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RT News Channel Equips
UK Facility With Sony
S

ony Professional has
announced it has worked
with broadcast and professional
solutions provider CVP to equip the
RT News Channel's new London
broadcast facility.
The Russian broadcaster invested
in four Sony HXC-100 SD/HD
system cameras, a MVS-6520
vision mixer, and three BRC-H900
robotic cameras, as well as further
peripheral equipment, all fitting
together as part of a full HD
news workflow.
Having previously broadcast all
English-language news coverage
from Moscow, with opt-outs in
Washington USA, RT made the
decision to begin producing its UK
news and current affairs content in
the UK, setting up a new facility in
Millbank Tower in Westminster.

As the first
24/7 Englishlanguage
news channel
to bring the
Russian view
on global news,
the company
worked with
CVP to select
equipment
with a proven
track record
in world class The Sony equipped RT News Channel facility in Westminster
broadcasting.
newsroom's computer system.
The new facility features two studio
Three BRC-H900 robotic cameras
spaces, which alternate between
also deliver high quality HD images
being used for live shooting and prewithin the studios.
recording. Sony's ﬂexible MVS-6520
As part of the RT News Channel's
vision mixer forms the backbone
global business expansion, it has
of the production environment.
also invested in a new studio in
The mixer integrated with the
New York City.

CROATEL Outfits OB Van With Grass Valley
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R O AT E L , a b r o a d c a s t
production and satellite
services company in Zagreb,
Croatia, has expanded its OB ﬂeet
to include a third van complete with
HD cameras, switchers, routers and
other live production solutions from
Grass Valley.
The HD OB 3 van will transmit
coverage of UEFA Champions
League, UEFA Europa Football
League, Croatian Football League,
athletics and other international
sports events.
At the centre of HD OB 3's
non-linear production workﬂow is
Grass Valley's 3 ME Karrera Video
Production Center switcher with
control panel and compact K-Frame
video processing engine.

The software-based Karrera
with K-Frame platform is built on
a modular approach, making it
easy for CROATEL to make future
updates to support the demands of
new applications.
CROATEL purchased five
additional Grass Valley LDK 8000
Elite cameras, making 20 camera
units available for the HD OB 3.
The vehicle is also equipped
with a Densite modular system
that includes six 3RU Densite 3
frames for signal processing and
distribution, a Kaleido- Modular-X
multiviewer, an NVISION 8140
HYBRID router with two NV920
controllers and additional compact
routing equipment, two HD/SD
master sync generators and a

o n d o n's G o l d c r e s t Po s t
continues the expansion of
its Academy Award and BAFTA
winning post-production services
with the addition of three new digital
intermediate (DI) theatrical grading
suites featuring DaVinci Resolve.
Goldcrest has already used its
theatrical grading suites for the DI
on 'Kingsman: The Secret Service',
'Inbetweeners 2', 'Breaking the Bank',
'Suite Francaise' and Stephen Frears'
Lance Armstrong biopic.
With access to the very latest in DI
creative technology and workﬂows
of DaVinci Resolve 11, Goldcrest's
Lexington Street picture post

department, which includes leading
colourists Adam Glasman, Rob
Pizzey and Lee Clappison, is now
the only facility in Soho to offer its
clients complete audio and picture
ﬁnishing services for major theatrical
releases all under the same roof.

Goldcrest Post facility
(Photo courtesy of Hannah Maule-Fﬁnch)

GBR: Gearhouse Broadcast
is upgrading its fleet of 115
EVS
machines
g l o b a l l y.
The upgrade includes migrating
to 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
and all of its 8-channel XT3
production servers will have
onboard low-res proxy recording.
XFile3 software will enable
archiving from EVS servers
to transportable hard drives.
Gearhouse is investing in
a 4K licenced XT3 and its
OB trucks will have C-Cast.
Also included in the upgrade
is EVS' multi-review system
and Epsio FX.

TTcomm Deploys
Harmonic Gear
USA/POL: TTcomm, a supplier
of teleport satellite services in
Central and Eastern Europe, has
selected an integrated video
processing solution from Harmonic
to support its satellite TV services.
The solution utilises Harmonic's
Electra universal encoder, integrated
with FLEX dual decoder module, to
provide MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC
encoding for up to four statistically
multiplexed SD and HD services
within a single chassis.

Cinegy Unveils
Air PRO V10
CROATEL HD OB 3
is utilising Grass Valley technology
including a Karrera Switcher

master sync changeover unit.
"We've been very happy with
the performance of Grass Valley's
solutions, so it was an easy
decision to select Grass Valley as
our technology partner for the new
van," said Tonko Barac, Managing
Director of CROATEL.

Goldcrest Post Expands With DaVinci Resolve
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Gearhouse In
EVS Upgrade

The DaVinci Resolve workﬂow
for Goldcrest's main DI suites
relies on multiple 4GPU Linux
DaVinci Resolves for editing and
grading, and also includes multiple
1 GPU Linux and Mac Resolves for
preparation and lab work.
Goldcrest's two main DI suites
feature a 10-metre throw with 6.5
metre screens including the latest
Barco DCI projector.
All DaVinci Resolve workstations
are connected to a half-Petabyte
San Media storage system insuring
playback and real-time grading for
multiple 4K streams.

NED: Cinegy will unveil version
10 of its automation and playout
solution Cinegy Air PRO at IBC2014.
"We have now built one Universal
Playout Engine that is now capable
of doing everything which our
news, playout and studio solutions
previously did separately," says Igor
Petrov Product Manager, Cinegy.
Cinegy Air PRO provides an
integrated software suite for
broadcast automation and live video
servers for SD, HD and 4K playout.

Compact LIVE+
Dejero Server
CAN: Dejero has launched an allnew version of its rack-mounted
Dejero LIVE+ Broadcast Server.
The 1RU LIVE+ Broadcast
Server supports two live feeds
simultaneously from different LIVE+
transmitters and outputs real-time
genlocked HD or SD video that
feeds into the playout workflow.
The LIVE+ Broadcast Server
includes
dual-redundant
power supplies and RAID hard
drives designed for increased
broadcast reliability.
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