Business
TVBEurope Jan/Feb issue now available
We explore the world of outside broadcasting, and explore the scanning work carried out on Oscar-nominated First Man
Outside broadcast
Production & Post
BBC News pilots first electric broadcast vehicles in sustainability drive
Vehicles are currently being trialled at BBC News by the newsgathering operations team for simple outside broadcasters in London
Technology
Tilt upgrades OB unit with Rascular router control
RouteMaster tech has been installed in the OB provider's UM003 truck
Production & Post
NEP Italy to acquire four new OB vans
Rome-based Top Tech Services will provide the equipment
Production & Post
Trickbox unveils 12-Camera HD/UHD 4K PPU flyaway
Solution is designed for small to large scale outside broadcast and studio productions
Production & Post
Timeline TV wins four-year Chelsea Flower Show contract
Will deliver outside broadcast, RF and post-production facilities for the BBC
Production & Post
Reckord completes first live 4K broadcast in Poland
Company employed 11 4K cameras
Production & Post
A new 4K OB truck for BT Sport
BT Sport has partnered with UK mobile broadcast service provider Arena Television for its ongoing 4K/UHD broadcast plans. Arena chose solutions from Grass Valley, including a
TVBEverywhere
AIMS members participate in first full IP remote live broadcast
Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has completed a trial remote production over IP
Technology
Case Study: RF hole-in-one for NEP’s Presidents Cup coverage
RF specialist ETL Systems provided the Australian systems integrator with the ability to easily switch between cameras and transmitters
Production & Post
TVC builds HD OB van for GDS TV
GDS has delivered a 24-camera high definition OB van to GDS TV in Georgia. The Lithuanian OB van specialist TVC was tasked with project design, coach building, construction and integration of a new OB van with expandable side panelling
Business
NEP Visions Bracknell headquarters burns
NEP Vision's facility outside London was destroyed by a large fire which started on Tuesday night. The facility housed a large store of NEP's OB equipment. No staff members were injured in the blaze.
Production & Post
Triofilm TV invests in EVS
Triofilm TV will be the first German customer to implement EVS’ XT3 live production server with its latest features, including 12 HD/SD live rec/play channels and 10GigE network capabilities
Production & Post
Ikegami delivers 8K OB truck
Ikegami has completed its work on the first 8K OB production vehicle, complete with 22.2 channel surround sound. The 8K OB vehicle was delivered to NHK in September
Production & Post
RAI relies on Riedel for Giro d’Italia race
Italian broadcaster RAI chose a decentralised fibre-based network from Riedel Communications to support real-time distribution of audio, video, and communications signals at the 98th Giro d'Italia cycling race
Production & Post
New Presteigne camera system to run Premier League touchlines
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has introduced a new, packaged RF camera system, the SC100. Aimed particularly at sports, the package includes a mount to fit a Steadicam rig, two-way low latency RF circuits, and the ability to colour match to outside broadcast cameras for transparent intercutting with OB units
Business
Peel acquires SIS shareholding in dock10
The Peel Group has acquired SIS Limited’s 50 per cent shareholding in dock10, the media services provider based at MediaCityUK
Production & Post
Euromedia takes Lawo tech on Le Tour
Having started on 4 July in the Netherlands, this year’s Tour de France cycling race, produced by Euromedia, is making use of a new Lawo-equipped OB truck.
Production & Post
Timeline delivers UHD 4K OB truck for BT Sport
Timeline TV has designed and created the first purpose-built Ultra HD (UHD) 4K outside broadcast unit in the Europe.
Business
NEP acquires Outside Broadcast and RecordLab
NEP Group has acquired Outside Broadcast NV and RecordLab TV and Media. This transaction brings the European provider of solutions for outside broadcast, studio production, ENG, news crews and post production into NEP’s worldwide network of brands.
Business
NEP acquires The Screen Scene Group
NEP Group has acquired The Screen Scene Group, in a transaction that will bring all four of The Screen Scene Group’s businesses into the NEP worldwide network.
Production & Post
DirectOut equips “largest OB trailer ever” for CTV
CTV, part of the Euro Media Group, has just taken delivery of what has been described by UK coachbuilders, A. Smith Gt. Bentley (ASGB) as “probably the largest outside broadcast trailer ever built.”
Analysis
AXON controls and monitors CTV’s OB3 and 11
Axon broadcast’s white paper is just one of hundreds available from NewBay Connect. Launched this year, the website is a digital resource centre for professionals within the broadcast, professional AV and audio markets offering white papers, analyst reports, case studies, briefings and tutorials to its members.
Production & Post
Miles more Van Damme for NEP Visions
VDC Trading has supplied NEP Visions with another 37 100m assemblies of Van Damme Star Quad Tour Grade broadcast cable.
Production & Post
Hitachi unveils broadcast 4K UHDTV camera system
Hitachi Kokusai Electric has developed the SK-UHD4000, a broadcast 4K Ultra HDTV camera system which can use the 2/3-inch B4 mount lenses used in conventional HD broadcast cameras.
Production & Post
Alston Elliot chooses Snell for OB
AE Graphics has selected the Snell 2RU Vega router to create a web-enabled workflow environment for sports production in its new OB trucks
Production & Post
Liga TV builds OB van with Riedel
Hungarian outside broadcast company Liga TV has equipped its newest HD OB van with a Riedel solution including the Artist digital matrix intercom, Acrobat digital wireless intercom, RiFace universal radio interface, and the MediorNet realtime media network.
Production & Post
CTV chooses Leader for OB truck
CTV Outside Broadcast has chosen eight Leader LV 7770 rasterising multi-SDI signal monitors for its new OB 11 truck.