Grass Valley, a leading innovator for live production solutions, announces release of its Maverik X software-based switcher, powered by AMPP. Available to run on local, hybrid or cloud compute, Maverik X is an industry leading switcher supporting combined uncompressed and compressed inputs and outputs, with full 10bit UHD HDR workflows, automatic up/down/cross conversion and HDR LUT mapping. Maverik X can be controlled from both fully customizable HTML5 user interfaces operated from PC and tablet devices, in addition to Grass Valley’s modular Maverik switcher panel.
“Maverik X scales with your production needs, allowing you to define the number of inputs/outputs, M/Es, keyers, DVEs, and replay wipes with ease for any size of event,” the announcement states. “Combined with AMPP workloads, your Maverik X solution can include full Multiviewer’s, audio mixing, graphics, replay and more, all controllable from a single interface. And like all AMPP microservices, users can opt for flexible PAYG or predictable contract pricing, ensuring you only pay for what you use.”
Grass Valley’s Chief Product Officer, Adam Marshall, says, “Our customers productions continue to demand best in class video processing, with unparalleled flexibility to adapt to their evolving business needs. Today's production control rooms need the agility to seamlessly add or remove capabilities on a per-event basis whilst keeping operational costs at an all-time low. With Maverik X, productions can effortlessly scale across one or more operators, facilitating support for productions of any scale with a single configuration recall. Combined with the introduction of AMPP local, customers now have the opportunity to leverage this flexibility in both online and offline environments.”
Designed for major networks, sports franchises, live entertainment, corporate events and houses of worship, Maverik X offers a precise switcher configuration for producers and technical directors.
According to Greg Huttie, VP for Switchers at Grass Valley, “Whilst AMPP has always offered switcher capabilities—such as our K-Frame CS X for K-Frame switcher customers who want to maintain the same UI online, and Live Producer X with a simplified story board-based interface ideal for single person productions—the flexibility and extensive capabilities of Maverik X truly represent the next phase of switching as a software-based service.”
To learn more about Maverik X and the entire line of advanced Grass Valley products and solutions, visit booth C2308 at NAB in Las Vegas, April 13-17 and visit www.grassvalley.com.
