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EVS serves up content for E! Entertainment
Nov 10, 2008 10:22 AM
![The EVS XT[2] production servers support Avid’s DNxHD codec.](http://broadcastengineering.com/hdtv/EVS-XT%5B2%5D-200.jpg)
The EVS XT[2] production servers support Avid’s DNxHD codec. E! Entertainment has moved to a tapeless production environment in its studio, supported by four EVS HD servers. The servers will also be used for file-based transfer to an Avid nonlinear editor.
The project was originally designed for transferring content from the E! Entertainment studio to the company’s post-production area for editing (within an Avid Technology shared storage workflow) and to provide a path to HD for the studio. It since has increased to include the ability to share footage between multiple divisions, including two other studios and a Web-based division.
All EVS equipment, including the XT[2] production servers, support various broadcast codecs, including Avid’s DNxHD codec. This native support means that E! never has to render content for transfer to post production, and editors can start to work on the content the instant it is ingested in the XT[2], even while recording is still in process.
The current production environment is comprised of four six-channel SD XT[2] Spotboxes, two IPDirectors, two XFiles, and XTAccess for transfer to and from Avid. The setup will eventually be split between two studios — Studio A and Studio B — each with two XT[2]s, one XF[2] and one IPDirector each.
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By Kevin Hilton
SVG Europe Editor
The inaugural Stanford 20/20 for $20 million cricket tournament gets underway in Antigua, setting another landmark by being the first high-definition broadcast from the Caribbean. UK-based outside broadcast specialist NEP Visions has supplied a flyaway package for production company Century TV to provide similar facilities to those used by broadcasters like Sky.
Equipment began the journey to the West Indies at the end of last week. Among the 32 cameras are 19 Grass Valley LDK6000s, two HD slow-motion cameras and a range of other units, including handheld cameras.
Replays will handled by eight six-channel EVS XT-HD production servers, with highlights packages assembled on two Avid Adrenaline workstations that have 5TB of storage. Two Grass Valley Kayak production switchers are also being used, with one for the television broadcast and the other for the video screens on the grounds. HD transmission will be in 1080/50i but the audio remains in stereo. Analysis tools familiar to followers of cricket have been provided, including Hawkeye, stump mics and stump cams.
The Stanford 2020 for $20m will be shown live on Sky and the broadcaster has its own presentation studio at the ground. Coverage will also be distributed to SuperSport in South Africa and ESPN, which is distributing to Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
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| Channel One sees double with Euphonix |
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| Thursday, 02 October 2008 |
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Channel One, Russia's largest television network, has installed two Euphonix System 5-B digital audio mixing systems in its new state-of-the-art broadcast complex.
Located in the Ostankino Television Technical Centre in Moscow, the broadcast facility is comprised of two identical studios featuring matching 56 fader, 130-channel System 5-Bs in their fully redundant form with Euphonix Modular i/o racks. Each news studio shares a common main studio to accommodate a large number of outside sources feeding in from the various regions of the country as well as internationally.
Channel One is accepted as Russia's most popular television channel that reaches a remarkable 98.8% of Russia's population, covering four time zones with 65 hours of news programmes per week. Broadcasting since 1995, Channel One offers a diverse array of programming, including news, documentaries, talk shows, feature films, game shows, and sports.
"After much high-level research Channel One selected the Euphonix System-5B for the new complex because we feel it illustrates the technological sophistication of our facility," said Anton Philippov, director deputy of information services, Channel One. "We chose the System-5B because of its intuitive control surface, direct access to signal adjustment parameters and ease of operation. Moreover the 100% redundancy of the DSP and router system makes the console irreplaceable for Channel One's production needs."
The Euphonix System 5-B is specifically designed with the high-end broadcaster in mind, its DF66 DSP SuperCore offers a failsafe system that ensures seamless streaming audio in the event of a disruption. Lightweight and compact, the DF66 is the primary signal-processing engine and router for System 5 and is comprised of a system board and up to six plug-in DSP cards. From live broadcasts to TV production, Euphonix has a range of flexible and modular digital audio mixing solutions, from 32 to over 400 channels that can be tailored to exactly meet the needs of any broadcast facility.
"We are exceptionally proud to be selected as the main console supplier for Channel One, Russia's première television broadcaster, as it makes this historic leap from analogue to digital. Its Euphonix-equipped studios are state-of-the-art by any standard and have piqued the interest of other broadcasters throughout Russia and the surrounding area," said Chris Hollebone, director of operations, Euphonix Europe Ltd.
The new Channel One news facility opened in March 2008 and features advanced server technology with equipment from the world's leading television equipment manufacturers such as: Thomson, EVS, and Hewlett-Packard. Spearheading the transition of the renovated news facilities was Okno TV. A leader in systems integration and the biggest supplier in the professional television, film and broadcast equipment market in Russia, Okno TV was able to design a migration plan that digitalised the entire news production process and built a highly efficient, seamless digital workflow.
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Los Angeles, Ca., September 22, 2008
Playback Innovations today announced that it's new server control system was used to coordinate and playback all of the screen elements for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The control system, known as "Pi", was used to coordinate and playback all of the on-set elements in this very complex screen show for a worldwide audience.
Pi was able to orchestrate a 100% tapeless workflow from content creation to ultimate high-resolution playback. All of the content destined for the screens was created by Stimulated TV using a combination of Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Pro utilizing the Apple ProRes 422 codec. The resulting high definition ProRes 422 QuickTime movies were delivered directly to the EVS XT[2] playback servers.
Content was delivered to Playback Innovations by Stimulated TV before the show setup began, so that a majority of the real time on-site digitizing was eliminated, resulting in a significant time and labor savings to the production. Changes are a fact of life at these high profile broadcasts, and so to better accommodate the time critical nature of these changes, Playback Innovations established a networked "drop folder", which allowed the on-site artists to revise content as required and, by simply dropping the new material into a specified folder, move the new content directly to the EVS XT[2] playback server without any intervention required on the part of the playback operator. The Pi control system would automatically scan the EVS servers for newly arrived content, date stamping each new arrival for ease in identifying the latest versions.
Playback Innovations founder Jon Aroesty said, " The promise of an end to end Tapeless workflow has been in the air for quite some time. The problem has always been pulling together the various pieces from different vendors to achieve this goal. The Playback Innovations system provides an easy to deploy, simple to use system that will allow productions to finally realize the cost and efficiency benefits that are possible." |
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