In Broadcast - August 2015 - 4

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 8 | August 2015

InNews
Dalet Boosts
FIC Facilities
ITA / GBR: FOX International channels (FIC) has implemented Dalet
business solutions, powered by the
Dalet Galaxy MAM, in its FIC Italy
and FIC UK facilities.
The installations allow FIC to underpin its international operations,
maximising content production
efficiencies and increasing delivery
output across all facets of programming for the operations.
Galaxy streamlines the FIC workflow by centralising programming content, providing bespoke
web-based and desktop tools that
enhance QC operations, promo
production and delivery of content.

TV2 Adopts AVIWEST
FRA: TV2 Denmark, a publicly
owned TV station based in Odense,
adopted
AVIWEST's
digital
mobile newsgathering solution
for the delivery of live broadcast
transmissions during the recent
general election coverage.
AVIWEST's DMNG PRO180-RA video
uplink system, with a new IP Bridge
function, was utilised as part of
a mobile live production studio
hosted inside a Tesla P85D electric
car for the news programme "The
Challenge," where two politicians
debate on a political issue while
driving.

Harmonic Powers
4K UHD Channel
JPN: Japanese cable TV operator
EHIME CATV has deployed
Harmonic's Electra X3 advanced
media processor to support a trial
of the country's first live, fullframe 4K Ultra HD (UHD) channel.
Utilising the Electra X3 to encode
UHD content using the HEVC
Main 10 codec, EHIME CATV can
deliver real-time 2160p60 video to
subscribers' set-top boxes (STBs)
at low bit rates, while maintaining
quality targets.
The Electra X3 provides superior
quality and low total cost of
ownership (TCO).

Globecast Brings The
2015 Tour De France To
The World
G

lobecast, a global solutions
provider for media, has announced
that 2015 has again seen the company
contracted to bring one of the world's
great sporting spectacles to screens
around the globe: the 2015 Tour de
France. From the Grand Depart in
Utrecht to the final iconic sprint on the
Champs Elysees, Globecast successfully
rose to both the technical and logistical
challenges posed by this year's event.
Globecast was contracted by
both broadcasters and a corporate
customer to cover the event
including national, international and
unilateral feeds. This involved eight
HD SNG trucks, one mobile master

control
room,
two
microwave
trucks and a 50m
crane. The mobile
master
control
room, which was
moved from stage
to
stage,
was
designed to handle
the feeds from the
five motorcycles and two helicopters
out on the course. The microwave
trucks were strategically placed along
each stage to receive and re-transmit
the signals from the mobile vehicles. In
total, there were 27 HD satellite feeds
each day using four satellites.

View of the Tour de France 2015
from the Globecast gallery

Globecast travelled approximately
3,000 km in 21 days with the
company's Special Events team
providing the understanding of how to
bring such a huge event to the world.

Canon Launches Extreme
Low-Light Camera
C

anon has launched a professional
multi-purpose
video
camera
capable of capturing full colour images
in extremely low-light environments.
The Canon ME20F-SH, boasts a
maximum ISO in excess of 4 million
(+75dB), and is designed to be as
small as possible whilst delivering
high quality professional grade Full HD
footage.
Supporting image capture in
situations where it previously would
not have been possible, the ME20FSH is ideal for use within specialist
applications such as TV productions
of night time wildlife, deep sea/

cave exploration, astronomy and
surveillance.
The ability to install the camera in a
semi-permanent location, with remote
control operability also means that
for documentary and natural history
filmmakers, long term projects and
events can be captured with minimum
staffing.
The ME20F-SH achieves impressive
high-sensitivity performance enabling
the capture of colour Full HD video
with reduced noise, even in low-light
conditions and without the need for
infrared illumination.
The ME20F-SH features a newly

developed Full
Frame 35mm
with 2.26 MP
CMOS sensor
and a DIGIC
DV4 processor.
Similar
to
Canon's Cinema
Canon ME20F-SH
goes down to
EOS cameras,
0.0005 lux
the
ME20FSH includes Canon Log and Wide DR
settings, which enable a wide dynamic
range (800%), delivering high-quality
results across a variety of ambient
lighting conditions, without the need
for supplemental lighting.

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