March 2013
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New flyaway pressed into World Ski IBC production
By Jake Young
GERMAN SI sono Studiotechnik has put Harris Broadcast routing, signal processing and media convergence technology into a new flyaway production facility it has created to provide broadcast services at major sporting and cultural events. Within weeks of completion, the facility was used to provide Austrian public broadcaster ORF with the IBC facility at the FIS 2013 Alpine Ski World
Championships in Schladming. The mobile production facility,
which has been designed and constructed by a team of sono Studiotechnik engineers working closely with Harris Broadcast product and technology specialists, integrates numerous
News & Contents Contents
1-15 News & Analysis A new investment for WRN Broadcast
Jake Young takes a tour of WRN Broadcast’s London-based media centre due to open this month 13
Expression of audio power David Fox reports on a new console range launched at ISE Amsterdam
15 sono gallery in use at World Ski Championships in Schladming
Harris production components. At the heart of the system is a Harris Broadcast Platinum router with 11 integrated HView SX Pro multiviewers, which are used extensively across displays within the facility. Harris
Broadcast signal processing and interfacing equipment include the Selenio media convergence platform and 6800+ modular core processing devices. “Schladming is the first time we have used this new flyaway
Sennheiser and DiGiCo first to support Pro Sound Awards
INTENT MEDIA is launching a new awards event celebrating excellence in Live/Touring, Studio, Broadcast and Installation audio, jointly- backed by our sister titles PSNEurope, Audio Pro International, Audio Media and Installation, and supported by MI Pro and Music Week. Leading pro-audio brands Sennheiser and DiGiCo have already demonstrated their support of the Awards by signing up as headline sponsors, even before the event’s official launch. The Pro Sound Awards will be held on 19 September at
the world-famous Ministry of Sound nightclub in London, with some 16 different accolades handed out during the evening. There will also be a
Pro Sound Award categories
Live/Touring Sound: n Engineer of the Year n Tour Sound Production n After Sales Service
Studio: n Engineer of the Year n Recording Production of the Year n Studio of the Year
Installation: n Team of the Year n Permanent Installation Project of the Year
n Temporary Installation Project of the Year
Broadcast Audio: n Team of the Year
n Broadcast Event of the Year n Facility of the Year
Marketing Initiative/Campaign of the Year: n Rising Star n Lifetime Achievement n Grand Prix
facility and we are delighted with its performance: our client, ORF, is very happy so we are very happy,” commented Franz Olbert, chief finance officer at sono Studiotechnik.
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complimentary drinks reception and post-awards party. A six-week lobbying process will allow candidates to put forward their nominations with the list of finalists announced prior to the awards night. To talk about sponsorship opportunities, contact Nick Beck via
nick.beck@
intentmedia.co.uk or call him on +44 20 7354 6000.
www.prosoundawards.com
16-25 Systems Integration Forum Investigating the integrators Philips Stevens seeks the views of leading Systems Integrators from across Europe and the Middle East on the state of their business and what new technology means 16
27-39 Preview: Part One In the first of two NAB Product Previews, find out about the launches and innovations at this year’s Las Vegas show
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40-43 Loudness Forum Sounding off about loudness David Davies gathers expert opinion on the implementation of new loudness broadcast standards and finds out what still needs to be done to resolve this (very) long-running problem
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44-50 The Workflow Posting The HobbitHFR The Hobbithas attracted a lot of attention, not least because it is the first major film to be released with 48fps rather than the usual 24. Dick Hobbs talked to Park Road Post Production in Wellington and SGO to find out more
44 High Expectations
Melanie Dayasena-Lowe met Sequence Post following its recent upgrade to see how the post house has invested in quality monitoring in its suites
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