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

InNews
SAM Pushes
'Red Button'
GBR: Research commissioned by
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has
revealed that as many as 35 million
UK adults plan to tune into the
action from Rio De Janeiro.
Despite BBC Director General Lord
Hall stating that the corporation
is "exploring a phased exit" to
its 'Red Button' service, SAM's
research has shown that nearly
half (49%) of those planning to
watch the Games said they will
probably or definitely use the
red button service to watch the
Olympics.

Gearhouse Broadcast
Kits Out SABC Rio
GBR: Gearhouse Broadcast has
been selected by the South African
Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
to deliver technical facilities and
support at its temporary base
this summer at the international
broadcast centre (IBC) in Rio de
Janeiro.
The public service broadcaster
required the setting up of three
temporary post-production areas;
technical, EVS and edit, and
newsgathering, to process and QC
content before it's sent back to
Johannesburg, SA for broadcast.

Haivision Boosts
HEVC Video Encoder
CAN: Haivision claims that the
latest enhancement to the Makito
X encoder delivers the highest
quality live video securely over the
most constrained network links
using HEVC/H.265 video encoding.
The Makito X HEVC video encoder
offers dual-channel HEVC encoding
and increased quality and
efficiency of IP video streaming.
The Makito X HEVC video encoder
is designed for low latency video
backhaul
and
transmission
applications where the use of
network bandwidth needs to be
optimised.

Sky Deutschland Deploys
Ncam Technology
S

ky Deutschland will be using
Ncam's unique real-time camera
tracking technology to generate
augmented reality graphics in
support of its live coverage of
the German Bundesliga football
championship for a second time this
coming season.
Sky recently announced that it has
signed a new four-year extension
to its Bundesliga rights package,
starting with the 2017/2018
season. The agreement will see Sky
broadcast 572 live matches per year
from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga
2, once again relying on Ncam's
augmented reality solution to
generate powerful studio and pitchSky Deutschland utilise Ncam technology
side graphics.
for the Bundesliga

Antelope Delivers
Ultra Slo-Mo Goal
A

t the 2016 EURO in France,
Antelope Camera Systems' POV
ultra-slow motion camera "PICO"
supplied stunning in-goal action during
the quarter and semi-finals
and the final.
TV Skyline from Mainz,
Germany installed and
operated all Antelope PICOs
using their specialised ingoal mounts to conform
with UEFA standards.
The Antelope PICO POVstyle ultra-slow motion
camera records up to 350
frames per second with a
simultaneous live feed in
true HD1080. The German-

The broadcaster faced the major
challenge of having to generate
coverage from pitch level instead
of working with a dedicated
Bundesliga studio. "This way of
working limits the introduction of
new technologies, of course," said
Alessandro Reitano, VP Sports
Production at Sky Deutschland.
"However, Sky Deutschland was
able to fix the Ncam device onto the
Steadicam camera stabiliser mount,
to bring our Bundesliga coverage to
the next level."
Last season the Sky Sports and Sky
Sports News production department
of the German media company was
solely responsible for providing the
coverage of 612 Bundesliga matches
and used Ncam's camera tracking
technology to bring a 'wow' factor
to their audience.

replays. A special wide-angle lens was
mounted to display the whole goal
area to make sure not to miss any
action.
The PICO is part of the Antelope
Camera family which features various
manufactured
camera
features systems from small robotics to
intuitive RCP and OCP controllers. wireless RF ultra-slow motion cameras.
COLIBRI
de-flickering
technology
A 4K version of the PICO is in
eliminates flicker during live and development as well as a new robotic
solution which will give
operators the freedom to
fly in multiple axis.
"It's always been our
mission to supply new
solutions for our clients
and to stay ahead of the
pack," says Gert Kappes,
CEO of Antelope Camera
Systems.
Next stop for the
Antelope will be the big
sporting event taking place
Antelope's PICO in goal camera in Brazil.
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