Imagecraft Productions has developed a flypack production kit that can be shipped virtually anywhere and includes a video production switcher, router, multi-viewer and signal processor—all are capable of supporting a high-quality multi-camera HD production.
Just in time for the start of this recently past 2016-2017 season, Scotttrade Center, home to the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team, upgraded the video control room that supports the center-hung video score board with a full complement of broadcast production solutions from Grass Valley.
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) announced that Hong Kong’s largest broadcaster, Television Broadcasts (TVB), has invested in its flagship Kahuna multi-format live production switcher and IQ Modular infrastructure for its first UHD outside broadcast vehicle.
While there’s been a lot of talk about 4K production, the majority of it has been completed by mobile production trucks producing live sports and entertainment programs. Production studios, with their legacy of HD gear and infrastructure, have cautiously upgraded parts of their facilities to new cameras, switchers and other devices, but a wholesale migration from HD to 4K has been slow and strategically calculated.
SAM announces that the Moscow-based 24/7 Russian TV news channel Life has purchased its Kahuna 4800 production switcher with Maverik control surface.
Proving their systems are ready for UHD, Cinegy demonstrates complete production capabilities mixing IP, SDI and file-based video.
