Transmission in cycling.

When you watch cycling every now and than you might have asked yourself the question how is it possible to follow a cycling tour over 180 kilometers live on television. On several motorcycles and helicopters.
Well, since I have seen it all from close by I can tell that it takes more than a smile. It involves a lot of technology, effort and not to forget money.

On every transmission similar to a cycling tour, think of marathons for example, there is an airplane full of technology flying in circles above the riders. This airplane is equipped with about 7 small satellites, which can move all around.

This system is similar to the way a camera is attached on a drone. So the satellites are connected to a sort of gimbal. On the ground next to the OB-van is a large crane positioned with two dishes on it.

These are the dishes that receive the signal from the plane. The dishes are also connected to “ gimbals ” so they can be positioned perfectly to get the best reception from the plane. So the gimbals on the plane and on the crane are always in contact with each other and they position automatically to get the best reception.

A Swiss engineer invented this system and it is very precise. It is so precise that armies around the world would like to use it but he doesn’t sell his idea. He is the only one making this system to keep 100% control of his product.
The receiving part has two satellites in case there are more aircrafts like at the three big rounds (Tour de France, Vuelta da Espana and Giro da Italia). When there are smaller rounds than the second satellite is used as backup.
Inside the aircraft there is much equipment and one technician to monitor all these systems).

The other important part of the transmission is the motorcycle. They register all the action on the road being close to the riders. There is a driver and a cameraman. The camera is connected to a box on the motor that is connected to an antenna on the back of the motorbike. This antenna sends it signal straight to the airplane. So the airplane gets all the signals from the helicopters and motorcycles at the same time. The cameraman advises the director when there are obstacles that might interfere the signal, a bridge for example. Sometimes there is no loss of signal but this depends all on the position of the plane and the motorcycle.

The airplane circles all the time in the same direction. Like this is it easier to create an area where the signal is good enough to be transmitted without hick-ups.
When the plane is circling it creates an area in the shape of a cone. As long as the helicopter(s) and motorcycles are within this “ cone” the signal should be of good quality.

There is a separate transmission for the communication between the director in the OB-van and the cameraman on the motor and helicopter. This is a large antenna and this reaches up to a couple of hundred meters. Also the tally signal, a red light turns on in the viewfinder of the camera so the cameraman knows when that camera is online, goes through this antenna.

Some transmissions are very hard to realize. Imagine a mountain stage in the Tour de France for example when there is no direct line of sight between the satellites next to the OB-van and the airplane because of the mountains in between. In that case, they double the whole construction. One set of satellite dishes at the start, and one at the finish line. And even like that there are some places where that is not enough, and which requires a third location. Than they consider an uplink truck on a mountaintop some between the start and finish to get the signal up in the air. At the Tour de France they sometimes get an SNG truck up to a ski station to get the job done.

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Tags: Broadcast, Sports, EFP

2018, It will be awesome!

After our yearly big break we start again at Broadcast Brazil. 2017 Was a difficult year for Brazil, but also for a lot of Brazilian Audio Visuals.
We hope we will get some changes this election year so we can all grow and benefit from our hard work.

This year we will add more to the portfolio of courses and training classes for Audio Visuals. Info follows here and on our social media channels.

More additions to the "Broadcast Brazil shop.". The first new 2018 design is available now!



We will keep all our other items, like the industry agenda, JOBS and our member pages. On Social media you can find Broadcast related news that is interesting for Brazilian Broadcast technicians and operators, camera-operators, light and sound people, film production , postproduction and VFX animation studios. We try to make the best selection of available news. Besides that we will focus our #weekenread articles to one subject each weekend, for example in week 6 the subject of the #weekendread will be the Olympic Wintergames in Korea.

Than we a a great new Column from Roeland van der Manden, it is all about Camels and an important message.

We hope you’ll like it. We will do more REVIEWS because they are pretty populair. This year we will do some Hardware reviews also.

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Tags: Broadcast, Webcast, Mobile

Holidays at Broadcast Brazil.

dear Members and readers,

This year we introduced the Broadcast Brazil SHOP , our new Broadcast Brazil Academy… we were be able to extend the JOBS page.
We are some months on Instagram also, check it out!
In 2018 we will surprice you with some more. Like to learn better english, learn about new equipment or use your equipment better so you are growing in knowledge and give a better result to your clients.
Let’s use 2018 to level up our productions again.
We have already some nice new Blog articles and Columns in the pipeline for 2018!

We will be back February 5th 2018

happy Christmas for you all from the Broadcast Brazil crew!

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Director of Photography, Filmmaker and Editor Hopi Chapman

Christopher Robin Hopi Boomerang Chapman is his full name but he is normally called Hopi Chapman. We met Hopi on Facebook some years ago and later alive at the #RIO2016 Olympic Games. This Director of Photography, Filmmaker and Editor works in the South of Brazil at Flow Filmes. But his heritage is from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He spoke very well english, so we invited him for our blog to listen to his adventures and projects in Brazil and elsewhere.

BB: How long have you been working in the TV business?
Hopi: Firstly I studied Cinema and TV at the University of Amsterdam. Then I worked as a trainee for a local TV station called Belissima TV, doing script, camera, directing and editing of short videos. Thereafter I worked two years for the Amsterdam TV station “AT5” as a cameraman for a sports program. As a freelancer I filmed and edited a lot of commercial videos, for the perfume chain Douglas but also a video about the national liberty day, and a music event in Amsterdam visited by fifty thousand people.

Hopi commenting a documentary at the screening 2014

I have been In Brazil since 1999. For one year I worked as a cameraman and editor for a fashion program and an extreme sports program. Then I worked for two years for an advertisement agency, making commercials, filming, editing and directing. Here I learned a lot about how advertisement works. I made a lot of political advertisements too, participating in six political campaigns as a cameraman and an editor. And I started to give editing lessons in Adobe premiere and After Effects. The last 7 years I made a lot of documentaries funded by the state and the Brazilian government.

Making a film for an organization of bankworkers and their vacations in the south of Brazil, RS, SC, PR and SP

BB: Is communicating in the english language important for your job?
Hopi: Working in Brazil, mostly I do not use English although I did a few important jobs with Dutch and American people when English was fundamental to do the job. Speaking English is important in our business.

BB: On location at international events, is it difficult for you to talk with Brazilians ?
Hopi: It is not difficult for me to speak with Brazilians because I have lived for 19 years in Brazil. I speak Portuguese very well.

BB: Did you see a growth past years in international events in Brazil?
Hopi: Yes I saw a growth of international events like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup soccer.

BB: What did this mean for your business?
Hopi: I worked on both events. During the World Cup I worked for a Dutch television company in Porto Alegre and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for Connecting Media who produced live webcasts for Facebook USA. It was great to be part of a crew that promotes these events to a lot of people.

