Newsletter from 23/06/2015
Women’s World Cup Scores Early Record TV Viewing
MOBILE PRODUCTION
Timeline Delivers Purpose Built Ultra HD 4K Outside Broadcast Truck
BT Sport has awarded Timeline a four-year contract for the provision of Ultra HD 4K OB’s to complement their extensive HD program portfolio. BT Sport will be launching a new BT Sport Ultra HD channel in August with the first UHD broadcast being the Community Shield. UHD events will be broadcast throughout the year, each week, and will include UEFA Champions League, Barclays Premier League, FA Cup and Aviva Premiership Rugby. Driven by the demand for production of UHD 4K content by broadcasters, initially being driven by BT Sport, the unit will launch in August and be available for hire for both sporting events and other production genres such as the arts, entertainment and natural history when not in use by BT Sport.
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CTV Outside Broadcasts Relies on Bluebell Opticom
"We wanted to increase our utilisation of dark fibre cores — particularly when we're running low on fibres or when faults appear — whilst reducing the number of cores we have to rig for a production. We already own a lot of Bluebell equipment and have a valued history of working with them to create fibre solutions that overcome our many challenges, so I had complete trust that Bluebell would deliver just what we needed," said Hamish Greig, technical director at CTV Outside Broadcast. "We're currently using Bluebell's custom solution for golf, and it has proven so successful that we'll be purchasing at least one more system. Eventually we plan to use it across our complete range of productions — sport, entertainment, and reality — wherever we use dark fibres."
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L-S-B’s VSM as Universal Control System in South-Africa’s SuperSport OB1 HD
As part of a continual renewal effort South-African sports broadcaster SuperSport built a new HD-capable OB Van. As the overall control system the company chooses VSM to be implemented during the building process of OB 1. The truck can handle up to 24 cams, five QBall cams and 2 sprint cameras. OB 1 has been modernized in the UK and started its first production in May last year. VSM works as the main routing and Tally system with additional control over Axon cards and embedded output cards of the Snell Sirius router (576x576). Working on two redundant servers VSM makes use of 25 VSM hardware panels providing a virtualization of signals to make the work for the operators as simple as possible.
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STUDIO PRODUCTION
Riedel Supplies Robust Communications Solution to dock10
Stepping once again into the political arena, Riedel Communications supplied a robust communications solution for the ITV Leaders pre-election debate, held April 2 at MediaCityUK. During the live broadcast event, leading broadcast and production facility provider dock10 used the Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom system and MediorNet real-time media network to enable flexible, reliable transport of video, data, and communications signals to the three main broadcasters — Sky, BBC, and ITV — as well as to the Media Hub Centre hosting more than 300 other members of the global press.
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First Calrec Audio Artemis Console for Channel One Russia Worldwide
"As part of Channel One Russia Worldwide, which has more than 250 million viewers worldwide, Channel One Worldwide is a critical source of programming for Russian-speaking audiences everywhere, and the Artemis met the criteria for a compact digital console with powerful internal routing capabilities," said Michael Reddick, Calrec's European sales manager. "With this deployment, Channel One Worldwide joins a growing number of stations in Moscow that have adopted Calrec consoles since 2012."
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Broadcast Solutions GmbH Successfully Delivered Broadcast- and Multimedia-Infrastructure
Broadcast Solutions GmbH successfully planned and delivered state-of-the-art broadcast- and multimedia-infrastructure to Otkrytije Arena, the new home of football club Spartak Moscow. The arena should enable its investors to develop new revenue streams by using flexible and modern technology. Additionally all technology had to be planned in compliance with FIFA regulations since the stadium is a venue during the FIFA World Cup 2018. The first event that took place in the arena was an opening football match in September 2014 and proofed all systems working properly.
