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News Review By Holly Ashford
Shift 4 equipped live Antarctic broadcast with NewTek:Broadcast facilities and hire company Shift 4 supplied a NewTek TriCaster 860 multi-camera production system for a purpose-built studio and control room streaming live footage from the Antarctic. Nineteen-year-old Parker Liautaud aimed to set a new world speed record for a journey from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. Captive Minds contracted Shift 4 to provide MCR facilities in the studio built in the foyer of insurance company Willis Group’s London HQ. Willis Resilience Expedition TV used the TriCaster to produce a live 60-minute show each day for 16 days during the expedition. Each live show was mixed in the TriCaster and streamed to Willis’ YouTube channel, and uploaded each day to
www.willisresilience.com for viewing on demand.
www.willisresilience.com
Angénieux lenses deliver BNP Paribas Tennis in 4K Euro Media Group’s live recording of the BNP Paribas Tennis Masters in Paris was delivered using two PL mount Angénieux lenses. The Optimo 28-340 and the Optimo 15-40 were used on four Sony F55 cameras. “We used the lenses on camera five which was in the stand in ‘beauty’ position,” commented Ronald Meyvisch, new technology officer at Euro Media Group. “We first put the 15-40 to have a ‘beauty’ shot of Bercy. Then we replaced it with the 28-340 to have better rendering from the camera at this spot.” Angénieux lenses had already been used in 4K recordings last year. Working with Euro Media Group United, a Muse concert was captured in 4K and released in cinemas across the world.
www.angenieux.com
deltatre and Vizrt expand partnership for World Cup
Sports and media technology company deltatre and 3D graphics provider Vizrt have broadened their partnership with Magma Pro powered by Viz Libero for the upcoming World Cup. Magma Pro extends deltatre’s Magma product offering with the virtual graphic capabilities and 3D camera flights offered by Viz Libero. deltatre has been using Vizrt broadcast graphics products since 2004 and last year added several new Vizrt products to its production setup. Viz Libero will be unveiled for the first time in Rio de Janeiro.
www.deltatre.com www.vizrt.com
Event Management invests in Kinesys tech for Io Canto Live show, event and broadcast video company Event Management, based in Milan, Italy, has expanded its investment in Kinesys automation equipment for the latest series of the TV show Io Canto. The show is based on a search for the best singing talent among young people aged five to 16. The set design featured six large columns of moving LED video screens, each measuring 8mx3m and weighing 800kg. Six rear LED columns were moved by Kinesys beam trolleys at their bases, fitted to 40m of custom-built curved track, which Event Management designed and
Gremmelspacher chooses Petrol Bags for ask-TV:Martin Gremmelspacher specialises in making adventure, sport-action and landscape films and has worked with production company ask-TV to film a number of travel programmes. While filming, the cinematographer works with the Deca Campack camera backpack by Petrol Bags, part of Vitec Videocom. The Campack features removable and padded dividers to protect the equipment, which also serve as compartments to stow accessories. There is also a separate area with space for a laptop with a 17-inch screen. Soft straps and an ergonomic design aim to provide ideal weight distribution and comfort for the carrier.
www.petrolbags.com
had specially made. Other equipment included Kinesys LibraCELL, Liftket motors and Elevation drive units.
www.kinesys.co.uk
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Nitrate and re:fine reveal Sex Pistols footage for BBC4 doc Content processing business re:fine has collaborated with production company Nitrate Films to unlock unseen footage of the last ever UK Sex Pistol’s gig. The material, from the 1977 Huddersfield gig, formed part of the documentary Christmas with the Pistols, produced by Nitrate Films, shown on Boxing Day on BBC4. re:fine encoded and restored the unseen content from D2 and Betacam SP tape to the highest quality file possible, ready for use in the edit. Auteur director Julien Temple presented a look at the traditions and transgressions of Christmas, including footage of the Sex Pistols celebrating Christmas at their last gig in England on Christmas Day 1977. Archive footage revealed how the UK experienced Christmas in the seventies, while interviews with each band member recalled the zeitgeist and the concert itself. Chris Parry, sales director at re:fine, said: “We have enjoyed a great relationship with Nitrate Films over the years and worked with them on many stand out titles. It was a real privilege to be the first to see and preserve this unseen Sex Pistols footage and help Julien to deliver another fascinating documentary.”
LiveU reveals busy 2014 sports line-up: LiveU has announced its 2014 live video support for sporting events around the world. With technologies tailored to the sports market, including acquisition, transmission, rental packages and workflows, the company aims to accommodate the requirements of media outlets and professional and US collegiate sports organisations. LiveU’s involvement in international sport in 2014 includes providing support for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
www.liveu.tv
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