BB: How was your job at the Olympic Games 2016 in Brazil?
Hopi: It was a nice job and great experience working together with Connecting Media for a company like Facebook and NBC. We had an international crew of Brazilian, American, Australian and Dutch crew members and it worked very well together.

Camera for live webcast facebook at Olympic Games 2016 for ConnectingMedia

BB: Do you work besides Brazil also in other regions on the planet or do you have plans for that?
Hopi: I worked in a lot of places in Brazil, Uruguai, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain but for now I have no plans to work in other countries.

BB: Are there any surprising challenges you had at events past years?
Hopi: At the Olympic Games we had the challenge to transmit by Facebook interviews with atletes, comentators and special guests. And it went great. One challenge I have this year is making a tv series for TV Brasil and university tv channels, called Culturando. It is about young people of the periphery who work together in groups, creatively and productively.

Filming and directing a documentary about the painter Karin Lambrecht

BB: You edit on Final Cut Pro. Do you still use it or did you update to Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere, Davinci Resolve or AVID?
Hopi: I was only editing on Final Cut Pro for the last 10 years, but this year, after upgrading, my Mac did not accept it any more. I am using and Premiere CC a lot and I like it very much. It exceeded my expectations.

BB: Do you plan to learn other solutions, for example AfterEffects, Fusion or Apple Motion?
Hopi: I also use AfterEffects and give lessons in both After Effects and Premiere CC nowadays.

BB: Did you attended Exhibitions this year like SET EXPO, Church Expo, IBC or AES Brasil?
Hopi: This year I went to the Rio Content Market exhibition. It is a good opportunity to sell programs, documentaries and content to Brazilian and foreign TV Stations. There are people from all over the world.

Directing and filming a documentary about a group of artists, called Nervo Óptico that is shown on channel Arte 1, TV//RS and TV Justiça

Productions made by Hopi Chapman - Flowfilms:

Kaingang Wisdom
This documentary (Full HD, 26 min, 2015) shows the lifes of two ninety-year-old kaingang Indians, one living in the city and the other in the countryside. (Produced by Flow Films)

Tags: Olympic Games, WC2014, Worldcup, Rio2016, Broadcast, Video Edit, Videoedit, Post Production

Brazilian TV in 2016 and in a near future

We are in the end of 2016 with a very interesting balance regarding the evolution in TV, especially in the case of public TV in Brazil. The changes of a new generation in the broadcasting business began with the switch-off. Begining with Rio Verde (GO) and the capital of Brazil (Brasília - DF) operating with the 100% digital signal, releasing the 700 MHz band for the implementation of 4G as well.
Another legacy that Brazil showed for the whole world was the Rio 2016 Olympics. Many investments were made in one of the biggest events in the world, thanks to television and Internet broadcasting capacity for billions of people.

In this year, we were able to test the first transmission in 8K-UHD technology with an exhibition at Museu do Amanhã at Rio, between August 5 and 20, on a 300-inch screen, by optical fiber (uncompressed) and terrestrial (compressed). The signal was generated in 8K by the OBC (Olympic Broadcasting Services) in Jacarepaguá.

With the partnership of the Japanese broadcaster NHK (already targeting the Olympics in Tokyo by the year 2020) the signal was transmitted on channel 56 UHF (Center frequency of 754 MHz) directly from Mt. Sumaré on a transmitter of 660 W (H) + 660 W (V) in the standard ISDB-T, multiplex capacity of 36.72 Mbit/s, signal bit rate of 35 Mbit/s with HEVC 50 frames/s, 8 bit/px, with E-AC-3 5.1 as standard audio encoding.

The power of TV in Brazil has shown, in an exemplary way, a surprising quality and use of new technology. One example is Grupo Globo that made 16 SporTV channels available in DTH and through the web with a historical coverage.
Even though we’re still on the road to Full-HD terrestrial broadcasting, 4K and 8K can show the ability to make the best way we watch content, through new experiences and future UHD standards with technologies such as High Dynamic Range (HDR) HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and HFR (High Frame Rate).

4K terrestrial transmission is already a reality in South Korea. In Japan, 8K transmission tests are in na advanced level. In Brazil, broadcasters are interested in the system, but they are concerned about the use of spectrum for Ultra HD transmissions.
So the broadcast market is also gaining, with the immersion of new technologies, with cameras of greater capacity, bigger and bigger televisions with more quality and functions, higher signal processing, and it is worth noting a special highlight for the audio with 22.2 channels, making the experience more immersive and as close to reality as possible.

Watching television will become a differentiated experience of what we are used to know, whether via optical fiber, terrestrial or satellite. It is worth mentioning that the film industry also already uses 4K system in its productions and this integration with television extrapolates the business, being materialized in the technology. Very soon, we can say that there will be no difference between the production for TV and Cinema, in technological aspects. So it is possible to say that in a brief future we will be in an entertainment universe with incredible dimensions and possibilities.
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UPDATE september 29th 2017: Brazil speeds up DTT STB delivery ahead of Rio switch-off

Tags: Brazilian TV, 2016, switch-off, Rio 2016, Olympics, 4K, 8K, Tokyo 2020, broadcasting, Ultra HD, future.

In this video you can view some #BehindTheScenes brought to you by panasonic:

We would like to thank Marcel Almeida for writing for us.
More info you can find on his LinkedIn: br.linkedin.com/in/marcelmg77/en or follow him on Twitter @marcelmg77

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Tags: TV, 2016, SwitchOff, Rio2016, Olympic Games, 4K, 8K, tokyo 2020, Broadcast, UHD, future

Brazilian TAX authorities clarify positions on the export of services and temporary imports of goods

We found a very interesting article from june 2016 on the website of International Tax Review. It is an important article for Broadcast and Audio Visual companies who want to do a productions and so do business in Brazil. The temporary import law has being changed last year, the change was connected to the upcoming event ‘Olympic Games’ in Rio de Janeiro. To make the temporary import of Audio Visual equipment a little bit less of pain for the customs at airports and ports. The temporary import law is still in-tact and foreign audiovisual companies need to know about it for getting your ENG camera set or even a whole OBvan into Brasil without paying important taxes. But as the article will show… it is more than just that. Read the article here.

We have made past years also some other articles about this and other financial subjects concerning doing business and working in Brazil:

• Authorization for Filming in Brazil

• Remittance of International Payments

• Startup a company in Brazil

To have assistance in getting your crew and equipment into Brazil we can just point you out to a experiances ‘fixer’ in Brazil who help out with the temporary import and help at the airport customs. Connecting Media is very familiar with Brazil, it’s law’s and culture, check their page here.

We hope you’ll like it.

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Tags: Broadcast, Brazil, Payments, Contracts, Business, Financial

2017, It will be awesome!

