3D Production: FIFA World Cup™ 2010
In December 2009, FIFA and Sony announced plans for 3D coverage of 25 FIFA World Cup matches. Integral in the selection and adoption of the technologies were Peter Angell, HBS director of production & programming, who served as FIFA special 3D project leader, and Duncan Humphreys, 3D consultant to HBS for the World Cup and partner in UK-based 3D production company Can Communicate. The aim was to deliver to TV-viewing soccer fans a new experience of their sports and to cheer even more about the World Cup. The tournament should help to kick off what TV makers, networks – and advertisers – hope to become a new dimension in home sports viewing and sports viewing in cinemas.

3D Production Camera Plan
For the coverage of all the 25 3D games in South Africa the Quasar rigs from Element Technica are used with Sony’s HDC-1500 cameras and Canon HJ22ex7.6B zoom lenses. There are 16 Quasar rigs in total, eight with each of the two 3D OBVans from AMP and Telegenic.
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Media Rights Licensees at the IBC
Please find portraits of 30 Media Rights Licensees at the IBC and a brief description of their preparations towards the World Cup Final on Sunday 11th July.

IBC in Johannesburg

Fernanda Conte and Ana Paula Silveira (centre, front), with a fraction of the 230 members of TV Globo’s FIFA World Cup™ project
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Report from the TOC in Cape Town
Bernd Suchanek, Ferenc Varga, Abrie Grobler and Rainer Hans make up the MEDIA BROADCAST team in the Technical Operation Center (TOC) at the World Cup stadium in Cape Town. Along with our teams in other venues across South Africa they are responsible for making sure that the HD connections from the "hot spots" of this World Cup, the stadiums, to the IBC (International Broadcasting Center) in Johannesburg work without a hitch.
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Open House 2010 - Broadcast Solutions
On Wednesday 23rd June Broadcast Solutions welcomed more than 100 guests for an informal networking event as well as the guests could inform themselves of the activities of Broadcast Solutions and the products and services of various Co-Exhibitors. In a relaxed environment this event presented a chance to have in depth technical and commercial discussions with the exhibitors who displayed various products. Even hands on tests and trials were performed by the exhibitors and the visitors jointly.
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HD OBVan Special 2010 available now
In our HD OBVan Special 2010 you will find detailed descriptions of 42 new HD OBVans from all across EMEA. And because 3D is on the rise, the first 3D truck in Europe is described in quite detail. Three month ago the Olympics in Vancouver have attracted a worldwide audience with high definition pictures and surround sound and in three weeks time the FIFA World Cup™ again will attract spectators from all around the planet with pictures in HD and for the first time in 3D. The production of both events is covered in this issue. You also will find detailed presentations of 16 European System Integrators, a story about the live production of the Winter X Games 2010 and the story about recording classical music in Aleppo, Syria.
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