German Parliament gets TV Upgrade to HD with BTS

More than 35 cameras in 2 Studios, 5 Conference Rooms and in the plenary hall can be dynamically assigned to 4 control rooms. The parliament TV is used in house and for transmission via public and private broadcasters and via the Internet.
Now the plenary hall and one control room will be upgraded by BTS to HD.

BTS will install 8 Grass Valley LDX cameras with 40-times Fujinon lenses and 8 camera CCUs (XCUs) with OCPs and MCPs, a transmission system via dark fibre, a Grass Valley Kayak-HD mixer and a multiviewer system. 2 HD character generators and 2 Nevion HD router will be integrated. Both the Radamec camera robotic system and the Jupiter control system will be adapted to the new technology. New HD monitors and a Tektronix waveform monitor complete the upgrade.

BTS broadcast technology solutions GmbH, Weiterstadt: BTS is an internationally experienced and innovative systems integrator in the television broadcast industry. Its customers include broadcasters, production companies, news agencies, archives, OB vans and corporate TV service operators. BTS works with the leading product manufacturers. Both the stationary solutions for studio production, play out, news, distribution and archiving solutions as well as the mobile OB vans and flight cases meet the highest standards of productivity, flexibility and reliability. BTS helps its clients build and optimize their broadcast systems: for a program in quality, safety and efficiency, that is the best in its class.