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SPORTS
Polecam adds Ronin gimbal for Red Bull Cliff Diving in Texas
Polecam Systems has super stabilised the Polecam of DOP John Gillan by fitting and interfacing his new Ronin-M gimbal onto his Polecam. The latest Red Bull Cliff Diving events were proving difficult due to the higher winds often associated with cliff tops. “Whether it’s a Jimmy Jib or a Polecam – strong wind is always tricky for a jib but I knew that with the recent developments of gimbal technology this could be the answer. Steffan and his team were great in getting this ready in time and the results were brilliant” said John.
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The GSCP Experience
The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris 2015 is over! On 16th and 17th May, the world’s most talented steeplechasers flocked to Auteuil in a bid to clinch this legendary title. Only the very best competitors were able to overcome the 23 daunting obstacles and saw off all competition over the gruelling 6,000 meters course. In recent years the race was covered on television, however this year it was the first time the horse racing was shot including images covered by a drone supplied by XD motion.
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Premiere for slomo.tv’s videoReferee® at Canoe Slalom European Championships
Between May 28 to 31 2015, the elite of European Slalom canoeists met in Germany for the Canoe Slalom European Championships. During the competition the International Canoe Federation ICF now supported the local organizers in implementing video judging systems, using a videoReferee® system. At Canoe Park Markkleeberg (Saxony), one of the most modern white water systems in the world, slomo.tv’s videoReferee® system was used as an additional tool for monitoring the gates.
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Clay Paky lights the Intel Extreme Masters
ARAM Poland was in charge of the design and technical production of the largest gaming event in the world, the ninth World Final of the Intel Extreme Masters, and Clay Paky Mythos played a significant role in lighting this game show for the first time ever. The event was held in Katowice for the second year in a row, but this time it was split between two venues: the Spodek arena and the newly built International Convention Centre. The show broke all audience and visitor records. The official figures will be released shortly, but it is said that more than a hundred thousand visitors attended and millions of others followed the games online.
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SHOWS
Multiple Pointes for Herbert Grönemeyer
Show designer Gunter Hecker brought a flourish of industrial style to the lighting, video and stage environment that he created for the latest tour by German superstar Herbert Grönemeyer, prolific singer, composer, musician and actor and one of Germany’s most successful ever recording artists. Once again Gunter worked closely with Marc Lorenz as his lighting director and technology integration specialist, and together they brought a unique look and energy to the show with a centerpiece comprising six automated pods containing video screens and a total of 96 Robe Pointes.
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Parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory
President of Russia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin attended a military parade on Red Square in Moscow to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War. Before the parade, at the Armorial Hall of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin greeted the leaders of foreign states and major international organisations who have come to Moscow to take part in the celebrations. The military parade to commemorate the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War has become one of the largest in the history of Red Square, involving 16,000 servicemen, 194 units of land-based military equipment and 143 aircraft and helicopters.
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2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival comes to jubilant end
The Bonnaroo 2015 Music & Arts Festival came to a jubilant end under the starry skies of Manchester, Tennessee. Video highlights and performances from artists including Billy Joel, Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Alabama Shakes, Kendrick Lamar, D’Angelo & The Vanguard, Deadmau5, Twenty One Pilots and more are available to watch on redbull.tv/Bonnaroo. More than 30 cameras, including six robotic units, were deployed, capturing “atmosphere” from around the grounds, plus performances from five stages, says Kimball. “It’s not going to be a handheld camera bought from Best Buy when you’re filming Paul McCartney,” he says, referring to the rock legend’s 2013 ’Roo performance. Kimball notes that artists’ directors were routinely found in NEP trucks during the 2015 event.
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PRODUCTS
Teradek and Twitch Partner for Largest Video Game Conference
Twitch has selected Teradek’s encoders, decoders and cloud solutions for broadcasting live coverage of the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo). Teradek’s Bond II, TRax and Core will carry the press conference broadcasts of the gaming industry’s leading companies including Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. The Teradek Bond II will transmit full HD quality out of each press conference location. Deployed specifically for its growing demand in the broadcast and live event industry, for providing a robust and reliable internet connection. The Teradek Bond II will simultaneously combine wired and cellular sources as a failsafe.
