Newsletter from 14/08/2018
Amsterdam’s North-South metro line is now open
On July 22, the long awaited North-South metro line in Amsterdam finally was opened for business. The North-South metro line has been in the works for 22 years. However this year for the first time IBC visitors can reach the RAI exhibition center within 10 minutes from the Amsterdam Central station.
IBC2018 opens on 14 September at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. As of today we feature 36 companies and their approach at the IBC2018 Show. This list is continuously updated:
AIMS - AviWest - BoxxTV - BR Remote - Cobalt Digital - CyanView - Dejero - Densitron - DPA - EVS - FOR.A - G&D - Globecast - Imagine Communications - IMT - Jünger Audio - LiveU - Marshall - Media Links - Mobile Viewpoint - MultyDyne - NOA - Phabrix - RTW - Sennheiser - Slomo.TV - sonoVTS - Sony - TAG V.S. - Tedial - The Switch - The Vitec Group - TSL - TVU - Vislink - XD motion
The link "IBC2018" will always show you the featured companies and events in alphabetical order
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MOBILE PRODUCTION
Doordarshan goes IP with Lawo in new OB truck
One of the India’s largest broadcasting organizations in terms of studio and transmitter infrastructure, public broadcaster Doordarshan has installed a 16-fader Lawo crystal desk with full I/O extension in its latest New Delhi-based OB Van. The IP-based broadcast production console is the centerpiece of the vehicle’s main audio control room, which was constructed under the direction of main contractor, AGIV/SatCom. “We are very pleased with our new Lawo crystal board,” says Goutam Bera, Director AGIV India Pvt. Limited. “The Lawo system provides the necessary flexibility and range of functions for our diverse tasks without unnecessary user complexity. Plus, it looks clean, and has a minimal footprint – just power and network cables.”
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CP Communications Amplifies RF Coverage Across Multiple All-Star Game Events and Productions
CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, returned to the annual All-Star Game this month for the 18th consecutive year, with an expanded RF transmission presence that stretched far beyond the core nine innings. CP Communications this year brought a crew of 27 — its largest yet to support the All-Star Game, which brings together baseball’s greatest players from the National and American Leagues — and its RFHD7 53’ production truck to Nationals Park in Washington DC. The truck served as the central communications and distribution point for each client and system involved in the broadcasts and events.
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NEP Announces a Commercial Agreement with Top Tech Services for Four New OB Vans
NEP Italy announced that it has made an agreement with Top Tech Services, a Rome-based provider of outside broadcast solutions, for four additional OB vans. This agreement follows NEP’s opening of an office in Italy, its acquisition of Telerecord in June and signals its commitment to make more resources available in the Italian market. The two larger OB Vans that NEP will get from Top Tech Services will have a total of 40 cameras and the two smaller units will carry four cameras each as well as satellite transmission equipment.
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Broadcast Rental selects DTC AEON TX for wireless 4K/UHD program
DTC’s AEON transmitter is known for unrivalled RF and picture performance, but it was also chosen because of the level of service and assistance provided by DTC and Videosys Broadcast. The AEON transmitter, coupled with application specific modification by Videosys, is the only transmitter that offers both 2Ghz and 7Ghz in the same package without the need to swap RF modules. The unit also offers an impressive range of optional upgrades, such as return vision and talkback, that can make a massive cost and time-saving difference to users in the field. GP Slee, CEO of Broadcast Rental said, “4K/UHD is a growth area and we feel that the combination of the DTC AEON camera-back transmitter with the support of DTC and Videosys Broadcast is the best way to address opportunities in this expanding market.
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Sony announces new Virtual Production service with Red Bull
At the one-day event, Red Bull Switzerland used Sony’s Virtual Production solution to livestream the entire race to its social media. The remote location of the race placed in Swiss mountains meant that deploying physical production infrastructure would pose a significant challenge. However, thanks to Virtual Production’s cloud-based services and 4G Connectivity, Red Bull was able to capture and broadcast the whole event using only a number of camcorders and a single laptop to access the Virtual Switcher GUI. Sony’s Virtual Production proposition is a simple one: users pay only for what they need, when they need it. The home-grown service has been designed to take the cost out of live production, whilst empowering content creators to grow their reach and revenues.
STUDIO PRODUCTION
ES Broadcast delivers SSL System T audio upgrade at The Hospital Club Studios
The project to upgrade the studio to the latest audio technology saw ES Broadcast install a Solid State Logic System T broadcast production environment to replace the existing 15-year-old console in the music control room. The newly installed system allows The Hospital Club Studios to move to a network-driven stage-box solution, explained Jonathan Lyth, ES Broadcast’s Technical Director. “The System T production environment allows audio engineers greater flexibility to move connectivity around the facility with minimal core connectivity requirements. With the SSL installation at the heart of the upgrade project, ES Broadcast undertook several other improvements to the studio facility at the same time, and the company’s expertise in delivering broadcast projects was key, explained Simon Wall, Sound Supervisor at The Hospital Club Studios.