After a big break we start again at Broadcast Brazil. That you haven’t heard from us doesn’t mean we are not developing new things. No… we will come up with some new things for Broadcast Brazil in 2017. First we will introduce you all to the Broadcast Brazil Academy.

In 2017 we are going to start building a portfolio of courses and training classes.. We will offer Face-to-face and online courses. These courses and training will be given by a group of international broadcast professionals and professional photographers.  The courses and training will all be giving in English. The courses and training are relevant and effective for both the individuals as well for companies in the business. More info follows here and on our social media channels.

We also would like to introduce you the new "Broadcast Brazil shop.". Here you will find Broadcast related items. On our facebook page we offer space for our members to sell their equipment.

Both new items on Broadcast Brazil wil be rolled out through out the year. At the same time we will keep all our other items, like the industry agenda, JOBS and our member pages. On Social media you can find Broadcast related news that is interesting for Brazilian Broadcast technicians, camera, light and sound people, film production , postproduction and animation studios. We try to make the best selection of available news.

We hope you’ll like it.

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Tags: Broadcast, Webcast, Mobile

Rodolfo , being a tech guy at TV Globo

BB: Can you tell us about yourself and your job at - External events São Paulo?
Rodolfo: My Name is Rodolfo, and I`m a Technician of TV System. I am working for TV Globo since December 2006, almost 10 years now.

BB:  Tell us about the company TV Globo - External events São Paulo and how long does TV Globo - External events São Paulo exist?
Rodolfo: The External team of Events in São Paulo exists since 1975 i think. The first soccer game that the External events team broadcasted was with only 3 cameras, the signal output were a Analog MicroWave route between the Soccer-Stadium and TV Globo in São Paulo. The guys that worked on that production time are still very proud of what they achieved those days.

BB:  Did you see a growth past years in working at international events for you in Brazil?
Rodolfo: Yes a lot. I Worked at productions like the Confederations Cup, the World Cup in 2014 and this year i will be at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Aldo, i worked on the last 5 Formula 1 GrandPrix’s at Interloagos in Brazil.

Our OBvan at TV Globo is one of the top of Latin America. I can see that after all this years Broadcast production are getting bigger and harder to achieve in the technical sense. I like that, it makes me feel good when i am working on an International Event, meeting colleagues from all over the planet and being able to talk with them.

BB:  What this growth ment for you and your colleagues at TV Globo - External events?
Rodolfo: TV Globo has 5 department: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Recife. When we have something new coming for us, normally it starts in Rio and São Paulo. So we get a lot of time to learn and understand the new technology, equipment and solutions. This is very well arranged at TV Globo.

BB:  Do you work besides Brazil also in other regions on the planet?
Rodolfo: Yes i did. In 2014 i went to China and also Singapore. The Brazilian national team played 2 friendly games over there. I spent even 12 days on this location job. It was amazing meet the other side of the world. In 2015 i went to Colombia to broadcast a Corinthians`s game at the Libertadores championship. That was awesome too. Speaking English is very important on International events. It was because of the english that i got this opportunity to go to China and Singapore. Knowing the english language did give me this opportunity.

BB:  On location at international events, is it difficult for you to communicate with Europeans, Americans, Australians or LATAM countries?
Rodolfo: Yes, with the LATAM’s i try to speak in Spanish but especialy with the Argentines it is hard. They speak to fast. With the Europeans it is alright, they speak very well english. It is only boring for me when they speak their own language. I do not understand anything they speak than. I worked with Australians at the World Cup in Sao Paulo, that was ok too. At the Formula 1 i speak a lot with the British guys. For me it is kind hard, to understand them. It is because i studied American English, so it is hard to get used to understand their they speak english, but in the second day everything goes already better. Every time you learn.

BB:  How do you see your job due to Olympic Games 2016 in Brazil?
Rodolfo: It will be awesome for sure. We will never see an event like this in Brazil soon again. I am very excited to be part of this event. I will be working at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo working for the OBS. It will be unique experience, my expectation are the best you can imagine.

BB:  Is there any surprising challenges you had at events past years?
Rodolfo: No, not really. We always have something new popping up every day in this kind of job. After some years i got used to all types of bad and good surprises. The challenges make us better and stronger. Things that i learned on International events i carry with me at every other production i do, in Brazil and abrought.

BB:  What surprising challenges you think you will have at the Olympics this year?
Rodolfo: I think that we will have all the possible surprises thinkable. We will be the Host Broadcaster at the Olympic Games. All the broadcasters in the world will come to us to ask for some signals or assistance. A lot to solve and help fur sure.

Video Olympic Games (Official Theme) - Rio 2016:

Tags: Olympic Games, UFC, formula1, WC2014, Worldcup, Sports, TV Globo, Rio2016, Broadcast

We visited IBC in Amsterdam this year again. Time for a short recap

Broadcast Brazil has been visiting the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam. Time for a short recap. Every year the IBC in Amsterdam is for sure in our agenda. The exhibition is just huge, complete and……. huge :) To write down al we have seen and touched will be impossible. We hope you followed the IBC news on our Facebook and Twitter Social channels for most actual news but we have some things that popped out for us this year. We also attended 2 events that were organised near the RAI building where IBC is held, we went to SOHO Editors Final Cut Pro Seminars and the Supermeet.

HDR:
In general 4K is now a standard for most new products. So it’s no longer a novelty at IBC 2015. Something that attracted our attention was HDR video. Especially talks about HDR where to be found all over the IBC.

Sony explained the benefits of this technology. HDR will give a highly increased dynamic range. Meaning blacker blacks and brighter whites. Also an enormous colour range increase is possible.

Mobile video transmission:
Mobile Viewpoint introduced their new compact Agile 2R 3G/4G transmitter with audio-return. Very compact, mountable on the back of a camera or in a separate backpack.

The Mobile Viewpont WMT’s (Wireless Multiplex Terminals) have bee used for a while, and the company keeps improving and their products and expanding their product range. Basically it’s a video over GPRS/3G/4G encoder and transmitter that combines up to 8 sim-cards to create bandwidth.

A receiver is connected anywhere on internet to a UTP connection and outputs an SDI/HDMI video signal. SD and HD are both possible. Delay can be as low as 0,8s.

SOHO Editors Final Cut Pro Seminars

In the Spaces conference rooms at walking distance to the IBC, there were some great seminars with many tips and tricks for editing and Final Cut / Motion workflows, from the people who use FCPX on a daily basis or give trainings in it. What was very good to see, is that Final Cut Pro X, after al it’s updates, can finally be that lightning fast editing environment that many Final Cut Pro 7 editors have been missing. Besides being user-friendly and affordable, you’ll find that when you delve deeper into the tricks and shortcuts, you’ll see that you can put together edits amazingly quickly! We’ll be at SOHO events again in the future! As soon as it is available we will add the video in this article!

