ev1.tv Delivers News, Live Sports Coverage with Broadcast Pix


Billerica, Massachusetts - Broadcast Pix(TM) today announced that ev1.tv, a local TV station covering the Emsland and Grafschaft Bentheim district in Lower Saxony, German, is using a Granite(TM) 5000 Video Control Center in the control room of its brand-new studio and a Slate(TM) 1000 Video Control Center in its OB van. Primarily, the station uses its systems to produce a daily newscast and talk show in the studio, while the production van is used to cover football games.

"In fact, everything you see on ev1.tv is produced with Granite or Slate," said Nico Stähle, chief engineer for ev1.tv, which distributes its programming via cable and online. The new Broadcast Pix systems were purchased last summer through Studio Hamburg Media Consult International (MCI), which handled the Granite installation (Stähle installed the Slate in the production van).

Stähle said he chose Granite because he needed a 2 M/E mixer that was easy to operate. "For us, there's no other bundle of hardware with the cost effectiveness of Granite or Slate," he explained. "We can operate all components from the panel with no need for other external equipment. Plus, Granite fits perfectly in our workflow with our Final Cut Pro workstations."

ev1.tv uses a number of Fluent(TM) built-in workflow tools in both systems, including the animation store and Harris CG to create animated lower-thirds. Fluent-View is used to display all sources and keys on a 52-inch LCD monitor in the control room, and Stähle appreciates the "attention to detail," such as the integrated clock in the display.

"We do a lot with Fluent Macros," Stähle added. "For example, for the open of our news show, the intro starts and automatically fades to the camera in the studio, the lower-third appears, fades away, and cuts to another camera. We also use a macro for the end of the show to display a crawl and other titles on an animated background."

Programming is currently produced in SD, but Stähle noted there is no problem upgrading to HD or a mixed HD/SD production environment with Granite. With several months of productions complete, he said the Broadcast Pix systems have performed very well. "No problems at all," Stähle said. "It is so easy to operate that, with the help of some macros, even our trainees can run a news show."

About Broadcast Pix - Broadcast Pix is the leader in live video production systems. Its Video Control Centers(TM) empower operators with patented techniques that combine cameras, clips and graphics to create compelling live video. The integration of a multi-format switcher, clip store, graphics system with a Harris or Chyron CG, and device controls provides the lowest cost of ownership at a fraction of the cost of a conventional control room to buy, staff and operate. Systems range from compact systems controlled by a touch-screen or voice-automation to sophisticated 2 M/E control panels. Customers include leading broadcast, corporate, education, religious, government, webcast, entertainment and mobile studios in more than 110 countries. Learn more at www.broadcastpix.com.

Robin Hoffman

Pipeline Communications

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