30 l December 2013
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UK broadcast facilities and uplink supplier SIS LIVEis to move out of the outside broadcast market by March 2014. SIS’s decision to withdraw was taken after a strategic review, prompted by the BBC not renewing its sports contract with SIS LIVE. Responding to email questions, SIS LIVE said it “was not commenting on the future of our stock, or on our efforts to find a buyer for the business” as it is “ an internal business matter still under consideration”.
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Genelechas appointed MidiWare Srlas its new Italian distributor. MidiWare will be responsible for Genelec monitoring product distribution and dealer support in the region, following a mutual parting of ways with long term partner Leading Technology Srl. Genelec’s international sales manager, Jarmo Masko, says, “MidiWare has a dynamic team that is focused on achieving results for their wide network of dealers and business partners.”
www.genelec.com www.midiware.com
Calrec Audiosupplied an Artemis Beam console that handled surround- sound routing for a full-scale, live to air production of Mozart’s opera The Abduction From the Seraglio in two hangars at Salzburg Airport, for an event the host broadcaster called, “Austria’s most complex, prestigious and important audio event in 2013.” Calrec’s EMEA sales manager, Chas Rowden said, “It was exciting to be a part of this ambitious and one-of-a- kind production.”
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SAVhas been appointed as Trilogy Communications’ exclusive distributor in France. Trilogy’s director of business development, Mark Ellis said: “SAV is well- respected in the markets it serves and has a long-standing reputation.” SAV president Audry Sales added, “Trilogy is well-known for its innovative, high quality, communications and master reference products as well as first- class service and we are delighted to represent their interests in France.”
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BVE North: smaller but “quality footfall”
The third Broadcast Video Expo took place in Manchester during November. While questions remain unanswered about the show’s long-term future, audio made a strong showing on this occasion, as Kevin Hilton reports
BVE NORTH returned to the Manchester Central exhibition centre from 12-13 November in reduced circumstances compared to previous outings. The first show in 2011, a spin- off from the longer established London audio and video technology event, was an unexpected success and led to a larger expo with more exhibitors the following year. This year’s BVE North took
up approximately half the main space of Manchester Central by comparison with the 2012 event. Among the notable absentees were Avid, HHB and Sony, which gave the opportunity for visitors to see companies and technologies that might otherwise be overshadowed by big names and the march of 4k. Audio made a strong showing with a number of UK firsts. The new Nagra Seven
two-channel recorder was seen for the first time as a full production model on the Sennheiser stand. The Seven has been designed as the successor to the Nagra LB, ARES-C and ARES-BB+ recorders, and fills a gap in the market. “No one build a high-quality 2-track recorder any more,” Audio Technology Switzerland/Nagra Audio sales director John Owens told PSNEurope at the expo. “So we did.” Hardware options include 3G and Wi-Fi, SMPTE/EBU timecode and ISDN. It weighs 800g, inclusive of batteries: “It runs on eight AAs,” adds Owens, demonstrating the machine on the booth of UK distributor Sennheiser. “Hang it off your shoulder and away you go.” Sennheiser itself had a
number of introductions, including the HD 25 Pro broadcast headphones,
Neutrik’s John Perry with the Xirium wireless system
John Owens with the Nagra Seven recorder
described as an “alternative” to the HD 25 and having a “different design”. The HD 25 was also shown with noise reduction technology, developed in collaboration with UK company LimitEar, aimed at camera operators and DJs, both of whom work in loud environments. The Esfera 5.1 mic, launched at IBC, got its debut UK public showing; business development specialist Alan March said its “obvious applications” were sports
coverage, concerts and news gathering. Centre stage at Glensound was the recently launched GS-GC5 USB commentators’ unit, featuring Luci Live IP coding. Marketing manager Marc Wilson said units were now in full production, with one sale already made to a “commentary control manager in Germany”. Glensound also announced its alliance
with Dante – see page 46 for more on that. Wireless technology remains a
key tool in broadcasting, despite the restrictions imposed by the sell-off of the analogue TV band for the introduction of 4G mobile phone technology. Neutrik is targeting the general radio sector with its Xirium digital wireless audio network. Sales executive John Perry has a broad knowledge of this technological area from his time with Shure Distribution UK and
is keen to point out that Xirium “is not a radio mic system.” Comprising a base station and either ‘touring’ or remote transmitters and receivers, Xirium was, Perry says, designed to “increase the channel count” while also providing sufficient bandwidth. It offers four to eight channels over a wireless LAN in the 5GHz band, with 48kHz sampling and 24-bit resolution. Raycom extended its wireless
offering, showing the latest version of its base station, the RTB-6211 D (for digital) base station. Designed in-house, the unit features two Kenwood transceivers with Raycom control. Also highlighted for BVE North was the recently introduced Wisycom in-ear monitoring system, now being used by both BT Sport and BBC News. Additions to the Sonifex
range were the RB-MS4XS quad three-way passive mic splitter and the CM-BH4W four-wire headphone amp belt pack unit. Among distributed products was the DaySequerra iLC2St dual stereo loudness controller, featuring the Neural algorithm. JoeCo previewed a 24-channel
recorder with in-built mic pre-amps, which managing director Joe Bull hopes to release during the first quarter of 2014. The 1U rack system has been designed to, says Bull, meet “popular demand” for a package that takes up less space due to the integrated mic pres. Like other exhibitors, Bull had been concerned by the smaller size of the show but was impressed by the “quality of the footfall”. The show organiser has reported attendance figures of 1,581, and while BVE North is planned to go ahead again next year, dates are yet to be set. BVE South will take place at ExCeL in London on 25-27 February 2014.
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