Supermeet
The annual Amsterdam Supermeet was again a great event. Most known for it’s world famous Raffle! With roughly 70K€ of prizes to win (including 2 Black Magic camera’s and 4K swithers)

Besides presentations of several key players in video and postproduction, the main speaker was 3x Academy Award winning film and sound editor Walter Murch. Known for The Godfather 2 and 3 and Apocalypse Now. He changed a lot from analog editing, to Avid, to Final Cut Pro, to Premiere and back... for different films. And he likes extensive audio editing within the Final Cut timeline  :)

Walter Murch is now 72 years old, and went through all the changes in the industry especially the change from analogue to digital. This guru/veteran decided to connect a huge letter L to his desk, because it signifies the fact that you're always learning.

Also be emphasised the importance for him to work standing up, instead of sitting down. Standing while you're editing gives a greater sense of activity and concentration.
Try it out!

We did not find his presentation at the official Supermeet YouTube channel, but somebody did record it.
Video part 1:

Tags: Congress, Event, Broadcast

The ABTA 2015 takes place in a year that promises many challenges for the sector. The growth levels that Brazil, as a country and also in the broadcasting sector, experienced in previous years might not be shown this year, but there is a lot of development going on. At the same time, Brazil continues to receive investments of, for example, cable operators that are implementing new networks, and launching new satellites for Direct To Home (DTH) content delivery. On the programming front Brazil sees several launches of international and national channels, that will have to compete for space at the broadcasters. New companies are aiming at the national market, such as AT&T, with the acquisition of SKY's parent company, and Dish, which still has plans in Brazil.

ABTA will take place in the Transamérica Expo Center in São Paulo (SP), on August 4, 5 and 6 , 2015. At the ABTA Conference, there will be debates on the future of pay TV, focusing on innovation in video services. Highlights at the event, will be technology showcases and content distribution solutions such as video on demand, IPTV and over-the-top platforms (OTT), as well as advertising, satellites and IT, and the innovations in linear and high-definition content distribution. Besides that, there are technologies and business in the field of video on-demand platforms, cloud DVR, new user interfaces and innovations in IT and access control.

This year, there will be a large exhibition space with more than 100 exhibitors from Brazil and the rest of the world, using the opportunity to showcase brands and leverage new business opportunities. Last year, some of the exhibitors were:

During the conference there will also be panels and discussions on markets, regulation, new technologies and trends, with the participation of executives and key representatives of industry and government. There will also be Pay TV Seminars (STA) with case studies and market solutions.

ABTA Expo & Conference has this year the following program:

Tuesday, Aug. 4:
PANEL 1: Sectoral policies and current challenges. With the sessions: The present and future of the pay-TV market; Free-to-air channels: what changes with digital; The challenges of regulation in the non-linear world; Consumer rights, RGC and service quality; Rights, IP and financing in pay-TV programming; Signal theft: approaches and results

Wednesday, Aug. 5:
PANEL 2: Programming and regulation: results and adjustments;

PANEL 3: Pay TV, the media market and the future of advertising.
With the sessions: The performance of audiences and channels; New formats for advertising; Economic scenarios and growth: where the industry is heading; Pay-TV advertising success stories; Churn and customer loyalty: challenges of a competitive scenario; The future of pay-TV advertising

Thursday, Aug. 6:
PANEL 4: Non-linear TV: a concrete reality.
With the sessions: FTTH, satellite and OTT: directions taken by new operators; Lessons of international experiences; Broadband: strategies beyond bundling; Multiplatform programming.

ABTA 2015 is expected about 9.500 people on average in the three-day event, 3.000 more than last year, with more than 10,000 square meters of exhibition space.
Transamérica Expo Center is located close to the city’s main business centers and office districts, and only 12 km from Congonhas Airport, with easy access to Marginal Pinheiros and Av. Washington Luis in Av. Dr. Mário Villas Boas Rodrigues, 387 Santo Amaro – São Paulo – SP – Brazil.

In YouTube Magazine TV channel you can view some of ABTA 2014 and what's to come in 2015.
video:

Tags: ABTA, 2015, audio, video, digital, congress, Magazine TV, Dish, AT&T, SKY, Marcel Almeida, Broadcast, São Paulo, Transamérica Expo Center

We all know Brazilian Carnival right?
We talked with Roeland van der Manden, one of the EVS Operators of last Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

BB: So Roeland, please tell us what is your function, and what does it include
Roeland: “EVS-operator. EVS is a system that makes live editing possible and makes replays at live events. I provide outside broadcast facilities with a premium service and it changes from a day to day basis. Some days I might be at a soccer game offering live replays to the director to then play out on live television to viewers at home, on another day I might be preparing for a live show taking all the pre-edited VT’s and feeding them into the EVS to then use as a tapeless method to play out to viewers at home”.

BB: Since when do you work as EVS operator
Roeland: “I have been working as an EVS-operator since 2008. Started in the Netherlands for Eyeworks and Endemol”.

BB: Which events did you already work on here in Brazil
Roeland: “I have worked for UFC coverages in Brazil since 2012, the Brazilian soccer championship, Libertadores Cup, world feed carnival 2014 in Rio de Janeiro and now I'm working for an American network at the IBC in Rio on the FIFA World Cup 2014”.

BB: What is the difference of the Brazilian events and events you worked on in the Netherlands
Roeland: “The difference between the events in Brazil and in the Netherlands is production and care. In the Netherlands, productions are bigger and made with more care. They do have all the equipment in Brazil to make events look really good but I think some of them maybe don't care enough to give it 100%. There's a lack of perfection at certain events. And planning is a big difference. For example, in Brazil I have never received a callsheet or any other useful info about the production. Even though many times things turn out to be fine "the Brazilian way”.

BB: How is communication with foreigners in general in your work
Roeland: “Communication has to be very good when working in EVS because a big part of the job is communication between director, producer and EVS. And most of the time communication has to be fast, because you work live”.

BB: What are the good and bad parts of Brazil as event host
Roeland: “Good part of the Brazilians is without a doubt the warmth character of the Brazilians. They are really open and enthusiast and there is always joy.
Any bad points would be the planning and the way they care about the production”.

BB: Do you notice a difference in foreign culture and your culture, in the way of working especially
Roeland: “A big difference in the two cultures is discipline and punctuality I think. Dutch people are very strict when at work. Brazilians are not. In Brazil it's very common that your colleague is a very good friend of you, in the Netherlands there's a clear difference between colleagues and friends. The majority of the cases at least”.

BB: How was it working on the last Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Roeland: “Working at carnival was really spectacular. Like I mentioned before about the differences in size of the productions and care, you can compare the carnival for Globo with a great international event. I was very positively surprised”.

