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DVCAM in action

CREATV USES THE NEW DSR-DR1000P DVCAM

HARD DISK RECORDER ON ITS COVERAGE OF

BLACKBURN ROVERS AND OTHER SPORTING EVENTS

Professional video production is now seeking lower-cost

equipment that will bring an increase in production

efﬁciency and a reduction in running costs. OB outﬁt

CREATV Broadcast is no exception. Chief executive

Alan Yardley is hoping that a new, low-cost DVCAM-

based server will enable his facility to broadcast up to

50 hours of weekly coverage during this year's Royal

Ascot event.

Using two DSR-DR1000P DVCAM hard disk recorders,

Yardley's company has the contract to take live feeds

from the race, mix them and show them to thousands of

spectators via Ascot Race Course's internal TV system.

Yardley explains that the VTR-like server – which has a

capacity of 80 GB (or over six hours) of DVCAM stream

video and four channels of audio – enables quick and

easy handling of footage through random access and

offers simultaneous recording and playback facilities.

CREATV is also taking advantage of the recorder's

channels of embedded audio by operating a restrictive

radio system from the course with up-to-the minute

news on betting and travel.

Yardley points out that the compact size (7.5 kg) of the

new recorders means that CREATV can easily ﬁt two

recorders into one rack of an OB unit and can be used

to perform tasks normally associated with high-end hard

disk recorders such as the MAV-555. Yardley also oper-

ates Blackburn Rovers' internal TV system, Rovervision,

and it was the useful functionality of the MAV-555 to

provide instant and perfect slow-motion replays of goals

when playing at their Ewood Park ground in Blackburn

that persuaded him to look towards a more mobile

option for Rovers' away games.

He says: "The compact size of the recorder was ideal

to ﬁt into a mobile unit and the two units provide similar

functionality to one MAV-555."

Both the MAV-555 and the DSR-DR1000P are controlled

by Ashvale's AVM4-2 Controller which lends it the

ability to create clips and playback simultaneously.

Yardley predicts that with these capabilities, his

production unit will be able to cut down on tape stock

and record more output.

"The DSR-DR1000P will eventually replace traditional

analogue systems and allow instant access to replays

while still maintaining the recordings," he says.

The recorder can be used for other applications includ-

ing playout of commercial spots, as a simple back-up

disk server and for transferring material on a network via

Ethernet or at up to four times real time via i.Link.

CREATV is also expanding the function of its Betacam SX

cameras by attaching one of its three cameras to the

Studio Triax Camera system so that it can be used as a

fully professional studio camera.

Rovervision provides a sophisticated pre-match maga-

zine show, with player interviews, features and previous

match action, which is broadcast throughout the Ewood

Park complex and on to a Sony Jumbotron screen

within the stadium. The outﬁt also provides live coverage

of the game, with half-time highlights to boot.