WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 34 - AUGUST 2014 I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S InSTUDIO Camera Corps Captures Isle Of Man TT O ver 25 cameras and solidstate recorders from Camera Corps captured the excitement of 2014 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle races. Working in close partnership with North One Television for ITV 4, Camera Corps provided a wide range of specialised equipment including forward and rear-facing motorcycle-mounted cameras, approach and recede kerb-cams and various high-level wideangle cameras around the course. Multiple HD on-board mini cams also provided driver's-eye views of Mark Higgins' record-breaking lap of the course in a Subaru WRX STi. "It is a tough assignment but one which you all carried off superbly. Thanks once again for your graft, creativity and team work - it's the key to the continued success of this project." says North One Television CEO Neil Duncanson. "The TT is one of the most challenging and exciting events in the annual sports calendar," adds Barry Parker, Commercial Manager of Camera Corps. "The races are run over a 37.5 mile Snaefell Mountain (L-R) Paul McNeil attaching a camera and recorder to one of the TT Superbikes; approach and recede kerb cams; plus a weather-protected recorder and monitor Course tvhrough winding mountain paths with tight bends, bumps and jumps, in a series of six motor-cycle races and two sidecar races. "The Camera Corps special cameras team also worked alongside North One Television and the TT organisers prior to this event to develop guidelines covering the attachment of cameras and recorders to the bikes. This included sending dummy units in advance to all the teams as well as making pre-event team visits, which are greatly appreciated and prevent any surprises on site especially when time is a premium. It also allows us to refresh the relationship with riders and teams. "The bikes get smaller with every passing year which encourages us to continue our own technical and operational innovation. With finite resources you have to be selective. We aim to cover the top ten riders in each race which vary in length from a single 37 mile lap for electric bikes to six laps for the Senior TT which was won this year by Michael Dunlop." The roadside cameras were positioned each morning within range of a mobile phone link to allow text-based switch-on and switch-off. A car was sent round behind each race to bring all the recorded files back to the onsite production hub where they were ingested for editing by the North One Television team. A 60-minute domestic programme was created each day for ITV and another for international channels. These were then distributed via a digital satellite uplink The ITV4 broadcast was at 9 pm on each night of the TT series, also available on ITV Player. 41 DMNG PRO DIGITAL MOBILE NEWS GATHERING THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED POCKET-SIZED 3G/4G-LTE VIDEO UPLINK SYSTEM www.aviwest.com VISIT US AT IBC ON BOOTH #2.A49http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Phillip&last=Izzard&search=Go https://twitter.com/inbroadcast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpzEatLsHdE&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.facebook.com/InBroadcast http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/inbroadcast/id468652679?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branded.inbroadcast&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5icmFuZGVkLmluYnJvYWRjYXN0Il0 http://WWW.INBROADCAST.COM http://www.cameracorps.co.uk/ http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=2349/loadSearch=2188274_19317 http://www.aviwest.com http://www.aviwest.com