BB: Any specific technical difficulties during this event, and if so, these were due to what exactly
Roeland: “Work itself was normal at this event. We worked on the ultra slow replays which turned out to be very beautiful to show details about dancing. Very nice”.

BB: Where there foreign broadcasters involved during the transmission
Roeland: “I believe not, the TV compound was from Globo only although the compound was quite big though”.

BB: What did you work on specifically during Carnival
Roeland: “We worked with the ultra slow replays of the dancers to show details and ordinary replays of the samba schools”.

BB: Which equipment did you use
Roeland: “EVS XT3. The newest model of EVS. And I-Movix”.

BB: Do you see a rise in the amount of (english speaking) Brazilian Broadcast Technicians needed during events in Brazil, and in which specific areas
Roeland: “Not really, this year you do but that has everything to do with the World Cup which is once. So not repeatedly I think”.

BB: Any good advice for the Brazilians in this area
Roeland: “It is always useful and of course important to be able to communicate in English”.

BB: How do you see the future for Brazilian broadcast Technicians the coming years with all upcoming foreign events
Roeland: “I think the Brazilian market is not going to change that much. The reason is because there are several big companies who provide their own services. There is not much of a freelance culture as there is in the US or Europe. People here prefer to work for a company instead of having their own business I think. So the market is not that competitive. There is Globo which owns almost all the channels here and than there's a long time nothing and than the rest.
But people should give their very best to show the international media out their that they're capable of producing big events”.

BB: What is the most important for you to be able to work with foreign companies
Roeland: “Foreign companies pay way better than the Brazilian ones. That for sure is an issue, further the production level is higher which makes it easier to work with them. Brazilian production level is not poor, but it's done by way less people so the conditions are harder and you can see that in the result”.

BB: Any other interesting things you have for us related to your work at last Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Roeland: “Carnival was hard working but very satisfying and I really enjoyed it”.

Compilation of Carnival Rio de Janeiro 2014


So we hope this is, besides, fun to read, also a good help and insight information about broadcast events held in Brazil and what the future may hold.

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EVS
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UFC

Tags: carnaval, Broadcast, Evs, Brazil, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

Authorisation for Filming in Brazil

Foreign companies that want to film in Brazil need special documentation to do so legally. Read the article to learn what documentations are needs to be provided to act within the law when filming.

Foreigners who intend to make news reports, films, recordings or capture moving images in Brazil (with or without sound) have to previously ask for ANCINE's authorisation. ANCINE is short for Agência Nacional de Cinema, the national movies agency that is responsible for inter-mediating at the Brazilian diplomatic missions abroad, the requests for proper visa concession for technicians and artists, so they can participate in filming in the country.

How to Request Authorisation
Apart from foreign journalistic productions, all of the others have to contact a Brazilian production company that will make contact with ANCINE. First, the Brazilian company communicates with ANCINE about its interest and responsibility in making the films or recordings, through a form available in this link. It’s also necessary to present the following documentation:
• Copy of the contract between the foreign production company or person that is legally responsible for the production, and the Brazilian production company, and should indicate the mutual responsibilities, form of payment and the expiration date of the contract.
• Copy of the translated contract mentioned, if it was written in a foreign language.
• Provisional plan of filming/recording, indicating the dates and the places (Municipality/Federal Unit) in the Brazilian territory where the works will happen.
• Copy of the identification sheets of the passport of each one of the foreign workers.

The Brazilian company will be the one responsible for making the customs clearance of all the temporary material used for the production, giving full support to the foreign company.
Any alterations in the originally established conditions have to be reported to ANCINE through a form available in this link. It’s also necessary to present the following documentation:
• Change in the Brazilian diplomatic mission to which the visa request is destined.
• Inclusion or exclusion of technicians and artists.
• Deferral/alteration in the temporary stay term of the technicians and artists in the country.
• Change in the places where the filming/recording will take place.
• Cancellation of the authorised activity.

The visa is issued abroad, on the Brazilian diplomatic missions, once ANCINE approves the concession of visa and provisional stay in the country.
The validity of the visa is determined by the mission, according to the length duration of the filming/recording chronogram.

It may also be necessary to ask for an authorization from CET, the Companhia de Engenharia de Tráfego, which is the Traffic Engineering Department, in case the filming is happening in some street. There are different authorisations in this case, whose prices vary from BRL 148.95 to BRL 1,747.45. The complete table of services is available in Portuguese, here, under the title “Filmagem, fotografia, produção de audiovisuais e similares”, which is filming, photography, audiovisual production and similar.

Some cities may have specific forms which must be filled in order to provide the authorization for filming, which must be checked at the City Halls.

Journalistic Productions
The production of foreign audiovisual journalistic works have to be communicated straight to the Brazilian diplomatic missions abroad, so that the proper authorisations can be issued. In these cases, the people going to Brazil to work can apply for a temporary visa as foreign newspaper, radio, television or agency correspondents. There may be internal demands, for instance, a special authorisation to film in a hospital, but these are local specifications, not migratory ones, and need to be checked in the specific places where the filming will occur.

A big thank you goes to our friends at The Brazil Business who were so kind letting us use this very informative post.

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Tags: Video, film, Broadcast, Brazil, foreigners

Brazilian Cinema and International Events

Here some more information about the publication made by ANCINA

"ANCINE publishes rules to support the participation of films, projects and professional programs in international events in 2014.
This Program supporting festivals shall also include projects in workshops.

Aiming to encourage the promotion of Brazilian audiovisual production abroad and increase the participation of Brazilian companies abroad in the audiovisual market ANCINE renewed it's program for the year 2014, with two support programs aimed at the international area. 
These programs seek to contribute and facilitate the participation of national films and projects at major festivals and workshops of the international cinema, besides also the participation of the sector in market related events and business meetings.

"We believe that the format they will implement this year, through the extension of both programs will allow a more comprehensive role in enabling the presence of Brazilian companies and professionals in major international events in the audiovisual sector. There is a complementarity between the three lines that make up the programs because they make us understand the development and presentation  on one hand, and the negotiations in order to produce and make the product move in the international market, "said Rosana Alcantara, director ANCINE.

The Support Program Participation of Brazilian Movies at International Festivals, launched in 2006 by ANCINE, assists with financial services and resources, depending on the event, for the participation of short, medium and Brazilian feature films selected for festivals abroad. Starting this year, the program shall also include financial support for selected projects for international workshops
The International Advisor for ANCINE, Eduardo Valente, justifies the inclusion of laboratories/workshops in the program with the assessment that "these events today have outstanding importance in the international projection of work and increasingly curators go to these events to invest in these works. With this increase, the total number of events in the program reaches 107, throughout the year."

