SXSW on Your Mobile and Evanescence on World Tour

Gearhouse Broadcast Completed Two HD OBVans for TRT

Gearhouse Broadcast’s Systems Integration division provided TRT with broadcast systems expertise ranging from planning and project management through to design, engineering, installation, commissioning, training and ongoing aftercare and support. The two custom built 13.95m long single expanding HD Outside Broadcast vans have the capacity for a production crew of sixteen and each climate controlled vehicle has a standalone 5.1 Audio Mixing Area, Production Gallery and Engineering Control Room.

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Broadcast Networks Helps Procam Television Move into the Mobile Production Market

The new vehicle can accommodate up to 12 cameras and is based on a sturdy Volkswagon Crafter chassis. It has sufficient room to accommodate a crew of five and incorporates some of the most sophisticated broadcast and production technology on the market. John Brennan, Managing Director of Procam Television, says: “Our philosophy has always been to invest in the very latest technology so that we can provide our customers with the right solutions to make their productions easier and, where possible, more cost effective.

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Vision Research Provides Digital Video Sud with Nine Phantom High-Speed Cameras

DVS provided slow motion broadcast coverage of the Football World Cup in 2010, ATP grand slams like Roland-Garros 2011, Formula 1 Grand-Prix such as Monaco 2011, among other high-profile events. Currently, DVS owns 19 Phantom cameras, including the popular v641 which is integrated into the DVS SuperloupeTM solution, a leading patented system in the broadcast industry since 2004.  DVS provides on-site 24/7 support for super slow-mo cameras, slow-mo dedicated OB Vans, EVS servers and experienced technicians. The French-based super slow motion services leader has chosen the Phantom® v641 digital high-speed camera to capture some of the premier sporting events happening in Europe this summer.

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Two Times Emmy Award Winner Imre Sereg leaves SIVision as Founder and CEO

Until 2011 SIVision did live recordings of Police in Buenos Aires, Sting in Frankfurt, Durham and Berlin as well as three more New Year’s concerts and the Salzburg Festivals 2009 -2011. In addition to the music productions he continued his strong foothold in sports with productions of the UEFA Champions League, UEL Soccer, ICF Kajak World Championships or the FIFA Women’s World Championships 2011 for ESPN. For the match USA – Brazil he will get the Gracie Award in the category “Outstanding Sports Program” on 22 May this year in Beverly Hills. This award not only signifies exemplary production, it stands as a testament to the dedication that all of the ESPN team and the SIVision team made in televising this World Cup with the highest level of ambition.

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Rome’s Auditorium Parco Della Musica Gets Studer Vista 9 Digital Console

A Studer Vista 9 digital console has been added to the technical inventory of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome by Italian distributors Leading Technologies Srl. This will enable the different performance spaces within the complex to handle all elements of mixing for recording, music production, live events and broadcast television. Designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano and inaugurated back in December 2002, the facility boasts three differently configured and differently purposed concert halls, set around a 3,000-seat open-air amphitheatre, alongside the Olympic Village.

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Amazing Audio Studios in Amazing Places

Miloco want to make the task of finding the perfect studio easier for clients, and the website enables clients to do this using the studio search tool. Prospective clients can filter studios by type, location and rate, or search for a specific item of equipment by typing in its make, model or by using a general term such as ‘drum kit’ or ‘piano’. The search results generated by the tool will combine rooms both from The Market Place and from Miloco’s own studio page onto one screen where they can be viewed altogether. Once the studio has been found all booking and invoicing processes can continue through Miloco from start to finish using their experienced office team.

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TVN Chile installs Riedel Acrobat for On-site Digital Wireless Communication

The exchange of the wireless system is structured into two separate phases. In a first step all corner studios, the outside area, where also broadcast shows are produced as well as parts of the inside corridor are covered by the Acrobat network. In a second phase the rest of the studio will be integrated into the Acrobat system. "While deciding for this project, we compared Riedel's Acrobat to another existing system under real live production conditions. The result and our choice was pretty clear. Everyone in our team wanted nothing but the Riedel Acrobat. In terms audio and mechanical quality as well as the ruggedness of the hardware, nothing else came close", said Mauricio Rojo, Project Engineer, Engineering Assistant-Manager at TVN Chile.

