In Broadcast - August 2015 - 14


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

InNews
VRT Embraces
Avid Everywhere
BEL: VRT, the Flemish public
broadcaster based in Brussels,
Belgium, has embraced Avid
Everywhere. VRT installed a MAM
system designed and implemented
by Avid Global Services as the
first phase of the broadcaster's
transition to an HD workflow.
The Avid Interplay | MAM
improves operational efficiency
and facilitates better internal
collaboration. The new system
enables team collaboration across
the facility, while integrating
existing third party systems into
the production workflow during the
transition process and beyond.

Shalini TV Uses
Volicon Observer
IND: Shalini TV, a Tamil-language
entertainment television channel
in Chennai, India, is using a Volicon's Observer video monitoring
and logging system for fast, reliable compliance monitoring and ad
verification.
The Observer system captures
every minute of broadcast content
and immediately makes it available
for review and clipping via an intuitive browser-based user interface.
With this solution, Shalini TV can
quickly locate, review, extract, and
export clips to demonstrate regulatory or contractual compliance.

BroadStream Plays
'FIFA Football'
USA: Perform, a digital sports
content group, has employed
BroadStream's OASYS automated
playout solution to air FIFA's new
global weekly magazine show, FIFA
Football. The show is produced
and distributed by Pitch International, along with its own daily
sports show, 'Omnisports Bulletin',
which Perform plays out to its
global clients, 365 days a year.
With the OASYS platform, Perform
can easily expand its one channel solution offering a variety of
channels.

TVU Networks And
ArrowData Fly High
D

rone specialist ArrowData and live
mobile IP newsgathering solutions
provider TVU Networks have launched
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
newsgathering service.
"We're delighted to partner with
ArrowData to bring their drone piloting
services together with TVU's live uplink
transmission capabilities," said Paul
Shen, CEO, TVU Networks. "It's a true
win/win for broadcasters. They can
leave the capturing of aerial views
in the capable hands of ArrowData
personnel while receiving live, lowlatency HD video from a TVU mobile
cellular uplink transmitter."
The service, dubbed 'AeroJournalism'
will provide news broadcasters with
the ability to transmit unique live
aerial views from ArrowData's drones
in full HD with sub-second latency

using TVU's portable
cellular transmitters.
ArrowData
has
received a special
waiver
from
the
FAA
to
operate
drones for electronic
newsgathering - the
first and only such FAA
333 waver provided to
a private company.
By
combining
ArrowData's
drone
piloting
expertise
and TVU's awardwinning mobile cellular IP technology,
broadcasters can now deliver news
coverage from unique vantage points
not possible from traditional ground
level camera views.
In addition, broadcasters can easily

The partnership will provide aerial
newsgathering

incorporate
the
AeroJournalism
service into their current video
acquisition workflow since the drone
flying and live video transmission is
handled together.

TEAFM Kicks Off With HARMAN's Studer
T

EAFM, a new radio station in
Kuching, Malaysia, first went to
air in mid-July in both English and
Mandarin. With the goal of outfitting

the new station with cutting-edge
audio technology, Mahajak Trio
Electronic Sdn Bhd supplied a HARMAN
Professional system featuring a Studer
OnAir 1500 console, JBL
studio monitors and
AKG microphones and
headphones.
The
TEAFM
radio
station features one
main studio and one
backup studio, which
use Studer OnAir 1500
12-fader console and
a Nano SCore router
at the MCR for the
local insertion unit
to be inserted to the
HARMAN's Studer OnAir 1500 Console at TEAFM - a new
different transmission
radio station in Kuching, Malaysia

path. In addition, Mahajak supplied
JBL LSR4328P studio monitors, AKG
4500BC and D5 microphones, as well
as AKG 141MKII for headphones.
In the MCR, the automation server
system will drive the local insertion
via the GPI connection to the Nano
SCore. Mahajak configured four GPI
connections for both studios' audio
feeds to different transmission paths
for redundancy. In the event of a
main studio failure, the automation
will trigger the backup studio via
the GPI and feed the audio to both
transmission paths automatically.
The Studer OnAir 1500 console
offers ergonomic design, and is easy
to configure while offering world-class
sound quality.
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