ATG Danmon Delivers 4K Multi-Camera System For UMG

ATG Danmon UK has delivered a multi-camera UHD flyaway system for Universal Music Group (UMG).

The 4K solution is the first of an international network of five-camera UHD flyaways for the worldwide music corporation.

The project was carried out at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. It focused on the design, configuration and testing of a complete 4K production system housed in flight cases which can be deployed rapidly anywhere across the globe.

A second project is now underway at the Abbey Road Studios in London and is scheduled for completion later this year.

Jonathan Hughes, Head of Systems Integration at ATG Danmon, said: "The flyaway includes five Sony PMW-F55 compact camcorders capturing 16 bit RAW 4K direct to solid-state memory cards. Grass Valley fibre optic links connect via SMPTE fibre from each camera to a power unit. The multichannel feed is then combined into single-mode fibre for easy connection to a production control gallery. One of the cameras mounts onto a Ross robotic pan and tilt head, the other four being configured for manual operation."

"The system is equipped to allow creation of 1080/24p a high definition proxy from each camera chain. The proxies will be used to make an edit decision list for post-shoot 4K conforming. Also included is audio processing for Dolby Atmos which is steadily being adopted by cinema owners around the world."


UMG's President of Operations & Advanced Media, Michael Frey, said: "While this initiative gives us industry-leading capabilities to shoot and live-produce staged events in 16-bit raw 4K, it also embraces every aspect of the broad spectrum available in today's market. Using integrated mobile technology, our artists can capture video and audio content whenever and wherever they choose, providing fans deeper and richer access to our artist's stories across the breath of digital, mobile and social platforms available around the world."
"We selected ATG Danmon, following a careful evaluation of the system integrators in the market, because they understood our vision. This business is about people and relationships and their team worked hard to forge an ongoing partnership with us, providing technical and operational focus that continues to be a critical factor in meeting the project's exacting deployment deadlines."
 
"This partnership will play a key role in enabling us to produce our industry leading content faster and cheaper while remaining technically ahead of the game. Striking the right balance between leading-edge technology and commercial practicality is critical, but for us 4K is just the beginning."

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(LM)