feature live acquisition/outside broadcast
Gunay Agalar, technical operations manager at
Dogan TV - one of the largest broadcasters in
Turkey - reports on the launch of its new HD-
capable OB van - the HD OBVan 3 - and the
role Harris has played in its development.
HD hits the road
in Turkey
D
ogan TV Holding is one seven SD studios with their own HD Multiviewers play a particularly
of the largest and SD control rooms, and we also important and critical role in enabling
broadcasting companies handle our own in-house productions outside broadcast at Dogan TV. In our
in Turkey. Our group (series, talk shows, contests) for new HD van we installed 12 Harris
includes three leading
Dogan TV
transmission to our HD channels. HD Predator multiviewers connected
Turkish TV channels
broadcasts
Dogan TV also runs a satellite to 24 LCD monitors, allowing us to
(KanalD, Star TV and CNNTurk), and
we also run a digital platform with 67
live most
news gathering fleet of 14 units and monitor all signals coming into and
an outside broadcast fleet of four leaving the OB truck. Each Predator
channels, including four HD channels.
international
units. We recently upgraded our fleet multiviewer allows us to monitor up
Additionally, Dogan TV Holding sporting with a new HD-capable OB van - the to eight HD inputs.
handles the live broadcasting of
events to
HD OBVan 3. This was an important In the production area, a group of
almost all international sporting
Turkish
step for us, namely because by the Predator multiviewers is responsible
events to the Turkish market, and we
are the host broadcasters for all
audiences
end of 2009 all broadcasters will be for monitoring the signals from
requested to provide coverage of the camera sources and server inputs
home-ground UEFA Champions Champions League matches in HD. and outputs, as well as external
League and UEFA Cup matches in The new van allows us to handle feeds. Two of the multiviewers are
Turkey. At our headquarters in HD and SD productions with up to 24 connected to four screens,
Istanbul we have two HD studios and cameras, eight independent video monitoring the incoming feed of 16
inputs, six composite SD or HD video cameras. Two more are dedicated to
outputs and 10 SD/HD video outputs. monitoring the feeds from six
The technology that forms the core servers, VTRs and character
of the OB van is built around a Harris generators over four screens, and
Platinum router (128x256). It one multiviewer monitors eight
connects to eight X75 all-in-one external sources over two screens.
processors, which combine video and We have an extra Predator
audio processing capabilities with the multiviewer on stand-by for use
ability to upconvert, downconvert, during 24-camera productions.
and cross-convert from most input In the vision area, two Predator
video formats to almost any output multiviewers handle the feed of 16
video format. The X75 ideal for us cameras over four screens, and these
because it handles both standard- allow us to monitor technical aspects
and high-definition signals. of camera control. In the slow-
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