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Wohler Expands
RadiantGrid Support

Sony Announces PMW-300
Semi-Shoulder Workhorse
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ony has announced its PMW30 0 XDCA M camcorder,
equipped with the 1/2-type Exmor
Full-HD 3CMOS sensors.
This semi-shoulder
camcorder can easily

be adapted to suit a wide range of
production environments.
“The PMW-300 incorporates all the
market leading features from our
XDCAM family in a semi-shoulder
HD422 50Mbps camcorder,” said Bill
Drummond, Strategic
Marketing Manager,
Sony Professional
Solutions, Sony
E u ro p e . “ F ro m
working closely with
our customers we know
there is strong demand for a
truly versatile semi-shoulder
camcorder that has been
designed to meet the needs
of the broadcast, production and
corporate event worlds.”
Sony has announced the
PMW-300 camcorder

An evolution of the PMW-EX3, the
PMW-300 is able to record 50Mbps
HD material in MPEG HD422.
Meeting broadcast standards
around the world, including the
EBU requirements on HD broadcast
acquisition for long form programme
making, the PMW-300’s high bit rate
ensures excellent capture of fast
moving objects, while its chroma
subsampling feature is perfect for
a wide range of video encoding
areas such as VFX and green screen
applications.
It can also be upgraded in the
future to support Sony’s XAVC
codec, extending the lifecycle of
the product to ensure maximum
return on investment.
Sony say XAVC support for HD
will be available in 2014.

Voss Presents On Red Bull Stratos Project
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t BroadcastAsia2013, Riedel
Communications’ Broadcast
System Engineer Jacqueline Voss
presented ‘The Red Bull Stratos
Case Study: World-Re cord
Technology for Broadcasting,
Transmission and Distribution’.
The presentation from Voss,
who was part of the Stratos
team, provided a comprehensive
overview of the technology that
helped to bring the record-breaking
supersonic skydive by daredevil
Felix Baumgartner live to an
international audience.
The Red Bull Stratos project
recently ear ned a Sports
Emmy Award in the category of
‘Outstanding New Approaches
Sports Event Coverage’.
During her presentation, Voss

discussed the complete production,
including the recording done in the
capsule that took Baumgartner to
the edge of space, as well as the
on-board video control system for
nine HD video cameras.
She explained how Riedel gear
supported a multiviewer with live
camera and monitoring signals
and examine the capsule’s radio
installation and signal distribution
infrastructure.
Voss outlined how the MediorNet
ﬁbre-based real-time network used
for the transport and routing of HD
video, audio, communications, and
data signals on the ground reduced
the time, cost, and work required
by the Red Bull Stratos team for
installation and maintenance
of the system.

USA: Wohler Technologies has
extended the availability of localised
support services for the RadiantGrid
product line in APAC markets.
Customers will benefit from
standard tier 1 and tier 2 support,
including multilingual telephone,
email, and remote update support
within their own time zones.
Wohler will offer APAC customers
an enhanced option of 24/7
monitoring of the RadiantGrid
Intelligent Media Transformation
Platform and dependent on-site
hardware and software.

OKNO-TV 24/7
Support Service
SIN: Systems integrator OKNO-TV
launched a support service for its
clients based within the APAC region.
The service highlights a
continued commitment to customer
satisfaction and ﬁrst-class support.
Standard Tier 1 and Tier 2 support
packages include multilingual
telephone, email and remote support
within the customer’s local time zone.
OKNO-TV can also offer an
enhanced option, which includes
24/7 monitoring of onsite systems.

Tedial Extends
APAC Reach

Riedel’s Jacqueline Voss with the
Sports Emmy Award

SIN: Tedial is extending its
client base to include broadcast
facilities in Broadcast Asia.
Tedial unveiled a number of key
components to its product portfolio
including cloud-based updates to
Tarsys, which gains multi-repository
and multi-site support enabling
enhanced solutions for activities
such as broadcast playout, and
extended BPM capabilities for
Ficus, its workflow manager.
These new elements will enable
Tedial to deliver a wider range
of solutions.

Hawkeye IQASI8O series to monitor/switch
ASI transport streams

• ASI TS Monitor with 2x2 near seamless switch
• Independent TS monitoring of two input streams
• Automatic switch operation configurable by user
• Ensures continuity in the event of input stream errors
The Hawkeye series is now available for use with Snell IQ modular
frames and is fully integrated into the Snell RollCall Control &
Monitoring system.

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