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TVBEurope 43 London 2012 Countdown “We’re trying to adopt as
much new technology as possible here, especially Thunderbolt. We’re doing not only the AJA interfaces for capture but also Active Storage and all connected on Thunderbolt converters. It’s all bleeding edge Thunderbolt connectivity,” says Hansen. “We’re not using a dedicated point-to-point link when we’re doing the Olympics. This is going on the public internet [encrypted] and the cost differential is huge,” he says.
At the Beijing Summer Games in 2008, the Televisa system was all Mac with high definition ingest, lots of storage, two playout studios and 250 staff. It was the first Olympics where Televisa employed a tapeless workflow
components and put them together in a virtual distributed cloud. With Sienna we can link different sites together and they can share their media interactively,” says Gilbert. An additional feature in the MAM is the ability to geo-tag and geo-search assets. New social media integration tools also allow Sienna to tweet sporting highlight video clips (with full broadcaster branding) to Twitter followers within seconds of the action. When an editor logs in London or in Mexico, the video marker appears at both ends instantly. Editors in Mexico use the Sienna ImpulsEdit
web/cloud-based editor to cut packages, which are then automatically conformed to Hi Res in London. The system is expected to handle up to 200 hours of content a day. There are also three P2 ingest stations in London for roving reporters with camcorders and also “for people with mobile phones on the street to upload videos. That can go straight into the Sienna MAM,” says Hansen. The system also has a mechanism where you can tweet video into the Sienna MAM. Making it stand apart from the NBC Olympics remote workflow — which Gilbert
believes is focusing mainly on driving web content — Televisa is handling almost the whole process remotely. “We’ve got fantastic integration video in, video out for social media, which is tightly linked with geo tagging as well.” With a small crew of 100 people (mostly people in front of the cameras and less editors) and less equipment in London, Televisa is not putting in any vision mixers in London. It’s all being switched in Mexico, points out Hansen. “There is also a limitation on the size of installations you can have at the IBC in London so that’s also an important driver,” he explains.
Calrec Lights up summer of sport By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe
CALREC WILL have more than 30 consoles on air for UK outside broadcast events this summer, covering a variety of international sports including tennis, boxing, swimming and athletics. For SIS Live, Calrec is well
represented across eight units, supporting the following sports; at Wimbledon for tennis (in OB1 with an Alpha and an Omega), at Greenwich for equestrian (OB2, Alpha), at Excel for Boxing (Unit 10, Sigma) and rowing at Dorney (Unit 12, Sigma). SIS will use Sigmas in OB7 and in OB8 to cover mountain biking at Hadden. OB7 will figure again for football at Hampden Park with OB9 (Omega) covering football at St James’ Park. Finally, SIS will have OB3 (Sigma) for footage from the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. For CTV an Alpha will be
covering swimming and diving. Arena TV will also be rolling out
P A R TYLINE
Meet the Next Generation of Wired Beltpack
Three brand new Artemis Lights will be used by Russian broadcaster NTV+
two Sigmas and an Alpha which will cover athletics and road cycling on The Mall, triathlon and marathon swimming at Hyde Park and road cycling at Hampton Court. Telegenic will be covering
football at Wembley, and is also tipped to broadcast 3D footage of athletics and associated ceremonies all with audio by Calrec consoles.
NEP Visions will be parking up their Gemini Trucks, which contain two Apollos alongside HD2 containing a Sigma, NEP 1 with an Omega and HD 10 with an Omega. It doesn’t end in the UK, either with three brand new Artemis Lights being used by the Russian broadcaster NTV+.
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Operating on a single standard micro- phone cable like a traditional analog beltpack, the advanced HelixNet Partyline beltpack also functions like a source assignment panel, allowing users to select any two of four channels to get the job done. The high-fidelity system also delivers superb digital sound quality even when faced with possible sources of interference. With more channel options than ever and exceptional audio clarity, the HelixNet Partyline is partyline intercom, reinvented.
Made from lightweight cast aluminum.
For more product information or sales contact:
www.clearcom.com “With the Televisa model, we’re
building all this functionality in a very straightforward and clear way using a lot of off-the-shelf technologies,” adds Gilbert. “Longer-term, the commercial benefits of remote editing are absolutely enormous,” he says. “I think every major sports broadcaster is going to have to embrace this. It’s not just about saving money, it’s also about covering more events with less people and more niche events where you can’t afford to send a whole team.”
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Equipment in London
l Dual Sienna MAM Infrastructure with MediaVortex Accelerated WAN link to Mexico l 20 x Sienna Picture Ready Ingest Servers l 4 x Sienna Virtual VTR Playout Servers l 3 x Sienna Taro P2 Ingest servers with Panasonic P2 PCI Express readers l 5 x Sienna ImpulsEdit remote edit seats located in Mexico l Integration with EVS for host broadcaster and also Televisa infrastructure l Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Adobe Creative Suite
CS6 editing software l Apple Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook Pro, XServe computers l 24 x AJA Io XT Thunderbolt HD/SD video interfaces l 516TB Active Storage mRAID and mVault Fibre Channel storage l Promise Technology SANLink Thunderbolt-Fibre Channel interfaces l Sonnet RackMac Mini rack enclosures for Mac Mini l Extreme Networks ethernet switches l Brocade Fibre Channel Director
Copyright © 2012. Clear-Com, LLC. All rights reserved. ® Clear-Com, the Clear-Com logo, and HelixNet are registered trademarks of HM Electronics, Inc.
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