Gearhouse Broadcast Takes ATP Masters 1000 High Def

Broadcast Solutions company Gearhouse Broadcast will provide high definition systems integration at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, formerly ATP Masters Series for ATP Media.
Gearhouse Broadcast has delivered the technical broadcast solution to the ATP Masters Series for eight years. For the first time, in 2009, the entire 10 tournaments will be produced in high definition.
The solution delivered by Gearhouse Broadcast employs high definition flyaway's consisting of audio and video routing, distribution, communication, CCU and a monitor gallery.
The flyaway's are configured at Gearhouse Broadcast's UK headquarters prior to arriving on site and are then integrated with other key elements of the broadcast facility and are installed by the Company's specialist Project Engineers.
The main elements in the system are Sony HDC 1500, Sony HDC 3300 Super Motion cameras, Pro-Bel 288 x 512 HD/SDI router, Sony MVS 8400 vision mixers, Riedel communications systems and Harris glue. We are also supplying an EVS server system that is used for logging, archive ingest, editing and on air playouts.
Gearhouse Broadcast will be on the road with ATP Masters 1000, a series of nine tournaments, which starts March 9 in Indian Wells and journeys through Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris, and concludes with the ATP World Finals in London late November.
Kevin Moorhouse, Group Technical Director at Gearhouse Broadcast who has worked on the event for almost a decade explained: "Working with our client ATP Media, the key brief is to deliver a consistent technical and production facility at every venue.
The continuity of this service is imperative in making this a premier sporting event that is continually supported by world broadcasters."
Further information is available at: www.gearhousebroadcast.com.
(KMcA/BMcC)