Newsletter from 24/07/2018
50 Days to IBC2018
IBC is the world's most influential media, entertainment and technology show. Six leading international bodies are the partners behind IBC, representing both exhibitors and visitors. In its 50th anniversary, IBC2017 had a record attendance attracting more then 57,000 attendees from 170 countries around the world, exhibiting more than 1,700 of the world's key technology suppliers and showcasing a debate-leading conference.
IP Show Case Returns to IBC
IBC2018 Announces Cyber Security Forum to Help Media Tackle Cyber Threats
IBC2018 with Keynote Sessions from Amazon, Viacom and Wonderhood Studios
The future unfolds at the IBC2018 Leaders’ Forum
Lily Cole and Kwame Ferreira to deliver the Impossible.com Keynote on at IBC2018
Seeing The Future Now
The IBC Future Zone brings together the very latest ideas, innovations and concept technologies from international industry and academia, and showcases them in a single specially-curated exhibition area within the IBC Exhibition. This year, the focus is on showing how new technologies grow from their first inception, progress through research/development/validation projects, to mature into the ground-breaking applications and product standards of the future. Visit the IBC Future Zone to see innovative technologies at various stages of their life cycle development, and to experience some of the astounding new achievements in our industry.
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MOBILE PRODUCTION
Cinevideo Dolphin 7.0
Cinevideo is formed by a young and specialized management, coordinated by the founder Andrea Buonomo, ready to meet the customer requests for all stages of production and to propose the use of new and exclusive technologies. Dolphin7 can accommodate in a space of around 60sqm two separate productions on the same truck, with 2 different audio rooms and two different production rooms. For UHD Dolphin 7.0 is using both quad-link and 12G sdi, and all the system is controlled by Lawo VSM.
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CP Communications Provides Complete Coverage at U.S. Open
A significant contributor to the production team the past three years, this year marked the first time that CP Communications was entrusted with all RF transmission responsibilities. This included the management of 34 RF cameras, including five RF 4K HDR transmitters for live broadcasts by FOX Sports. CP Communications also managed three RF X-Mo cameras for slow-motion, on-air playback; one RF Stedi-cam; and four (of 21 total) HD cameras reserved for Sky, TV Asahi and other international broadcasters. “The sheer scale and enormity of the U.S. Open inspired Fox Sports, the domestic rights holder and primary broadcaster for the event, to split RF responsibilities among two vendors in previous years,” said Kurt Heitmann, CEO, CP Communications.
NZ Live Rebrands Local Operation as NEP New Zealand
NEP New Zealand officially opens its doors and begins trading under its new name and branding today, completing the integration of NZ Live into NEP Group, the worldwide outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment. “This is an exciting new chapter in our company’s history,” said Oliver Pitkin, General Manager - NEP New Zealand. “We’re building on our strong New Zealand heritage, market knowledge and relationships with access to NEP’s deep pool of global resources. The feedback from longstanding and potential clients has been fantastic, and we’re actively pursuing the growth opportunities now open to us as part of the NEP Worldwide Network.”
Trickbox TV Provides OB Facilities to Eden Sessions TV
This is the second consecutive year that Trickbox has supplied Eden Sessions with a multi-camera setup. This year the outside broadcast production was further expanded, kit provided by Trickbox included its new state-of-the-art, bespoke 12-camera portable production unit (PPU) flyaway, which is built to the highest broadcast specification delivering a cost-effective solution that provides Eden Sessions with all the tools required for these full-scale productions, without the need for an OB truck. "We really enjoy working with Trickbox. Their professionalism and expertise help us to deliver stunning shows to a wider audience,” says Eden Sessions Film Producer, Anna Meneer.
STUDIO PRODUCTION
Elation Broadcast Lighting for Cwmni Da Studio, Wales
One of Wales’ foremost production companies, Cwmni Da produces a variety of television content for Welsh-language broadcasters S4C and C4, as well as the BBC. The company’s highly talented workforce excels at storytelling and entertaining with national and international productions that span the gamut of television programming from comedy and entertainment to sport programs and children’s shows. The company is also environmentally conscious and sought a lighting solution for their new studio that was not only high quality but eco-friendly as well. “Cwmni Da is a green company and they were keen to use all LED lighting in the new studio,” stated John Penny Williams, Lighting Director at Lumio Media, who supplied and installed the full lighting rig.
WGBH in Boston Selects Routers, Multiviewers and Infrastructure from Grass Valley
Charged with overseeing the upgrade and the selection process, Emeric Feldmar, director of engineering at WGBH-TV, worked with systems integrator BeckTV, to assess the options. The routers being replaced were from Grass Valley and had reached end of life, but Feldmar was open to any manufacturer as he sought the best solution for the station. Five RFQs were issued and a team vetted each of the proposals. In the end, Grass Valley was chosen for its advanced technology and proven performance. “We’ve been a Grass Valley customer for more than 30 years, but that doesn’t mean that we automatically select our new equipment without a competitive process,” explained Feldmar. “It’s important to us that we have the best we can get."
SPORT EVENTS
Brazil scale new heights in Gstaad
Gstaad is one of the sport’s most iconic tour stops 1,050 meters above sea level and this year’s competition returns for the fourth time as part of the Beach Volleyball Major Series family. The highest international tournament might be one of the most traditional on the World Tour, but the new Brazilian constellations add a new element of excitement this season. Those new partnerships include a potentially explosive combination which pairs the reigning Olympic and World Champions together – Alison Cerutti and André Loyola Stein. The other half of the Olympic and World Championship winning tandems are playing with different partners.
