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Blackmagic multi viewers serve French Open at Roland Garros

The Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) video production team is monitoring all of the action at this year’s French Open using eight MultiView 16s from Blackmagic Design. The purpose built 3.2m by 1.3m video wall provides a complete preview of all the action as it happens at Le Stade Roland Garros, Paris’ international tennis venue.

As part of a major video production upgrade for the venue, four of the hardware multi viewers will be used all year round in order to monitor 1080i50 signals across all 20 courts at Roland Garros, including smaller FFT tournaments and training analysis.

During major championships, such as the French Open Gram Slam tournament and Davis Cup meetings, the additional four MultiView 16s provide the FFT team with a full overview of every camera feed being produced by up to 40 international sports broadcasters on site, as well as outputs of video systems such as keyers and video walls.

“Blackmagic’s hardware multi viewers replace several full IP mosaics and SDI video quads that we previously used for monitoring,” said Christophe Chatain, head of AV at FFT. “As well as assisting in our overall upgrade of our in-house production capabilities from SD to HD, the multi viewers also allow us to be more flexible by taking video outputs straight from our SDI video routers to see whatever we need directly up on our screens.”

The FFT has also recently installed two Blackmagic Smart Videohub 40×40 routers as part of its upgrade of the venue’s audiovisual infrastructure. The first is used to distribute video feeds between the stadium’s multiple control rooms via optical fibre out to giant screens for spectators or to the venue’s IPTV network, while the other manages all of the incoming sources for the video wall in the master control room, routing the MultiView 16 inputs and outputs.

“The French Open is a major international tennis event, attracting sell out crowds and broadcasters from across the globe, so it goes without saying that our on court coverage has to be flawless, and the production team has to have its finger on the pulse as the drama unfolds,” added Chatain. “The installation of Blackmagic Design’s routing and monitoring equipment delivers a reliable and seamless video production workflow that enables us to provide broadcast standard video coverage of some of tennis’ most exciting matches, from the very best in the sport.”

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