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Eyeheight completes large 'playout' order
for Al Jazeera
March 10, 2010
Source: Eyeheight
Eyeheight has completed a major
order for Al Jazeera Sport in Doha, centred on 11 systems
from the 'playout' range of modular presentation control equipment.
The new installation forms part of a server-based ingest,
post-production and transmission facility completed in just
four months by Dubai-based Qvest Media in partnership with
its German sister company Wellen+Noethen.
The HD-SDI playout systems installed at Al Jazeera Sport include
Eyeheight's MW-3EM A/B mixer which provides the ability to
perform mix, wipe and cut transitions as well as U and V fades.
The MW-3EM also has a preview output. A DK-3M linear downstream
keyer handles background, key and fill inputs and supports
normal keying, additive (pre-multiplied) keying, self-key
and self-coloured keying.
Also incorporated is an AP-10 manual intervention panel which
enables engineering staff to choose the level of intervention
they require for specific channels. Each of the 11 playout
switchers is fitted with an AM-2E audio mixer which allows
two digital audio sources to be mixed with embedded audio.
The AM-2E is designed primarily for voiceover insertion into
an SDI stream. All 11 playouts have an FP-10 module which
provides overall system control.
Al Jazeera's engineering management team chose the system,
which includes DVS and Avid servers handling both HD and SD,
after seeing a similar implementation by Wellen+Noethen being
used for live broadcast coverage of EUFA EURO 2008. Qvest
Media has contracted to provide permanent post-installation
support. Technical details were negotiated during and after
CABSAT 2009 with Eyeheight's exclusive German reseller, Logic
Media Solutions, based in Bickenbach.
Since its launch in November 2003, Al Jazeera Sport has become
the most popular sports broadcaster in the Middle East. The
network consists of AJS channels 1 to 10 plus AJS HD1, AJS
HD2, AJS Global, AJS News and AJS Clubs.
Al Jazeera Sports covers a wide range of major events including
the UEFA European Football Championship, Summer Olympics and
Winter Olympics. It also owns exclusive Middle East broadcasting
rights to major football leagues such as the Spanish La Liga
and Italian Serie A. See http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/
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