Upgraded learning at Sheffield Hallam
The investment in 30 x AG-DVX200 fixed lens 4K Camcorders has allowed the South Yorkshire University to develop its students learning by upgrading its resources for Film and Media Production students, as well as being available to a variety of other courses. Working with Panasonic's UK and ROI distributor Holdan, the university went through an evaluation stage, where it was supplied with a camera for a testing process. Dominic explains, "The option came up of carrying out a replacement, and previously we had been working with Canon's XF305 because at that point, it was BBC approved, so it was the natural choice for us."
sonoVTS GmbH announces completion of Nilesat Central Monitoring Center project
sonoVTS GmbH has confirmed the completion of a major integration project undertaken on behalf of Egyptian satellite company Nilesat. The project was initiated during 2017 when sonoVTS GmbH was contracted to deliver a new Central Monitoring Center (CMC) based around its HDQLINE display products and a purpose-designed video wall. The HDQLINE displays provide colour calibration, a no-fan design to limit noise impact, central video wall control, and dynamic and static IMD (Internal Monitor Display) via ethernet connectivity. The video wall was purpose-designed and constructed by sonoVTS, which also integrated a receiving subsystem that is capable of decoding and carrying TV services in SD, HD and 4K, as well as radio services.
SPORT EVENTS
The future is now at DELA European Beach Volleyball Championships
The DELA Beach European Volleyball Championships is the first event organized in the Netherlands making use of remote production control on such a large scale. Individual camera streams from Apeldoorn, Utrecht and Rotterdam were transmitted via a lightning-fast optical fibre connection to a production vehicle in the beating heart of the tournament, The Hague. All broadcasts and livestreams originated there. “This means big savings on production, equipment and manpower,” says Vos. “You literally need less of everything at each location. We are running a number of projects with remote production control at United, but managing so many feeds at once really is quite a feat.”
Riedel and PIDSO Cement Partnership With Collaborative Broadband Solution for DTM
Only a few months after forging their partnership, Riedel Communications and PIDSO have rolled out their first joint project — a comprehensive solution for the DTM (formerly known as Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters or German Touring Car Masters). The two companies have designed and installed a broadband audio communications system for DTM that integrates advanced antenna technology from PIDSO with Riedel's MediorNet real-time network. Riedel's MediorNet is providing an extensive real-time media distribution backbone at DTM for all TV production units, the IT production infrastructure, race control, car manufacturers' hospitality areas, and racetrack video walls.
SportsEngine Partners with Pixellot
SportsEngine Inc., an NBC Sports Group company and the leading youth sports technology provider, announced today that they have partnered with Pixellot, the global leader in automated sports production for the semi-professional market. With the formation of this partnership, Pixellot will be included in the new SportsEngine Marketplace, featuring their sports production solutions that revolutionize traditional video capture, production and distribution processes. Pixellot’s solutions enable professional and amateur sports organizations to affordably cover and monetize their events.
SHOW EVENTS
Robe for Mega HLSR Event
Lighting designer Nathan Brittain from LD Systems chose to work nearly 250 Robe moving lights on his rig for the 2018 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (HLSR) live entertainment stage which ran for the 20-day duration of the event. This, the largest such rodeo event in the world, attracted over 2.5 million people and a glittering line up of artists who performed on the concert stage in the NRG Stadium in Houston. LD Systems, also based in Houston, delivered technical design, live sound, concert lighting, HD video screens, custom truss structures, rigging equipment, production crew and logistics support throughout NRG Park for the entire month surrounding the event.
GLP and the Magic of Light
Thanks to their incredible shows, the Ehrlich Brothers have become among the best known magicians and illusionists in the world. Their trademarks include trucks weighing several tons emerging from nowhere, trees growing in a matter of seconds, and almost everything disappearing from the huge stage during the course of a breathtaking show — and then reappearing, as if by magic. Working alongside Ehrlich Entertainment GmbH, were the Production Resource Group (PRG), who provided rigging, lighting, video and media technology, Schiffer & Faber for decoration construction, TopVision for image technology, PMT for camera systems and mo2 design were also on board. Their team, led by lighting designer Manfred 'Ollie' Olma and project manager Matthias Allhoff, took care of the adaptation of the tour production for television, taking over all tenders and planning, as well as the creation of media content and media and lighting design.
