Grass Valley has revealed details of a collaboration with Studio Berlin, aiming to enhance the production company’s cinematic live production facilities.
Expanding the existing partnership between the companies, the upgrade features 12 Grass Valley LDX 135 UHD/HDR camera systems and 12 LDX 180 Super 35mm cinematic cameras, including two compact LDX C180 units.
The solutions are currently being integrated into the existing production infrastructure at the Berlin-Adlershof facility. The deployment also includes HPE-300 hybrid power supplies, supporting Layer 2/Layer 3 connectivity with SMPTE 2110, with optional JPEG XS support directly from the camera heads, said the company.
Providing OB and post production services for broadcasters, streaming platforms and production companies, Studio Berlin has worked with Grass Valley’s systems for decades, with maintaining continuity with its established LDX workflows a key factor influencing its decision. The new system enables teams to shift between broadcast and cinematic formats within a single environment. Cameras can be mixed on a single production, with shared XCUs, viewfinders, shading and accessories to ensure consistency of operation.
Matthias Alexandru, CTO of Studio Berlin, commented, “The combination of LDX 135 and LDX 180 systems gives us ultimate flexibility in upgrading to a cinematic live production environment without changing how our teams operate day to day. The connectivity flexibility of Grass Valley’s cameras to work in traditional XCU environments as well as our distributed studio campus camera network (DirectIP) or natively in SMPTE 2110, and the ability to switch between these in a matter of seconds without any additional hardware, makes these cameras an essential part of our production environment.” The deployment also includes HPE-300 hybrid power supplies, supporting Layer 2/Layer 3 connectivity with SMPTE 2110, with optional JPEG XS support directly from the camera heads.
“This investment supports how we plan to develop our production offering through enhanced cinematic storytelling,” added Nick Zimmermann, CEO of Studio Berlin. “It gives us the flexibility to take on a wider range of projects while building on a platform our teams already know and trust. That continuity is important for both efficiency and future growth.”
The systems were delivered in March, with Grass Valley channel partner Logic Media Solutions GmbH acting as sales and ASP partner on the project.
