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SPORTS BROADCASTINGMoore announced Yabsley’sappointment even as he was beingappointed to a new position himself: that of President of Sportsnet & NHL, Rogers Media, nowhis two priority portfolios. Moorewill serve on the Rogers MediaSenior Leadership Team, KeithPelley, President, Rogers Media,announced.“It’s sad to have to give up someof the properties,” Moore said later,“but the importance of our NHLbusiness is such that a real focusis required.”He’s had more than 20 years ofsports broadcast focus, includingeight Olympic Games, five network launches, and hundreds ofmajor sports broadcasts.Prior to the new position, hewas President of Broadcast at Rogers Media, overseeing programming, production, regulatory,engineering and distribution of thecompany’s TV and radio assets.Before that, he was ExecutiveDirector of CBC Sports and GeneralManager of CBC’s Media Sales &Marketing department.That of course gives him someinsight into both the physical layoutand tangible production assets atthe CBC. That knowledge helpedhim identify the huge CBC studioas a great home for Rogers’ hockeycoverage, as existing facilities at Rogers are just not sufficiently scalable.The studio access is part of thehockey deal between Rogers andthe CBC, and an extra conditionwas the 24/7 access required. Soa two year rental agreement witha two-year renewal option wasstruck, and development of thenew facility – Moore calls it agigantic project – will see a trulystate-of-the-art production environment created there.“Scott’s vision, creativity, andability to drive innovative production elements set him apart,”said Pelley. “Having worked in allfacets of the business, he understands the passionate and personalconnection fans have to sports andtheir teams. With Scott at the helm,fans will experience sports likePHOTO BY LEE RICKWOODnever before.”A lone observer watches preparations inside the CBC Toronto HQ lastThe design of that fan experiyear, as the broadcaster prepared for the return of NHL TV coverageence will have direct fan input,following the hockey lockout. While the shortened 2013 season wouldMoore said at the upfront, with anmark CBC’s 60th year of Hockey Night In Canada coverage; little didincreased emphasis on gatheringanyone realize that within a year, it could be called the last.feedback from so called “fan advisRogers Media is now the national rights holder forors”, as well as local minor hockeyNHL coverage in Canada across all media platforms.associations and other communitymembers.Even that element of the strategy isnew, Moore described, calling it “a verydifferent way of doing broadcast. Marketing and research will inform our production and our marketing efforts, but in theend, it is your own gut feeling that drivesyour creativity.”Simply clip on the VISLINK Clip-On 4 to transform your HDRogers wants input from three maincamcorder into a state-of-the-art wireless camera system.groups as it seeks to build and engageits audience: new Canadians, existingFor sports and special events, the HD Clip-On 4 offerscore fans, and particularly young people,exceptional picture quality with ultra low latency over awhose changing media consumption habwireless link.its are opening up new opportunities forThe integrated wireless control channel seamlesslythe entire industry.So-called second screen devices andextends full reverse camera control, ensuring productionthecompanion apps they run, as well asconsistency.the ability of social media networks toFind out more by calling Novanet atconnect fans to the game, and advertisersto the fans.(800) 268-6851 or email info@novanetcomm.comRogers is clearly ready to extend itsreach beyond the TV screen, and into theworld of what it has called “GenerationD”, a digitally-savvy, highly connected andvery mobile group, one that regularly internovanetcomm.comacts across multiple platforms and devices.BE IN THE ACTIONIntroducing the HD Clip-On 4VISLINK6BroadcasterBRC Feb2014 Final.indd 6February 2014www.broadcastermagazine.com14-02-10 2:23 PM

SPORTS BROADCASTING“I start with the broadcast:TV is the traditional driver ofrevenue,” Moore states clearly.“That’s the first focus.” Yet theimportance of delivery platformoptions like digital, social andwireless will not – can not - beignored.Moore, in fact, is ready to dropthe “second screen” moniker, withits built-in prioritization, in favourof the “lean in, lean back” description of how media can be consumed in different ways.Different ways, indeed. Mooretalks of “doing things I only dreamtabout” now, with the power ofnot only a national distributiondeal, but the telecommunicationginat’s technical infrastructure todeliver content across multiplenetworks and multiple platforms,be they radio, cable, wireless oreven hallowed rafters.Icy sculptures and iconic images grace the entrance of Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.The building once hosted the Maple Leafs; on this night, it hosted a Rogers NHL media event.Sportsnet make it great with QuantelThere are thousands of journalists, producers and editors using Quantel every day toproduce great news and sports programming. That’s because organizations such asSportsnet, the BBC, TV2, Fox Sports, NRK, ESPN, WDR and many others rely on the powerof Quantel’s fast-turnaround production systems to get their programming to air, web,tablet and mobile first. Make it fast and easy: join the workflow revolution with Quantel.Enterprise sQ – News and Sports ProductionQTube – Stream-based WorkflowsrevolutionQ - Software Services delivering Fast-turnaround Workflowquantel.com twitter.com/quantel facebook.com/quantelonline omBRC Feb2014 Final.indd 7February 2014Broadcaster714-02-10 2:23 PM

