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30/07/2014

SuperSport Installs Calrec Console

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SuperSport Outside Broadcast has installed a new Calrec Artemis digital audio console in its new OB truck, OB1HD.

The move comes as SuperSport upgrades its fleet from SD to HD to meet the growing demand for HD content. This installation marks the last truck in the fleet to migrate to HD.
"From our first installation in 2006, we have worked with Calrec and have standardized our South African fleet on it. Calrec consoles not only meet our technical requirements for reliability and fiber connectivity in a compact footprint, but also are easy for our operators to learn and use because the layout is similar from one desk to another," said Johan van Tonder, technical operations manager at SuperSport Outside Broadcast. "Fiber connectivity has given us greater versatility and has drastically cut down on rigging times, both of which save money. In terms of the ability to attract business, Calrec is well-known throughout the broadcast world, so the product speaks for itself."
SuperSport installed a 64-fader Artemis Beam console with four 32 x 32 analog and four 32 x 32 AES Hydra2 boxes in the scanner. Hydra2 is Calrec's scalable audio networking system. SuperSport also has three MADI interface units in the OB and carries four 24 x 8 analog Hydra2 boxes, which are used as stage boxes whenever extra I/O connectivity is required. The Artemis Beam console supplies ample I/O to handle SuperSport's unique requirement to broadcast in three different languages, which calls for sending a minimum of four program feeds from a venue.
The size of the desk has been especially beneficial for SuperSport because of the limited space inside the truck. The frame houses all the sophisticated functions needed for live sports television yet still fits within the confines of an OB truck. Fiber connectivity has also been especially useful because, as OB trucks get pushed farther away from fields of play, fiber is the only way to transmit the signals.
Reliability and support are also important factors in SuperSport's continuing relationship with Calrec.
OB1HD, which mainly covers sports content, rolled out in May. The unit's first assignment was to cover a Premier Soccer League match between SuperSport United and Polokwane City.

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