Applications
April Broadcast launches Choice HD
MUMBAI: Mumbai based, April Broadcast Pvt. Ltd., a privately owned company in the Technology and Media space, announced the launch of CHOICE HDTM, a new video Switcher/Mixer application, developed in-house, especially for the Indian Wedding Video editing market. Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/abChoiceHai
This was demonstrated at the All India Photographic Trade and Industry Association’s (AIPTIA) Consumer Electronics and Imaging Fair 2014. The event, popularly known as Photofair, is India’s largest expo for Photography and Videography products, and was held in Mumbai from 9-12 January.
“This segment has been growing steadily over the past few years and we noticed that wedding videographers did not have too many options when it came to producing these typical wedding videos. With CHOICE HDTM, we have, literally, given them the freedom of choice to unleash their creativity and make something really beautiful for the bridal couple.” said Sandeep N Ohri, Founder, April Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.
CHOICE HDTM leverages industry-standard video I/O cards to give the professional video editor a simple-to-use, yet powerful solution, that runs on Windows-based PCs.
CHOICE HDTM is extremely versatile and simultaneously switch/mix 4 digital HD/SD or analog video inputs, 2 recorded media inputs, 2 graphics and 2 tickers (both in different languages). In addition, CHOICE HDTM has a variety of special transition effects, handles audio I/O and allows simultaneous recording in HD and web-streaming of the output.
According to industry estimates, the Indian wedding market as a whole is around US$ 25 billion, (approx. Rs 1.5 lakh crores), and growing at 25 to 30 per cent a year. In India, no wedding is complete without the production of a wedding video to capture and preserve this all-important life event.
Today, Indian wedding videos are increasingly inspired by Bollywood (the largely popular Indian Hindi film industry) and bridal couples aspire to have their videos shot to the tune of the latest popular film songs! This involves complex editing of videos captured from various cameras and angles, application of special effects and finally, expert editing to synchronize this to the background. With HD TVs and Blu-ray DVD players becoming cheaper, all of this is now required in full HD resolution.
“In addition to handling existing legacy analog and digital SD video, CHOICE HDTM handles full HD digital video and is also upgradeable to handle 2K and 4K resolutions as well, making this a safe investment for videographers in this fast changing technology landscape.” said Salim Shaikh, co-founder, April Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.
CHOICE HDTM will ship to customers in February 2014 and is the third application developed by April Broadcast in less than 9 months, since its inception. Other solutions are an entry-level HDMI-based virtual studio solution for Education and a high-end virtual studio solution for television broadcast.
Applications
JioFinance rolls out multi-bank fixed deposit platform
Users can compare, invest and track fixed deposits across issuers in one place
MUMBAI: The JioFinance app has launched a unified platform allowing users to compare, invest in and track fixed deposits offered by multiple banks and non-banking financial companies, sharpening its push to become a one-stop destination for digital financial services.
The new feature aggregates fixed deposits from a range of issuers, including small finance banks and NBFCs, enabling customers to filter options by interest rate and tenure and complete the entire investment journey digitally.
Interest rates on the platform go up to 8.15 per cent per annum, with users able to view tenure, tax treatment, lock-in conditions and premature withdrawal terms before investing. Once booked, deposits can be monitored through a consolidated dashboard that tracks returns, maturity dates and renewal reminders.
Jio Finance Platform and Service Limited chief executive officer Surbhe S Sharma, said the offering addresses a long-standing pain point for savers, who often struggle to compare issuers and manage deposits spread across institutions.
Fixed deposits remain one of India’s most popular savings products, and the company is betting that transparency and ease of use will draw users seeking stable, low-risk returns.
The FD marketplace on the JioFinance app is powered by Blostem Fintech Private Limited, which operates as a business correspondent and technical service provider to partner banks and NBFCs.