SPORTS BROADCASTINGFlames TV Shines Brightlyafter Flood DamageLying under some 20 feet of water, Calgary’s great sportsand entertainment facility looked almost unsalvageable.Alberta had been hit hard by extreme flooding caused byrecord heavy rainfall, devastating much of the province’s naturaland business infrastructure.But a ‘miraculous’ recovery and rebuild process that theSaddledome’s Chief Operating Officer John Bean said took morethan 300 workers on a round-the-clock timetable was successful, and concerts and NHL games returned to the facility in earlySeptember, barely four months after the disaster struck.The facility needed a new ice plant, new seats, a new giantvideo screen and a new TV and broadcast production centre,among other repairs.Inside the Saddledome’s new broadcast and production control roomThe production unit at Flames TV packages highlights fordistribution to sports and news programs, as well as to othermobile units covering the games. It provides extensive highlightsfor Flames games on the Saddledome’s new giant video display,the Flames Energy Board. The crew also provides media supportfor other events that take place in the Saddledome, such as WHLhockey and NLL lacrosse.The entire broadcast equipment chain, from inception toplayout, needed to be replaced and Flames TV immediately contacted the local office of national equipment provider and integrator Applied Electronics to help rebuild the facility, and to installnew broadcast production equipment, consoles, racks, and system infrastructure. There are several broadcast truck runs throughout the building, so cabling infrastructure also had to be re-done,in coordination with a secondary contractor.But with the NHL season schedule locked nplace, barely 10 weekswere available to plan anddesign all the systems,order the equipment and8BroadcasterBRC Feb2014 Final.indd 8February 2014materials, build all the broadcast systems from scratch, then commission and test them.Flames TV is now working with some new gear, such as the EVSXT [3] multi-channel media servers that were installed, actually anupgrade from the original XT servers, as Calgary Flames BroadcastProducer/Director Carlo Petrini had come to trust EVS for all hisgame production needs over the years: he now has two 6-channelXT[3] servers with LSM remotes and a 4-channel XS server.Also part of the new studio set-up is a universal frame synchronizer and converter from AJA, the new FS2. Each video channelsupports almost any input or output, bringing a great deal of flexibility and compatibility to the Flames workflow, and each channelhas its own still-store, keyer, and video proc amp/colour corrector,too. FS2 offers dual independent streams with full input and outputsignal routing and dual 16 channel audio processors making Itswell suited for broadcast facilities, production trucks and the kind ofmulti-format production environment in which Flames TV operates.The latest FS2 upgrade adds a DVI signal scaler with regionof interest (ROI) position parameters, so users can selectivelycrop from the DVI-D signal source, such a webpage viewed ona computer desktop, and scale it in real-time via a live signaloutput, integrating popular online and social media channelsinto the video sports presentation.After working tirelessly for weeks to meet the deadline,Flames TV went back on air in September, with great success.“This was an amazing project that could only have beenaccomplished through the hard work and sacrifice made by manypeople(like those 300 workers he first cited) including our greatpartners at Applied Electronics. The work and dedication of somany people who sacrificed valuable time away from family andfriends to help us get back on our feet did not go unnoticed.”Flames TV Equipment Utilized Ross Video Tridium, 3ME Switcher Ross Video Expression CharacterGenerators Ikegami HDL95 Cameras Evertz EQX Router and VIPXMulti-viewer Ross Video Glue and Conversion Ikegami RS1710 BroadcastMonitors Telex Adam Intercom Tektronix 5200 Rasterizers AJA FS2 AJA Conversion EVS Server/Playback System Presonus Audio Console Wohler Audio Monitoring TBCConsoles, Middle Atlantic Rackswww.broadcastermagazine.com14-02-10 2:23 PM

