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Telegenic Trial Axon
4K Systems In Brazil
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or over 30 years Telegenic
has embraced and developed
new technology to provide their
clients and audience with the most
exciting television experience,
ﬁrst with HD then the world's ﬁrst
purpose built Stereoscopic 3D
Outside Broadcast unit.
With the introduction of their
latest OB vehicle built by Sony
in Basingstoke, Telegenic are
again pushing the boundaries by
embracing 4K picture production.
Working with Sony to develop
U-HD the new unit T25 was sent to
Brazil in order to trial the process and
associated technology for acquiring
and delivering live 4K content.
The trials took place at the Estadio
Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, one of
six stadiums used for the FIFA
Confederations Cup Brazil 2013.
The matches are not planned for
screening to an external audience
as the main focus of the trials was
to test the process and associated
technology required for shooting
sport in U-HD, enabling Sony and
FIFA in partnership with Telegenic
to assess the practicality of
bringing 4K broadcasts to future
sporting events.
As was the case with the
introduction of 3D, Telegenic
approached their long standing
partner Axon Digital Design to
develop new interfaces necessary
for 4K production.
The successful capture of 4K
pictures requires up and down
converters to complement
Telegenic's existing range of
Axon interfaces.
As soon as Axon received the
specifications Axon developers
set to work creating hardware and
software for a quad HD converter.
The timeline was short but Axon
delivered in time for the initial tests.
Feedback showed some tweaking
was required and Axon quickly made
the necessary changes that allowed
Telegenic to successfully deploy,
test the system and feedback the
results to the development team.

Although there is still some work
needed before a full release is ready
the hardware and software are done.
It is situations like this that illustrate
Axon's dedication to innovation
and place Axon ﬁrmly at the heart
of broadcast.
Meanwhile, AXON Digital Design,
modular broadcast infrastructure
specialist, has further expanded the
number of modules in its modular
interfacing and conversion product
line Synapse which support Level B.
"As Axon supplies interfacing and
conversion equipment we are at
the heart of a facility," said Peter
Schut CTO and VP of Engineering.
"It is not more than logical that we
get questions from our customers
to facilitate the handling of
Level B signals."
Within the SMPTE 424 standard
(allowing for bit-rates of 2.970
Gb/s and 2.970/1.001 Gb/s over
a single-link coaxial cable) there
are two formats known as Level
A and Level B.
The Level A format is a full
format transport of a 1920 x 1080
progressive frame with the frame
rate of 50 or 60 Hz. The Level B
format is a multiplexing scheme
where two streams of 1920 x 1080
interlaced 50 / 60 Hz video are
transported over a 3Gb/s SDI link.
All Axon's 3Gb/s capable
Synapse modules ranging from
DA's to loudness control, keying
and up/down/cross conversion now
handle Level B.
Headquartered in The
Netherlands, and with offices
across the world, Axon develops,
manufactures and markets high
quality broadcast equipment for
the conversion, processing and
compliance recording of audio and
video signals.
Products integrate advanced
signal processing techniques,
innovative engineering and
modular ﬂexibility and provide high
quality, affordability and reliability
within mission-critical broadcast
applications.

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