NEP News

Sports TV Production March, 2006 Issue

 



Sports TV Production Magazine names NEP Visions HD2 “Truck of the Games.”

NEP Visions’s HD 2 was chosen by NBC Olympics as its production truck for the Opening Ceremonies, hockey and the day-part control room. HD2 was upgraded for the Olympics with a Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher and kicked-off NBC’s Torino coverage.

Launched in March 2004, HD2 is a double expando truck that can accommodate up to 11 people seated. HD2 also offers a variety of cameras and an integral VT area capable of up to 18 replay/record devices and edit facility.

In addition to NEP Visions’s HD2 as the Truck of the Games, NBC relied on a variety of OB truck and flypack providers for its coverage of the Torino Winter Olympics including:

NEP Visions: HD1
Event: Figure Skating
Complement includes: up to 24 Thomson LDK 6000 Worldcams, Grass Valley Kalypso HD (upgraded for NBC), Calrec Sigma mixer with 56 faders/62 channels and 8 stereo groups, 5.1 surround capable with Dolby E encode & decode and full 5.1 audio monitoring in sound & production areas and up to 4-channels of graphics. Combined with DTR1 videotape truck.

NEP Visions has one of Europe’s most extensive fleets of OB trucks and TV camera equipment providing the latest in technical standards including high definition, standard definition PAL and NTSC. Visions has a highly skilled core staff of Unit Managers, Vision/Audio Engineers, Cameramen and Cable Riggers and offers clients the choice of fully crewing events or supplying guarantee staff only. Together with a range of lightweight, fast assembly fly-pack kits, Visions can provide clients with continuity of facilities and crew at any televised event anywhere in the world.


OWNER: NEP Visions, London (www.visions-ob.com)
DESIGNER: Rob Newtown, Chief Engineer, NEP Visions
INTEGRATOR: NEP Visions
TRAILER BUILDER: Gerling & Associates, Sunbury, OH (www.gerlinggroup.com)
LENGTH: 54.8’ including the tractor, 45’ without
WIDTH: 8.5’ non-expanded. 15.4’ expanded
HEIGHT: 13.9’
WEIGHT: Approx. 70,000 lbs.
FIRST USE: May 2004 Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris

CAMERAS
* Up to 26 Thomson LDK 20P/200/100/23/06000

VIDEO SWITCHER
* Grass Valley Kalypso HD Production Center (upgraded from a Thomson XtenDD switcher for the Olympics)

GRAPHICS
* Aston Ethos or other as required

ROUTER
* Grass Valley Trinix (128 x 128 PAL, 128 x 128 SDI/HD-SKI, 128 x 128 audio with 32 x 32 AES)

PRODUCTION AREA MONITOR WALL
* 84 x Color 10” monitors
* 3 x Color 20” monitors
* Programmable LED monitor legends and tally lights

MIDDLE DESK
* 8 x Color 10” monitors
* 2 x ISO router panels, provision for slo-mo controllers
* 4 x Telex communications panels
* Provision for graphics keyboards

AUDIO
* Calrec 120 channel Q2-series console with 60 stereo inputs into 8 stereo groups, 10 VCA, 4 stereo & 4 mono main outputs, 8 mono & 2 stereo aux outputs and 32 multitrack sends and returns with monitoring.
* Dolby surround encoding
* 8 x Calrec stereo comp/limiters
* 4 x Compressor/limiters
* 1 x Denon Minidisc player/recorder
* 1 x CD
* 1 x Tascam DA 88
* Genelec 1031s
* 2 x Color 9” monitors with assignment
* 6 x 6” TFT monitors

COMMUNICATIONS
* RTS Telex Adam 96 x 96 digital matrix
* 5 x 32 Key panels
* 15 x 12 Key panels
* 2 x Dual digital TBU
* 3 x Dual digital 2-wire to 4-wire converters
* 6 x RTS PSUs
* 12 x RTS IFBs
* Panasonic KXT telephone exchange
* 8 DELs and 24 extensions
* 2 x CTP commentary systems
* 3 x Radio base stations

RECORD/REPLAY
* Up to 18 VTRs/VDRs of which eight can be multi-channel devices
* 32 x Color 10” preview monitors
* Edit area with switcher/audio mixer (optional)

 

 

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