Two interconnected Millenium OB vans from AMP Visual TV have been used for the first time in France. The Millennium 3 and 4, which are designed to be assembled together to form a single large unit with additional capacity, were used by RMC Sport on the PSG versus Barcelona Champions League match at the Parc […] More
With the recent purchase of two Calrec Artemis consoles – an Artemis Light and Artemis Beam for its Emerald and HD1 mobile production units, respectively – NEP Ireland has now standardised its five main OB vans on Calrec. NEP Ireland is a leading provider of outside broadcast services across Ireland. According to Rick Poster, senior […] More
The latest OB van developed by Cinevideo, Dolphin 7.0, was used during HD coverage of the May 13 Seria A Roma v Juventus match. The vehicle was used both for the host production of the game as well as the Sky Italia customisation thanks to its second internal gallery with independent audio and video capacity. […] More
UK OB giant SIS LIVE’s latest truck, OB14, is a 12-camera, 3-Gbps-capable vehicle aimed firmly at the midrange market in both sports and LE work. “It makes sense for us to have a varied size of fleet,” explains Martin Ayshford, operations manager, outside broadcast, SIS LIVE. “Whilst we do have monster triple-expanding trucks, we also […] More
UK-based hire company Procam Television has taken delivery of its first multi-purpose production vehicle, which was built by UK systems integration specialist Broadcast Networks and also includes an impressive number of European firsts. More
Systems integrator Visual Unity has delivered Czech TV’s latest HD OB vehicle. Designed to capture mainly sporting and cultural events, the new vehicle is based on a 26 ton MAN chassis with a single expanding side. At 12 meters long and nearly four meters high, it is the second completely HD equipped vehicle in Czech […] More
South African sports broadcaster SuperSport is rolling out two new rigid-chassis OB trucks designed specifically for the rigours of working in Africa and kitted out with an impressive array of EVS equipment. More
OB and facilities provider DutchView has chosen Axon’s Synapse modular system for Europe’s latest 3D OB truck, due to hit the roads on the Netherlands and wider abroad in November this year. More
Norway: NRK, has selected Miranda’s NVISION 8500 Hybrid embedded audio router, along with 10 Kaleido-X16 and three Kaleido-Modular multiviewers, for its latest HD2 production truck. More
A new one-stop decommissioning service from UK SI Broadcast Networks promises to turn those old OB trucks and kit into cash. And with fully laden trucks ranging in value from £50k to £1.5m and strong demand for pre-owned kit and vehicles in the East European market in particular, it could turn out to be a […] More
