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Sportcast Extends Bundesliga Football Coverage with
Two New Trucks from Grass Valley
May 28, 2009
Source: Thomson-Grass Valley
Sportcast GmbH has ordered two new OB vans
from Grass Valley. The wholly owned subsidiary of DFL, Deutsche
Fussball Liga GmbH, produces the basic programming of all
matches of Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga in Germany as well
as the DFB-Cup games of DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund).
The new compact OB vans will allow Sportcast to further extend
their productions.
The two OB vans are identical. Built on 12m Mercedes Benz
truck bases, the completed units will provide an excellent
working environment for production crews. Each will be equipped
with six Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite HD cameras plus an LDK
8300 HD Live Super SloMo camera. A 3 M/E Kayenne XL Video
Mixer package including the new Kayenne XL control panel –
just recently introduced to the market by Grass Valley –
provides the main production control, with another 2 M/E Kayenne
XL Panel to allow simultaneous secondary production control.
The truck’s infrastructure relies on a Grass Valley Trinix
router with the capacity for up to 256 inputs and outputs
and on Grass Valley GeckoFlex™ modular products. Other
equipment in the turnkey contract includes a Lawo audio console,
Riedel intercom and Fujinon lenses. The OB Van competence
center of Grass Valley in Weiterstadt, Germany is managing
the whole project from system design up to training.
“We want to provide high quality production coverage
which matches our premium coverage of Bundesliga,” said
Josef Nehl, Managing Director of Sportcast. “Of course
we are very familiar with Grass Valley equipment and systems
solutions from our daily business with our contractual partners.
Grass Valley came up with an innovative design with an excellent
use of space and a very competitive price. Finally, we were
certain that all would work perfectly based on Grass Valley’s
extensive systems integration experience.”
“This is another great example of the transition to HD,
meeting the expectations of audiences who demand this new
quality standard whenever they turn on their televisions,”
said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Grass Valley.
“With these new trucks Sportcast will be able to bring
the same crystal clear images and production values to every
game on a Bundesliga weekend schedule. We see this contract
as a benchmark for bringing uncompromised HD production into
the medium sized market, and in extending the scope of high
definition sport on television.”
The order for these two units was placed in March 2009, with
the requirement that both vehicles be available for the next
football season in the last quarter of the year.
Sportcast is responsible for television coverage of all matches
for DFL’s media partners, and as such is the biggest
originator of sports television in Germany.
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