toolset is the

most user-friendly and easily mastered in

the industry; a journalist can be confidently

cutting stories with just a few hours’ training,

while craft editors who have worked with

a non-linear system before will take to it

immediately. Even those with only experience

of linear editing systems quickly grasp its

intuitive way of working. It all adds up to more

creatively packaged, better told stories on-air

faster – so helping to build and maintain

audiences.

The Newsbox advantage

■ Faster – the shortest flight time to air

■ Better – Quantel quality: simply the best

■ Smarter – re-package stories

instantaneously to give every bulletin

a fresh look

■ Easier – the toolset is easily mastered by

journalists with no prior video knowledge

■ Cheaper – server-based production is

no longer a major systems purchase

Newsbox means business

Newsbox: the complete news system in a boxNewsbox™ makes the transition to digital a painless, fast and immediately rewarding experience for broadcasters – and now withthe introduction of Newsbox HD, another previously daunting leap has become just a short step too. Quantel has poured all itshuge experience in digital news systems into the development of Newsbox. The result is a range of systems that are products,not projects. With Newsbox, you start reaping all the benefits immediately – instant payback.

Newsbox: the complete news system in a box

“The Newsbox is a complete system yet it comes ready builtand tested so it’s ready to go. The price is within the range thata small TV station such as ours can afford but still has all thefacilities we will need in the future.”

Rumen Artarski, Managing Director, TV7

The system of choice

sQ has proved itself in every scale of broadcast

operations, from local TV stations with just a

handful of journalists and editors to national and

supra-national news and sports broadcasters

with hundreds of simultaneous users.

Built for the job

Every sQ system is custom-designed and built

to meet each broadcaster’s individual HD/SD

workflow, scale, connectivity and operational

needs. But what they all have in common is

proven, totally scalable, open technology that

gets news and sports programming to air

faster, more reliably and at higher quality than

any other system available. Journalists and

editors love the progressive, easy to master

user interface; news directors value the

freedom sQ brings; engineers love its ability

to seamlessly bridge IT and broadcast; sQ

systems make compelling economic sense

whatever the size of the station.

Flexible server technology

At the heart of every sQ system is the

sQ server – combining the flexibility of

IT technology and broadcast’s next-frame

imperatives in a best of both worlds package

that offers performance and connectivity

way beyond any other server in the world.

Underpinning the sQ server is Quantel’s

unique FrameMagic™ technology, which gives

simultaneous, copy-free, true random access

to multiple users, guarantees the security

of edited material and massively simplifies

media management.

Powerful database management

Quantel’s Integrated server architecture (ISA)

is a single overarching database that covers

the entire sQ system, whether it is based on

a single or multiple servers. ISA also locks

together broadcast and browse resolution

material so that edit decisions made on the

journalist’s desktop are instantly ready to

go to air with the full resolution material.

Because ISA does all the complicated

management entirely within the sQ system,

it makes interoperability with outside systems,

whether newsroom, automation or archive,

a simple proposition – a boon for the system

integrator, and offering far greater system

reliability to the broadcaster.

Open windows to the world

Success in broadcasting today is about

serving every potential media stream with

timely, attractively packaged material. sQ’s

Power Portals provide transparent interfaces

for content and metadata to a huge array

of partner companies’ applications, covering

every aspect of TV, web, mobile and archive.

All the tools

sQ includes a comprehensive range of

consistent, progressive editing software with

a common user interface; only the toolset

varies according to the needs of each user.

sQ View is for simple shot selection and can

be learnt in minutes. sQ Cut adds simple but

powerful editing tools, sQ Edit brings a richly

featured toolset to the journalist’s desktop

for more proficient users and sQ Edit Plus is

the full-powered craft editor for sophisticated

effects and finishing work. And of course

there’s the Paintbox and Picturebox sQ

for every aspect of graphics creation

and management.

sQ means business

sQ: core broadcast production technologyQuantel’s sQ™ is the system of choice for integrated digital broadcast production. sQ technology is powering the news andsports production operations of many of the world’s greatest broadcasters – BBC, ESPN, NRK, The Seven Network, Sky and TV3 to name just a few.

sQ: core broadcast production technology

“sQ is the fastest news system out there... and it’s incredibly flexible.”

Geir Børdalen, Head of News Technology, NRK

Open for business

Quantel understands that in today’s highly

complex broadcasting landscape, no one

supplier has all the answers. sQ systems

are infinitely scalable and adaptable to meet

changing needs as they arise, and are proven

in service around the world interfaced with

a greater variety of newsroom computer,

automation and archive systems than

server-based systems from any other supplier.

sQ systems also support a massive array

of video and file acquisition formats as well

as TV, web and mobile playout.

HD now – or tomorrowThe ability to work with HD material is designed

into the very fabric of sQ technology. So

whether your station needs HD now or a clear

future HD upgrade path, sQ is the logical

choice. And of course, sQ works now with

all the latest HD acquisition formats, from

XDCAM HD and P2 HD to HDV – whatever

the format, the sQ workflow lets you make

the very most of it.

ZoneMagic™

Collaborative working between sister stations

is now the norm. Quantel’s brilliant ZoneMagic

is the perfect collaborative production

workflow technology, giving total operational

flexibility to leverage content between different

users/stations whether across the same

office, building, city, country or continent –

in SD and HD too.

Business focused outputMaking the most of valuable content and

metadata is vital to business success.

sQ’s fantastic versioning tools make Triple

Play a fast and straightforward proposition –

servicing a station’s TV, website and mobile

audiences with attractively packaged, up to

the minute content via sQ Power Portals into

a partner company’s specialist application.

Making the most of your assetsBeing able to quickly re-package and sell

on stories to other media owners has become

an increasingly important revenue stream

for broadcasters. sQ systems’ ability to store

uncommitted material means that a clean

version can be instantly output ready for

onwards sale, enabling the sQ owner to extract

maximum returns from valuable content.

ArchiveNews and sports archives are not only

an essential resource for giving context to

breaking stories, they are also a valuable

source of revenue for broadcasters. Here

again, sQ has field-proven ability to exchange

content and metadata with archive systems

from all the leading suppliers using industry-

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ARRI

Artbeats

ATTO

Autocue

Automatic Duck

Blue Order

Bright Systems

Dalet

DayPort

Digital Praxis

Dixon Sports

DNF Controls

Force10

Front Porch Digital

Harris

HiTech

IBIS

Imagica

Imagineer

iNews

Kodak

NSD

Omnibus

Omnitek

Panasonic

Pathfire

PixelNation

Pro-Bel

Pro-MPEG Forum

Rhozet

Screen SubtitlingSystems

SGL

SMPTE

Sony

Speedsix

Sundance Digital

Telestream

VDS

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sQ means business

sQ: connected thinking for the connected worldsQ is the world’s most advanced and capable server-based production system, but it is when sQ works in concert with the manyother systems and applications required by the broadcaster, that its full benefits are realised.

sQ: connected thinking for the connected world

“We chose Quantel because we wanted a solution to do close-to-air post production better than any competitor; today,you simply have to show a difference, and the sQ has given usthe edge we need.”

Peter de Vink, Business Unit Manager – Post Production, UBF

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