HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Central Church in Ewing, NJ hosts in- person and online services and uses Sony’s camera and lens options for video and social media initiatives. It hosts three Sunday services, drawing around 600 attendees in person and approximately 200 online. Its contemporary services, which include announcements, worship and sermons, are livestreamed at 9.30am each week. It does so with a five- person video team: a director and four camera operators using a mix of Sony FS5 and Sony FX30 cameras with 24-105mm G, 70-200mm GM and 18-105mm PZ lenses. It uses HDMI out, converting to 12G SDI that’s sent to its Blackmagic system. This streams to YouTube in 4K and downscales to 1080p for Facebook. “We’ve always stuck with Sony cameras,” said Todd Perkins, elder at Central Church and leader of the video ministry. “Their reliability, incredible colour science, consistency and interchangeability with other Sony models over the years, amazing I/O options, lens offerings and now the IBIS and autofocus have always impressed. All those features make it easy for us to train volunteers.” Sunday Service with Sony
LIVE PRODUCTION
drafting Live from Sphere
When veteran lighting designer Tom Kenny was called on to light a reimagined NHL Draft at Las Vegas Sphere – the first live TV broadcast from that space – he knew he needed something special for the main- frame television shot. He chose multi-dynamic Pulse
Panel FX lights from Elation to back the all- important look. Evolving from a traditional, conventional style to a 21st-century draft show at arguably the most talked-about venue in the US, the NHL dazzled players and fans in June with a visually striking
broadcast that redefined what a sports draft can be. “The NHL Draft at Sphere was out of this world,” Kenny enthused. “This was a historic show and we needed a modern look for this new way to hold a draft. I wanted something futuristic in that main television shot.”
COMMUNICATIONS
Upgrading Czech Radio
The official public-radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic, Czech Radio, recently improved its Riedel Artist Intercom infrastructure. “In our 15 years of collaboration with Riedel Communications, we have seen the seamless evolution of the Artist ecosystem,” said Karel Zyka, CTO at
Czech Radio. “Thanks to development by Riedel, we have been able to extend and upgrade our Artist infrastructure.” Czech Radio initially deployed the Artist wired intercom system in 2009, finding it to be a versatile solution that would immediately simplify its communication infrastructure.
LIVE PRODUCTION
Appear to deliver Moja TV
Appear has been selected by BH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Telecom to enhance the live channel processing software for its Moja TV service. The project encompasses the provision and integration of an advanced IPTV transcoding
and multiplexing platform that offers BH Telecom considerable cost and efficiency savings. The new transcoding platform, based on Appear’s award-winning X Platform, is designed to handle 270 HD channels, utilising H.264/
MPEG4 and H/265/HEVC codecs, in addition to five UHD channels with H/265/HEVC encoders. The multiplexing solution is capable of supporting 500 television and radio services. The X Platform offers a significant reduction
in the number of rack units (RU) needed, bringing the requirement down to just ten. The deployment and delivery of the system were carried out in collaboration with the local Bosnian systems integrator, Net Solution.
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