70 CREATE & PRODUCE Solutions
BY DAVID FOX U10, Studio Berlin’s new large UHD/HDR OB, outsources many of its technical facilities to a support truck to give more space to users.
Built by Broadcast Solutions, the main trailer has two extensions (one the entire length and one for audio control). An area of 60sqm allows for 26
workstations in a more relaxed working environment. The two control rooms can be quickly converted into one large super control room by moving doors and monitor walls. U10 handles productions with up to 24 UHD/HDR cameras, plus additional wireless cameras, and saw its fi rst outing to broadcast the German Television Awards for RTL. The OB houses ten 19in racks of hardware in the support truck, with a redundant fi bre interlink connecting both. Nick Zimmermann, managing
director, Studio Berlin, said: “A large area of use for the U10
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will be the production of the German Bundesliga. Because of Bundesliga’s new rights period, but also because of big show productions, the demand for UHD/HDR production capacities is increasing massively.” As U10 provides more space than usual OB vans of its size, minimum distances can be maintained, and acrylic glass shields become superfl uous during OB production. Since there is no need for cooling the racks, it has no separate air- conditioning circuits. Broadcast Solutions has developed new methods for keeping the air
The view from one audio control room through Studio Berlin’s new U10 OB
clean. Incoming air is cleaned of germs and viruses with active fi lters, while treatment with
ROLLING OUT AN ENHANCED FAN EXPERIENCE CONSUME
NativeWaves BY ANNE MORRIS
NativeWaves EXP claims to enhance standard broadcast and streaming experiences by giving audiences the chance to explore additional content at their leisure.
Supported by a dedicated low-latency streaming platform coupled with a customisable experience framework, NativeWaves EXP aims to enable deeper fan and audience engagement across numerous types of content, programming and live events. Viewers can choose an enhanced event-centric experience on smartphone,
UVC light kills viruses, which Broadcast Solutions believes is a fi rst in an OB truck.
deepening the real-time fan and audience engagement experience is the next frontier for broadcasters and streaming services.”
Haslauer: “Simply ‘watching TV’ or ‘being there’ is no longer good enough”
tablet, or mirrored to the TV, offering additional camera angles, audio tracks, instant replays, social media integration and more, including full on- screen navigation. In addition,
NativeWaves EXP can be used and confi gured as a second- screen experience. Christof Haslauer, CEO and co-founder of NativeWaves, said: “There is no doubt that
CALREC ASSISTS WITH REMOTE WORKING Calrec
CREATE & PRODUCE BY DAVID FOX
Calrec’s Assist web interface allows operators to mix entire shows from their home or other locations and provides comprehensive control for Calrec’s Apollo, Artemis, VP2 virtual production engine and Type R IP core. Assist also provides control
for the RP1 Remote Production core. RP1 enables broadcasters to mix live events either on dedicated Calrec hardware or via Assist from a remote facility. It has enabled broadcasters like NBC and the BBC to reduce the number of people they sent to events by using RP1 to mix international sports from studios in Manchester and New York. In-ear latency is eradicated by locating RP1’s 2U core at the venue. Calrec’s modular Type R and
“Simply ‘watching TV’ or ‘being there’ is no longer good enough because what audiences want is a personalised content-centric experience,” Haslauer added. “This is what drives engagement, which in turn will ultimately strengthen subscriber retention and advertising growth.” NativeWaves claims that NativeWaves EXP allows broadcasters and streaming providers to easily integrate new features into their existing streaming offering, addressing a gap in the strategy of these companies.
“Events will appeal to a
younger demographic in a completely new way by adding views and informational data that match today’s expectations – live or on demand,” Haslauer said.
Partners that have already deployed services using the NativeWaves EXP experience include ProSiebenSat.1 and Samsung Electronics in Germany, which are offering a variety of sports events such as the current seasons of the German Touring Car Masters (DTM), Korean K-League soccer and others. • NativeWaves is also participating in the IBC Media Fan Engagement Accelerator Project, delivering the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 to stadium visitors in Qatar as well as to IBC audiences online.
Brio consoles are also being used for remote working. Type R is an expandable and fl exible IP mixing system for small TV and radio stations that uses Assist to mix in the cloud and provides facilities for up to three independent mixers to hang off one system core, while the compact Brio Duet and Medley consoles are fully loaded with dynamics and delay on every path and include a huge internal router, multiple monitor outputs and comprehensive built-in I/O.
The modular Calrec Type R IP mixing system offers greater fl exibility
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