TVU Networks to provide reliable equipment and top-tier connectivity throughout Russia
TVU Networks announced that it provided rental packages and on-the-ground technical support throughout this summers’ international football tournament in all 12 Russian cities that will be hosting matches. The tournament will commence next month, with over 150 pieces of TVU Networks equipment and local SIM Cards already lined up to enable broadcasters to successfully deliver matches and tournament news to consumers across the globe. Solutions hired will include the TVU One, which transmits signals over 3G, 4G/LTE wireless portable and fixed video transmitters. Small and lightweight, the portable solution for remote, anywhere live broadcast and streaming also incorporates TVU’s proprietary technology Inverse StatMux Plus (IS+).
GQC Boosts Live eSports Production with AJA Ki Pro Ultra
GQC’s workflow includes eight Panasonic cameras, which capture footage of the host, commentators and players; five of the cameras are handheld, one is a front of house camera on a platform, and two are mounted on jibs, including one Jimmy Jib. Ki Pro Ultras connected to each Panasonic camera are tapped for ISO records and used as primary and backup line records. A media server separately records live gameplay from each of the 75 gaming computers in real-time, while 76 genlocked POV cameras mounted above each computer monitor capture player reactions. A multi-channel AJA FS4 synchronizes three additional computers as graphics sources.
The Switch Supports Nintendo’s E3 Productions
At last month’s 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, commonly referred to as “E3,” Nintendo, one of the world’s largest gaming companies, relied on The Switch® for exclusive distribution of Nintendo’s linear feed and streaming feeds across multiple, worldwide over-the-top platforms. Utilizing The Switch Access™ between outside venues and Nintendo’s Treehouse Live booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center, The Switch enabled Nintendo to produce and deliver the live content throughout the E3 event and beyond. The Switch also delivered the production to its Los Angeles NOC pool ports, where IGN, GameSpot and others were able to pull the content for additional onward distribution.
SHOW EVENTS
Creating an immersive show for N.E.R.D summer performances
Live production specialist Vis-a-Vis Video is delivering unique video content for N.E.R.D.’s UK summer appearances with Catalyst V6 and a series of UltraStudio Mini HD from Blackmagic Design. The solution is supporting the hip hop act throughout its appearances at festivals including Lovebox in London’s Gunnersbury Park as well as Leeds and Reading Festival. The software allows live operators to enhance an artist’s onstage performance, by extracting images and elements from live camera signals and graphics, creating multiple outputs to LED screens or projectors on stage and throughout a venue, immersing the crowd within the live performance.
Vasco Rossi on the Move
Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna, set designer Claudio Santucci of Gioforma, d3 operator Marco Piva and other key members of Vasco’s creative team including live camera director Peppe Romano were instrumental in the implementation of the Kinesys system to maximise the dynamic movement they wanted as part of the show aesthetic. The hardware and control was supplied by PRG Belgium and operated on the road by Jimmy Johnson a UK based rigger / automation specialist. The system comprised 16 x half tonne Kinesys ApexHOISTS complete with ApexDRIVES which were used to fly move four ‘satellite’ video screens / lighting pods immediately above the stage. These tracked upstage / downstage as well as flying up and down!
Golden Opportunity for RoboSpots
The 29th edition of the Golden Melody Award (GMAs) staged in the 15,000 seat Taipei Arena presented a golden opportunity for Robe’s RoboSpot remote follow spotting system to show its flexibility and scope – the first time it’s been used in Taiwan. Organized by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, the GMAs recognises outstanding singing achievements in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka and Formosan languages in both the popular and traditional music industries, attracting artists and audience from all over Asia. Moderated by Jam Hsiao, the 2018 show was broadcast live by Taiwan national TV throughout South-East Asia.
PRODUCTS
15,000 Hours of Flawless Transmission Delivered by LiveU
LiveU released its live broadcasting figures during the FIFA World Cup™ in Russia with 485 units onsite used by customers from over 40 countries. The numbers have doubled, and even tripled, since the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ – including over 15,000 hours of live broadcasting, over 30,000 live sessions and 36TB of live transmission – with LiveU’s LU600 4K HEVC solution enabling customers to broadcast more hours with less data. Customers used LiveU to follow the teams, interview the players and the fans, and capture the atmosphere with daily live feeds. LiveU was able to provide customers with bandwidth guarantees for superior connectivity in the 12 host cities.
NEXUS as FOH matrix at Classic Open Air Festival
The Classic Open Air Festival at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin has been a good tradition for 27 years. But making it happen presents a new challenge every year. Classical music in the open air is demanding in terms of acoustics and requires a special sound reinforcement system. The critical audience is accustomed to perfect concert hall sound. This year, for the first time Berlin-based manufacturer Stage Tec also contributed to ensuring the audience could enjoy the five festival concert evenings in the finest audio quality. A NEXUS system was used as the FOH matrix and routed the output signals from two mixing consoles to the PA system. The gain-delay matrix of the DSP board performed signal processing within the NEXUS system. The level delay matrix employed enables simultaneous distribution of input signals to multiple outputs.
Dejero and Draganfly Partner to Provide High Quality Real-time Video Transport from the Skies
This powerful collaboration enables broadcasters to integrate live video captured with UAVs into their newsgathering, sports and event coverage, and video production for television and online audiences. It will also facilitate Dejero in reaching new industries and applications, providing real-time on-board video transport over IP to the military, public safety, and government sectors that Draganfly has traditionally operated in. The Draganflyer Commander UAV is a remotely operated, unmanned, miniature helicopter designed to carry wireless camera systems. The professional quality, powerful, easy to fly aerial platform is specifically designed for high endurance applications such as public safety, search and rescue, agriculture, mapping, aerial photography, and more.