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February 2005
Snowboarding at its Best in Sungwoo
Danish Election gets Digital Coverage
GMTV covers Ellen's Return
D-Cam Coverage of G7 Summit
On the Job Training for Links Engineers

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Snowboarding at its Best in Sungwoo
After the competition and her first victory in the 2004/2005 season, Manuela Laura Pesko commented: “My first run was superb. Everything was going. I was able to grab all of my tricks, just perfect. Winning today is so awesome!”
Korea is a long way to go to go with your snowboard, especially when there is perfectly good snow in Europe and the U.S.A. However, the few professional snowboarders who have ventured there prior to this World Cup have been treated like rock stars.

Sungwoo is regarded as the best snowboard resort in Korea, and following the cancellation of the Halfpipe event in Japan, the sport's governing body decided to stage both the Japanese and Korean rounds of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup at Hyundai Sungwoo Resort.

After failing in their bit to host the 2006 Winter Olympics, Korea is hungry for top-level snowboard action and has invested heavily in new facilities such as the 'Giant High Pipe', which is designed to meet IOC standards.
The slopes at Hyundai Sungwoo Resort were designed by the renowned "Ecosign Company of Canada" and are approved by the International Ski Federation for size and safety features. For the World Cup games, Hyundai Sungwoo has installed 15-meter High Pipe, which is a qualifying size for international games, at the Delta 2 Course for the first time in Korea. It is located at the nearest place in front of Hyundai Sungwoo Resort for quick access.

Gigawave's Korean agent, Wavecom, suppplied Korean State broadcaster, KBS, with a D-cam wireless camera system for live coverage of thge event.
Sungwoo Resort , South Korea - February 2005
Danish Election gets Digital Coverage
In previous elections Danish Broadcaster, TV2, had cabled cameras in all major rooms of the Parliament building. However using Gigawave diversity receivers they were able to cover rooms on all three floors of the building.
However, with less than a week before the elections, the two main political parties moved their election headquarters to locations close to the 'Christians-Borg' Parliament building. In the circumstances, TV2 decided to use four additional cameras to provide additional coverage from these locations. On Election night leading politicians were followed closely using two motorbikes and one car, each equipped with a digital transmitter. Using these facilities, reporters were able to interview politicians as they visited different parts of the city, prior to the results being announced.
Three separate ground receive sites were used to receive signals direct from the mobile units. A helicopter.carrying an aerial camera was also used to relay signals from the mobile news teams.

LINKTOOL, Denmark co-ordinated the planning and use of the equipment with UK company TWS supplying most of the D-Cam wireless camera systems. In total the following equipment was used:

  • 4 cameras covering 3 floors of the Christians-Borg Parliament Building
  • 2 cameras at the ‘Jazz Club’ HQ for the SocialDemocratik Party
  • 2 cameras at the ‘DGI-Byen’ HQ for the Conservative Party
  • 3 mobile cameras covering the comments of the party leaders as they moved around Copenhagen city
  • 1 helicopter camera and mobile relay unit
TV2 were not the only Danish broadcaster using Gigawave digital wireless camera systems. Broadcast RF supplied State broadcaster, Danmarks Radio, four D-Cam 'Clip-on' systems for live coverage in and around Parliament Square and the Tivoli Gardens. It waa also planned that a cameraman, complete with a D-Cam 'Clip-on' would follow would follow the Danish Prime Minister on a motorcycle as he left the DGI building in Copenhagen and travelled by car to Parliament Square.
This plan involved the use of four receive points along the planned route, two with diversity receivers. However, at the last minute, they decided on a different route, which meant that Danmarks Radio did not get exactly what they wanted Danmarks Radio did not get exactly what they wanted but were pleased with the images that they got from the D-Cam 'Clip-on' systems they used in Parliament Square and the Tivoli Gardens.
Copenhagen, Denmark - February 2005
GMTV covers Ellen's Return
A GMTV news crew followed Ellen MacArthur's progress as she sailed into Falmouth and manouvered her 75' trimaran, B&Q, alongside the Port Pendennis Marina at the end of her record breaking voyage.
Thousands of banner-waving people packed the area around the Maritime Museum where drummers and other performers created a party atmosphere under a huge screen showing MacArthur's return.

Rental specialist, Broadcast RF, provided GMTV with a specially adapted D-Cam 'Clip-on' wireless camera system, which was mounted together with a five watt PA and helix antenna on a 'Pit Lane Pole'. This gave GMTV the flexibility to provide live coverage as Ellen made her way back to Falmouth during the morning.
Falmouth, England - February 2005
D-Cam Coverage of G7 Summit
The G7 'Rich Nations Club' summit in London has ended with finance ministers agreeing to take a series of measures to reduce debt and boost development in the world's poorest countries. The event was covered live by ITN.
Despite hailing the success of the summit, Mr Brown failed to secure agreement on his proposal for a new International Finance Facility which would boost development aid by $50 billion (£26.7 billion) a year and completely write off the debts of poorer countries.

Broadcast RF, provided facilities company,Telegenic, with two D-Cam wireless camera sytems, both with diversity receivers, for interviews and live coverage of the activities outside 'Lancaster House'. An additional D-Cam was provided by Broadcast RF to cover delegates arriving and leaving the QEII Conference Center opposite the Houses of Parliament.
London, England - February 2005
On the Job Training for Links Engineers
Gigawave have just completed on-site training for a customer of their Morocan agent, StudioTech, who supplied Casablanca based SOREAD 2M with two Gigawave D-Cam 'Clip-on' systems at the end of last year.
The practical training took place whilst SOREAD 2M OB engineers were providing live coverage of local sporting events. On Day 1, the first team of engineers were covering a football match between home team 'Raja Club Athletic' and visitors 'Olympique Club de Khouribga' at the National Stadium. For this the SOREAD 2M links engineers chose to use QPSK modulation in order to cover the players as they came through the tunnel onto the pitch.
On Day 2 a second team of engineers were covering a basketball match and used both wireless camera systems. For one D-Cam 'Clip-on', they used QPSK modulation as it allowed the cameraman to go inside the teams' changing rooms. However, they chose 16QAM modulation for the D-Cam 'Clip-on' used to provide primary coverage of the game.

Whilst the two D-Cam 'Clip-on' systems have been in constant use since they were delivered, the on the job training helped SOREAD 2M engineers to better understand when and how to use the different compression/modulation settings that the D-Cam 'Clip-on' offers.

Gigawave Regional Sales Manager, Trevor Vizard, was acccompanied in Casablanca by Luc Staelens from StudioTech's Head Office in Brussels.
Casablanca, Morocco - February 2005

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