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11/10/2017

Bexel Serves Up Hell's Kitchen

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Bexel has announced its involvement in two more seasons of Gordon Ramsey's television competition series, Hell's Kitchen.

For seasons 17 and 18 of the reality show, Bexel provided a full wireless communications infrastructure and technical production solution, as it has for all previous seasons of Hell's Kitchen.

Hell's Kitchen is based in a studio production facility, but has a broad scope within those studio walls. The set features two working kitchens, an on-show restaurant and dining room, interview areas, and living spaces for the contestants. In addition to the stage build, the show's technical crew is challenged with small, medium, and large off-site shoots, ranging from a one- or two-camera ENG shoot to a 10-camera flypack shoot with a full video village and live audience.

For seasons 17 and 18, Bexel deployed over a dozen diversity zones for wireless microphone coverage using the Bexel/ASG Managed Antenna System (MAS), a custom-engineered solution that allows for combining, filtration, and gain compensation. The MAS fed roughly 40 channels of Sennheiser and Lectrosonics wireless microphones, which enabled site-wide coverage. Supported by the Bexel/ASG MAS product line, the IFB system was powered by custom-built transmit amplifiers, combiners, and power dividers, which enabled multizone coverage for the venue.

To provide site-wide communications coverage for the technical crew of Hell's Kitchen, Bexel used a combination of the Clear-Com Free Speak II wireless intercom system and the Bexel/ASG RI1000 custom two-way radio interface. The Free Speak II system integrated with the Clear-Com Omega system, which incorporated over 180 ports, MADI connectivity, and a remote monitoring and control system to drive more than 40 Clear-Com V-Series panels.

In addition, Bexel enabled site-wide coverage for microwave cameras by deploying an RFX microwave camera system, in conjunction with the Fiberant RF-over-Fiber system. Bexel deployed the full technical package, including a 25-position master control room, hard-disc recording system, custom robotic control system, both robotic and ENG cameras, and a full MADI audio distribution system.

"Each new season of HELL'S KITCHEN presents unique challenges, and this year was no exception," said Rod Allen, Senior Project Manager at Bexel. "After supporting the show for 18 seasons and counting, we really value our close working relationship with the incredibly talented technical operations team. The requirements of the production and technical crews are always changing, and we remain agile to support them with necessary equipment and engineering labor, including redesigning wireless communications systems for the show's helicopter aerials, and scenes with contestants scuba-diving or jumping off buildings. We'll work with them to make it happen."

Image: On set with Hell's Kitchen.

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