Panasonic provide BBC equipment support

Panasonic Broadcast Europe were a major equipment supplier to the BBC at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
The Games started on July 24 and were broadcast to over 70 countries.
Panasonic supplied 45 widescreen cameras (AWE-800) to BBC Resources for unmanned camera positions providing close-up or aerial images of the action. These include the camera for Wirecam, which is fitted in a gyro-stabilised platform, suspended on wires high over the main athletics stadium, providing dramatic views of the opening and closing ceremonies.
Panasonic's AWE-800s was also used for unmanned close-up coverage of the pole vault and for the shooting at Bisley in specially created hides in front of the shooters. For the gymnastics, a Panasonic camera head was installed in a specially created rig that tracks the gymnasts as they tackle the vault.
The 800s are all provided with widescreen serial digital cards, fitted on pan and tilt heads, with fibre optic links to the base station, which in some installations such as Wirecam have a cable run in excess of 400 metres.
Panasonic has worked closely with the BBC Outside Broadcasts Special Facilities department and Camera Corps, a specialist camera systems provider which has jointly developed several customised systems for coverage at the Commonwealth Games.
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