This way we see that the audiovisual market is not only expanding one way, which is mostly foreigners coming into Brazil, but that we can expect the coming years a rise of Brazilian products and professionals appearing in the foreign markets as well.

Great news, because this will stimulate the international market for Brazil and in the coming years prepare the Brazilian audiovisuals even better for the Olympics.

On this site you can read more about the program, it is in Portuguese but Google Translate will help out pretty well ;-)

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Tags: cinema, video, Brazil, Broadcast

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Patrick Hendriks: "After a long trip team and equipment arrived well in Argentine, South America for the 2014 version of the Dakar rally".

It's HOT in the desert, check the airco tubes to cool all down.

"The setup is the same as last years edition, of course we did minor chances to make our setup even better. And our team grow with 100%, we are now with 2 persons on location :) " Patrick explains.

Patrick: "All teams have the possibility for the teams to rent a personal monitor. Therefor all competitors must take care of some paperwork for renting our monitors. Besides the personal monitors the teams can also get big screens with us. We have some 23inch Samsung Screens with us"

Grass Valley Indigo doing a great job in extreme conditions at Dakar 2014

Patrick: "The Grass Valley Indigo mixer we introduced last year is still in the set, doing a fine job. For now I will tell about what we have on location."

Tags: Broadcast, Argentina, Chili, Dakar, Bolivia

We had the pleasure of meeting Max already a couple of times during fairs in Brazil at the SSL booth, he was so kind to do an interview with us about his work at SSL and his point of view on the Brazilian market.

BB: Tell us who you are Max
Max Noach: “I am a Dutch citizen, born in Belgium and educated in French. I spent 10 years living in the UK when I first joined SSL in 1992, and have been living in Brazil for 10 years now.”

BB: What is your occupation
Max: “I am the Area Sales Manager LatAm for Solid State Logic”.

BB: How long do you work for SSL
Max: “I worked from 1992 to 2002 in various sales roles, and rejoined the company in February 2013”.

BB:How long do you work in the South America region
Max: “Since December 1992 - coming close to 21 years now”.

BB: How long does SSL exist, and how long in Brazil
Max: “SSL was founded in 1969 in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, UK. The first SL 4000 G console was installed in Rio de Janeiro in 1989 (that commissioning engineer, Niall Feldman, still works for SSL and is now Director of New Products) and we pro-actively started working in Brazil in 1993”.

BB: Which product is most popular in Brazil
Max: “Difficult question to answer. Over the years, we have produced a wide range of products for a variety of applications. If we were to consider sheer unit numbers, I guess that Matrix and X-Rack win the trophy. If we were to look at turnover, Duality is the winner. These numbers might be superseded in the near future with the introduction of Live, our newest console for live sound applications”.

BB: Did you see a growth in audio/video related material in Brazil
Max: “Sure! With the advent and expansion of cable TV, digital terrestrial TV and web-streaming, we have witnessed sustained and continuos growth in this sector of the industry”.

BB: Which section in the audio/video market is strongest for SSL in Brazil
Max: “Our company and solutions traditionally attend to the upper tier of the market, i.e. large shows, complex sport events, mobile units requiring high capacity and quality audio”.

BB: We saw you at the AES and Broadcast&Cable, which other fairs in South America people and businesses can find SSL
Max: “We have attended local trade-fairs in Chile over the past 2-3 years. We are looking at exhibiting at ExpoMusic in 2014, Caper in Argentina, and a show in Colombia. We regularly organize workshops and roadshows with our local partners”.

BB: How is business and sales different from Europe & USA in Brazil
Max: “To state the obvious, custom duties and taxes, as well as the exchange-rate instability make it difficult for anyone to plan anything here. Also, the political and economical situation is very different in Brazil from more traditional markets such as the USA or the EU. This influences not just SSL's business, but nearly all sectors of the economy, making forecasts and planning almost "black science".

BB: Is the english language still a problem in communication
Max: “Yes and no. Yes if one considers the average fluency in English of the people we deal with on a day to day basis. No, because companies in South America require that their top managers possess a decent command of English. At SSL, we beg to be different: I'm fluent in both English and Portuguese, and my Spanish is up to a decent standard (I won't mention Dutch or French, only relevant in a couple of countries in South America)”.

BB: Are you partnering with other foreign companies here in Brazil
Max: “No. Our partners in Brazil are all established in Brazil”.

BB: How do you see the broadcast market in 2014 due to world cup
Max: “We see opportunities of course. Not just in the Broadcast market, but also in the Live sound market thanks to the many parallel events that will happen during the World Cup”.

BB: Which company is your biggest opponent in Brazil
Max: “I wouldn't say “opponent”. We have competitors, of course, as any company would. They tend to vary according to the projects and the markets - I couldn't per se qualify one as the “biggest” either”.

BB: Any surprising challenges in Brazil
Max: “As you may well know and have experienced yourself, Brazil is a territory with many challenges. After our 20+ years experience in the country, anything hardly surprises us anymore. And when it does, it tends to be in a positive way”.

BB: Are there new upcoming products you can tell us about
Max: “We just revealed two new broadcast products at IBC: the first Madi-Dante Bridge designed for Broadcast applications and the LMS-16, a revolutionary high-capacity loudness monitor that works together with our products or that can integrate as a stand-alone unit in broadcast installations.

SSL has a life-long history not revealing upcoming products before they are ready to be demonstrated and ready to ship. But we are having good news for you all.
There is close to a week left before the AES in New York and SSL will have 5 new products, yes, 5! Each of them worth the travel.

For Musical Production, we will have the Matrix2 and Sigma
For Live Sound, the Live, seen first time at the fairs in America
For Broadcast, our new Madi-Dante bridge, and the LMS 16, Loudness multichannel monitor.
Besides this, we will have the Duality ProStation, the C1- HD with V4, an AWS 948, Nucleus and of course our range of Converters and effects/processors at our stand.”

To register for the fair you can click here. To mark a SSL demo, click here



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Expo Music
Caper
Broadcast & Cable
IBC

Tags: Brazil, Broadcast, Audio, Music, Sao Paulo

Brazil is a new investment target, but the country still presents many problems for investors that want to participate in the Brazilian market. This article outlines these problems and also proposes solutions to make business in Brazil a clearer and more successful process.

Brazil is a developing country in ascension with many attractive features for investors. With a vast territory full of natural resources and opportunities for expansion. In addition to the growing Brazilian economy and the increasing purchasing power of the population, the country has caught investors attention worldwide. Making Brazil a very appealing area for foreign financial transactions.

Business Environment in Brazil
A recent report developed by the World Bank ranked the economies of 185 countries according to the ease of doing business. From 1 to 185, the countries are classified in accordance by their regulatory environment for starting a new business.
If the environment is favourable to open a business or a new business operation the ranking is lower, closer to 1, and if the regulatory conditions are unfavourable the ranking is higher, closer to 185. Brazil was ranked 130th, a poor result in comparison to other South American countries, such as Argentina (124th), Paraguay (103rd), Uruguay (89th), Peru (43rd) and Chile (37th).

