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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 12 | December 2015

InNews
Megahertz Enjoys
Successful Year
GBR: Megahertz is celebrating
a successful 12 months in truck
building with over 45 links vehicles
on order from leading broadcasters
in the UK and Ireland.
Megahertz has been overseeing
the design and production of all 45
vehicles, some of which are kitted
out for UHD, at its facility in Ely
since January 2015.
Megahertz has years of experience
in delivering cost effective,
imaginative designs and solutions
for fixed and mobile applications.

videoReferee
Canoe Worlds
GBR: During the Canoe Slalom
World Championships, which took
place in London at the Lee Valley
Olympic Course, World Canoe
Slalom Association ICF used the
videoReferee system to support
the judges during the tournament.
The 12 channel videoReferee video
judging system offered reliable
and safe decisions during the
tournament.
During the Olympic Games 2016 in
Brazil videoReferee will also be the
video judging tool for the Canoe
Slalom tournaments.

Zylight Ships
Newz Light
USA: Zylight's Newz compact oncamera light is now shipping.
Designed for broadcast news and
run-and-gun use, Newz features
barn doors and an articulated arm
for height and angle adjustment.
The Water resistant (IP54) Newz
produces a soft yet punchy light
with true colour reproduction
similar to the F8 LED Fresnels.
A fully dimmable white light with
variable colour temperatures
from tungsten (3200K) to daylight
(5600K), an integrated strobe
function adds versatility for DSLR
applications.

Tata Success With
Live OTT Feed
T

ata
Communications,
Official
Connectivity Provider to Formula
1, has completed another successful
proof of concept with Formula One
Management during the Singapore
Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.
The technology test delivered a live
trackside feed from the Singapore
track to Formula One Management's
Technical HQ in Biggin Hill, UK - with
no time lag between the live broadcast
and the footage viewed on the app.
The OTT service test demonstrated
how the Formula 1 fan experience
could be enriched through new

technology.
"It is very interesting to prove
that, with the latest equipment and
techniques, it is possible to achieve an
online delivery of additional content
with no delay relative to the main live
programme on the screen," said John
Morrison, Formula One Management's
CTO.
The live OTT video feed was delivered
using Tata Communications' global
fibre network and the company's
Media Ecosystem.
This converted the feed into
different bit-rates - while providing

Tata delivered a live OTT video feed

a consistently high quality, real-time
viewing experience - regardless of
internet bandwidth or device.
Unlike traditional OTT services
(which often result in a lag of around
25 seconds between a live event and
an online feed) Tata Communications
demonstrated its capability to deliver
an online feed with no delay.

BeckTV Hits Home Run
B

eckTV recently completed an HD home opener.
edge audio and visual entertainment
production control room for the
"When our new RoughRiders platform," said Chuck Greenberg,
City of Frisco's Dr Pepper Ballpark and ownership group purchased the RoughRiders Chairman and Managing
the Frisco RoughRiders, the Class AA franchise in August 2014, we Partner. "We turned to BeckTV for our
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) affiliate immediately set out to transform HD production control room project
of the Texas Rangers.
the in-game experience at Dr Pepper because of the company's impressive
The Texas ballpark is rated among Ballpark, highlighted by a cutting- experience and the passion that the
the best in the minor
BeckTV team shows for
leagues,
and
it
its work."
undertook the project
BeckTV was engaged
to complement a new
to supply and install a
85-foot by 33-foot
professional, high-end
Daktronics LED video
production
control
display.
room
that
would
With design firm
enable
delivery
of
WJHW consulting on
advanced graphics to
the project, BeckTV
the giant video wall
installed and took the
while
simultaneously
new facility online
producing the television
within the month
broadcast of the Frisco
preceding the Frisco
RoughRiders
baseball
RoughRiders' season Geoff Craig and Jake Dreyer in Dr Pepper Ballpark's production control room games.

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