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Axon Brings Dolby E to Broadcast Solutions Group's Major Events Coverage
The reliability of Axon Digital Design's products proved a major selling point for Singapore-based Broadcast Solutions Group (BSG) when it decided to upgrade its flyaway systems to incorporate Dolby Digital. After extensive testing, BSG invested in Axon Synapse Dolby E Encoders (DBE08) and Multiformat Dolby Stream Decoders (DBD28). These are now being deployed in flyaway kits around the globe where they are helping to capture live events destined for High Definition broadcast. As a leading international OB provider and the largest supplier of HD facilities and crew in Asia, BSG demands the highest quality from all of the equipment manufacturers it works with.
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Avid Fires Up Huge Demand for the Groundbreaking VENUE | S6L by Leading Live Sound Companies
Avid® announced that leading sound companies around the world are embracing the recently announced VENUE | S6L live sound system, with significant orders already placed ahead of its formal shipping date. Sound Image (USA), Spectrum Sound (USA), Solotech (Canada), SSE (UK), Sunphonix (Japan), Johnson Audio Services (Australia), and others are expecting significant customer demand for VENUE | S6L, based on the system’s unprecedented processing, flexible modularity to meet the requirements of any live production, and historic strength of VENUE live systems for tours and festivals.
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4K/8K ARISING
Simultanious 4K Ultra HD and 3G/HD-SDI Output for Ikegami Cameras
The BS-98 and CCU-980 are new rack-mountable fiber transmission units for UnicamHD series cameras. High quality 4K ultra HD and 3G/HD-SDI output are supplied simultaneously when connected with a UnicamHD camera, such as an HDK-97C or HDK-95C (with FA97). The CCU-980 is a full rack size camera control unit and the BS-98 is a half rack size base station. The CCU-980 can be fitted with a triax board set, allowing simple switching between SMPTE fiber and triax. The BS-98 provides 4K output from a 2K source. It replaces the V OUT board of an Ikegami base station or camera control unit. Existing BS-98 or CCU-980 models can be upgraded without needing modification. A camera head is required to support the upscaling process.
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Stingray Announces Worldwide Launch of Stingray Ambiance in 4K
Stingray Ambiance is a channel that transforms any home into a soothing and relaxing oasis, thanks to its unique combination of rich, beautiful scenery with custom soundtracks. With this launch in Ultra HD, a technology that offers four times the resolution of standard HD, Stingray is taking the multi-sensorial experience offered by Stingray Ambiance to a whole new level of colour, contrast and brightness. Subscribers without UHD screens will continue to enjoy Stingray Ambiance’s beautiful sceneries from around the world in stunning high resolution.
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MOOV Deploys ChyronHego's Next-Generation Lyric™ Solution for BT Sport's New 4K UHD Service
BT Sports has staged numerous UHD events so far this year, each receiving much industry attention. Some of the events include the NBA Global Games in London, the FA Cup semi-finals and Trophy and Vase events at Wembley, the first-ever UHD broadcast of a premiership match for the English Premier League that was broadcast to homes in the U.K., and the Aviva Premiership Finals. In the coming months, MOOV will cover additional events in UHD including the UEFA Champions League football matches, Premier League football, Aviva Premiership Rugby, Scottish Premier League football, and the FIM MotoGP Silverstone Circuit.
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Sony PCL Inc. purchases Pablo Rio 8K
Sony PCL Inc. delivers complete solutions for event and video production. The company already has extensive experience with 4K productions, offering clients a complete production package from production planning, shooting, editing, sound design and mixing to grading and delivery, with the emphasis on high quality content, delivered to short deadlines. Pablo Rio 8K’s realtime operation will enable Sony PCL to continue to offer its clients interactive finishing sessions at 8K, where full resolution imagery is reviewed and changes made in realtime in the finishing suite.
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