42 TVBEurope The Workflow Best Flow in Bulgaria
Launched in March, News7 is the first 24/7 news channel to broadcast in Bulgaria. Operating from a studio base in the capital, Sofia, the transmissions are carried throughout the country via terrestrial, satellite and cable. Established as an affiliate of CNN, the News7 team was trained at the cable network’s operational centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Philip Stevens reports
“THE TELEVISION market in Bulgaria has changed in recent years, with viewers’ interests shifting to the thematic channels,” says Dobromir Anguelov, technical adviser, TV7/News7 and the News7 technical project manager. “Until this year, viewers lacked a strong news channel to keep them informed about any hot local and international news. To meet that need, Balkan Bulgarian Channel (BBT) created News7.”
Established as an affiliate of
CNN, the News7 team was trained at the cable network’s operational centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The association means that News7 supplies CNN with Bulgarian news, while CNN provides the Sofia studios with a regular feed of international happenings. Overseeing the set up of the new facility was Copenhagen-based systems integrator Best Flow Factory (BFF).
The facility accommodates two
studios, one with an area of 150sqm, the other measuring 50sqm. Both are linked to the central newsroom. The main studio uses a combination of Sony HDC-P1 and HDC-1700 cameras. While the latter models are operated manually, the HDC-P1s are controlled robotically using a Telemetrics TeleGlide Track system and the Televator Elevating Pedestal. This arrangement consists of
two track systems, one of which is
curved with three trolleys on one track. To stop accidental mishaps, the set up includes a collision avoidance system. The elevators were custom designed to accommodate the studio’s very small overall height.
“The main channel in the BBT
group –TV7 – has used Sony cameras for many years and camera operators feel comfortable with them. So that was our choice, too,” states Anguelov. “When it came to vision mixing, we chose the Snell Kahuna 2 ME switcher.” He adds that when it came to selecting a newsroom system, News7 again looked to equipment in place in other parts of the group’s operations. “Octopus6 was already in use at TV7, so opting for a second system for the news operation made sense.” This system employs MOS integration to permit all elements of a news bulletin to be created within one window. “We use Quantel sQ News for
editing with graphics being added through a combination of Viz Trio, Viz Pilot, Viz Weather and Viz World. News7 shares the same journalists with TV7, and since they also use Quantel it was the right choice. Quantel sQ is a very reliable system with very good after sales support.” For transmission, the rundown scripts are sent from Octopus to MOS compliant Autocue prompters. At the same time, embedded clips, graphics and automation commands are sent to the Mosart Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) automation system for playout.
Newsroom automation “Mosart was created by TV producers and directors especially for news operation,” maintains Anguelov. “As a result, it interacts very well with all kinds of systems and devices. This gives freedom to engineers to build their system to
fit an exact need. We found that Mosart has a very intuitive user interface for operation and only a few days of training were sufficient before we went on air.” In fact, short time scales were a
feature of the Mosart involvement in the News7 project. According to John Kjellevold, managing director of Mosart, the whole operation took just three months
www.tvbeurope.com August 2013
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