Problems to be Confronted
The low position of Brazil in the study can be explained by the number of necessary days it takes to open a business in the country. In Peru it takes 60 days and in Chile 32, while in Brazil the whole process can be completed in a staggering 156 days.

The Bureaucracy Barrier
It is clear that bureaucracy has decreased the ease of doing business in Brazil. Even though the country has become an important target for foreign investments some Brazilian problems cannot be ignored.
The country is a victim of a system of administration with many divisions, rules, controls and redundant procedures that, most of the time, are unnecessary for the opening of a business.
The bureaucracy in Brazil can be so overwhelming that even Brazilians get confused. This type of system nurtures the idea that every procedure in Brazil takes much longer than it should actually take and also diminishes the government's efficiency.

Delays and Clearer Contracts
Not only is their unnecessary time spent on opening a business in the country, there is also a problem for investors in Brazil. Payment can also be an issue, especially regarding delays. Brazilians are recognized worldwide for their ability to be late and unfortunately this ability can be also perceived in payments and in financial remittances.
Not all Brazilians have this problem, but in order to be cautious, the establishment of a good contract with explicit and verified information is the best option to guarantee the success of any type of business in Brazil.

Avoiding Complications with Bank Transfers
To avoid any type of trouble when doing business in Brazil it's important to understand how Brazilian banks work. Just like in any part of the world, banks in Brazil work with digital systems and systems don't always recognize mistakes.
For a financial transaction in a bank to be processed correctly, it is necessary to present the exact information that the bank requests. To be sure that the information requested by a bank is the same provided by the person that is sending the money, double-check the information is the most advisable option.

Razão Social and Nome Fantasia aren't the Same Thing
The lack of information or errors is a normal complication encountered by legal entities, on reason is due to the fact that in Brazil companies have two different names: Razão Social and Nome Fantasia. This part could be tricky for foreigners, since Nome Fantasia and Razão Social aren't universal terms. Both are nuances of Brazil therefore being unknown terms abroad. However, the knowledge of their meanings is fundamental to guarantee the success of a foreign payment.
• Razão Social: It's the nome comercial, denominação social or firma empresarial, which means the name with the company as it's registered in Brazil.
• Nome Fantasia: The name which the company is commonly known as, which can also be called the nome fachada or marca empresarial.
Example: McDonald's is a fast food restaurant popularly known by its Nome Fantasia, McDonald's. The Razão Social of McDonald's is registered as Arcos Dourados Comércio de Alimentos Ltda.

Usual Mistake
To money transfers by a company must indicate the Razão Social in the bank system. The biggest mistake made by foreigners is that they usually send their money with the Nome Fantasia of the company, which hinders the data matching of the bank system. If the information submitted by the foreigner doesn't correspond to the data registered in the bank the transaction will not occur, and the money will be returned to the sender or remains with the bank.

The info graphic below here shows ways to Send money to Brazil or to Abroad

We hope this information helps to give you a better understanding about the financial world and doing business in Brazil, and if you would like to read more articles related to this, let us know!
A big thank you goes to our friends at The Brazil Business who were so kind to write this for us.

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Tags: Broadcast, Brazil, Payments, Contracts, Business, Financial

BB: So Fernando, please tell us what is your function, and what does it include
Fernando: “I am one of the Hand Held Camera Operators for the UFC events in Brazil”.

BB: How many shows are you on UFC in Brazil 
Fernando: “I have worked at all the UFC Shows in Brazil, except the one that took place in Fortaleza”.

BB: What is the best part of the UFC events 
Fernando: “The best part of the UFC shows is to be able to work with good professionals from all over the world”.

BB: What is the difference of Brazil and other countries at UFC events 
Fernando: “At the UFC everything is detailed and structured. We receive a minute by minute script on each show, what makes our life much easier”.

BB: How is communication with foreigners in general in your work
Fernando: “ I am used working with a lot of foreigners, so I don't have any issues on communicating with them and I also made really good friends at those events”.

BB: What are the good and bad parts of Brazil as event host
Fernando: “UFC is getting bigger and bigger each day in Brazil, so hosting an event in different cities of the country will help it get even more popular.
The most difficult part of hosting international events in Brazil is to gather a good English Speaking Crew. We do have a lot of good professionals in the TV area but not all of them speak and/or understand English”.

BB: Do you notice a difference in foreign culture and your culture, in the way of working especially
Fernando: “On TV, all the engineering is the same. Sometimes we have to change the way things are done to accomodate a specific request from a different way of doing TV. But, as I mentioned, technically the process is the same all over the world. What really matters is the final result and a happy and satisfied client, no matter where they come from”.

BB: Any specific technical difficulties this last UFC, and if so, these were due to what exactly
Fernando: “No specific problems at any of the UFC events”.

BB: Any good advice for the Brazilians in this area
Fernando: “It is very important to learn a second language, preferably English, due to the upcoming events in Brazil”.

BB: Do you see a rise in the amount of (english speaking) Brazilian Broadcast Technicians and Cameraman needed during the UFC in Brazil, and in which specific areas
Fernando: “ Till today it is still very hard to gather an english speaking crew here in Brazil.

BB: How do you see the future for Brazilian broadcast Technicians the coming years with all upcoming foreign events
Fernando: “Brazil has a really good future since we will have big events as the World Cup and Olympics. We are getting more investments in the area and that makes this kind of work stay even after these events”.

BB: What is the most important for you to be able to work with foreign companies
Fernando: “We are always learning, so be able to work with people from all over the world only brings more knowledge”.

BB: What kind of gear do you use
Fernando: “On UFC shows we work with an OB Van with 16 Grassvalley HD Cameras and 5.1 dolby áudio”.

BB: Any other international events you did this year? If so which ones and what was your function there.
Fernando: “I did the World Youth Day in Rio de janeiro where I worked as Producer, also I did Pororoca Live for CCTV China as an Transmission Coordinator”.

World Youth Day:


Pororoca Live Event, behind the scenes:


So we hope this is, besides, fun to read, also a good help and insight information about foreign broadcast events held in Brazil and what the future may hold.

More photo's available on our Broadcast Brazil Facebook page, you can find them here.
Like us if you want ;)
And see our former blogposts about the UFC event held in Belo Horizonte, Jaraguá do Sul and Fortaleza

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UFC
GrassValley
Pororoca
World Youth Day
CCTV China

Tags: Broadcast, Sports, UFC, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

BB: So Marcio, please tell us what is your function, and what does it include
Marcio: “I am an image director and to get here I learned photography, Studio and external camera, graphics, video control cameras and also followed the work of other directors in the most varied areas of tv production”.

