World Series
of Snooker
Live snooker OB uses the KM-H3000 production switcher
Specialist provider of broadcast "This job was originally booked as SDI," Steve continues, "The three Aux outputs
services, Editec, recently provided
explains Editec's Managing Director, are useful for switching ISOs to screens
live HD coverage at the new World
Steve Cotterill, "but just for interest, our or record machines. Having three keyers
Series of Snooker tournament for
clients, Eurosport, asked us to quote for is a very powerful feature too, great for
their client, Eurosport. Their OB
HD coverage. We were obviously very those graphics-intensive shows, while the
facility for the two-day broadcast
competitive and soon received the order for user-configurable CLEAN output is ideal for
included the JVC KM-H3000 digital
providing the OB facilities for this two-day making 'clean' of graphics recordings – a
production switcher, chosen for
live outside broadcast in HD. facility not often found on lower-cost mixers.
its reliability, great features and
"We chose the KM-H3000 switcher for the "Its composite output feeds our DVD
ease of use.
event, recommended and supplied by TNP recorder without needing expensive down
Broadcast, since it had a small footprint, converters – have you ever tried finding a
it operated in both SD and HD, and it was cheap way of deriving composite from HD?!"
a very good price for all its features. We
didn't even need the manual to install it.
We had a short notice requirement to have
the ability to instantly switch to CAM 1 plus
"Our truck spec caters for eight cameras, GFX (wide shot with constant score graphic
plus replays and graphics, and therefore on Snooker). Our vision-mixing director,
the twelve inputs offered by the KM-H3000 Martin Coates, was able to very quickly
is perfect. As it operates in SD or HD, we set up an e-mem on the KM-H3000
didn't have to remove and refit a different (mixer memory) to do this task – again
switcher when the truck was used on without the manual – that is why he gets
another job, which was a major time saving. the big bucks!
n
South Sudan:
A breath of life
Unique story from war-torn Sudan
Sky Sudan is the biggest country in Africa but
News,
one of the poorest and one of the most
the Australian
fractured. The story covered hospitals
news channel,
across southern Sudan where infant and
maternal mortality rates are some of the
used ProHD cameras
worst in the world. Malaria, meningitis
on a recent shoot, South
and cholera thrive, children die from
Sudan: A Breath of Life,
malnutrition, and only the most dedicated
covering some of the work of
aid workers are willing to risk their health
the humanitarian aid organisation,
and their safety to serve in the country
Medecins Sans Frontieres, in Sudan. for months at a time.
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