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TVBEurope 35 Summer of Sport The Sky Sports presentation studio at Celtic Manor in 2010
keywords system via the Grass Valley Stratus platform. Any workstation in the container can be used as a media management station providing a fl exible use of space. The heart of the system is a Grass Valley 12TB SAN server system, capable of more than 30 HD simultaneous streams at 100Mbps. The system is fully redundant. Edit stations use the EDIUS software, while special effects come from the Adobe CS. The feed acquisition and playout are via a four-channel Grass Valley Summit which are recorded back on the EVSs in the main truck.”
The HD production will use half a dozen six-channel EVS servers for recording and replay of all ISO feeds with the content produced either in advance or on site in the edits. The servers are
“The area of the golf course and the distances involved, along with the environment, set the biggest challenges when it comes to covering a prestigious golfi ng event”
confi gured as three-in, three-out or four-in, two-out with more than one controller on each server. The 3D production also has to cater for a full replay and analysis set-up which utilises eight eight-channel EVS XT3 servers in different confi gurations and, again, with more than one controller per server.
Attention-grabbing graphics
Lane reveals that there will be an enhancement to the visualisation of the player profi les and groups for this year’s coverage. Sky Sports has been developing its touchscreen/analysis operations and has signifi cantly changed the graphical presentation of those elements. There have been further improvements to the ‘virtual fl y-throughs’ of the course, with more detail and texture to the animations. This will provide an opportunity for even better analysis of the course and the conditions and challenges players face as they play their rounds. “These ‘virtual fl y throughs’ are created in 3D, but the models are also used in the HD broadcast in 2D.” To meet the audio demands, the HD production will take a feed from the host production for on-course effects, but will use an additional six RF handheld microphones for the roving reporters. The commentary
set-up comprises two
Glensound commentary boxes with four lips microphones for the commentators.
Lane concludes, “We’re very proud of the Ryder Cups we’ve done in the past, and we can’t wait to show this one, too. It’s
one of the jewels in the crown of our schedule on Sky Sports. And it’s thanks to the co-operation of The European Tour and The Ryder Cup that we’re able to put into place the logistics we need to enable to broadcast the event the way we do.”
Sky reporter James Haddock presenting at Celtic Manor in 2010
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