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Eutelsat talks 4K at IBC with TVBEurope Satellite operator Eutelsat is hosting a special symposium on its stand at IBC on Saturday 14 September at 11am. Participants are all acknowledged experts on 4K, and the debate will be moderated by TVBEurope contributor Chris Forrester. Topics up for discussion include: likely start dates for 4K in some countries; which key drivers (sports, movies, special events) do the panellists expect to make a difference; is the production eco- system ready for 4K; and what frame rate is likely to be adopted. TVBEuropewill report on the session in October issue.
www.eutelsat.com
Ina Expert chooses Air Ina Expert has now included Cinegy Air as part of its training syllabus. Ina Expert is the international centre for professional training for the audiovisual and digital industry. Cinegy Air provides a software- based system for SD and/or HD playout automation using standard PC server hardware. It performs video playout by acting as a TCP/IP-connected video ‘printer’ offering its services in a network. Ina Expert trainees use Cinegy Air to visualise the files during playout, providing them with a real broadcast playout operation.
www.ina-expert.com
NEP Visions with Calrec at Wimbledon OB specialist NEP Visions used a network of Calrec digital consoles to provide HD and 3D coverage at the Wimbledon Championships. NEP Visions had a 56f Apollo in its Atlantic truck covering 3D broadcasts from the
Championships. Visions used additional 40f and 24f Artemis Beam rental desks from Calrec installed as a single 64f console.
www.calrec.com
Following TVBEurope’s report on UK local television in April issue, new developments have been announced by Comux. Holly Ashford reports
Full speed ahead for local TV
ED HALL, chief executive, Comux UK revealed that a funding contract has been signed with the BBC; suppliers TSL and Warwicknet are on board; recruitment is underway; and that the majority of local TV sites have been designed and are under construction. The first local TV channel is on track for broadcast in November of this year, with further channels scheduled for 2014. Comux has been the
“lucky winner” of the BBC’s £2.5 million grant which will support the build of the local TV network, Hall said. The BBC Funding Agreement follows a “very long and detailed negotiation with the BBC” which has given Comux the opportunity to “press the green button on a lot of things that up until now, had been happening in the background.” The grant has reduced the cost of entry for local broadcasters, and “thereby makes local
Ed Hall: “We have an obligation to provide a local TV service in any area where there’s local TV licensing”
television a more sustainable business model.” Comux had three key
objectives. Firstly, to build a central infrastructure and manage the local and national TV streams. Hall also described the need to “deliver those services at a price that makes sense.” Finally, there was an
Pro Sound Awards finalists are revealed
By Fergal Ringrose
LAUNCHING THIS year, the Pro Sound Awards in association with DigiCo and Sennheiser recognise and celebrate the commercial and creative successes of the entire pro-audio industry — from engineers and tour managers, to equipment marketeers and event producers. The Awards are presented by TVBEurope along with our
sister titles Audio Pro International, Audio Media, Installation, MI Pro, Music Week and PSNEurope. The event will take place on 19 September 2013 and will be held at the Ministry of Sound in South East London. An exclusive After Party will also be held at the world famous club. There are 12 awards across the Studio, Live/Touring, Installed Sound and Broadcast Audio
In the final: Red TX for Sound of Change Live at Twickenham
sectors (category sponsored by Sony) alongside the Marketing Initiative of the Year,
obligation to create public awareness: “we need to make sure that people know local TV is coming. That’s what our management, staff and business is designed to do.” So where is local TV at now?
Comux has access to £25 million, and has executed two of their major supply contracts. Every licensee will be linked with the company’s network operations centre in Birmingham, which will be connected to each transmitter site — this service is provided by Warwicknet. The provision of automation, playout and control systems will be provided by TSL. Comux still has another two or three substantial contracts, which the company is “close to agreeing terms of.” Comux will provide fixed services: provision of access to the central network, to the playout and scheduling tools as well as some media asset management. However,
anything additional to these core services will be offered by other companies. Hall said, “we don’t think that the state aid should be used to support those services.” Putting a focus firmly on
regionality, Hall said it is “very important to make it blindingly obvious that this is not a London business”. Instead, the ethos of Comux is to “support, sustain and grow television activity outside of London.” This will begin in November 2013 with Grimsby, which will “signal the launch of local television.” Then, the license timetable begins and Comux will be in a position to sell the two semi-national DTT streams. Again, Hall pushed the importance of localism, and commented: “the individual channels are individual businesses of their own: we’re not accountable for them, they’re not accountable for us.”
www.comux.co.uk
Grand Prix Award, Lifetime Achievement, and Rising Star. The finalists for Broadcast
Audio Team of the Year are: Conrad Fletcher & team for NTLive; X Factor sound team; BRIT Awards 2013 team; and Red TX for Strictly Come Dancing Live at Wembley Arena. Broadcast Event of the Year:
ITV Yorkshire for the Live Episode of Emmerdale; October 2012 Riedel for the Red Bull Stratos Project; Red TX for Sound of Change Live, Twickenham; and Sennheiser for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Facility of the Year nominees:
Goldcrest Post; Hackenbacker; BBC S&PP; Evolutions Post.
www.prosoundawards.com
www.tvbeurope.com August 2013
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