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WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 38 - DECEMBER 2014
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SIS LIVE Delivers SNG Fleet
SIS LIVE has delivered six SNG these services to those already On board equipment includes
vehicles to Sky News, as the supplied to Sky, including camera HD, SDI, fibre and wireless camera
company further enhances its fast,
reliable coverage of breaking news
stories across the UK.
The compact HD trucks, equipped
with state of the art satellite
technology, are the latest in a
operators, satellite engineers and
satellite capacity.
Each truck carries SIS LIVE’s
DriveForce antenna which allows
it to be installed on a smaller 3.2T
vehicle, avoiding large vehicle speed
inputs, and the infrastructure for the
installation of future IP solutions.
The design and technology
enables a lone operator to
manage the whole broadcast and
transmission process.
series of satellite uplink systems
commissioned by Sky News.
As Sky News’ SNG provider
for many years, SIS LIVE is well
practised in offering the technology
and expertise necessary to enable
Sky News to capture and transmit
award-winning at-the-scene
news coverage, wherever and
whenever it happens.
SIS LIVE worked closely with
Sky News to develop six Mercedes
Benz Vito vehicles to meet its exact
requirements. SIS LIVE’s highly
capable support team will maintain
the bespoke fleet and provide
uplink/downlink services, adding
restrictions.
Two of the six SNG trucks
Sports Broadcaster
FOR-A Switchers
ARG: Broadcast sports production
company Torneos y Competencias
(TyC) is utilising a number of FOR-A
video production switchers.
The Argentine sports channel's
most recent purchase included five
HVS-100 switchers, as well as HVS-
390HS and HVS-300HS units.
TyC is using the HVS-100
switchers in several of its OB vans
and satellite flypacks.
FOR-A’s HVS-100 offers a wide
range of functions, including mixed
HD/SD input, frame synchronisation,
multi-viewer capability, a resizing
engine, 2.5D wipe effects, DVE and
keyer with chromakey.
The units, used at the soccer
World Cup in Brazil, are now
covering various sporting events
throughout Argentina.
LaunchPad
Touchscreen
USA: Reality Check Systems
(RCS) has released LaunchPad,
a customisable, interactive
solution designed to simplify
dynamic touchscreen analysis for
soccer broadcasts.
LaunchPad gives on-air talent
access to real-time analytics and
telestration tools to engage fans.
It boasts a user-friendly interface
that enables operators to call up
touchscreen graphics for analysis
of the desired league, team, player
or match in any language and
seamlessly transition between them.
Combining RCS proprietary
software with third-party hardware
and cloud data from domestic and
international soccer matches, the
LaunchPad solution is available in
a variety of configurations.
ChyronHego Scores
GoalRef Tech Deal
USA: ChyronHego has announced
a licensing agreement with
the Fraunhofer IIS for a sports
technology solution.
Under the agreement,
ChyronHego will bring to market
Fraunhofer's GoalRef system, a
Goal-Line Technology (GLT) solution
which is licensed by FIFA.
This innovative approach to GLT
that uses a magnetic field within the
goal and a specially designed ball
to indicate that the ball has crossed
the goal-line.
On detecting a goal, the system
indicates this visually and through
vibration to a wireless watch worn
by the referee.
As a licensee ChyronHego will
continue to develop the system for
replays of goal-line events.
LDX Cameras
For LANG AG
CAN: LANG AG is expanding
its broadcast equipment for
the rental market with a suite
of camera solutions from
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand.
Included in the suite are three
LDX Premiere advanced imaging
cameras, three XCU WorldCams
and one LDX HiSpeed (LDX HS)
3X super-slow-motion camera
along with the companion XCU
XtremeSpeed XF Fibre base station.
LANG AG is a significant player in
the staging and event market.
AVIWEST Opens
In Hong Kong
FRA/HKG: AVIWEST has opened
a new sales and services support
offi ce in Hong Kong to augment
the company’s growing business
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Frederic Parbey, APAC Manager at
AVIWEST, will oversee the AVIWEST
Asia operations from the facility.
AVIWEST say that Asia will also
soon have an expert support
engineering team, and that the
office will enable better pre-sales,
sales and service support for its
regional customers.
Clear-Com Replay
World Series
USA: Clear-Com intercom systems
have supported instant replay
communications for World Series
Major League Baseball games.
A Clear-Com HelixNet Digital
Networked Intercom with HKB-2X
user stations and HBP-2X beltpacks
supported communications for
the fi eld umpires, ballpark replay
technicians, the broadcast truck and
the scoreboard official in the ballpark.
The HelixNet HMS-4X base
stations are interfaced to VoICE2 IP
interfaces linked to an Eclipse HX
Digital Matrix.
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