Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance, the RF specialist company, and Videosys Broadcast, a leading Cobham reseller of broadcast solutions for film, television and A/V, has announced that Broadcast Rental, an international full service rental house in Hilversum, the Netherlands, used a combination of Cobham’s Solo7 Nano TX transmitters and Videosys camera control technology to support coverage of the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards by Hilversum, Holland-based facilities, technical, and creative services provider, United.

Broadcast Rental, the leading Dutch rental house based in Hilversum, Netherlands, has agreed a partnership with Videosys Broadcast and DTC to develop their RF systems support to address the 4K/UHD rental market.

NAC Image Technology is pleased to announce the first sale of its Hi-Motion II™ Ultra Slow Motion camera system to mainland Europe. Netherlands-based full-service rental house Broadcast Rental has bought one of the units for work across its portfolio of high-profile European clients.

New in the Broadcast Rental fleet is a fully equipped, inhouse developed broadcasting motor. Broadcast Rental invested seriously in the right materials to harness this motorcycle for live (sports) registrations, therefore the designers listened carefully to all the advice from the people who ultimately work with it. Besides the BMW GS1250 Broadcast Rental has to offer, there are several kits available to rig additional motorcycles.

The HD wireless camera system offers complete freedom of movement under the most demanding production conditions.

Together with a Sony large lens adapter HDLA 1505, an OLED viewfinder HDVF-EL75 7.4” and an EVS XT[2]+ server Broadcast Rental is offering the Sony camera HDC-3300R in a unique SuperSloMo combination, including the possibility of 3D shooting on one server with the latest Multicam software.

Recently Broadcast Rental and Broadcast Innovators moved to their new facilities at the Mediapark in Hilversum. With this move, the companies are now located at the heart of the broadcast industry in the Netherlands.

Broadcast Rental a full-service rental house, supplying the needs of professionals in the broadcast industry. Broadcast Rental operates on an international basis providing prompt response, good quality equipment and the necessary support to ensure customer needs are fulfilled.

Broadcast Rental, the newly founded rental house, has recently acquired 2 new XT[2]+ production servers and 2 XF[2] removable storage systems from EVS. “By combining EVS’ XT[2]+ and XF[2] servers, it is possible to replace up to 4 HDCAM VTRs, which is a real benefit for those who decide to go tapeless” said Geert Paul Slee, Managing Director and founder of Broadcast Rental.

Broadcast Rental’s new modular and UHD-capable Fly-Pack system is an ultra-compact portable solution that delivers a powerful workflow to simplify and support complex live productions anywhere in the world. The set up is prepared for up to 16 camera channels, but is easy to expand to up to 24 camera channels by adding another CCU module. The customer can decide on the brand and type of camera to be used.  Fly-Pack can not only accommodate common B4 mount cameras like Grass Valley and Sony, but can also accommodate large sensor cinema cameras  - in combination with Ereca Camracers - like the Sony Venice, F55 or Arri Alexa. The Fly-Pack affords the use of any brand desired.

The EVS APP gives you the opportunity to calculate how many hours and/or storage you need on EVS Broadcast Equipment to record video streams with the codec of your choice with simple controls and a clear consice display.

The demand for wireless equipment and Ultra HD-4K television will continue to grow significantly. A specialist in turnkey solutions and the rental of specialist equipment, Broadcast Rental has recognised a growing demand for such equipment among its national and international customers. The Hilversumbased company has been a pioneer in this field for years, and has expanded its 4K and IP range to include equipment by Sony, Canon, EVS, Ross and DTC for wireless 4K camera transmitters. This investment allows us to offer our customers the infrastructure and equipment required for full 4K/UHD productions.

IPDirector is an integrated suite of video production management applications giving you total control of productions via EVS servers integrated into any workflow.

Netherlands based Broadcast Rental has built a video routing network based around the Blackmagic Universal Videohub 288 for use by Dutch Broadcaster NOS at the 2012 London Games.

The London Games have been a success for Broadcast Rental. This Dutch based company specialised in rental of integrated video systems and professional equipment, installed all infrastructure for the Dutch broadcaster NOS. Broadcast Rental has set up a configuration for the distribution of the 40 video streams that NOS used. This configuration is also being used during the Paralympics. The entire operation is a big step forward for Broadcast Rental for the rental of complete video systems for all sorts of major events.