8 TVBEurope News Baby dolly rolls out By David Fox
THE NEW BlackcamSystem B10 is claimed to be the world’s smallest professional remote controlled camera system on tracks. The dolly and remote head measure just 18cmx14cmx10cm, and it weighs 2.3kg (plus camera) Because it is so small, and makes little noise, it should allow users to capture perspectives that wouldn’t have been available before, and can be placed ‘wherever you can
lightweight B10 dolly, such as the Modula Baby MK II, SinaCAM or Indiecam. The black anodised track
Small miracle: A BlackcamSystem B10 fitted with a SinaCAM mini HD camera
imagine a discrete and dynamic camera.’ Various mini HD cameras can be mounted on the
Networked studio demo points to HD-SDI demise
By Will Strauss
WITH ONE eye on the eventual demise of HD-SDI, the EBU and the BBC’s R&D team are using IBC to show how a fully networked production environment could now be a possible and practical option for broadcasters. The ‘Fully Networked Studio’ demo features high bitrate signals being exchanged in realtime over IP, negating the need for
HD-SDI interfaces as signals are handled seamlessly, independent of the pixel raster of the image format. Digital production is also the subject of another demo on the EBU stand at IBC, this time focusing on Quality Control (QC). With vendors in mind, the QC showcase highlights the checks being developed so that products can be successfully integrated, ensuring robust, automated processes.
also takes up little space, as it measures just 15cm wide and 3cm in height, and can be linear or curved (with tight curves). The variable speed system can move at up to 1.5m per second. The system compliments BlackcamSystem’s larger,
existing B20 and B40 units (which both run on 30cm track). IBC 11.F41
Links with the FIMS
(Framework for Interoperable Media Services) project are also being shown, delivering the interfaces needed for quality assurance in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment. The EBU has also revealed
that it is working on a prototype cloud infrastructure based entirely on open source software. As part of what it is calling Media Cloud Orchestration, virtualised services are used for encoding and distribution in a scalable environment that makes use of both private and public clouds. IBC 10.F20
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Dreamcatcher on wheels: The Studiotech DSNG-OB van is designed for narrow streets Compact and bijou OB By David Fox
BRUSSELS-BASED STUDIOTECH has built a new DSNG/OB that packs a lot into a compact vehicle. It is built in-house “and is being used on display as a demonstration van to provide customers with
hands-on experience of a range of new technologies,” explained Werner Osselaer, Studiotech’s sales & marketing manager. “We want to use this vehicle
to show that we not only offer numerous audio-visual services but have also developed powerful expertise in refurbishing and manufacturing these types of vans.” One of the new technologies is the Evertz Dreamcatcher slow-motion replay system, which Osselaer believes “will provide a fresh new approach to live production and sporting broadcasts.” The van also houses: eight
Sony HSC-300 cameras with Fujinon lenses; FOR-A video switcher; Evertz video routers, multi-viewers, master clock, audio/video distribution; Phabrix control units; Clear- Com intercom; Yamaha digital audio-mixer; and a Victron power inverter/charger. All the equipment was chosen to take up little space. It is that element of compactness “that makes the purchase price and maintenance and mobility costs substantially lower than for larger similar vehicles,” he added. The four-wheel drive
Mercedes Vario “is rather limited in size, but it nevertheless accommodates a crew of nine people. With an integrated transmission facility [Ku band] the van is totally independent.” IBC 11.C64
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