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Bexel Pumps $13M
Into Gear Inventory
USA: Bexel has made a $13
million investment in broadcast
production
equipment.
The investment supports
Bexel's continuing expansion
into the major global
sporting
event
s e c t o r.
Over 50 new camera systems
were purchased: 30 Grass Valley
LDX 80 Compact cameras and
20 Sony HDC-2400 cameras.
Bexel bought 50 supporting
lenses, ranging from wide-angle
lenses to Canon XJ95x and Fujinon
X A 9 9 x 8 . 4 s u p e r- t e l e p h o t o s .
Bexel bought two Evertz EQX
routing systems. Two 5M/E Grass
Valley Kayenne video production
centres were also acquired.
The spend included a
$5 million purchase of 25
EVS XT3 video servers.
Bexel CTO Tom Dickinson said:
"This was the largest World Cup effort
that Bexel has ever undertaken, as
we provided complete turnkey
facilities with on-site technical
support to two major broadcasters."
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Cobham Sails Through
Live Dhow Race Feeds
C

obham wireless
systems
were
used for live television
cove rage of the A bu
Dhabi Yacht Club (ADYC)
Ghanada Dhow Sailing
Championship.
Cobham, in conjunction
with
Dubai-based
technology solution
provider GloCom SNG,
installed transmitters
on two chase boats and
a helicopter, a receive
and transmit ship, plus
onshore receive systems
at the ADYC headquarters
and Nation Towers - two
Cobham's PRORXB at Abu Dhabi event
skyscrapers near the
southern tip of Abu Dhabi.
T h e re c e i v e p o i n t s w e re
Cobham's Broadcast Sales
equipped with Cobham highManager JP Delport said that
gain PRORXB receive antennas.
A ship was used as a midonboard video from the chase
boats was transmitted to the
point with receive and transmit
ADYC and Nations Towers using
capabilities, plus two fixed10W SOLO 4 H.264 ENG TX.
camera positions.

CTV OB Duo Deploy
Cerebrum Technology
GBR: CTV's OB11 vehicle
i s e q u i p p e d w i t h A X O N 's
monitoring and control software
Cerebrum and its signal
processing equipment Synapse.
The truck, commissioned
to work on CTV's recently
renewed cricket contract with
Sky Sports, has been futureproofed to be 4K-capable.
It supports 28 cameras and
can accommodate 34 production
staff. The unit is 3Gb/s throughout
which is supported by AXON's
signal processing equipment.
The control and monitoring of
the Sony production switcher,
Image Communications router,
Calrec audio console, RTS/
Telex intercom and the Synapse
modules is viaCerebrum.
OB3 used for 'Match of
the Day' has also been
equipped with Cerebrum.
CTV Technical Director Hamish
Greig said that Cerebrum provided
"a fully functional and versatile
ground up control system".

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