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BEATING THE HEAT AT FIRESTONE COMMUNICATIONS
April 5th 2006
Dublin, Ireland - April 5th 2006 –
Firestone
Communications,
based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA, joins the expansive
broadcast client base of Zandar
Technologies, a leading innovator in the design
and development of high resolution image processing and control
systems.
Firestone installed multiple
1RU DX MultiViewers in a completely new live production control room
that replaced the use of a rented sports production vehicle.
Specification and supply of the Zandar units were through local
supplier and integrator, Burst Communications, Inc, and Bock
Associates, Inc., Zandar's sales representative in the
North
Texas
area.
Firestone
Communications, an industry-leading media and communications company
is the owner and operator of ¡SORPRESA! -
America
's first Hispanic Children's television network. Firestone
Communications also operates a state-of-the-art, fully digital, Network
Operation Center which offers automated traffic systems,
C-Band digital uplink, multiple downlink antennas, fiber POP access
on the Westar network, live program switching, and digital video
servers.
"When we brought our
live production operation in-house, we
wanted to display all our video feeds
on plasma monitors instead of having racks of individual CRT
monitors that take up much more space, use large amounts of power,
emit heat and require high maintenance," explains Will Raymond,
Systems Engineer at Firestone Communications.
"The new live production control room sits alongside
our 24/7 Network Operations Center, studios for live or taped
programs, editing suites, an audio suite and motion graphics suites"
In the main control room
composite and SDI video signals are fed into the Zandar DX8
MultiViewers and images are displayed across two 42-inch plasma
screens with a duplicate 42-inch plasma display situated in the
audio suite.
The control room's left
screen (which is duplicated in the audio
suite) is configured using the DX MultiViewer to show the
director's main switcher sources which include four
studio cameras across the bottom of the screen, and across the top
are the switcher's ME program outputs as well as the EVS
LSM2-cam DVR playback device channels RED
and BLUE. The other
plasma monitor shows a large image for program on the right, and
then on the left is the clip player, a VTR, off-air return signal
and teleprompter feed.
In
explaining the system, Will Raymond states, "various saved
configuration settings show different views on our plasmas using
Zandar's optional Z-Editor software. In
addition, all of the inputs are easily configurable depending on our
needs as they are on the patchbay, and half of them are fed through
a router. Also, we love
that the Zandar DX MultiViewer is intuitive as it automatically
recognizes any feeds (NTSC, PAL or SDI) without having to feed them
through a converter."
Zandar's
successful DX Series of
MultiViewers are versatile, cost-effective solutions which
deliver modular configurations for 4, 8, 12 or 16 SDI or composite
inputs in one compact 1RU. Featuring
input auto-detection and with composite, component, SDI and line
doubled VGA outputs, the DX MultiViewer provides customers with a
wide range of flexible display options for monitoring and display in
production, broadcast and distribution applications. Standard alarm
features include loss of video sync, black picture & frozen
picture detection.
"The
revolutionary DX MultiViewer was the first to introduce automatic
input signal detection, whether analog or digital (SDI), enabling
users to support legacy equipment as they move to digital. Teamed
with excellent video quality, this MultiViewer is continuing its
success and is a popular choice for broadcast multi-channel
monitoring" concludes
Deirdre Smith
, CEO at Zandar Technologies.
About Zandar Technologies plc
Zandar Technologies is a leader in the development of high quality
multi-source display processors that match the specific needs of
any display, monitoring and surveillance environment. The company
combines innovation and experience to provide a wide range of expansive,
flexible and resilient MultiViewer solutions for many applications
including the FusionPro+, Predator, DX and MX series. Zandar’s
international customer base includes many of the world’s leading
companies in the Broadcast, Security and professional Audio Visual
markets. The company’s dedicated sales and engineering team,
professional resellers and responsive technical support specialists
underline a commitment to quality, continuous improvement and customer
satisfaction.
For further information about this and other leading MultiViewer
products please visit www.zandar.com
or contact:
Sharon Smyth
Marketing Manager
ssmyth@zandar.com
Tel: +353-1-450 0901
Fax: +353-1-450 0977 |
