By Elina Shatkin, August 19, 2004
PESA Switching Systems, Inc., a provider of analog and digital video and audio equipment, announced that a number of its routing switcher systems will participate in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, operating in OB mobile trucks from around the world, including three trucks from Greece and one from The Netherlands. An additional three systems are being used by Korean Broadcast Systems.
Greece's Outdoor Broadcast Solutions, based in Thessaloniki, has installed a PESA Jaguar 64x64 SDI routing switcher with 32x32 stereo audio in a 20-camera mobile unit that will provide coverage of soccer matches at Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. Another Greek company, Athens-based Satellite Productions, is providing two more trucks for coverage of the men's and women's marathons in Athens. The first is an eight-camera Iveco truck featuring a PESA Ocelot 16x16 SDI routing switcher with five control panels, and the second truck is a Mercedes unit outfitted with 12 cameras and a PESA Cougar 32x32 routing switcher, also with five control panels
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Korea Broadcast Systems is bringing the Games to Korean viewers in high definition with a Cheetah 64x64 HDTV module, Jaguar 64x64 stereo module, and Cougar 32x32 SDI module, along with 105 control panels. Coverage for the Korean audience also will be provided by Munhwa Broadcast Company (MBC) with an OB unit equipped with a Jaguar 64x64 SDI routing switcher with 48 control panels. For the Netherlands, Cinevideogroep will use a 22-camera digital van equipped with a Cheetah 288x144 SDI router in a Flexi-Frame configuration to bring footage to Dutch broadcasters.
PESA's line of routing switchers offers the flexibility and space savings so important in outdoor broadcast applications. The systems' compact chassis design simplifies integration of PESA routers within the limited space of mobile units, and the versatility provided by their modular design allows the systems to be configured for a broad variety of applications. Along with its industry-leading line of routing switcher systems, PESA provides a range of control panel solutions designed to give users the performance and functionality they require for control and diagnostics.
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