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5G’S CAPACITY: A BOON FOR VIDEO PROFESSIONALS


Mathieu Lagrange Networks  ecurity irector bcom


5G promises even more capacity. But we know that 5G offers much more than a network. How do you take advantage of it for production or distribution? What will 5G change for broadcasting? 5G provides relevant answers to two issues in particular first flexibility and coverage (there is no way for WiFi to cover a site that spreads out over tens of hectares and second ersatility and security in simple use cases. We spoke with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and they shared with us their experience of the okyo  lympics.  brought to them better coerage lower deployment cost and better video contribution in the upstream direction. heir main need was coerage at one site with control of the infrastructure. For this type of operation there is no sharing of resources with the local public operator. OBS had


priority and access to all available capacity. Keeping your 5G network to yourself (without sharing it with public operators) requires an easily deployable infrastructure.


“We decided to work on a solution designed to be quickly adopted by IT managers. We see a strong demand for ad-hoc connectivity, to deliver video streams”


 hae a counterexample in mind a  radio network. he  is complicated expensie and difficult to deploy. ence the benefit of using standard hardware haing flexibility in the deployment. It’s not about having very strong performance. he important thing is the uplink sending content to the network which ustifies not using public networks (dedicated to the downlink).


he maor euipment manufacturers


are working on solutions to cover large population densities for the major telecom operators. oweer s cannot afford it. hats why we decided to work on a solution designed to be quickly adopted by  managers. e see a strong demand for adhoc connectiity to delier ideo streams. b<>com’s solutions are based on the most commonplace infrastructure possible. hese solutions are close to those needed in the industry. e integrated in bcom the ome a video stream management application supplied by one of our partners that allows the video compression rate to adapt in real time based on  link uality. his is ideal for coering an eent. And as images are sent back through  we can also imagine producing live from the production truck. 2.B39d


SMOOTHING OUT ROCKY ROAD FOR GIMBAL USERS 4acrew BY DAVID FOX


Rocky is a camera support designed to work with electronic gimbals and make them easier to use. It arose from inventor Andy Galeazzi’s frustration with using gimbals which hae improper mass balance are uncomfortable to use and hae limited power autonomy and/or distribution”. aleazzi  of acrew added his forces users to hae tons of small batteries which hae to be replaced regularly. his task is not easy and uick to do especially if the camera is mounted and well balanced.”


All the gimbals currently on the market need ancillary equipment in order to park them when not operating and they all hae poor aesthetics are often ugly een ust to see and do not rise to the uality of what filmmakers would want to hae in their hands he continued. his is why he designed ocky. t takes less than a minute to insert and lock your handheld gimbal in its horizontal accommodation and you’re ready to go he said. t can support s mirrorless cameras and camcorders and some compact highend cameras from Arri ed anon ony or . Using Rocky in Steady Gun mode is much more stable


thanks to the counterbalance of an extra mount battery helping to establish a proper centre of gravity – and solving any problems related to multiple power requirements. he system also transforms quickly to a shoulder mount configuration or


to fit on a tripod teadicam or other support.


ocky comes with handgrips Arri rosette attachments extra iewfinder or monitor mounts


Rock star: Galeazzi using a prototype of Rocky in shoulder-mount mode


ap power hub numerous in and 3/8in mounting points and lue hape mount plate. 12.C91


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