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Amazon Studios To Shoot In 4K
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mazon Studios, the original
ﬁlm and TV production arm
of Amazon.com, plans to shoot all
2014 full original series, including
comedies and dramas, in 4K
Ultra HD.
Amazon Studios said that 4K
means customers can enjoy their
favourite movies and TV shows
with unprecedented picture clarity
- details are sharper with smoother
lines so that even up - close images
seem clearer and more realistic.
"As a premium original content
creator, we're excited about 4K and
the future of Ultra HD technology,
particularly as we move into drama
series next year," said Roy Price,
Director of Amazon Studios. "All of

the pilots and series we produce
next year will be shot in 4K. That
includes our ﬁrst ever drama series
that we will greenlight next year -
we think customers are going to
love watching these series in the
highest resolution ever available
to consumers and we can't wait
to deliver it."
Amazon Studios announced
earlier this year that it will debut
ﬁve new comedy and drama pilots
in 2014. Customers will be invited
to watch, provide feedback and
help determine which of the pilots
should be produced as series to air
exclusively on Prime Instant Video
and Amazon's LOVEFiLM in the UK.
The shows that are then selected

Director of Amazon Studios Roy Price

to move into full series, along with
additional pilots ﬁlmed in 2014, will
all be filmed in 4K.

Gearhouse Broadcast To Demo OBLite HD Trailer
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earhouse Broadcast will be
showing its much-talked about
fully-equipped, live production HD
OB trailer at BVE in ExCeL London.
OBLite is an affordable trailer
designed and built by Gearhouse's
in-house systems integration
division which provides a
compact but ﬂexible footprint that
can accommodate a complex
production workflow.
OBLite, which was launched at
IBC2013, features eight Hitachi
camera channels and can easily
house a seven to eight person
production and operation crew. It is
easy to up or down spec as required
and offers low power consumption,
ergonomic design and features
a production gallery, audio
workstations and an engineering
control area.
Its end-to-end live HD production
workﬂow operates eight Hitachi
camera channels (seven SKHD1200 portable-type production
cameras and one SK-HD1500 6G
Super Slow-Motion camera); a

a great opportunity for us
to show the local market
what its capabilities
are and discuss the
improvements we've
since made to it.
"The trailer offers the full
range of OB functionality
and is ideally suited to
covering everything
from IPTV and live web
streaming productions
to red carpet events,
The OBLite trailer offers a compact yet ﬂexible
festivals and smaller
footprint for complex production
six-to-ten-camera live
Ross Carbonite vision mixer; and
sports broadcast projects where
the recently launched Lawo V__
using a full-size OB truck would
link4 video-over-IP solution; Harris
prove cost-prohibitive."
Platinum router and Glue; Harris
Hitachi, with whom Gearhouse
test and measurement systems;
Broadcast has an exclusive
a Studer Vista audio mixer; and a
partnership, will also have a
Harris Inscriber CG system; along
presence on the BVE stand and will
with full talkback capabilities.
be on hand to discuss their range of
Eamonn Dowdall, Business
cameras which have most recently
Development Director of Gearhouse
been used for the recording of 'Deal
Broadcast, said: "We've had a lot
or No Deal', 'I'm a Celebrity... Get
of interest in OBLite since it was
Me Out of Here!' and at the 'ATP
unveiled last September, so BVE is
World Tour Finals' tennis.

Orad's Morpho
4K Video Wall
ISR: Orad has released its Morpho
4K real-time video wall solution.
Using Orad's canvas concept,
Morpho 4K outputs can be arranged
in different aspect ratios and layouts.
The resolution can range from
3840x1080 in the 2x1 setup,
to 3840x2160 in the 2x2 setup,
and 7680x1080 in the 4x1
setup, all from a single station.
Morpho 4K can accept four HD
or four SD live video insertions and
offers real-time graphics and video
capabilities.

SAVI Opts
For Nevion
USA: Specialised Audio Visual Inc.
(SAVI) has chosen Nevion Flashlink
and VikinX solutions to provide
HD video transport, routing and
switching for the newly renovated
PH Live theatre, in Las Vegas.
The venue, the largest of its
kind in the US, was recently
renovated for Britney Spears' new
residency 'Britney: Piece of Me.'
The Nevion solution enables PH
Live's video network to transport
more than 100 HD video feeds to
multiple locations.

Panasonic 24P
Firmware Upgrade
USA: Panasonic has announced
a ﬁrmware upgrade for the AKHC3800 studio camera system that
will provide 24P format support.
The capability will enhance
the camera's suitability for
shooting episodic broadcast
video,
say
Panasonic.
The firmware will expand the
capabilities of the camera system
to include these international
formats: 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i,
1 0 8 0 / 2 9 . 9 7 P,
1 0 8 0 / 2 5 P,
1080/23.98P, 720/59.94P, 720/50P,
480/59.94i, 576/50i.

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