“We’re in discussions with major manufacturers regarding 4K cameras and resulting signal flow”
Lee Valley in 3D before returning to the Olympic Stadium to capture the athletic feats of Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, and Jessica Ennis in 3D. Four rigs were positioned on the central gondola in the stand, another at the end of the long jump run and two further rigs, including a super-slow-motion camera, looking straight down the barrel of the 100m track. All this, as well as manning
trucks for host 2D coverage of Olympic volleyball and soccer.
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Eamonn Curtin: “The company is built heavily on the experience of our technical crew. We don’t over equip”
Somewhere in the midst of all of that they pulled off a live BBC broadcast of the armed forces parade at Windsor Castle in front of the Queen as part of the Jubilee celebrations.
Company culture While managers Terry James and Peter Bates had executed an MBO from the founders in 2006, the company remains privately owned, not yet seemingly threatened by SIS Live, Euromedia or NEP Visions. “The whole ethos is about the
crew and engineers,” says Curtin. “They are very loyal to Telegenic and the company is loyal to them. Many of our 90 permanent staff have been here longer than 10 years. “The company is built heavily
on the experience of our technical crew. We don’t tend to over equip ourselves with office, sales and marketing personnel. That means we can guarantee to resource trucks with vision and sound on- site, plus it gives us an agility to move quickly with regards to new technology. I believe that has kept us ahead of the game.” When new truck investments cost in the order of £4-6 million, outside broadcasters need to have the vehicles on the road as much as possible so making the right technology call is essential. Its latest truck, being built by Sony, is outfitted with a 3G routing fabric and targeted at a new wave of Ultra-HD broadcasts which Curtin believes are just round the corner.
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facilitate their current contracts comfortably whilst still being able to offer high quality trucks to new clients due to the large fleet at their disposal. “Right now we are building for 2014,” says Curtin. Along with its competitors,
Telegenic is eyeing tenders for contracts for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and Brazil where it hopes to be part of the HBS complement shooting 3D world cup matches.
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