Overseas principals on the Protea Electronics stand at Mediatech Africa and included
Philippe van Walle from Grass Valley Belgium, Steve Burgess from Grass Valley UK,
Patrick Morgan from Digital Vision UK and Didier Brugel from Thomson Video Networks
France.
“We had an impressive display of equipment,’ said Protea Electronic’s Gerald Newport,
“including a Grass Valley LDX studio camera chain, as well as – for the first time in South
Africa – a Sony HXC-D70 camera chain. There was also a Grass Valley Eduis editing
station, a Digital Vision Phoenix Video Restoration Package (also a first for South Africa),
and Sony OLED monitors.
“I think that although less people attended Mediatech Africa 2013 than previous
editions, the visitors to our stand spent more quality time with us than ever before. In
my opinion this year’s exhibition was the best I’ve seen in South Africa. I would say that
it equals the standard of IBC or NAB.’
Newport also attended the Southern African Digital Broadcasting Association (Sadiba)
event at Mediatech Africa which he found interesting.
“I had an opportunity to visit other stands at the show. While I did not have the time to
walk around the entire exhibition, I enjoyed the stands of Sony South Africa, Jasco
Broadcast, Concilium Technology, Inala Broadcast and Harambe Technologies. I also
enjoyed the nostalgia of the History of Technology stand,’ noted Newport.
