At various international sports events in Russia and Brazil this year, broadcast services provider Bexel will deploy Lawo’s audio- and video-over-IP networking technology.
In 2013, Bexel, Lawo’s North America team and Lawo’s rental company ABS (Audio Broadcast Services) designed and approved a flexible fly pack solution for sports production. One month after Bexel’s new systems were utilised at the US Open, where the company was tasked with supporting CBS international broadcast feeds, Bexel’s fly packs were used for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf for TNT originating in Bermuda.
Says Johnny Pastor, Bexel project manager: “Bexel’s Lawo-equipped fly packs are designed specifically for events where the infrastructure does not allow for large OB vans or to provide optimised production facilities.
“The smooth transition between New York and Bermuda venues was made possible due to Lawo’s ability to intertie multiple audio sources and formats, including both baseband as well as audio- and video-over-IP, across a common network platform utilising both MADI and RAVENNA solutions for multi-channel interconnectivity,’ he continues.
The solutions for the US Open and the PGA Grand Slam included a pair of 48-fader Lawo mc256 MKII consoles and a number of DALLIS (Digital, Analog, Line Level Interface System) frames, with the analog I/O linked to the console’s HD Core using RAVENNA over a single CAT5 cable. Moreover, two V_pro8 units, Lawo’s latest video product, were used for the embedding of the SDI audio streams into the broadcast feeds.
