In Broadcast - May 2015 - 6

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InNews
Disney/ABC Group
Selects VersioCloud

USA: The Disney/ABC Television
Group of networks is now transitioning its linear broadcast
operations - global programming
playout, delivery and network operations - to a unified IP cloud architecture using Imagine Communications VersioCloud technology.
Imagine say that the move marks
a significant evolution in Disney/
ABC Television Group's broadcast
operations, and establishes a foundation for how broadcast programming could be made, moved, managed, and monetised in the coming
years. The group has deployed
cloud-based WATCH services across
its portfolio of operations.

Avid Set To Buy Orad

USA / ISR: Avid has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire
Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd.
The Frankfurt stock exchangelisted public company, with its
headquarters in Kfar Saba, Israel,
was bought for €5.67 per share in
an all-cash transaction.
Orad is a leading provider of stateof-the-art 3D real-time graphics,
video servers and related asset
management solutions.
Avid says the acquisition is
consistent with its growth strategy
and will deliver on the company's
Avid Everywhere vision.

Slate Capital
Acquires BSI

USA: Slate Capital Group has acquired Broadcast Sports Inc. (BSI)
from L-3 Communications Corporation. BSI will operate as Broadcast
Sports International, LLC following
the transaction, the terms of which
were not disclosed. The management of BSI, under the continued
leadership of Peter Larsson, will
remain in place. BSI provides microwave transmission and custom
remote controlled miniature camera systems to the broadcast industry. BSI's UK operation provides
exclusive RF over fibre systems,
cameras and audio systems.

Viz Mosart Automation
For Globosat Control
G

lobosat
Programadora
Ltda,
in Brazil, has completed the
installation of the first two of ten
Viz Mosart control room automation
systems in Rio de Janeiro.
Lourenço Carvano, Director of
Engineering at Globosat, said Viz
Mosart would allow more complex
programming over the coming years as
operations were expanded.
Globosat will initially use Viz Mosart
for three shows on their popular
SPORTV channel: E GOL! (a scripted
sports highlight show), REDACAO
(an unscripted multi camera studio
discussion programme), and then
EVENTOS.
"These are three very different

shows," said Carvano. "But using
Viz Mosart for the production of
EVENTOS in particular will streamline
our operation. We will often cut away
from a live football match to show an
instant replay of a goal scored in a
different game.
"With a single operator, Viz Mosart
can control the live video
switching,
graphic
updates,
server
cueing, and audio
mixing
without
the errors we
sometimes
get
when
multiple
o p e r a t o r s
are
trying
to

synchronise their actions. Our
initial on-air tests have been highly
successful, and our producers are very
excited about the move to Viz Mosart."
The remaining eight Viz Mosart
systems will be installed in other
control rooms over the next year,
as Globosat extends
their programming in
preparation for the Rio
2016 summer games.

Viz Mosart
control room
automation
system

CP Communications Selects
DiGiCo SD10 Broadcast Version
C

P Communications has decided
standardise on the 'B' broadcast
version of DiGiCo's popular SD10.
Boasting a full fleet of HD RF
mobile production vehicles capable
of handling demanding sports and
entertainment events, CP continues to

raise the technology bar for its clients
with the recent addition of no less
than six DiGiCo SD10B digital mixing
consoles.
CP Senior Vice President Kurt
Heitmann chose to standardise on
the 'B' broadcast version of DiGiCo's
popular SD10 by
purchasing half a
dozen new desks
along with eight
SD-Rack I/O racks
and two 32x16
D-Rack
stage
interfaces.
Identical SD10B
setups can now be
DiGiCo SD10B digital mixing consoles in a CP Communications truck found in CP's new

53-foot expando fibre transmission
HD11 (NBC) and HD21 (Fox Sports)
trucks, as well as its fully refurbished
53-foot RFHD5 and RFHD7 trucks -
which work Golf Channel events - and
an overhauled 40-foot trailer known as
DSM1, which typically provides digital
submixes for MLB and NBA all-star
games.
Flypacks are a key element in CP's
offerings, and the sixth SD10B-24 will
be used primarily for that purpose.
CP Communications has supplied
audio and video communications
solutions for many of the world's
largest broadcasters, including CBS,
ESPN, FOX Sports, NBC Sports Group,
Turner Sports and Univision.

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