Sony Europe, “in order to cover different kinds of events such as live shows or sports broadcasts.” “One of the main issues was to find equipment we could start using in SDI and switch to ST 2110 in the future,” adds Grégory Vital, deputy CTO, head of control rooms and studios, France Télévisions. “Sony checked all the boxes and answered with the XVS-9000. This perfectly fits our needs.” “When we started the renewal of our OB van,” says Attia, “the vision mixers brought by Sony were the obvious choice. What was very important was to find different versions of the same product, to be able to adapt and fit our operational constraints.”
MOVING ON The UM1 is just the first of a new generation of OB trucks (right)
or their vision for the future of control rooms with things like IP,” continues Vital. “We work together a lot, starting from our needs to then finding solutions. And that is very important for us: the idea is to start from the need and go towards the product that works for us. Sony knows how to do that very well.” “Sony accompanied France Télévisions and BCE France [the French subsidiary of systems integrator Broadcasting Center Europe] on the technological and human aspects,” explains Paquet. “On the technology side, we had to take into account the evolution and needs of France Télévisions productions in order to build an architecture and solution. We helped in the training of the engineering and exploitation teams that are now using this tool and making productions daily.” “BCE’s expertise in production, operations, integration and IT, as well as the implementation of its own IP radio and television centre, enable major projects for the media industry to be carried out,” adds Philippe Mauduit, president of BCE France. “IP pioneer and expert, we support many companies in this technological transition. BCE is proud to have received the confidence of France Télévisions for this major project.” Find out more on pro.sony/liveproduction
OB UPGRADE UM1 will be supplemented by a smaller second truck, the UM2, followed by a third unit to operate as a mobile production control room in flight cases. “We are renewing a few trucks actually,” says Vindevoghel. “The UM1 is the first, but two others are coming. We hope to be able to interconnect the vans to each other. “We will be keeping the XVS series for the vision
SONY CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AND ANSWERED
WITH THE XVS-9000
mixers – and as for the cameras, we’re keeping Sony HDC-3500s for the upcoming UM2. The mobile controller will be able to host broadcast and non-broadcast cameras of all types.” “What’s great with Sony is that they have skilled people in every domain, whether it’s the equipment
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