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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 8 | August 2016

Appointments
BSI Appoints UK
Managing Director
GBR: BSI UK, the European
business of Broadcast Sports Inc.,
has appointed Tony Valentino to
the role of Managing Director, to
head the company's UK office and
equipment hire operations.
Valentino has been with BSI since
2011, in the role of Operations
Manager.
Valentino brings over 20 years'
experience of operating RF
cameras, having started working
with "F1 on-board cameras"
around 1989. He has been involved
in many of Europe's most iconic
and technically challenging
live events - top motorsports,
the Le Mans 24 Hour Race,
the Premier League football
series, several international
football tournaments
and the University
Boat Race.

Rietkerken Appointed
DekTec Director
NED: As part of DekTec's expansion
program for its growing range of
OEM and test and measurement
products, the company has
appointed Bernie Rietkerken to the
position of Director of Sales and
Marketing.
Rietkerken will be responsible
for overseeing and maintaining
DekTec's worldwide distributor
network, developing OEM sales,
and contributing to the company's
overall marketing and sales
strategy.
He will take over these duties for
Vice President of Sales Nilesh
Mandalia, who will now focus
on expanding the company's UK
branch.
Rietkerken was previously
with
SeaChange
International, where he
was responsible for sales
and account management
in Benelux, the Nordic
region, the Baltics, and
Ireland

Panasonic VariCam LT
For VI Rental Fleet

V

I Rental in Bristol, UK has taken
delivery of six VariCam LT
camcorders for use in natural history
and mainstream production, giving
them the largest fleet in the country.
Nick Hill, Hire Manager at VI Rental,
said: "We have been very impressed
with what we've seen of the VariCam
LT, not only does it offer outstanding
image quality that allows you to
achieve your 'vision', but the advanced
grading tools, in-camera dailies and
proxy recording capabilities are a true
revolution in streamlining workflow."
"VI Rental has been an excellent
partner for Panasonic VariCam," said
Nigel Wilkes, UK Group Manager for
Panasonic. "They held a large fleet

of the original HD VariCam in the
early 2000s and, as a result, played
a significant part in its success,
particularly in natural history.
"The company is now backing the
new generation of the VariCam and
has a strong belief that the camera can
add real value to both natural history
and drama production."
The VariCam LT is equipped with dual
native ISO settings of 800 and 5,000
and offers the ability to change the
mount from an EF mount (standard) to
a PL mount (optional), increasing the
range of usable lenses.
VI Rental operates across 25
branches throughout Europe and
South Africa.

Panasonic's VaricamLT camcorder

Sony Updates BVM-X300
4K OLED Monitor
S

ony is introducing the secondgeneration BVM-X300 OLED master
monitor, giving users more flexibility
and more features for HDR and 4K
production applications.
"This monitor has become the de

facto reference standard for 4K and
HDR grading in post-production suite,
and it is also making its way on set and
into mobile production," said Anthony
Kable, Senior Product Manager, Sony
Australia & New Zealand. "The new
updates enhance the
adaptability of Sony's
BVM-X300 to meet the
growing demands for
production requirements."
Available from October
2016,
the
second
generation monitor is
equipped with an updated
Version
2
firmware
including
additional
HDR EOTF and function

support, a new hardware with HDMI
input for easy connection to cameras
or Blu-ray players, and a second
3G/HD-SDI 4K input for system
integration.
The BVM-X300 V2 firmware update
also delivers new display functionality
for HDR production, including:
*	 Hybrid Log Gamma HDR EOTF
setting, which supports ITU-R BT.2100;
*	 New EOTF, S-Log 3 (Live HDR),
which supports easier camera control;
*	 New one-touch relative contrast
modes (1/2, 1/3 and 1/4), allowing
display of HDR images with higher
peak luminance; and
*	 Faster access to the status menu
page.
The revised price of generation
two BVM-X300 will be announced
separately.
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://info.panasonic.com/varicam-models.html http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/broadcast-products-professional-monitors-oled-monitors/bvm-x300/overview/ http://ibc16.mapyourshow.com/7_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?ExhID=5164 http://www.ihse.com http://www.ihse.com
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