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Goldlena Says Goodbye

The Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding is a joint production of ARD and ZDF. As this year’s host broadcaster, ZDF is responsible for the creation of international signals through its two OB-Vans. But their responsibilities do not end there. The distribution of the signal and the servicing of unilateral broadcast centers and rights holders are also part of ZDF’s job. To fulfill all these tasks, a new master control room (MCR) was created and equipped with components of ARD’s and ZDF’s mobile production unit (MPE). A Lawo Nova73 HD served as the central router in this setup.

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CAN2012 Produced According to World Cup Standards by AMP/Visual

AMP/Visual had been awarded to realize the TV production of the CAN2012 in Gabon and  Equatorial Guinea in four cities : Malabo, Franceville, Bata and Libreville. Logistics in the two countries and the four cities was a real challenge, however the back office of AMP has help a lot to ship the 40 tons of equipment by air and train. It also was the first time that the Africa Cup of Nations was produced on the World Cup standard guidelines. MP/Visual arranged all logistics, the crew (140 people) for all four stadiums and two complete mobile systems to cover the matches in Bata and Libreville. After service training at the AMP/Visual school eight African engineers joint the team. VER has supported AMP and has supplied the two mobile systems for Franceville and Malabo as well as 6 engineers to help with the set up.

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Olympic Games 2012: Gymnastics - Trampoline

Prepare to be dazzled by the athletes in the Trampoline competition at the London 2012 Games, the newest of the three Gymnastics disciplines to have arrived on the Olympic programme. Since making its Olympic debut at the Sydney Games in 2000, the sport has consistently featured awe-inspiring displays of acrobatic excellence, with athletes springing to heights of up to 10m. Athletes should fly effortlessly through the air, but maintain total control over their bodies at the same time. Their routine will consist of combinations of 10 contacts with the trampoline, landing in one of four positions: feet, seat (sitting down), front (lying face down) and back (landing on your shoulders).

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SXSW: KulaByte Live Internet Encoder and HyperStream Cloud Transcoding

The Haivision solution enables live streaming of National Public Radio's "South by Southwest: Live From Austin" music showcase, including three days of music at Stubbs and the Parish, as well as Bruce Springsteen's SXSW keynote. During SXSW, Haivision's KulaByte technology also will power live concerts from the Fader Fort, and music from Music Fog. "SXSW has become a premier showcase for up-and-coming artists, creators, content producers, and entertainers," said Peter Maag, Haivision's chief marketing officer. "The uniquely powerful combination of our portable KulaByte Traveler encoder with our HyperStream cloud transcoding service provides NPR and other organizations with a cost-effective way to get live HD video from SXSW shows to audiences around the globe."

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Rule BRITannia - Sennheiser UK celebrates 10 years at the BRIT Awards

“Sennheiser has had the pleasure of assisting on the BRITs since being invited by sound designer Derrick Zieba and Britannia Row back in 2002,” says Sennheiser UK artist relations manager, Mark Saunders. “Initially, this was to support the large amount of Sennheiser equipment that was being used on the show. Since then, both Andy Lillywhite [Sennheiser UK’s chief engineer] and I have been on-site throughout the rehearsals and shows, providing technical back up to the Brit Row crews, supplementing odd bits of extra kit and, where required, providing some extra not-quite-off-the-shelf type solutions for specific performances on the show.” This style of support allows Sennheiser to showcase the quality and reliability of its equipment and also the company’s dedication to supporting the customers who invest in its equipment, especially when specifying and putting it to use in such a critical environment as a live television awards ceremony.

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Clay Paky Sharpys Go Worldwide with Evanescence Tour

Lighting designer Dan Hardiman of UK-based THC Design is using more than a dozen Sharpys as part of the upstage floor lights.  He positions them in pairs on draped cases and utilizes them for aerial lighting effects and to back light the band. “Amy Lee is very creative; it’s great to work with an artist who wants to be involved in all the creative aspects of a live show,” says Hardiman.  “The music has strong contrasting elements: Amy’s soaring angelic vocals, the crunchy guitars, the haunting piano sections, the ethereal orchestral accents.  So it’s important that the light show reflect the juxtaposition between them.” Hardiman notes that the rig has had several incarnations, depending on the type of venue from stadiums and arenas to more intimate theaters and clubs.  He boosts the number of Sharpy floor lights if the stage is bigger than 50 feet wide.

