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Rogers Sportsnet Hockey
Turns To Orad TD Control
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ogers Sportsnet, the exclusive
Canadian national broadcaster
of the NHL, is using Orad TD
Control to manage studio content
distribution for its new state-of-theart Hockey Central Studio.
The groundbreaking build-out
features a myriad of content

display surfaces including an LED
ﬂoor that shows game videos and
graphics, and a main stage with a
massive 3.3m x 11.6m ultra highresolution monitor.
The installation also includes an
interactive 'Puck Wall.' The futuristic
design features 30 puck-sized slots,
one for each
NHL team.
When
a
team's puck
is placed
in the slot,
it triggers
that team's
statistics
on a large
touchscreen
m o n i t o r.
Orad's TD
Control
A state-of-the-art studio for Sportsnet Hockey
simplifies
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the distribution of content to these
and the studio's other non-standard
display surfaces by reducing the
amount of resources required to
facilitate the complex graphics and
content workﬂows into one easyto-use solution.
Orad Professional Services
worked with Canadian Systems
Integrator Applied Electronics to
implement the project based on
the cutting-edge studio designs
done by Jack Morton PDG, giving
Rogers Sportsnet new and visually
interesting ways to broadcast the
game on its highly popular show,
Sportsnet Hockey Night in Canada.
The solution features Orad's
HDVG4 high-performance render
engine and Orad's live production
automation software TD Control
which integrates the system into
an easy-to-operate solution.

Avid MediaCentral Platform Supports Channel 9
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srael free-to-air broadcasters,
Channel 9, has become the
latest major television network to
embrace Avid Everywhere.
Also known as Israel Plus, Russianlanguage broadcaster Channel 9
selected the Avid MediaCentral
Platform to help connect with its
Russian-speaking viewers in Israel
and North America from its news
studio in Tel Aviv.
The MediaCentral Platform will
enable Channel 9 to streamline
and accelerate its news
production operations.
With proven and trusted solutions
from the Avid Artist Suite, Media
Suite, and Storage Suite running
on the platform, the new workﬂow
enables Channel 9 to easily share

content with its Israeli partner
stations, Channel 2 and Channel
10 - both already powered by
Avid workflows.
"By moving to Avid Everywhere,
we have been able to increase
our content production and
widen distribution of our news
programming. As a result we have
seen increased viewership," said
Alon Raif, Chief Operations and
Engineering Officer at Channel
9. "Our new Tel Aviv facility based
around the Avid MediaCentral
Platform enables us to expand our
footprint among Russian-speaking
audiences beyond our current
territories, bringing a wealth of new
revenue opportunities."
Channel 9's investment in the

Avid Artist, Media, and Storage
Suites of solutions comprises
the Avid Interplay | Production
Facility Package.
This includes Interplay |
Production asset management
system, Media Composer | Software
with the NewsCutter Option, ISIS
shared storage, Avid MediaCentral
| UX unified, web-based media
production solution, as well as the
iNEWS newsroom management
system and AirSpeed 5000
video servers.

GV Unveils
K-Frame S
CAN: The new Karrera K-Frame
S-series Video Production Center
switcher from Grass Valley
features a compact frame with
internal power supply, a controller
module with ImageStore and
multiviewer capability, plus a
triple mix/effects (M/E) module.
It offers a ﬂexible, cost-effective
solution with easy setup, streamlined
workﬂows and high-quality content
to support next-generation
formats and technologies.
Karrera K-Frame S-series is
designed to address production
needs from OBs to ﬁxed facilities.

Deutsche Welle
Calls On RTW TM
GER: Deutsche Welle has turned
to RTW's TouchMonitor line of
audio meters to help make its
programming compliant with the
EBU-R128 loudness mandate.
Deutsche Welle first took
delivery of the RTW TouchMonitor
units last September, employing
a combination of 65 TM3, TM7
and TM9 meters with various
configurations and feature sets.
The units are deployed in several
recording studios, editing suites
and workplaces in its Bonn and
Berlin facilities.

Synapse Delivers
Vision Re-launch
GBR: Synapse TV is supporting the
re-launch of Vision TV on Freeview.
The service will deliver a
number of UK and international
free-to-air channels streamed
to compatible Freeview HD
connected TVs and boxes.
Synapse TV utilises technology
from S&T and specialist third
parties to provide a cloud-based
managed service for content owners
and aggregators.

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