theibcdaily Saturday 14.09.13 125 No-compromise OB trailer
Hitachi/Gearhouse Broadcast By David Fox
Gearhouse Broadcast has a live production OB trailer on the Hitachi stand that it claims is particularly flexible and affordable. The custom trailer can house eight personnel and was designed and built by Gearhouse’s systems integration division as a less expensive, more versatile OB option that should be easy to up- or down-spec as required.
The trailer has a compact footprint, offers low power consumption, ergonomic design and includes a production gallery, audio workstations and an engineering control area. Equipment includes: seven Hitachi SK-HD1200 portable production cameras and one SK-
HD1500 6G Super Slow-Motion camera, Ross Carbonite vision mixer, Harris Platinum router and glue, Harris test and measurement systems, Studer Vista audio mixer, Harris Inscriber CG, Marshall video monitors and full talkback.
“This trailer targets a very specific – and currently underserved – part of the OB market, where we have
industry-leading expertise, with an affordable and flexible HD vehicle. We’ve made no compromise at all on quality or design, but have still come up with a trailer that offers the full range of OB functionality, is fast to build and ideal for a range of applications,” said Eamonn Dowdall, business development director, Gearhouse Broadcast.
In Brief
Next generation mobile cellular
uplink unveiled The next generation TVUPack mobile cellular uplink offering has been released by TVU Networks, a provider of IP video and live mobile electronic newsgathering (ENG) solutions. This latest release of TVUPack introduces a number of new
On the button: Camera control and EVS replay systems in the trailer’s engineering area
He sees its applications ranging from IPTV and live web streaming productions to red carpet events, festivals or smaller six-to-ten camera live sports broadcasts. “When you’re looking at a big OB truck or supertruck, there’s a significant cost associated – and that’s before
you’ve even thought about kitting it out. This is something we’re aiming at a very different segment of the OB market.” Gearhouse is also providing two Hitachi cameras (SK-HD1500 and SK-HD1200) to the IBC Production Insight area in Hall 11. 11.D42/10.B39
3D on pause Marlin makes a splash
Conference Analysis By Kate Bulkley
The head of BBC Sport Interactive Ben Gallop had a pretty negative view of 3D, at least for the foreseeable future. “Is 3D over? I would say it is on pause,” Gallop told a session on Mega Sports called ‘Bread and Circuses (and Lots of Screens)’. “Who knows what may happen in future but for now we don’t think it’s where we should be investing.” The BBC will air the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who in 3D this November but after that it will take a reported three-year hiatus from producing in 3D. For Gallop the problem with 3D is that it is not yet mainstream and
likely won’t be until 4K and 8K technology obviates the need for 3D glasses. “The BBC has to be sure that 3D can absolutely have an audience that can have real scale and become mainstream,” explains Gallop. “We took the view that 3D is not at that moment yet.” However, BSkyB’s Martin Turner, executive producer Formula 1 Sky Sports, believes that consumers and manufacturers expect Sky and other broadcasters to push the technical envelope of innovation: “You draw the line under 3D at your peril. It’s a different challenge but there are still a great many innovations to come. I certainly don’t think it’s over and the people we have watching and consuming 3D on Sky are very happy.” Out of 10 million subscribers, 500,000 pay for a dedicated 3D channel.
Pebble Beach Systems By Michael Burns
Pebble Beach Systems is launching Marlin, an automated render solution to reduce dependence on dedicated 3D playout graphics hardware and minimise processing overheads for channel in a box solutions. Demonstrated at IBC in conjunction with a plug-in for Adobe After Effects CC, Marlin (Marina Advanced Render List Integration) is a tightly integrated pre-render workflow tool. It’s available for both the Marina automation solution and for Pebble Beach Systems’ Stingray channel in a box product. The company claimed that Marlin
Repeat router requirement
Harris Broadcast By Dick Hobbs
One of the first deals signed by Harris Broadcast at IBC2013 was for a second Platinum IP3 router for South African broadcaster SuperSport. Earlier this year SuperSport became the first broadcaster worldwide to put the new Platinum IP3 on air at its Johannesburg headquarters, in partnership with local systems integrator Concilium Technologies. “Although we are just a few
months into our usage of the Platinum IP3 router, we already can see that speed of operation, ease of resource assignment and operational reliability are all evident in this new design router,” said Eddie McAlone, technical director at SuperSport. In a second sports success, Harris Broadcast is looking forward to involvement in the soccer stadiums of Brazil next year. Systems integrator sono Studiotechnik is building flyaway kits for each of the 12 stadiums in the tournament, with Platinum IP3 routers and other video
processing infrastructure. The concept has already been proven at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil earlier this year. The Platinum IP3 router supports three levels of signals: audio, video and data. It is designed for high resilience, with crosspoint redundancy. This has given sono Studiotechnik the confidence to put just one router in this mission-critical system. “Furthermore, the device’s multi- format signalling capabilities, which enable it to accommodate separate video, audio and data paths within the same frame are very interesting
Harris Broadcast kit will be at the Brazil World Cup
to us,” said sono Studiotechnik. “We are on the road to Rio and we could not envisage starting this project without the right technology partner. Harris Broadcast will play an important role: it will be a very intense cooperation and we are looking forward to making this journey together.” 7.G20
frees up playout graphics equipment by managing the generation of 3D graphics in advance and then reinserting them into the playlist as a clip. Marlin works by interrogating the Marina or Stingray playlist for events that need complex graphics promos and generates render requests where the graphic has not been created. This information is sent to the render engine along with the graphics project, and the new graphic is generated. Marlin automatically moves the finished files to the chosen playout device. They are then played out as standard video files. 8.B58
enhancements including superior low latency performance, improved configuration control and deeper integration with satellite systems including BGAN, Ka-band and Ku-Band satellites. Other features include better performance at low latency settings, enabling broadcasters to significantly reduce delay while conducting live interviews. 2.B28
BTS becomes
qualified Sony ISI BTS has become an authorised Independent System Integrator for Sony, which gives it direct access to the latest Sony technology and ensures it receives the full range of technical support.
“The combination of the existing long-term experience from BTS and the high-end technology from Sony offers our customers significant advantages. We are very glad that Sony sees us as a qualified System Integrator for future cooperation and selected us as one of the few Independent System Integrators,” said BTS managing director Ewald Fehlauer. OE115
Aiming to make LTO-tape storage
affordable Cache-A and axle Video are integrating Cache-A’s LTO-4, 5 and 6 archive appliances and axle Video’s media management software and appliances.
Combined, the systems automatically catalogue and track media content. Content can be annotated with customisable metadata fields, then archived to, and quickly retrieved from, a network-attached Cache-A LTO-tape appliance, with a storage capacity in the hundreds of terabytes. The system is compatible with NAS/SAN storage and operating systems. 7.A04, 7.D07
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