28 l May 2014
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Endemol’s Sport studios in the MediArena in Amsterdam have been equipped with two 42-fader Studer Vista 5 digital mixing consoles. The consoles were supplied by Studer’s Dutch distributor Heynen and installed by system integrator DutchView. “There is no comparison between the present configuration and the situation before, with usage of all eight audio channels, the incoming lines, live studio production, commentary positions and playback from EVS via the excellent interface between Riedel and Studer.”
www.endemol.com www.harman.com
Filmmakers from the University of York’s Department of Film, Theatre and Television have been nominated for a national award from the Royal Television Society. John Mateer, who leads York’s BSc in Film and Television Production, says: “We designed the BSc Film and Television Production course with the goal of enabling our students to become world-class filmmakers and TV programme creators, and our students are rising to the challenge.”
www.rts.org.uk www.york.ac.uk
CTV Outside Broadcasts is to put a new 4k, 3G truck into operation towards the end of next month. OB11 is currently being systems integrated by Sony Professional, working to designs by CTV’s heads of department. According to technical director Hamish Greig it will be the biggest truck in the company’s fleet.
www.ctvob.co.uk
Back2Back Productions is working on an upcoming TV show for the Discovery Channel called Cars That Rock, featuring AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson as host. Location sound engineer George ‘Aris’ Anastassopoulos is using digital hybrid wireless microphone technology from Lectrosonics. “Cars That Rock showcases Brian’s expertise on speciality cars and driving and also gives viewers a glimpse at his personal life when he’s not performing,” comments Anastassopoulos.
www.lectrosonics.com www.soundforfilms.com
NAB 2014: Sennheiser and Avid make key announcements
The NAB Show in Las Vegas saw major announcements from Sennheiser, which has signed up for Dante, and Avid, which introduced the MediaCentral Platform. Dave Robinson reports
MICROPHONE AND headphone giant Sennheiser announced its support for the Dante multi-channel audio networking protocol at NAB in Las Vegas.
“By joining this standard, we will be able to optimally cater [sic] to our customers in the broadcasting and live sound worlds,” explained Claus Menke, head of portfolio management for Sennheiser’s Professional Division. The first product to make use of the network technology will be the company’s flagship Digital 9000 wireless microphone system, launched in the late summer of 2012. A Dante- enabled expansion card for the receiver will be launched in summer 2014.
The signing of an agreement with Dante developer Audinate just ahead of NAB reinforces a
Avid CEO Louis Hernandez, Jnr, unveils ‘Avid Everywhere’
strategy that has seen Sennheiser align itself with all of the leading networking technologies: in 2013, Sennheiser signed the RAVENNA Partnership Agreement with ALC NetworX GmbH, following in the footsteps of its subsidiary Georg Neumann GmbH, and the company has been a member of the AVnu Alliance since 2010. NAB also saw Pro Tools developer Avid make several key announcements around ‘Avid Everywhere’, its strategic vision for the media and
entertainment industry revealed last year in Europe.
The company introduced its new Avid MediaCentral Platform and a set of modular application suites that “together represent the most open, integrated, and flexible media production and distribution environment in the industry.” The initiative will aid creation, production, distribution and rights-management of assets through a centralised model. It was first presented to the market during IBC last September.
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4HM eyeing pro audio
UK MADI specialist “widens range and focus” with new website and products. By Jon Chapple
4HM, THE British manufacturer of MADI interfaces, monitors and format converters, has signalled its intention to reposition itself in the wider pro audio sector. With a new website,
www.4hmaudio.com – for comparison, its previous URL was
www.4hmbroadcast.com
– and a slew of recent product announcements that have placed as much emphasis on audio infrastructure for live sound and installation as they do for broadcast, 4HM director Craig Lovell describes the company’s recent developments as focusing on “widening our appeal so that [we] are
equally applicable in whatever environment MADI is found – whether it is broadcast, live sound or … installed sound.” “Our primary focus when establishing 4HM was to provide unique interface solutions targeted towards the broadcast sector,” Lovell continues. “By focussing our efforts on providing broadcast MADI solutions we have gained a great deal of experience in developing products for use in highly demanding on-air applications – including for many of the world’s major sporting events, such as the London Olympics.
“However... MADI is an established format that covers many aspects of professional audio and is not unique to broadcast alone.
“The media industry is going through a period of unprecedented change and needs a leader to step forward with a clear vision for the future,” stated Avid president and CEO Louis Hernandez, Jnr. In other NAB news, Dan Dugan Sound Design and iZotope were among the winners of TV Technology magazine’s inaugural ‘Best of Show’ awards.
www.audinate.com www.avid.com www.sennheiser.com
Fortunately, the 4HM team has decades of experience in other market sectors, including live sound, fixed installation and recording – so, with our foundations firmly set in place, we feel that the time is right to expand our product portfolio with the aim of providing interesting problem-solving MADI equipment for other market sectors.”
The company’s latest innovation is the “unique” MADI-MON, which permits the monitoring and interrogation of incoming MADI streams, including embedded data; full and simultaneous conversion of up to 64 channels to both AES/EBU and AES3id formats; and MADI to MADI format conversion.
www.4hmaudio.coma
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