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China’s Jilin TV Selects Snell
For HD Outside Broadcast Van
C

hina’s Jilin Television (JLTV)
has installed Kahuna SD/HD
multi-format production switchers
in a brand-new 16-channel HD OB
van and in a new electronic ﬁeld
production (EFP) system.
Supplied by systems integrator

Beijing Xingguang Sanitec Science
& Technology Co., the Kahuna
systems give JLTV reliable and
easily scalable solutions for the highquality production of live sports,
news, and entertainment events.
JLTV has complemented its new
Kahuna systems
with a Kudos
Plus TBS800
SD/HD/3Gbps
format converter.
“ A f t e r
evaluating
best-of-breed
s w i t c h e r
solutions, we
saw that the
Snell Kahuna
production
s w i t c h e r
best met our
re q u i re m e n t s
for reliability and
‘Reliability and performance’ from Snell Kahuna
performance,”

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said Yongqiang Wang, Vice Director
of the Engineering Department
at Sanitec. “Given Kahuna’s
smart feature set and attractive
price point, Snell also exceeded
competing vendors in providing an
economical solution that provided
the ﬂexibility and functionality this
operation demanded.”
Engineered to meet the
requirements of fast-paced live
production environments, Snell’s
Kahuna production switcher
combines a comprehensive and
versatile feature set with innovative
signal processing capability. Kahuna
offers simultaneous SD and HD
operation in the same mainframe
with a single control panel.
The switcher’s advanced
FormatFusion pixel-filtering
technology allows users to
incorporate SD inputs into HD
productions seamlessly, without
the need for external upconversion.

FOR-A Updates HVS-390HS Compact Switcher
F

OR-A has upgraded its compact
HVS-390HS video production
switcher.
First introduced as a 1 M/E to 2
M/E switcher, FOR-A has added a
‘MINI M/E’ – an extension of the aux
bus system that allows operators to
deploy any aux bus transition with
cuts, mixes, or wipes, and display a
keyer complete with DVE functions.
The MINI M/E is now offered as a
standard feature of the HVS-390HS,
and brings the power of a virtual 6
M/E switcher in a 2 M/E unit.
The MINI M/E feature of the HVS390HS can be useful in a variety of
applications.
For productions where distributing

an automatic second language feed
is desired, the switcher’s MINI M/E
can switch independent mixer
outputs, simultaneously displaying
second language graphics.
In house of worship productions,
operators using the HVS-390HS can
easily produce graphics or song
lyrics on side screens that vary from
the main screen visuals.
For studio applications, a
production team can display
different information on the
monitors viewed by the audience,
such as indicating that it is time
for applause or providing different
information, or perform simple
on-set monitor positions where

Integrated channel technology

ITA / GBR: Rome-based Seagull
Post, has recently upgraded its
Quantel Pablo 4K and Pablo PA to
two of the latest Pablo Rio systems.
The facility has worked on 3D ﬁlms,
television series and documentaries
a s w e l l a s c o m m e rc i a l s .
The first Rio will be based in
its main editing suite together
with a Neo grading panel.
The second system will
work as an assist station for
additional subtitling and effects.
This will free up its main suite to
concentrate on client-focused work,
speeding up the post process as well
as providing on-set facilities and
deliverables production

French-African
Channel Bouquet
USA:
GlobeCast
has
a d d e d 1 4 F re n c h - A f r i c a n
c h a n n e l s t o M y G l o b e T V,
the company’s broadbanddelivered consumer platform
for international broadcasters.
In partnership with international
television distributor Thema,
GlobeCast has launched ‘Le
Bouquet Africain’ in both
premium and basic packages.
MyGlobeTV is a consumer
television service available in the US
that brings international and genrebased audiovisual content directly to
subscribers via broadband.

Input Media Opts
For Project Parking
MINI M/E upgrade boosts FOR-A
HVS-390HS

transitions with cuts, mixes, wipes,
and graphics can contribute to the
production workflow.
All of these actions can be
controlled from an aux bus remote
panel or the main work surface.

world class
solutions
Award winning channel in a box

Seagull Soars
With Pablo Rio

All new enterprise level automation

GBR: Marquis Broadcast has
recently supplied Input Media with its
archive and restore solution, Project
Parking, for a data migration project.
The solution was installed at Input
Media’s centre in West London.
The company has used Project
Parking to migrate long-term content
onto its new Unity ISIS system.

For ﬂexible, reliable, scalable solutions and
exceptional customer support, take a closer
look at the outstanding range of automation,
channel in a box and content management
solutions from Pebble Beach Systems.

www.pebble.tv

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