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4K Fujinon Lenses Capture
Major Games
T

he Spanish Football league LFP
is the ﬁrst football league in the
world to produce matches in 4K on
a regular basis.
The "El Classico - FC Barcelona
vs. Real Madrid" was viewed by
close to half a billion viewers from
around the globe, who saw FC
Barcelona take the match by four
goals to three.
What most viewers did not know is
that the game was partially produced
with 4K technology several Sony
F-55 and Fujinon ZK-Series (Cabrio)
4K Cine Zoom Lenses.
The production of the match
was handled by Spanish based
company MediaPro.
Fujinon's 4K ZK-Series (Cabrio)
lenses use of the "three moving
zoom group" system, which
minimises aberration ﬂuctuation

Sony F-55 sporting a Fujinon ZK-Series (Cabrio) 4K Cine Zoom Lens

during zooming, controls image
distortion across the zoom
range while delivering edge-toedge sharpness to enable video
production at premium image quality.
These lenses can accommodate an
optional detachable drive unit for
electric motor zooming, focusing
and iris control.

The availability of the Zoom
Rate Demand and Focus Position
Demand controls means the lens
offers the operability equivalent
to conventional television camera
lenses used for shooting sports
events, movies, commercials,
dramas or live TV show productions.

Adtec Delivers For PGA Tour Entertainment
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G A TOUR Enter tainment
has turned to Adtec Digital,
based in Jacksonville, for more
live contribution content for its
distribution networks.
The challenge was to deliver
more quality live contribution back
to the PGA TOUR Entertainment
p ro d u c t i o n f a c i l i t y i n S t .
Augustine, Florida.
Adtec Digital provided a
contribution solution consisting
of ten live streams

P

Adtec's EN-91P 1080P AVC platform

encoded in 1080i AVC 4:2:2,
encrypted, multiplexed then
transmitted using one 36 MHz
transponder saturated with 32APSK
yielding 125 Mbs.
The solution consisted of Adtec's
EN-91P 1080P AVC platform, DTA3050 Mux and RD-70 IRDs.
For the PGA TOUR Entertainment
"Transmission Hub" application, the
EN-91P encodes and BISS encrypts
1080i AVC 4:2:2 at 12 Mbs per
service which is then multiplexed
in the DTA-3050 and, transmitted
using 32APSK delivering
125 Mbs in a 36
MHz transponder.
The DTA and EN91Ps can concurrently
deliver the transport streams
over Ethernet.

"We use the Hub to support various
projects," said David Dukes, PGA
Tour Entertainment's Senior Director
of Technical Operations.
"One of the main shows we support
is our weekly international telecast
of PGA TOUR events. We're also
using it to support various individual
international broadcast partners
working on site at our events."
Dukes said that the solution
enabled the delivery of a richer
a n d m o re c o m p re h e n s i v e
distribution package.
"The DTA is a proven, reliable, high
performance multiplexer ideally
suited for dense contribution
applications," said Kevin Ancelin,
SVP of Sales and Service for
Adtec Digital.

Gearhouse Puts
Sky Sports In Pole
GBR: Gearhouse Broadcast is
providing Sky Sports with a complete
flyaway production solution for
its 2014 Formula 1 coverage.
The four interconnecting pods of
the ﬂyaway will travel to all 19 races.
The MCR pod handles distribution,
routing and camera control.
The server pod provides
EVS, Avid and SAN storage.
A dedicated pod houses the 5.1
audio control room, while the fourth
handles all the storage requirements.
The pods include: EVS XT3s; a GV
Karrera HD; a Lawo MC 56; Riedel
comms; Panasonic 3100 cameras
and Fujinon lenses.

Mighty Small
Nano HDTX
USA: At NAB Cobham featured its
Nano HDTX wireless HD transmitter
and a new receiver platform.
Designed specifically for POV
and body-worn applications,
with Cobham COFDM and H.264
encoding technology at its core, the
transmitter provides excellent image
quality retention over the wireless link
and supports composite, SDI, HDSDI and HDMI video input formats.
Its small size and low power
consumption make Nano HDTX
ideal for UAV use.

Viz One Gains
FCP X Access
GBR: Vizrt's Viz One can now
handle Apple FCP X software
with Apple ProRes file formats.
The Viz One workﬂow includes
Apple ProRes ﬁle formats; ProRes
4444 (including alpha), ProRes
422 (HQ), ProRes 422, ProRes
422 (LT), and ProRes 422 (Proxy).
Adding media to a FCP X project
is now possible, while sending a
finished project back to Viz One
is a drag and drop via the Studio
web application.

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