See Factor Supplies Elation for Foreigner “Juke Box Heroes” Summer Tour
Last year’s 40th Anniversary Tour was by no means a farewell tour for iconic 70’s/80’s rock band Foreigner. It’s now been 41 years since their debut album and the band behind some of rock’s most classic songs hit the road again in June, kicking off a 30-show “Juke Box Heroes” U.S. tour that has proved to be one of the hottest outings of the summer. Lighting Designer/Director Dan Lastovka has kept the old-school look design from last year’s anniversary tour but with significant updates such as Elation Rayzor 360Z™ LED beam moving effects replacing Arena Par Zoom™ LED wash lights and a redesigned truss layout. New York rental house See Factor has again collaborated with Foreigner on lighting supply. Foreigner production manager is Steve Croxford.
Couch Concerts Live from Le Ferrailleur
For the past eleven years, Le Ferrailleur has been a firm fixture on Nantes’ live music scene, bringing fans up close to rock, metal, rap and electronic artists. While the bar can hold a capacity crowd of just under 300 people, the venue’s production team has devised a compact live streaming setup to bring an intimate live music experience to living rooms around the globe. The initial driver behind filming and broadcasting concerts from Le Ferrailleur came from the venue’s tenth-anniversary celebrations. “We decided to put up a big screen as part of a ten day line up of special concerts - even though none of us had any experience of live broadcasting at the time!,” begins François Montupet.
PRODUCTS
Loud and Clear: Genelec unveils new high-SPL monitors
Signalling its intention to offer audio solutions for all room sizes and applications, Genelec is today announcing the global launch of two new high-SPL SAM monitors – the two-way S360, and the 7382 subwoofer. Both models are ideal for any professional application that demands high acoustic power or listening at a distance; from large immersive setups in post-production studios or film mixing stages to play-live monitoring in music production or EDM playback. Housed in a compact, low diffraction enclosure with premium quality Finnish woodwork, the S360 features a further enhanced 10-inch high efficiency and minimal distortion woofer based on Genelec’s Master Series, and a completely integrated extended directivity control waveguide DCW™, supporting its 1.7-inch titanium diaphragm compression tweeter.
HITACHI Z-HD5500 Cameras Enable ‘Amazing’ Live Production Quality for Sardis Events
As experts in delivering world-class corporate events and conferences, Sardis Events often works in production environments with dynamic lighting and background conditions that can be challenging for video cameras. When the company expanded its video equipment roster to support rapid business growth, they purchased three Z-HD5500 studio and field production cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to provide the exceptional image quality they were seeking. Based in Gurnee, Illinois, Sardis Events was formed roughly 18 months ago as a division of 20-year-old production, AV installation and rental company Sardis Media.
Singapore's AIMS Productions Chooses Riedel MediorNet
AIMS Productions, a Singapore-based visual production company specializing in multimedia for live events, has chosen Riedel Communications' MediorNet real-time signal transport and network technologies for a high-profile new ballroom project at the Resorts World Sentosa complex. Riedel's MediorNet MicroN high-density media distribution network devices will provide flexible signal connectivity for a dazzling new 360-degree projection system in the ballroom. Resorts World Sentosa is an integrated resort community on the island of Sentosa, off the southern coast of Singapore.
4K/8K ARISING
EBU conducts UHD High Frame Rate Tests at European Championships 2018
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was leading trials with several EBU Members and industry partners of production workflows to shoot, process, record, and distribute live Ultra High Definition (UHD) content, with High Frame Rates (HFR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Next Generation Audio (NGA), at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin. The event was part of the multi-sport European Championships which took place in Glasgow and Berlin (2nd-12th August). The trials involved the world’s first live distribution of UHD content with both HDR (HLG/BT.2100) and HFR (100 frames per second, 2160p100). Current state-of-the-art live broadcasts don’t exceed a field or frame rate of 50Hz in Europe, and HD interlaced (1080i25) is still the dominant broadcast emission format even though commercial encoders and TV sets manage up to 2160p50 resolution.
Dallas Cowboys Get Closer to the Action with UHD Replay Inside AT&T Stadium
Ahead of the 2018 NFL season, AT&T Stadium – the home of The Dallas Cowboys – has installed three new XT4K live production servers from EVS, the leading provider of live production solutions. Sitting alongside several other EVS products already in place, the new servers have been implemented into one of the stadium’s three control rooms, which becomes the main replay hub during Cowboys home games. They will be used to create both HD- and UHD-resolution replays and as the main recording device for all events taking place inside the 100,000-person capacity venue. Two XT4Ks will be used for the production and output of HD replays inside the stadium while the third will be in a UHD-4K configuration.