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ALFACAM selects EVS HD servers for Major
Sport Events Broadcasts
October 15, 2007
Source: EVS
EVS instant tapeless technology
has been chosen by ALFACAM, the leading Belgian TV-facilities
and services provider, for HD production at various major
events such as Beijing Olympics 2008 and the A1 GP car races.
Based in Belgium, ALFACAM provides TV-facilities and services
to broadcasters and production houses. ALFACAM’s multi-camera
OB trucks are being deployed all over the world to make, amongst
others, HD recordings of large events in diverse areas: sports,
drama and shows, festivals, concerts, and political and cultural
happenings.
With this acquisition of more than 30 XT[2]® HD servers
and dedicated applications, ALFACAM leads the High Definition
deployment of outside production in Europe and some major
international events. The systems shall be used during the
A1 GP car races and the upcoming Beijing Olympics in 2008
where ALFACAM will be a major contributor for outside production.
Moreover, ALFACAM has embraced the full EVS tapeless production
suite by adding IP Director®, XFile[2]®, and MediaXchange®.
The deal represents an investment of more than 5.5 millions
Euro for ALFACAM. Half of the systems shall be delivered in
2007 and the remaining half by summer 2008.
“Thanks to our new full EVS setup based on XT[2] HD servers,
we’re able to cope with significant growth of the market
demand for HD sport production,” says Gabriel Fehervari,
CEO of Alfacam. “EVS is the obvious choice when it comes
to reliable and efficient technology for live and near-live
production of events. This system allows us to gain on productivity
and consequently improve the quality of our programmes.,”
Running on EVS 6-channel XT[2] servers, live feeds and multiple
cameras angles are made accessible instantly to the EVS Multicam
LSM application to enable ultra fast editing and highlight
production, including Live Slow Motion and Super Motion. Additionally,
the EVS IP Director Production Management Software is used
to ingest, log, manage, search, track, and edit content and
create clips and highlights, or browse, and ultimately play
to air any video or audio content instantly. Finally, the
XFile[2] storage platform combined with XFile software allows
for fast and seamless integration with Avid post production
based on the Avid DNxHD® codec.
“We are proud that ALFACAM has chosen EVS instant tapeless
technology,” says Henry Alexander, General Manager EMEA
of EVS. “The technology they are using has been proven
time and time again for the production of some of the world’s
most high-profile sports and non-sports events. EVS technology
will allow ALFACAM to produce high quality HD broadcasts using
state-of–the-art material ultimately for viewer pleasure
and experience.”
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