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The new Canon HJ17ex6.2B is the ‘Premium Standard’

The well-established and popular Canon HJ17ex7.6B now has a brother – the Canon HJ17ex6.2B. In fact, with its focal length of 6.2~106mm, extra wide angle and a shorter MOD, the newcomer takes on the role as the ‘Premium Standard’ 2/3” HD camera lens and further strengthens the line-up of Canon’s HJ lenses. The HJ17ex6.2B is an ideal choice for the ENG (Electronic News Gathering) broadcasting sector. Its 6.2~106mm focal length is 1.4mm (18%) wider than the HJ17ex7.6B and is the widest in the Standard lens class. It’s a high performing solution for when a wider and closer shot is required, providing both convenience and the opportunity to capture creative images.

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Argentina's Carburando Delivers High Definition Motor Sports with Grass Valley

In its existing standard definition production vehicle, Carburando was using Grass Valley LDK cameras and triax cables, and wanted to maintain as much commonality as possible when it moved to HD. While the company carefully considered all available HD cameras, the Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite demonstrated a clearly superior image quality as well as being easy to integrate and familiar for operators. With much of the company’s work in hot summer heat and cold mountain locations, Carburando was very impressed with the LDK 8000 Elite's ability to work consistently and reliably across a broad range of operating temperatures.

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NAB Preview

Every industry employs audio and video to communicate, educate and entertain. They all come together at the NAB Show® for creative inspiration and next-generation technologies to help breathe new life into their content. No matter where you are in the Content Lifecycle – from creation to consumption, the NAB Show is a must-attend event if you want to future-proof your career and your business. Explore the tools and techniques that foster the collaboration of art and technology, and bring your content to life. Find all you need regarding capture, digital artistry, filmmaking, production, post-production, sound, Web design, and more. Our second preview indroduces new products from

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UK Based 3D Visual Enterprises Acquires 100% of Irvine Based Meduza Systems LLC

The company’s restructuring arrives just 1 year after Meduza Systems’ auspicious debut at NAB last April where they garnered a Mario Award from the industry’s leading magazine, TV Technology.  Recognized for their ‘Innovation & Technical Excellence,’ the Meduza MK1 Camera remains the first single beyond 4K digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) camera ever developed.   In October, Meduza Systems previewed the TITAN, the first fully controllable, lightweight, 3D precision single HD camera with 2K dual sensors outputting dual1080p, an exciting and much needed solution for 3D television production, at the Createasphere Exposition. 

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Litepanels Goes to Africa for McNeely’s Latest “Outdoorsman” Adventure

Buck McNeely is founder of Outdoorsman International and producer/host of the world’s largest syndicated adventure series, “The Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely”. The ground-breaking 3D Safari episode is slated to air early 2012. To light the adventure, McNeely chose to use fixtures from Litepanels, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company. Most of the production occurred during daylight hours but McNeely used the fixtures as fill lights on faces that were in shadows and for the interiors of lodges and sheds.

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Qube Cinema 4K 3D System Installed at Houston Museum of Natural Science

The first commercial installation of Qube Cinema’s single-server 4K 3D system has been completed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Using a single Qube XP-I server, the new configuration streams 4K image data to two Barco 4K projectors each with its own Qube Xi 4K Integrated Media Block (IMB). Visitors can now enjoy stunning 3D digital imagery on the giant screen, delivered from a system that is much easier to operate than the 70 mm film setup the museum used previously. The digital cinema playback system at the museum’s Wortham Giant Screen Theater features a Qube XP-I server paired with two Qube Xi 4K IMBs installed in two Barco DP4K-32B projectors. Using a single DCP, the system is capable of streaming up to 1,000 Mbps of data through a dual Gigabit Ethernet interface, sufficient throughput to support dual 4K projectors at up to 30 fps, an industry first.

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