24 l December 2012


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Thomson Broadcast and its sister companies in Germany, Australia and Beijing have completed their rebranding process, taking on the new name of Ampegon. The phone number for Ampegon’s headquarters in Turgi, Switzerland has changed to +41 58 710 44 00. The phone numbers for Ampegon Antenna Systems GmbH in Schifferstadt, Germany remain the same. Email addresses for both locations have changed to firstname.lastname@ ampegon.com.


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Warner Bros Studios Leavesden has bought audio post-production house De Lane Lea. The deal will see the Soho facility renamed Warner Bros De Lane Lea “in the coming weeks”. Warner Bros De Lane Lea will be overseen by Kim Waugh, senior vice president of post production services for Warner Bros Studio Facilities, and Dan Dark, senior vice president and MD of Warner Bros Studios Leavesden. www.delanelea.com


Twickenham Studios Limited (TSL) is to refurbish its Sound Centre. All three suites in the centre are being upgraded, with AMS Neve DFC Gemini desks going into Theatres 1 and 2, with a PS-1 for the ADR/Foley room. The aim is for the smaller facility to offer mixing capability to support the larger rooms, in addition to performing ADR and Foley. www.twickenhamstudios.com


Belgium’s BeTVis controlling loudness levels with newly installed Jünger AudioT*AP audio processors. Jünger’s Belgium dealer APEX NV supplied 10 units to the Brussels-based broadcaster, making it the first in the country to invest in Jünger’s TV audio processors. www.junger-audio.com


Asset management specialist TMDhas been named as a Gold Sponsor of the 2013 IT Broadcast Workflow(ITBW) conference. In its fifth year, ITBW returns to the BAFTA venue in London on 9 July 2013. TMD will be presenting a case study in association with a major broadcaster.


www.broadcastworkflow.com


Voice Technologies’ VT5000


BVE North grows with specialised broadcast launches


Regional event enjoys world firsts and UK debuts from a host of manufacturers, writes Kevin Hilton This year’s event was around 15% bigger than in 2011


BVE NORTHreturned to Manchester during November for Broadcast Video Expo’s second north-western show. This year’s event was approximately 15% bigger than in 2011 and filled the whole of the main area at the Manchester Central exhibition centre. Many of the exhibitors were resellers and the majority of manufacturers attending had already shown new products at IBC and AES San Francisco but there were some world firsts as well as UK debuts. HHBsubsidiary Source


Distribution gave the new RØDE Reporter mic its first showing anywhere. As is the norm today for reporters’ mics, this has a long handle but RØDE gave it a simple spin with one flat edge where the journalist’s thumb can rest. On the spec side the Reporter has a die-cast body and is a dynamic mic with an omnidirectional pattern. The capsule is housed in a multi-layered mesh basket, which the manufacturer says means an additional foam windshield is not needed when working in windy conditions. Shipments from Australia are due to begin in December. Another new mic came from a company best known for its miniature wireless devices. Shown on the Canford stand, the Voice Technologies VT5000 is a lightweight shotgun aimed at broadcast work, specifically mounted on cameras for ENG, EFP, sports and documentary work. The mic has a frequency response up to 18kHz and, like the rest of the Voice Technologies range, is waterproof. Audio Limited gave UK


showings to the TXD range and CX2 two diversity receivers in one box unit, along with a


preview of the ATX plug-in transmitter. Due in February this is a 48W phantom device with a trilobular design rather than the traditional rectangular shape; it is aimed at turning any handheld into a radio microphone. There was also an advance


showing on the Raycom stand in the form of the Wisycom MPR30 receiver, which is due early next year. This is able to provide emulations for Sennheiser and Audio Limited mics as well as being designed to provide facilities for in-ear monitoring and camera link work. Raycom also showed its own Raystation RTB6211D digital talkback, designed in conjunction with JVC-Kenwood and featuring two transmitters and two receivers in the same unit.


Monitoring is a major feature


of broadcast shows these days, particularly loudness. TSL Professional Products was on hand with two new additions to its ranges; the PAM PICo, a loudness meter available in three versions incorporating the DK- Technologies StarFish display, and the Pilot remote unit. Loudness was also a focus for Aspen Media, which was making


Source Distribution’s Howard Jones with the RØDE Reporter mic


its first appearance at BVE North. Managing director Chris Collings commented that radio now needed tools to monitor and control this tricky area as much as television. Aspen showed the RTWand JüngerAudio ranges, along with the DirectOut line of MADI products. Sonifex was also making its BVE North debut, targeting TV more than radio. New products included the CM-TB8 eight- channel talkback controller, Redbox RB-IPE IP extender for handling GPIO (general purpose input/output) and analogue control signals, and the CM-CU1 commentator panel. Also new to the UK was the DaySequerra dual stereo


loudness control unit, based on DTS Neural technology. A new headphone monitor for DSLRs appeared on the Audio Development booth. The AD066-5 was shown alongside the AD072 three into two, two-track mixer, which is also aimed at the small digital camera market and is due for full release early next year. Rycote shared a stand with Sennheiser and even though it was competing against the new Digital 9000 Series wireless system, the windshield specialist held its own in attracting visitors to see its latest products. These included the MHR (Microphone Holder Replacement) mounting accessory, designed to offer better stability on camcorders including the PanasonicDVX Series, SonyNXCAM, DSR, HVR, PMW and HDR Series, and assorted CanonX Series models than the standard fittings; the Windshield Kit product aimed at stereo acquisition using a matched pair of microphones in the ORTF configuration; the Tac!T (pronounced ‘Tass-it’) cable, which is designed to reduce noise on the connection to the recorder, featuring a flexible 45cm Mogami cable with XX-series NeutrikXLR connectors; and the Softie Windshield, produced with the Sennheiser MKE 600 in mind. Visitor figures for the first day


of BVE North were reported to be up on last year, although some exhibitors thought the show had several quiet spells, with very few visitors from the BBC. The focus is now on BVE London, which will be at its new home of the ExCeL Centre in east London from 26-28 February 2013. n www.bvexpo.co.uk


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