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Presteigne Charter using LINK High Definition Wireless cameras
Date: 25-06-2008
Presteigne Charter, a UK company, is supplying wireless camera systems from Link Research for the UEFA Euro 2008 Football Tournament. There are 31 matches in the tournament which is being broadcast in High Definition.
A new idea for Euro 2008 is to take the wireless cameras right down the tunnels into the players' dressing room areas. This is easily accomplished with COFDM digital wireless cameras which are not cabled and do not need line-of-sight.
Presteigne Charter is a new company formed when Charter Broadcast was acquired by Avesco, the owners of Presteigne Broadcast Hire. The combined company is one of the UK's largest dry hire and broadcast facilities companies and has worked on the Olympics, the World Cup Football and Grand Slam Tennis. The company has invested significantly in High Definition wireless camera equipment and has built a strong expertise in RF camera operations.
Presteigne Charter is supplying all of the wireless camera equipment for the tournament. There are eight High Definition wireless systems from Link Research, which are being used with LDK 6000 and Sony 1500 cameras.
Link has won many awards for its wireless camera technology which uses DVB-T combined with Link's own LMS-T modulation to enhance the performance of wireless cameras in all kinds of operating conditions and environments. Link is currently promoting its L1500 model, which works in Standard Definition or High Definition and is offered with exchangeable frequency modules.
Two RF cameras will be used at each stadium to capture the players' arrivals by bus, the line-up, the match action left and right, and the post-match celebrations.
All eight Euro 2008 venues were tested beforehand to demonstrate that the RF equipment would operate properly.
"We tested the wireless cameras in each of the eight stadiums," says Tony Valentino, Head of Presteigne Charter's RF Division.. "Initially, UEFA were not planning to use radio cameras but they considered all of the options and in our preliminary tour of the venues, the tests were fine, the Link wireless camera equipment worked faultlessly."
About Link Research
Link Research is a £15 million company with a reputation for technical innovation and an outstanding range of advanced wireless products for electronic newsgathering. It became part of the Vislink group in February 2005.
Link's broadcast contribution products use the company's own video compression and encoding technology to transit data over fast links in the challenging environment of live news and sports broadcast.
The company's low-delay wireless camera and encoding products for Standard Definition and High Definition have won many awards and are used by broadcasters worldwide. Link's distributor network spans Europe, the USA and the Asia Pacific region.
About the Vislink Group
Vislink PLC is a £100 million global technology business with companies operating in the broadcast contribution and the defence and security markets. Group companies are: Advent Communications manufacturer of satellite uplinks, Microwave Radio Communications Inc. which supplies wireless transmission links to broadcasters and governments and wireless camera system manufacturer, Link Research. The group is committed to delivering high quality video and data communications products for the most exacting remote and mobile applications.
Contacts:
Dave Remnant, Sales Director, Link Research: +44(0)1923 474 060 daver@linkres.co.uk
Anna Wood, PR and Marketing, Link Research: +44(0)20 8440 7372 . +44 7768 922 707, annaw@linkres.co.uk
Mike Ransome, Chief Executive, Presteigne Charter Ltd: +44 (0)1293 651300 miker@presteignecharter.com
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