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www.inbroadcast.com | CABSAT InShow Guide | 8 - 10 March 2016

Amplifying Your Content's
Production Value by Getting
You Closer to the Real Action
Visklink's mission is to ensure its customers capture and deliver compelling live video
content that gives them a competitive edge...

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rom electronic news gathering
and high-speed motorsports, to
airborne camera systems and mission
critical
surveillance
operations,
Vislink's customers operate closer to
the point of action, capturing more
detail, and delivering that content
more efficiently and effectively than
ever before.

The company's systems are used for
approximately 70% of all live outside
wireless broadcast video, across more
than 200,000 systems worldwide.
Vislink
delivers
advanced
communications
solutions
for:
wireless and on-board camera
systems; wireless camera control;
fixed site microwave Links (studio to

Case Study 1:
World's First Live
Wireless 4K Cameras
MotoGP introduces Vislink 4K
wireless camerabacks at Silverstone
for the Octo British Grand Prix...
The Challenge
The 2015 Octo British Grand Prix
at Silverstone was a landmark event
for MotoGP. With global TV coverage
reaching a record 400m viewers via
87 networks across 207 territories,
Dorna
Sports,
the
exclusive
commercial and television rights
holder for MotoGP, raised standards
even further by offering live coverage
of the event in Ultra-High Definition
(UHD) for the first time ever.
The Solution
Live action on the track at MotoGP
races is delivered from highperformance Vislink HDCU on-board
transmitter systems on each bike,
comprising of four High Definition
(HD) cameras per bike, plus telemetry
for processing into onscreen graphics
showing the bike's speed, position,
and other metrics. These systems
are designed specifically to be very
lightweight with low power
consumption, whilst being
able to withstand the harsh
challenges of operating at
over 200 mph.
Action in the pit lane is
traditionally transmitted in
HD, from broadcast cameras
fitted with Vislink's HD ClipOn transmitters to the Vislink
Modular Diversity Receive

transmitter, IP and hybrid); cellular
video transmitters; vehicle-mount and
man-portable SATCOM terminals; live
point-of-view and body worn camera
transmitters; encoders and decoders
(HEVC & H.264, UHD/4K), and airborne
downlinks.
With applications encompassing
some of the harshest environments,

Vislink's products are the solution of
choice when there is only one chance
to capture the vital moment. Put
simply, Vislink enables you to "be
there", with the best views in the
house.
Visit www.vislink.com to discover
more about how to deliver compelling
live content.

Case Study 2:
(MDR) system, feeding live video
streams to the production studio. For
the British Grand Prix at Silverstone,
these transmitters and the receiver
system were upgraded with Vislink's
new high-efficiency video coding
(HEVC) technology, providing the
world's first wireless UHD cameras.
The Result
With the pit lane camera links now
benefitting from the HEVC and 4K
ultra-high definition capabilities
of Vislink's latest encoders, Dorna
Sports is able to provide consumers
with an unparalleled live television
experience that is as close as possible
to being at the circuit.
"Dorna Sports is excited to continue
developing our Ultra-High Definition
offerings as more partners around
the world adopt this format," said
Manel Arroyo, Managing Director,
TV & Media Area, Dorna Sports.
"We have been working with our
technology partners involved in the
Championship to trial 4K during the
past couple of seasons. Silverstone
was a milestone event for motorsport
and for MotoGP in particular!"

Seeing Your Goals
in High Definition
Vislink collaborates with GoPro
and Timecode Systems to deliver
unique wireless goal post camera
system to NHL...
The Challenge
When it's unclear if the puck has
crossed the goal line, the National
Hockey League (NHL) uses instant
video replay to make key gameplay decisions. However, due to the
positioning of cameras at the top and
side of the net, and their possible
obstruction by players, this has not
always provided definitive proof.
To improve accuracy, the NHL has
positioned new cameras inside the
goal posts.
The Solution
An integrated solution developed
via a collaboration between Vislink,
GoPro, and Timecode Systems, was
chosen by the NHL.
High definition video captured
using GoPro HERO4 Black cameras, is
transmitted live by Vislink HEROCast
transmitters. HEROCast is the
smallest, lightest, and most energyefficient HD wireless transmitter on
the market, specifically developed
to deliver new and unique views
from live events. The addition of
highly accurate stadium timecode
embedded within the wireless video
feeds at source, enables this solution
to ensure synchronisation of the goal
cameras, along with the best viewing
angles for replay review. Signals

are then distributed to the house
video production area, to the outside
broadcast vehicles covering the event,
and to the NHL situation room in
Toronto.
The Result
Whenever a goal is scored or
contentious scoring play occurs, the
NHL uses its in-house instant replay
system to enable quick analysis of the
high definition video images delivered
from the GoPro cameras and
HEROCast transmitters. The solution
provides the NHL with absolute
accuracy when reviewing frame-byframe footage to make key game-play
decisions.
This collaboration builds upon
Vislink's successful partnership with
GoPro which was announced in 2015.
The combination of the GoPro HERO4
camera and the Vislink HEROCast
transmitter has quickly become
a game changer for delivery of
broadcast quality, live action, pointof-view video for professional sports
and entertainment events worldwide.
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