In Broadcast - December 2017 - 12

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 12 | December 2017

Appointments
ChyronHego Names
Sports Venue Team
USA: ChyronHego has formed
a dedicated sports venue team
comprising
senior
industry
veterans from the company's
global product management,
systems design and integration,
sales, and marketing groups.
Brian Spiers and Randy Dickerson
will lead the sports venue team in
their new roles.
Both will hold the title of National
Director, Sports Venues and
Strategic Accounts.
Together, the pair has over 40
years of experience selling sports
graphics and live production
solutions.
The team will work to accelerate
delivery of new and disruptive
solutions, such as ChyronHego's
Click Effects PRIME,
that transform the
live
arena
and
stadium-based
A/V presentations
space.

IMT Vislink newsnet
Product Manager

USA:
xG
Technology
has
announced that Lowell Beckner has
joined its IMT Vislink operations as
Product Manager for the newsnet
solution.
His key focus will be to work
directly with clients to identify how
their workflows can benefit from
the implementation of the newsnet
high bandwidth, bi-directional
cellular news gathering enterprise
ecosystem.
Commenting,
Beckner
said:
"Being an early adopter of the
benefits of IP technology for ENG
operations, I am honoured to join
the team at IMT Vislink and am
excited to present the benefits
of the latest IP-based workflows
and communications to news
organisations all over the
country."
He will be responsible for key
customer relationships at all
levels as well as maintaining
internal relationships with
business units.

Globecast Completes
Live WEC Season

G

lobecast
has
completed a second
successful season of full
coverage of the FIA World
Endurance Championship
(WEC) from circuits around
the world.
It also provided coverage
of the world famous 24
Hours of Le Mans as well
as the six-race European
Le Mans Series and
Michelin Le Mans Cup
series.
Globecast was contracted by
consultant Natalie Fargier, CEO of
Best Sports, who in turn worked for
the organisers of the events, Le Mans
Endurance Management and ACO
(Automobile Club de l'Ouest).
Globecast supplied a range of
services including a live international

onsite to manage
the construction of
the mux for the VOD
feed.
Satellite capacity
was also arranged
and SNGs provided
- either Globecast's
or working with a
third-party
where
necessary - or at
some circuits using
fibre connectivity.
The VOD feed
FIA World Endurance Championship (Photo: FIAWEC/Adrenal Media.) contained additional
HD MPEG-4 feed of qualifying for the coverage and data about each race.
race and the race itself at each circuit,
This included pre-recorded driver
as well as an additional VOD feed for interviews plus coverage from onboard
second screen viewing.
cameras.
Globecast handled the complete
This was supplied to a VOD player
transmission coordination for each that fed the associated smartphone/
event, with a team member working tablet app.

Genelec's The Ones Chosen For ARET OB
I
taly's ARET has created the first OB
van in the world to feature the new
8331 point source monitors from 'The
Ones' series by Genelec.
Recently previewed at IBC in
Amsterdam, the trailer is a showcase
of high-end outside broadcast
technologies and integration.
At the heart of its
audio mixing area is a 5.1
surround sound system
including the 8331s described
by
ARET's
Vice President of Sales,
Alessandro Asti, as "the
perfect choice" for the
vehicle.
"The idea behind the

trailer is to demonstrate what is
possible when we focus only on the
highest-level technology and design,
working in UHD with incredible
sound to match," said Asti. "This OB
van reflects the ARET philosophy of
combining the best equipment with
expert, turnkey integration."

A leading systems integrator and
world-renowned provider of OB
vehicles for more than 40 years, ARET
has built the trailer as a template
for future vehicles serving top tier
broadcast requirements, from sport to
classical music.
Featuring
double
expanding
wings for a spacious
working environment and
innovative design features
such as a partial glass
interior to promote crosstruck collaboration, the
vehicle is based upon a nocompromise specification.
ARET OB features "highest
level technology and design."
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