50 TVBEurope TVBEurope's News Review
Narduzzo Too to Goldcrest Films Vince Narduzzo has opened a new Nucoda DI suite at Goldcrest Films’ facility in Soho’s Lexington Street — an addition to his established Narduzzo Too faciltiy at Pinewood. Narduzzo Too’s suite at Goldcrest Films will see the installation of a second Nucoda Film Master system allowing the facility to double its workload. Narduzzo’s most recent film project is Simon Pegg’s new movie A Fantastic Fear of Everything, released on UK cinema screens this month. Last year Martin Scorsese worked with Narduzzo on the restoration of Michael Powell’s thriller Peeping Tom. Narduzzo used Digital Vision’s Nucoda Film Master and Phoenix Finish restoration system with DVO toolset to complete the project.
www.digitalvision.se
Unity for Solid Camera Solid Camera launched Unity, an integrated solution designed to provide operators with more efficient power supply, critical
signal distribution and intuitive ergonomic capabilities at the Cine Gear Expo 2012. Unity features a flexible architecture that is customisable based upon the intended operating environment. Unity’s battery replacement module radiates approximately one-third the heat of a standard battery adapter to more efficiently meet the demands of today’s high- power digital cameras, such as Phantom and the Sony F65. This power-saving feature is beneficial in remote locations, reducing the number of batteries needed on site while minimising excess heat.
www.solidcamera.com
IABM takes 10 to IBC The IABM has announced the winners of the 2012 Engineering Student Award. Each of the 10 winners receives full financial support to attend IBC2012 in Amsterdam. Winners are Andrew Lawrence from University of York, United Kingdom; Gedlk Gokay, Pierre Allard, Julia Alvarez Gomez Omar, and
Quentin Gouhoury, all from Université de Valenciennes, France; Kamran Rajaby from Kingston University, UK; Yannic Alff from RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany; and Melad Abou Al-Ghanam from Ryerson University, Canada. Two further winners will be announced shortly, from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television. Each award winner will receive funding to cover travel, accommodation, and daily expenses for a five-day trip to Amsterdam and to the IBC2012 conference and exhibition.
www.theiabm.org
Wild Can with Quantel Pablo: It has been a busy couple of months for 3D production company Can Communicate. From working on Alice Cooper’s infamous fright show, The Night of Fear, to Sky3D’s recent 10-part observational documentary, Safari Park Adventure, Can Communicate has pushed the boundaries of 3D television content. The company operates on two Quantel Pablos, sharing workflow via a GenePool, assisted by its recent investment in a Neo grading panel. Safari Park Adventure, filmed at Woburn Safari Park, follows the day-to-day activities of the park’s keepers and animals. The series was shot on Sony P1s with Canon HJ22 lenses, producing over 300 hours of footage for the 10-part documentary.
www.quantel.com
ADVERTISER INDEX
AJA ..................................................9 Amos Spacecom .............................25 Argosy............................................22 Avid Technology ..............................31 Blackmagic........................................5 Bridge Technologies..........................3
Canon..............................................19 Clearcom.........................................42 Datavideo .......................................32 Digital Rapids.................................IFC DVS.................................................41 Evertz ...........................................IBC
Sculpted launch for Sky News Arabia Sky News Arabia, the Abu Dhabi- based 24 hour rolling news network, secured comprehensive distribution for its successful multi-platform launch on 6 May. As the first regional news network to launch simultaneously across four media platforms — television, online, tablet and mobile — securing distribution on appropriate platforms was crucial to the launch strategy. The distribution strategy was devised and developed with the assistance of ChannelSculptor, the UAE-based strategic media consultancy and service provider. During the build-up to launch, ChannelSculptor was an integral part of the launch team, providing technical and market analysis, recommendations on distribution strategy and supporting the engagement of satellite, cable, IPTV, web and mobile distribution partners including Qtel, du, Etisalat, Eurostar, Abu Dhabi TV Network and OSN.
