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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 2 | February 2016

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ATG Danmon UK Sets Standard
In Advanced Media Workflow

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TG Danmon UK will promote
its range of systems planning,
design, installation, configuration,
commissioning and post-installation
support capabilities at BVE.
"BVE2016 sets off a very interesting
year in the broadcast sector given the
rapid technical advances taking place
at almost every level," comments
ATG Danmon UK Managing Director
Russell Peirson-Hagger. "As a systems
integrator, we need to ensure we
are tuned to the latest advances in
hardware, software and operational
workflow. Our customers rely on us to
make the right technological choices
for them in order to gain maximum
benefit from their investment.
"4K is fast becoming the required
standard for programme production
given the affordability of latestgeneration cameras and displays. At
least as significant as the introduction
of 4K over the next few years will be
the increasing use of IP across areas
of broadcast infrastructure that have

been dominated by SDI. IP clearly has
some current benefits to offer but
there are still plenty of reasons why
we will see the continued use of SDI for
the foreseeable future.
"Rather
than
IP
completely
replacing SDI, it is clear that a hybrid
approach currently offers the best of
both technologies. We can help our
customers deploy the systems that
best meet their requirements," says
Peirson-Hagger
"Many channels now offer catchup television services as a routine
element of their activity, along with
web-based news, programme guides
and
over-the-top
supplementary
programme feeds. A key element of
our role is to support our customers
with these new delivery options and to
ensure they can operate as efficiently
as possible in an industry which
demands high productivity as well as
creative efficiency.
"The ATG Danmon team has over
20 years of experience in designing,

producing, installing, commissioning
ATG Danmon UK also offers a range
and maintaining systems that give our of products including transcoding,
customers the best possible return on automated workflow management and
investment," he said.
file based QC solutions.
Projects currently in progress or
The
company
also
supply
recently completed include:
commissioning
services,
on-site
*	 4K multi-camera flyaway system training, and ongoing support and
for a major international media group;
maintenance.
*	 16-channel playout system for
ATG Danmon UK has also assisted
Ericsson Broadcast Media Services many clients in the construction of ITMiddle East;
based automated file workflow system,
*	 Three-camera VR studio currently HD studios, master control rooms
being installed in Hong Kong;
and playout facilities, as well as the
*	 Voiceover suite upgrade for the upgrade of existing SD systems.
London headquarters of
Input Media;
*	 Five-camera
high
definition studio system
for a major Middle East
broadcaster;
*	 Automated QC for Big
Bang Post Production in
Bristol;
*	 Multi-server automated
ingest
system
for
Encompass Digital Media.
Part of the three-camera VR studio under test

BFI National Archive
Installs DFT Scanity

T

he BFI National Archive recently
installed a DFT Scanity HDR at its
Conservation Centre in Berkhampsted.
Scanity was purchased as a part
of a Lottery-funded programme to
'unlock film heritage' by investing
in the digitisation, preservation and
interpretation of film, providing access
to the UK's screen heritage to the
public.
The programme ensures that the

people can access and enjoy the full
range of British filmmaking, regardless
of where they live or where that film
heritage is held. In total, 10,000 titles
will be digitised and made available
online in a project that runs through to
March 2017.
Heather Stewart, BFI Creative
Director, Programme commented:
"Our
Unlocking
Film
Heritage
programme has changed public access

BFI Head OF Conservation Charles Fairall and BFI Film Conservation Manager Kieron Webb

to the UK national collection of film
and television through the launch of
Britain on Film. Many of the 10,000
titles due to be digitised by the end of
2017 have been unknown and unseen
for decades."
The Scanity film scanner was chosen
after extensive testing to ensure the
technology was able to safely handle
delicate or damaged film materials
from a variety of film gauges and
formats, some of which date to 1895
and are in formats that are now
obsolete.
The digitisation process takes a 'snap
shot' of the original 'master' film.
Once scanned, the 'master' is either
returned to the BFI's Master Film Store
facility in Warwickshire, or returned to
the lender.
Once digitised, the scanned images
are enhanced using Scanity's in-built
software tools to remove scratches
and dust, in conjunction with other
post production tools to enhance the

images prior to becoming available to
view via the online 'BFI Player'.
Charles
Fairall,
Head
of
Conservation,
Collections
and
Information, BFI commented: "Scanity
is the ideal film scanner for the
'Unlocking Film Heritage' programme,
because it combines very careful
handling of film with the capability
of scanning at relatively high speeds.
This is particularly important given the
scope of the project, which is aimed at
providing high volume digital access
to these most fragile and historically
valuable film collections preserved by
the BFI National Archive."
Simon Carter, Director for DFT said:
"This is a very exciting project and we
are delighted that Scanity was chosen
as the preferred scanner for this
project. We are looking forward to the
months ahead and to helping the BFI
achieve their goal to digitise 10,000
titles for everyone to enjoy."
Established in 1935, the BFI National
Archive holds one of the largest film
and television collections in the world.
It includes material from the earliest
days of film to current television
content - which includes around
180,000 films and around 770,000
television titles.
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