NEWNBC Olympics to UseArtemis Consoles fromCalrecCalrec Audio has been selected toprovide five Artemis Consoles to NBCOlympics, a division of the NBC SportsGroup, during its production of the 2014Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.NBC Olympics has purchased two64-fader Artemis Shine consoles andaugmented its arsenal by renting a further 40-fader and two 24-fader ArtemisBeam consoles from Calrec.Broadcasters See High Speed, High Res SportsFOR-A’s FT-ONE full 4K variable frame ratecamera has been used to capture highquality footage of sports action in super slowmotion at major events from the Super Bowlto Red Bull’s Wake Open to the Olympics.The high-speed camera was designedfor super-slow-motion acquisition with4K pixel counts and up to 900 frames persecond (fps), with high resolution andsensitivity.The FT-ONE incorporates a global shutter CMOS colour sensor, the FT1-CMOS,developed by FOR-A. RAW material isrecorded at high speed to the internal RAMmemory, which holds nearly 10 seconds of4K content shot at 900 fps.During the CBS Super Bowl broadcastlast January, six For-A FT-One 4K cameras were used in tandem with the EvertzDreamCatcher replay system and EvertzCalrec-Artemis-darkfromrightAdditionally, Calrec is supplyingmany stageboxes in digital, analog, andMADI formats to fulfill the I/O requirements. Calrec is also providing NBCOlympics with on-site engineering support prior to and during the Games.Calrec has been supporting NBCOlympics with on-site engineers sincethe Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and isproud to have been part of two EmmyAward-winning teams for NBC Olympics’ coverage in 2010 and 2012.The FT-ONE high-speed camera was designed forsuper-slow-motion acquisition at 4K resolution up to900 frames per second (fps).Mosaic multi-image viewer as part of thenetwork’s “Heyeper Zoom” system (Heyeper is pronounced “hyper,” but often printedwith the famous CBS logo in the middle).Red Bull operates its own production house, which usesthe FOR-A FT PONE high speed camera for superslo mo effects.The Red Bull wakeboarding competition also made use FOR-A’s FT-ONE usedin conjunction with the Evertz DreamCatcher replay system; the system wasnear one of the start/finish positions, andfootage captured by the FT-ONE wasbroadcast on NBC.The FT-ONE was also used this pastMarch in Quebec City, on Red Bull’sCrashed Ice cross downhill worldchampionship.“The FT-ONE seamlessly fits into ourlive productions,” said Sumesh Thakur, ofOceanWatch Production Group, Red Bull’sproduction house. “Unlike other 4Kcameras, which are designed more forENG or film, the FT-ONE is an ideal ‘liveshow’ camera. We’ve been very impressedwith the FT-ONE/DreamCatcher system,and recognize that it allows for tremendouscreativity in live event production.”Instant Replay Slo MoNewtek 3PLAY - Instant replay andSlow MotionCurrently being used by NHL, NBA, NFL,Cogeco, MLSE, Dome Productions3Play is the only multi-camera live sportsreplay system that dramatically enriches theviewing experience for audiences, engagingstadium and online fans with slow motion,instant replay, in-game highlights and socialmedia publishing in every game.With the most complete real-time capabilitiesavailable in any multi-camera replay server,3Play makes it possible for sports groupsin any market to produce a gripping liveexperience that attracts more audiences,and sponsors to the game.Book a demo azine.comBRC Feb2014 Final.indd 9Canada 800-567-8481Toronto 416-690-1690WEBCAST CASE -Portable Live Webcast ProductionStudio with instant replayThe Streamstar WEBCAST CASE is aportable, full featured, live HD/SD webcastproduction tool. It offers the highest quality,extreme performance, minimal weight andthe easiest operation in a compact, lightweight package. Equipped with carefullyselected highest quality components and abuilt-in touch screen display it is fine-tunedfor extreme performance and the easiestoperation. An ideal system that perfectlysuits the needs of webcasting professionals.No extra gear needed!Plug in the cameras and you’re ready to go.Edmonton 780-554-4650Winnipeg 204-997-5294February 2014Broadcaster914-02-10 2:23 PM

NEWZEPLAY Replays Enhanced OttawaSenators CoverageThe Ottawa Senators recently upgradedthe TV production capabilities at theirmulti-purpose home arena, Canadian TireCentre, focusing on a new LED scoreboard, cameras, fibre infrastructure anda complete control room overhaul.The control room project includedreplacing its older SD gear with new, alldigital HD switchers, routers and replaysystem to meet the production crew’sspecific requirements, Stan Kertesz,audio and video production managerfor the Ottawa Senators, explained,including a reliable and easy to use replaysystem for its new LED score board andmonitors located throughout the arena.His team creates productions for gameday highlight packages and archived footage, sponsor and promo packages, onlinevideo postings and complementary footage after a game during player interviews.The production team acquired twoZEPLAY replay systems for