www.channelsculptor.com
Angel at Wimbledon Wimbledon Film and TV Studios and Roll To Record have completed their first joint project, The Angel, for Twofour. The 5x60min production for Sky 1 HD is due for transmission in summer 2012. Roll To Record previously worked with Twofour on the successful observational documentary Educating Essex for Channel 4. Roll To Record supplies technical infrastructure and crew to Wimbledon Film and TV Studios, London’s newest TV studio, which offers SD or full HD and 5.1 audio recording facilities plus production
Fujinon ............................................14 G&D................................................29 Harmonic........................................23 Harris ................................................1 HBB Communications.....................39 IBC .................................................49 LAWO ............................................43 Litepanels .......................................37 MATROX .........................................11
www.tvbeurope.com June 2012
Solid audio for horse racing: SSL C100 HDS digital broadcast consoles have been installed in three new HD OB vehicles to capture the audio for live horse racing events for G.T.H.P. (Groupement Technique des Hippodromes Parisiens) in France. The company provides technical resources and staff for live-to-air and re-transmission media coverage of horse racing events for the Equidia TV channel locally as well as for international distribution. All three HD OB vehicles feature a single C100 frame fitted with two independent consoles, each with separate master sections and associated fader bays (one 24+8 and one 16+8). Luc Benamer, sound engineer manager for G.T.H.P said, “Each OB van will cover around 320 races per year, so the travel, set up and production schedule is extremely rigorous. The SSL systems are working and enable us to quickly and accurately set up and produce every event.”
www.solidstatelogic.com
offices and other studio facilities, with each installation tailored to the specific needs of any show. Equipment supplied on The Angel, recorded in front of a studio audience, included Sony HDC- 1500 HD cameras, BRC Hot Head cameras and Sony VTs.
www.rolltorecord.co.uk
A Presteigne WOWOW for London 2012 Olympics The SAM64 SDI to MADI and AES interface is the common factor in recent broadcasts of the World Swimming Championships, Grand Slam Tennis events and the soon to arrive London Olympics. Broadcast dry hire and systems rental specialist Presteigne Charter has been using the devices in broadcast feeds for Far Eastern broadcasters WOWOW and TV Asahi and will be employing them during London 2012 for both Foxtel and Channel 9. The 1U SAM64 can extract 16 audio channels from each of its four SDI inputs to provide a total of 64 audio channels in both MADI and AES3 formats. All SDI inputs independently auto-sense between 3G, HD and SD standards and are provided with loop-through connectivity for downstream equipment. All SAM64 units come
Media Alliance ........................26 & 27 Miranda ............................................7 Omnitek...........................................17 Orad................................................16 Phabrix............................................21 Playbox..........................24, 34 & OBC Prime Stream ..................................15 Pro Consult.....................................30 Red Lion SSL ...................................12
as standard with a redundant power supply. Steve Kilsby for Presteigne Charter said: “At our upcoming Olympic project for Australian broadcasters Channel Nine and Foxtel, we will utilise the full features of the SAM64’s MADI output, using this interface to supply our main studio mixer in 5.1 (in this case a Lawo mc² 66) and use the AES outputs to feed the emergency mixer.”
www.presteignecharter.com
Telestream services Telestream’s Vantage Transcode HE Server accelerates transcoding and packaging for multiscreen delivery, including OTT, web, mobile, and IPTV. Vantage Transcode HE Server uses Telestream’s new LightSpeed technology for the acceleration of video processing and H.264 encoding on parallel GPUs, including AMD and NVidia, and multicore CPUs, including AMD and Intel. The new transcode server addresses the requirements of adaptive bitrate (ABR) workflows to streamline the entire process of source file decoding, video processing, parallelised H.264 encoding, packaging, encryption, quality control, and delivery.
www.telestream.net
Rohde & Scwartz ............................40 Ross ...............................................45 SGL ................................................20 SI Media ..........................................18 Snell ................................................13 SVP ................................................35 Tedial .............................................44 TV Logic.........................................46
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