28 TVBEurope The Workflow
Philip Stevens follows up his trip to Warsaw last year with a look at the new business channel set up by TVN
JANUARY SAWthe launch of the TVN Biznes i Swiat (Business and The World) channel from the broadcaster’s complex in Warsaw. Seen as complementing the flagship TVN24 news channel, the outlet’s programming includes the latest breaking news from the Polish and foreign markets, reporting of international affairs, as well as expert analyses and commentaries. “When our first news channel, TVN24, was launched 13 years ago, numerous media experts claimed this an entirely pointless idea,” explains Adam Pieczynski, TVN’s management board
Colourful graphics and the use of video displays are integral parts of the new business channel studio at TVN24
member in charge of news and current affairs and editor-in-chief TVN24 and TVN24 Biznes i Swiat. “TVN 24 is now the most watched news channel in Poland. TVN24 Business and The World is a logical development direction, and I’m sure it will be popular with those who want to be best informed.” The new channel meant that the original business studio had to be upgraded and completely redesigned — an operation overseen by Jarosław Kielmel,
TVN24’s technical director. “The timing for the upgrade was challenging. We started the planning work in October and the studio had to be ready on Christmas Eve. That schedule allowed us a few days to make sure everything worked well before the launch. In effect, the design, ordering and installation phases blended into one.” He continues, “Continuing our policy of keeping as many operations as possible in-house,
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The enhanced studio, with the newsroom in the background, measures 300sqm
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our own team was responsible for designing the new studio and implementing the upgrades.”
Switching the pictures “When it came to choosing a vision mixer, we selected the newest Kahuna 360 switcher,” explains Kielmel. “Our new set-up does not involve having traditional programme directors controlling the output. We have a vision switcher operator who works in close co-operation with the journalist who is responsible for the on-air production.” He goes on, “Snell enabled
the Kahuna to work in 4K so that it could feed our new Barco videowall without the need of a separate controller. We are using HD sources plus output from the Vizrt system installed on a PC with dual head graphics card to provide some stunning images on the wall.” Another backdrop is provided
by a 103in TH-103PF12U Panasonic plasma screen giving full HD resolution with
1920x1080 pixels and providing a contrast ratio of 40,000:1. Sharp seamless LED displays
provide a third source of images on background screens. Lighting for the new studio is
provided by ARRI L-Series L7C lamps. These provide continuous colour temperature, tint and hue adjustments from 2800K to 10,000K, between full plus or minus green and RGBW colours.
Displaying the data “For any business channel, providing the most up to date information is vital. Our ticker system is now generating multiple elements, plus we have a live data stream from Reuters feeding directly into the Vizrt graphics structure. This provides all kinds of realtime — or slightly delayed — financial data to generate on demand template graphs, charts, and so,” states Kielmel.
www.arri.com www.barco.com www.panasonic.com www.sharp-world.com www.snellgroup.com www.sony.com www.vintenradamec.com www.vizrt.com
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