sports fromTightrope Media Systems; a singleZEPLAY unit can store up to 160 hoursof HD footage (40 hours per channel),all enclosed in a 4RU, 21” deepchassis.Fujinon 55X Zoom forLarge Venue Sports,Concerts, EventsThe recently-unveiled Fujinon XA55x9.5HDTV Telephoto Box Style lens isdesigned for large venues that requiretight shots from long distances, themanufacturer reports.The lens is now available with a builtin lens support bracket for mounting onan ENG-style camera, and it has opticalimage stabilization standard on the lens,handy in applications where the cameraoperator must maintain a rock steadyclose up shot for long periods, like sportsevents, concerts or other live events.A single ZEPLAY unit can store up to 160 hoursof HD footage (40 hours per channel), all enclosedin a 4RU, 21” deep chassis.Each system gives operators eightchannels of live replay (four in, four out)and a built-in multiviewer for reviewing allthe angles. The unit’s controller and jog/shuttle wheel with magnetic stops givesoperators accuracy; the T-bar movesfootage at up to 200 per cent plus orminus for extra control.New Finishing Workflow from QuantelQuantel has announced availability of its Genetic Engineering 2 shared-storagesystem for users of its Pablo Rio colour correction and finishing platform.Each Rio system connects to the GenePool — actually SAS disk arrays — via16 Gb fibre channel client connections through a Linux PC known as a GenePoolStorage Appliance (GPSA). Additional disk arrays can be daisy-chained on theGPSAs, and additional GPSAs can be added in parallel to increase capacity andperformance, enabling high resolutions and frame rates.This Genetic Engineering 2 release supports up to 6K playback from disk to 4Koutputs, depending on fibre connections per client and GPSAs in use, and some400 TB of workspace that can be configured.The manufacturer noted that support for more than four clients, with the additionof a fibre channel switch, can be a feature in upcoming releases.Fujinon’s new long zoom lens comes with a built-inlens support bracket for mounting on an ENG-stylecamera, and built-in optical image stabilizationWith a focal length from 9.5 to 525mm(or 19.0 to 1050mm with a 2x extender),this 2/3” studio/field lens features 16-bitencoder outputs zoom, focus positionand other lens data – allowing it to combine CGI seamlessly with live images.The lens also provides a host of practical features including proprietary DigitalQuick Zoom and a detachable DigiPowerservo drive for remote control of zoom,focus and iris with 130-bit accuracy.As part of its commitment to supporting live sports broadcasts, andthe Winter Olympics, Fujifilm’s OpticalDevices Division will have an engineer atits technical centre in Sochi, Russia, forboth the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Grow Your Customer BaseWe’ll Help You Get StartedCONTACT LISTS ON-DEMAND DATA APPENDSCUSTOM RESEARCH DATABASE MANAGEMENTDATA HYGIENE EMAIL MARKETING SERVICEMARKET INTELLIGENCE REPORT AND MORE.12 Million sDirectories.comRef: SMSA34H10BroadcasterBRC Feb2014 Final.indd 10February 2014www.broadcastermagazine.com14-02-10 2:23 PM

NEWBannister Lake Launches Sports-Centric Content Management SolutionBannister Lake Software announces theavailability of BL Sports Ticker, its newsports-centric content managementsolution.The solution has been tested inaction at Sportsnet, where the live eventsports specialty service has been usingit to maintain and manage amalgamated channel branding, multiple datasources, and independent graphics andbranding across multiple platforms,ticker systems, and rendering engines.BL Sports Ticker can be used toautomate many manual tasks, and tocontrol unique regional differentiatorsand brand identities from a single datasource. Editorial staff can pre-schedulecontent by time zones or work shiftsrather than by game and match dates.In master control, automation supportreplaces manually driven squeezes andstate changes with fully automated,scheduled operations.BL Sports Ticker also lets users highlight regional franchises by league, perchannel and per sport, andbuild daily rundowns at asgranular a level as needed.The system handlesoutput to broadcast, weband mobile, and can beintegrated with templatebased workflows suchas within the Ross VideoXPression platform.“A single BL SportsTicker implementationpowers an unlimitednumber of channels withautomation efficiencies that afford youthe freedom to focus on what mattersmost: viewership and fan engagement,”said Chris Mintz, Lead Solution Architectat Bannister Lake Software. “With thegame basics like scores and stats coming in automatically, editorial personnelcan focus on adding the detail that reallyexcites the audience. It gives them timeto tell team and athlete stories. Add inthe ability to show your viewers socialBL Sports Ticker Hockeymedia and you become the ultimatesports fan broadcast.”BL Sports Ticker is available as anenterp

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