July 2013
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RT has just completed a move into a new 28,000sqm facility
those switchers, we use K2 Solo servers which can store up to 25 hours of HD material,” explains Denis Sevostyanov, RT’s head of Directors’ Service Department. “These servers provide the source for video clips for studio backgrounds, graphic design with sound accompaniment.” To meet the audio needs, Lawo
has provided six mc66MKII studio mixers, three Crystal consoles and a Nova73HD routing system. This central Nova73HD routing matrix allows I/O resource sharing including access rights management. Each of the three main news studios is equipped with five Ikegami cameras — four pedestal and one crane mounted. There is also a Steadicam available, as needed. Shotoku supplied TRP- 100 fully robotic pedestals linked with the TR-8T control system that are used in the English language studio. “The operator sits in the studio and controls not only pan, tilt, focus and zoom, but also the movement of the pedestals,” explains Sevostyanov. “Stored shots are selected using either a mouse or the
touchscreen.” Four TP-80VR manual VR tracking pedestal systems are also on order for use in the Virtual Reality studio. RT’s new facility is located
next to a multi-track railway line and it was feared that vibration might cause the robotic system to be affected. However, a special cushioning material was laid under the studio floor and this has proved totally reliable. “We used multi-layered coverage with elastic underneath and an additional cover over the surface,” states Kalanchekaev. Sevostyanov adds, “By using a special anti-vibrating material, we were able to construct the studios so that the floor and the ceiling were not fixed directly to the building structure.” Graphics throughout the
production cycle are executed through Vizrt units. News editing is carried out using Adobe Premiere. In many cases, the news journalists will cut their own material at their desks for final transmission, although editors are available, if required. Outside of news, there are 25 Avid edit suites in use for
TVBEurope 41 The Workflow
The production galleries of the three news channels are equipped with identical equipment
Denis Sevostyanov (right) explains to Philip Stevens the Shotoku robotic camera control system in the English language news studio
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