PresteigneCharterprovidedthreemajorbroadcasters,BBC,NetworkSeven(Australia)and
TVNZ(NewZealand)withHDserversolutionsforthe2008OlympicGamesinBeijing.
PresteigneChartersuppliedthreeindividualHDserversystemsalltiedtotheHostBroadcastersloggingservice,givingclientsnotonlyinstant
accesstomaterialingestedontheirownsystems,butalsoaccesstotheHostBroadcasterEVSServer.Thisallowedproducerstobrowse
throughnearlyalltherecordmaterialfortheGamesandutilisethematerialgatheredineitherpostproductionpackagesorliveonair.
Shipping in excess of 130,000kg of equipment to China for the event, Presteigne Charter also supplied over 25 engineering staff looking
after the systems at the InternationalBroadcast Centre (IBC). Alongside these systems Presteigne Charter also provided facilities utilising
server technology for TVE Spain, NOS Netherlands and ORF Austria and NOS Netherlands.
For the BBC UK, Presteigne Charter provided a system that provided logging of recorded material from London and Beijing, a first for the
industry. The data was stored on two EVS SQL Data Base Managers in Beijing and the other in London with information shared between
both locations. The system utilised both high resolution (SDTI) and low resolution (Gigabyte) networks to ensure bandwidth stability.
TVNZ New Zealand were one of the first broadcasters to utilise the EVS system in 2006 for the Commonwealth Games. The TVNZ Beijing
system consisted of ten EVS XT [2] Ingest HDDR with maximum storage with two EVS XT [2] On Air HDDR and ten EVS IP Directors. Tied to
the system were two HD AVID Suites and three EVS X Store [2] HD Clean Edit Systems utilised by TVNZ’s news department. Archive
material was transferred to six EVS XFS [2] HD X File Units where X File drives each containing 17 hours of HD storage were used.
In the words of the CEO of EVS Belgium (Mr. Pierre L’Hoest), the Seven Network Australian HD Server was the most integrated system that
he had ever seen utilised. The Seven HD Server consisted of 22 EVS XT [2] Ingest HDDR with maximum storage, along with three EVS XLS
[2] and three EVS XT [2] On Air HDDR. The system was complemented by 24 EVS IP Directors utilised for both logging and browsing and
also six EVS IP Edit Suites and five AVID HD Edit Suites all tied to the high resolution (SDTI) and low resolution (Gigabyte) networks.
Sony’s newest XDCAM HD model, the PDW700 camera also featured in the company’s inventory of equipment that was sent to Beijing.
Manny Papas, global sales director, Australia, comments on the camera: “We used the PDW700 on the 2008 French Open and
Wimbledon Championshipswith great success. Presteigne Charter obtained the first pre-manufactured PDW-700 because of our Olympic
commitments, even though the official release date is not until November. So far it has performed well and we look forward to seeing it
perform just as well in future projects.”
After the closing ceremony completed work in Beijing, Presteigne Charter were commissioned to provide a complete high definitionset
up for the US Open. Being involved in so many of the major sporting events of the year, such as three of the Tennis Grand Slam
tournaments, the Open Championship, UEFA European Championships and the Olympics has provided the company with a fantastic
reputation for providing broadcast solutions for this type of project. Tim Rawlings, director of sales, systems division, reflects, “We are
forging links with many broadcasters around the world and are proud to supply total facilities to so many of them, thus ensuring
professional coverage of such prestigious events”.
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