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| News Stories and Events May 2004 Archived News Stories 2004 Archived News Stories 2003 Archived News Stories 2002 |
Eurovision Winners Stage Music Festival During the music festival Channel 1+1 used the D-CAM for all live stand-ups. Each time the director used the D-Cam in a different position, so as to create the illusion that they had more than one camera on stage. The director was also able to mix images from D-CAM with triax cameras According to the technical director, Mr Gregory Zinchenko, the D-Cam is the, "best tool for live TV. We didn't have any technical problems during four very tough days our crew would like to thank all of the Gigawave team". In addition to A D-Cam wireless camera system, Channel 1+1 have an OB Truck equipped with a MTV-D digital transmitter, power amplifier, and antenna. |
| New Digital links for Sir Bu Na'air Race Each May around one hundred 60' traditional Arab dhows gather to race the 50nm from a small island in the Arabian Gulf called Sir Bu Na'air to Dubai. It is a magnificent sight as the crew manually raise the enormous 'Lateen Rig' sail and set course for Dubai.
Covering a sailing boat race of this size and distance is not without its problems. Primary coverage of the race involves the use of two helicopters and three chase boats. Pictures from these are linked by microwave link to the OB Truck, which follows the race aboard a 54 metre landing craft. Apart from the finish of the race, the entire programme is produced afloat and beamed back to Dubai TV using microwave links. Last year Dubai TV used Gigawave MTV-D digital transmitters with MVL-D receivers to relay images from three chase boats to the landing craft. Dubai TV also used tow digital links to relay the main programme feed from the landing craft back to the finish at Mina Seyahi This year the race was covered exclusively using Gigawave digital links. In addition to the digital links used in 2003 Dubai TV engineers equipped the two camera helicopters with digital down links and used digital 'Rebro' units to relay the main programme feeds via a mid-point relay helicopter. In addition to D-Cam and D-Cam 'Clip-on' wireless camera systems, Dubai TV also used one of the new, completely redesigned MVL-D 'point-to-point' links to provide live news coverage from Sir Bu Na'air to Mina Seyahi, prior to the race. |
| IFP Gets to Grips with 'World Cup' Rowing A D-Cam Wireless camera system, supplied by Volker Tenner of 'IFP Services', was used provide live coverage of a recent international rowing event in Munich. The D-Cam was, mounted on-board a specialist 'grip truck'.
Thanks to close co-operation between FISA, BearingPoint (the main sponsor), International Management Group (IMG), Trans World International (TWI), and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) international rowing has become a popular televised sport. International rowing events, such as the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup, are regularly broadcast by a number of European networks such as ARD/ZDF (Germany), FR3 (France), BBC (UK), and Eurosport. The D-Cam was chosen for its proven performance and for its ease of installation. On the grip truck, it was simply a case of docking the transmitter on the back of the camera - no cables and no fuss. At the receive site a fixed fan beam antenna and MVL-D receiver was all that was required. No tracking, no problems! |
| Danish Royal Wedding Coverage of this years Royal Wedding was a source of intense rivalry between state broadcaster, Danish Radio, and TV2, Denmark's commercial channel.
At the planning stage, TV2 realised that wireless cameras held the key to their success and contracted Danish facilities company, 'Linktool' to provide them with five Gigawave D-Cam and five D-Cam 'Clip-on' wireless camera systems. In view of the size and importance of this event, Linktool secured the assistance of UK wireless camera specialists, Total World Sports. In addition to technical support, TWS supplied Linktool with two D-cams, 4 D-Cam 'Clip-on' systems and additional receivers.
Later some of the cameras were relocated to the royal palace at Fredensborg for coverage of the evening gala dinner, fireworks and the departure of the royal couple on their honeymoon. |
| European Swimming Championships 2004 Last year when TVE decided to use two digital wireless cameras, in place of conventional Triax cameras, for the 10th FINA World Championships in Barcelona the Head of OB Operations put his reputation on the line.
The big advantage that digital wireless camera systems offer is that the poolside is kept free of triax cables whist still allowing cameraman and/or Steadicam operators to get close up shots of the competitors before, during, and after each race. As with the World Swimming Championships, TVE rented the Gigawave D-Cam wireless camera sytems from DORNA, a Spanish company responsible for the live coverage of MotoGP and other FIM World Championships. DORNA has extensive experience of Gigawave products and uses Gigawave digital links for its Pit-lane cameras Madrid, Spain - May 2004 |
| FIA GT - Digital On-board Camera Test At Hockenheim, Alfacam once again used Gigawave digital microwave links to transmit live on-board camera pictures direct to a central receive site. This eliminates the need for a helicopter or any other kind of mid-point relay.
This test, along with the recent test at Valencia, clearly demonstrates the potential cost savings of using of digital links to transmit images from on-board camera systems. Hockenheim, Germany - May 2004 |
| Sky News Opens Dublin Bureau Thanks to the popularity of the Sky News Channel in Ireland, Sky News have opened a news bureau in Dublin which provides Irish viewers with two thirty minute 'opt-outs' each day.
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Channel 1+1, was founded in September 1995 and broadcasts for about 100 hours of entertainment weekly. It is part of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. an organisation that unites media interests in Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine. 
