IBC 2009 - Amsterdam - September 10, 2009 — Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Softron Media Services' MovieRecorder ingest application and OnTheAir Video playout application with the Matrox MXO2 I/O device for the Mac. Softron's products provide all the functionality needed to run a TV station on a Mac. They are in use at news and sports broadcasters, educational institutions, religious broadcasters, and postproduction facilities around the world. Matrox MXO2 provides all the features of an I/O card and breakout box with the added advantage of portability. It can be easily moved among Mac Pros in the studio and taken on the road with a MacBook Pro.
"The combination of Softron's applications with the Matrox MXO2 hardware greatly enhances any facility's ingest and playout capabilities and does so at an incredibly low infrastructure investment," said Mike Skibra, Softron Media Services, Business Development Manager. "The ability to broadcast using a laptop offers incredible flexibility."
The products from Softron Media Services will be demonstrated at IBC 2009 in Amsterdam on stand 3.A48. The Matrox products will be demonstrated on stand 7.B29.