For the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Universal Sports at the Olympic Games, will deliver five hours of live daily news and information using the Euphonix audio mixing system and a high-performance digital router to at its Westlake Village Studios in California, as well as remote production sets in Vancouver and Whistler.
“We’re thrilled with the technology behind the Euphonix systems and look forward to providing our viewers with an entertaining and informative look at the Winter Games through the eyes of our expert analysts and reporters from our three core locations,” said Universal Sports Chairman and CEO Claude Ruibal.
Using advanced digital television technology and long-distance broadband optical and satellite communication paths, the Westlake Village Studios will operate as the central production and broadcast center, connecting with the two on-site remotes, for live and recorded programming throughout Universal Sports at the Vancouver Games.
The programming will consists of five, one-hour daily shows during the games, combining production and talent between the Westlake set, as well sets in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
Universal Sports’ Westlake Village Studios is one of the most advanced and comprehensive independent HD production facilities in the United States.
Ken Hirsch, Broadcast Engineer At Westlake Village Studios, stated, “In a unique use of cutting-edge broadcast and communications technology, Westlake Village Studios has connected multiple Universal Sports HD cameras, audio feeds, production and talent communications systems, tally signals and routing control, bi-directionally across optical fiber from Westlake Village, Calif. to Vancouver, allowing USN to place cameras, microphones and talent in the field at various event locations in Vancouver, and tape, edit, add voiceover and graphics content and broadcast from California as if studio facilities, production personnel and millions of dollars of studio equipment were onsite in Vancouver.”
The centerpiece of Westlake Village Studios is a 106-channel Euphonix System 5-B digital audio mixing system and high-performance MADI Studio Hub digital router that will provide the majority of mixing and routing functions for around-the-clock programming.
The Euphonix SH612 studio facilities router integrates the digital audio console router frame with the main broadcast facility router to provide additional flexibility for Westlake’s main production control room, a second full-featured video and audio production suite, seven post production/editorial rooms and two voice-over booths.
“The System 5-B is the most advanced digital broadcast mixing system available on the market today. It is the ideal broadcast solution for Westlake Village Studios’ new state-of-the-art facility. We are pleased to be a part of this new era of broadcast production solutions,” said Mike Franklin, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Euphonix.
