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6 TVBEurope News ITBW2012: The conference returns to BAFTA on 9 July


ITBW announces new speakers, IBC support


By Jake Young


ERIC MINOLI, CTO/CIO at TFO, the producer and distributor of educational products in French Canada; Rune Hagberg, solutions architect at Norwegian public broadcaster NRK; and Myles Donoghue, project manager at RTÉ, the national


broadcaster in Ireland, are confirmed as the latest speakers to join IT Broadcast Workflow (ITBW) 2013, a TVBEurope event. Minoli, Hagberg and


Donoghue will present case studies in association with respective Gold Sponsors PCI, Tedial, and TMD — and join Gold Sponsor EVS’ session


speaker Nicolas Deal, UEFA, for the 9 July conference. The title of the presentation


that will be made by Eric Minoli is ‘Creating a holistic media organisation for content creation and distribution in a multiplatform world’. Donoghue will present a case


study titled ‘Moving to a fully file-based core infrastructure:


SABC moves with Robe By Fergal Ringrose


THE SOUTH African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has made its first ever moving light purchase, investing in a total of 41 Robe ROBIN 300 and 600 LEDWashes plus 300E and 600E Spots. The sale was co-ordinated by


Johannesburg-based TV lighting rental and design specialist Blackmotion, with the Robe units all delivered by South African distributor DWR as part of a major technical upgrade by SABC’s lighting department. Blackmotion’s MD Kagiso Tiro Daystar Moima (KG)


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A case study on RTÉ project FAST — file acquisition and server technology’. He will be introduced by Tony Taylor, chairman & CEO, TMD. FAST is the project at RTÉ in Ireland to move to a completely file-based infrastructure. This advanced infrastructure presents workflow design capabilities to the users. Workflows are not hard-coded into the system; rather TMD Mediaflex enables users to assemble their own pre-sets and routines, and build them into workflows themselves. Also newly confirmed for ITBW is support from IBC, which joins other industry heavyweights SMPTE and the IABM as partners for the conference. ITBW is to be held at 195 Piccadilly, the home of BAFTA, in central London. Registration for ITBW 2013, the fifth ITBW conference, is open, and those who book early will save two-thirds off the conference price. The early bird rate is just £49 for the full day including refreshments and lunch. The full price is £149 (all prices are subject to UK VAT). www.broadcastworkflow.com


purchase options for the broadcaster. SABC was about to embark on a full commissioning schedule of LE and variety programmes, so it made commercial sense ahead of this to purchase the lights required for these shows, rather than renting in. High on the agenda were energy saving characteristics. Electricity costs are rising in SA, so any savings that can be made are welcome and SABC also has a greening policy. The lights were delivered fully


flightcased and ready-to-rock to SABC’s Auckland Park, Johannesburg HQ, and SABC staff will receive a full training programme initiated by DWR and Blackmotion. www.robe.cz


Dubai TV switches up to 3G


By Fergal Ringrose


SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR Qvest Media has taken delivery of 16 TSL PPL PAM2 MK2 multi- channel audio monitoring units for critical operator positions at Dubai TV’s new centralised transmission and ingest room. In a move that will upgrade Dubai TV’s current SD tape- based workflow to a full HD/3G enabled file-based workflow, the DMI-owned station will utilise PAM2 MK2s for decoding and monitoring of stereo and Dolby audio formats throughout its HD broadcast chain. The PAM2 MK2s are supplied by Qvest Media as part of an ongoing TX archive project that will migrate all of Dubai TV’s playout servers onto centralised Omneon Spectrum servers with Pebble Beach automation, and archived onto a StorageTek LTO 5 library managed by Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive. “The PAM2 MK2 is an


excellent fit for Dubai TV as we move them forward with a 3G- enabled workflow — it really takes the complexity out of complex and critical audio tasks, especially with regards to Dolby decoding and loudness- compliance monitoring,” said Mohamed Hamid, Project sales manager, Qvest Media. One of the first audio monitoring devices to be fitted with Dolby’s CAT-1100 module, the PAM2 MK2 performs Dolby E decoding and external speaker monitoring, as well as Dolby Digital Plus with surround descriptive audio and stream mixing. www.tsl.co.uk


www.tvbeurope.com April 2013


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