HD broadcasting kicks off
in Germany with Quantel
February 10, 2010
Source: Quantel
WDR chooses Enterprise sQ
for HD flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' soccer
From the 13th February 2010, German broadcaster WDR in Cologne
will begin broadcasting major sports programming in HDTV,
spearheaded by the flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' German
premier league soccer coverage.
The whole production process, from ingest to playout, will
be handled in HD using Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based
production technology.
WDR has been producing 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' for the whole
ARD public broadcasting network in Germany since 2003 in SD
using Quantel Enterprise sQ technology. The success of the
system led WDR to look to Quantel to drive its new HDTV service.
A key requirement for WDR was that the well-liked production
workflow of the original SD Quantel system was not to be compromised
in any way in the upgrade to HD. As the system was converted
to HD throughout the course of the summer of 2009, production
of WDR's normal standard definition programming continued
uninterrupted.
In fact, WDR continues to supply other ARD broadcasters with
material from the sQ system in a variety of formats without
a hitch. Now running fully HD, the production workflow for
'Sportsschau Bundesliga' has proved every bit as agile and
fast as its SD predecessor.
"Enterprise sQ provides an ideal platform to take WDR
and everyone else into HD production," said Thomas Birner,
Quantel Director of Sales, Central Europe and Middle East.
"It is well proven in terms of its ability to grow and
adapt to future requirements - as the WDR installation shows
- and its ability to serve all formats gives broadcasters
complete flexibility in their operations."
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