In Broadcast - September 2016 - 18


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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 9 | September 2016

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Calrec's Brio
Kicks Off Early
GBR: Calrec Audio's all-new Brio
made its broadcast debut a whole
week before its official launch.
Production company Video Europe
needed an early delivery of the
console for its live coverage of
the season-opening match of
the English Football League
Championship.
Video Europe had chosen the Brio
for an audio console upgrade on
its small footprint OB5, an eightcamera HD OB truck used in central
London production.

ScheduALL Rolled
In To Net Insight
SWE: Net Insight has announced
that ScheduALL's brand is now
incorporated into the company's
umbrella brand.
Acquired by Net Insight in
September
2015,
ScheduALL
products and solutions will now
be marketed under the Net Insight
banner.
ScheduALL brings strong expertise
in an area that is complementary
to Net Insight's core, strengthening
its position in the media service
and
workflow
orchestration
arenas.

Data-Driven Links
Key To Churn Fight
GBR: Pay-TV operators should use
insights gleaned from subscriber
data to pre-empt customer
defections.
According to a research-based
whitepaper from Paywizard, Seize
the Moments: Easy Exit, Welcome
Return, pay-TV customers are
demanding a better experience at
key 'decision moments'.
The
study,
conducted
in
partnership with research firm
Decipher, indicated that if payTV providers effectively manage
consumers in danger of leaving - or
those that have already left - the
relationships remain salvageable.

DiGiCo SD7 Audio On
Adele '25' Arena Tour
A

dele's much anticipated '25' arena
tour, prescribed a production with
values that aim for nothing less than
perfection - right across the board.
In audio world, that aim is aided by
the use of DiGiCo SD7 mixing consoles
at both the Front of House and monitor
positions.
The audio design for the show is
complex, with several points where
Adele moves from the A to the B stage,
with the audio following her from one
to the other.
"We also have complete arena
coverage from the B stage," said Dave.
"I don't know that anyone's ever done
that before. Normally, if a singer walks
out to the B stage, you'd be looking
at her there, but still hear her coming
from the A stage. That's not the case

for this show, we follow her around,
which has its own challenges."
The audio system was designed by
Front of House Engineer Dave Bracey
and Systems Engineer Ulf Oeckel.

VariCam Stars In Prime
Time Sky 1 Series
P

anasonic's VariCam range is centre
stage in the sixth series of British
comedy-drama Mount Pleasant, which
is currently airing on Sky 1.
Mark Devlin, Line Producer
for Mount Pleasant, said:
"Mount Pleasant is about
being sunny and bright...
We liked the look of the
Panasonic,
the
colours
seemed to zing and it was an
obvious choice really.
"It has been such an
easy, seamless change. We
haven't been surprised by
any costs sneaking up on us,
the codec is so efficient that

we've managed to switch from HD to
2K without any increase in the amount
of storage required."
The VariCam has dual native ISO

A DiGiCo SD7 at work on Adele's 25 tour

"Richard Young, the Production
Manager for the show, came up with
the initial idea and we worked out how
to do it," said Bracey.
settings of 800 and 5000 - the latter
allowing for clean shooting in very low
light.
DoP Andy Hollis said: "We had a
couple of night shoots that were in
quite sensitive areas, and so we didn't
want to put up big lighting rigs ... I set
the ISO to 3200 in the darker areas, it
saw all of the detail, it's a really good,
useful feature."
Tiger Aspect Productions
opted for the VariCam
35 (via Rental Company
24/7) following its strong
performance in test shoots.
The VariCam LT was used for
a number of in-car scenes that
required handheld shooting.
Mount Pleasant
is filmed on
VariCam in and
around Manchester
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