BB: How many years are you on UFC 
Marcio: “I don’t know exactly the years, but till now I have done 5 UFC shows here in Brazil”.

BB: What is the best part of the UFC events 
Marcio: “There is not e specific ‘best part’ at the event. The production for sure is great and very well organized. It is an event full of highly trained professionals”.

BB: What is the difference of Brazil and other countries at UFC events 
Marcio: “Working also with music shows, live tv programs, and sports in General, the difference is the way of working with the Americans.
Everything is well rehearsed and scripted”.

Tags: Broadcast, Sports, UFC, Brazil, Fortaleza

BB: So Peter, please tell us what is your function, and what does it include
Peter: “I am a Broadcast Show Mixer, Senior Audio. Lead of the audio department and I mix the television show. Also I plan the set up and co-ordinate all equipment with the Technical Manager”.

BB: How many years are you on UFC 
Peter: “My first UFC event was in February 2003 so that makes a total of 10 years already”.

BB: What is the best part of the UFC events 
Peter: “That's easy - our Audio crew. We have a core group of A2's that are very talented, hard working and don't whine (too much). They complement one another and work well together. Though each is a specialist they will go into each other's areas as needed”.

BB: What is the difference of Brazil and other countries at UFC events 
Peter: “From my perspective? In the USA we are familiar with the mobile units we use. Though the mobile unit in Brazil was a joint venture between American based NEP and Brazilian based Casablanca, it was different than most of the mobile units we would use in the USA. This manifested itself in capacity and accessibility. We had fewer powered intercom channels than we usually do, couldn't access as many ports in the intercom system, the desk was only 48 faders instead of the usual 64 or even up to 144 on the surface as in USA. This is typical when we go overseas. In Europe we often use UK mobile units, other countries might involve a "fly pack." The challenge is to provide all the technical elements of our show regardless of the facilities we are using”.

BB: How is communication in Brazil Challenging
Peter: “As I don't speak Portuguese. In the work environment I was really only dealing with English speakers so it wasn't a problem”.

BB: What are the good and bad parts of Brazil
Peter: “As event host nothing that effected me aside from the catering”.

BB: Does the latin culture influence the way of working 
Peter: “In my line of work this does not influence me”.

BB: Any specific technical difficulties this last UFC, and if so, these were due to what exactly
Peter:  “It was the first time we used the mobile unit, that's always a challenge. Fortunately NEP sent Nick Romano and others who had done our show before on other mobile units”.

BB: Any good advice for the Brazilians in this area
Peter: “Obviously if you're working with USA television personnel, who tend not to master any other language aside from their own, English fluency is an asset. Also, understanding the urgency and immediacy that characterizes American television is important”.

BB: And of course, do you have other interesting notes to share from last UFC event
Peter: “Due to big distances in Brazil, having the hour long bus ride to and from work makes a long day even longer.
The Hotel bar could've been open later and been more interesting. And why no Gin & Tonic? :)”

So we hope this is, besides, fun to read, also a good help and insight information about foreign broadcast events held in Brazil and what the future may hold".

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UFC
NEP
Casablanca

Tags: Broadcast, Sports, UFC, Brazil, Jaragua do Sul

We had the pleasure to meet Miguel during his latest business trip in Brazil. Having a good lunch in Copacabana with a lovely beach view, it was the perfect place to get to know him and Genelec a bit better. Since Genelec is entering the Brazilian market we though it interesting to have Miguel tell us more about his points of view of the Broadcast Market.

BB: Miguel, what is your occupation
Miguel: ”I work for Genelec as Area sales manager”

BB: How long do you work for Genelec
Miguel: “Since August 2012”

BB: How long do you work in the south america region
Miguel: “About 10 years”

BB: How long does Genelec exist, and how long in Brazil
Miguel: “Genelec was founded in 1978. This year is the 35th Anniversary. Pride Music, the current distributor, has been working with Genelec the last 7 or 8 years, but you can find Genelec monitors in Brazil since the 80s and 90s.”

BB: Which product is most popular in Brazil
Miguel: “The top seller in 2012 was the 8030A, as it is all around the world.”

BB: How do you see the broadcast market in 2014 due to world cup
Miguel: “The purchases of equipments that the Broadcasters can need for the world cup should be done within the next 12 months, probably less. However, the brazilian broadcasters are quite well equipped technologically. Another different issue is if they will have enough resources to cover properly all the events, but, if they don't have them and they don't want to buy them, the market will be interesting for foreign rental companies. Anyway it is a great opportunity for improving the technical development, already high,  of the brazilian broadcast market.” 

Tags: Broadcast, Audio, monitors, Brazil

Dutchman Patrick Hendriks is working at the famous Dakar 2013 rally, which takes place in 3 South American countries. The Dakar Rally 2013 starts in Lima in Peru, than Argentina and the rally will continue to finish in Chili. Patrick will try to do some updates of his job on this blog at the time of the Dakar 2013 Rally.

Patrick Hendriks: "All equipment arrived well in Peru, South America for the 2013 version of the Dakar rally".

"We start this year in Lima. There we have to do our first setup and test all gear. Sometimes things can go wrong by the long transport from europe to South America. Of course we bring backup equipment but we need to test our main setup throughout" Patrick explains.

Patrick: "Also in Lima it was the possibility for the teams to rent a personal monitor. Therefor we had a place at the administration office were all competitors must past and take care of
all the paperwork for renting our monitors"

This years luxury BP Satellite Solutions BV tent :)

Patrick: "This year we work with a slightly different setup than at the 2012 version. In stead of the Black Magic Design mixer we took the Grass Valley Indigo mixer due to audio options that we need what the Black Magic Design mixers not have at this moment. For now I will tell about the Mixer case.":
"

Tags: Broadcast, Argentina, Chili, Peru, Dakar

Formula 1 2012 São Paulo - Brazil Grand Prix for EBU, Special report

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions.. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit

One year almost, one season Formula 1 and traveling the whole globe for the Multi-Link Holland Uplink team. That means we have some statistics for you in this last Formula 1 article of this year.

Gerben Vissers "Past season was a very long season. Every race we were on the spot with a least four people of Multi-Link Holland. it means we did travel, work, drink, eat, sit, run solve , talk, joke and laugh a lot. The thing we did most i will put it into some statistics".

Team Statistics:
• 34 Plane flights for each team member
• 40 Train travels for each team member
• Thousands of kilometers truck drives thru Europe
• 75 Rental cars (in which all are brought back in a... working condition)
• 134 Different Hotels
• 140 Hotels Breakfasts
• 8378,4 Jokes and laughs
• 1440 hours of work (at least) on location for each team member
• 181 Visits to different restaurants, snackbar's, grill houses
• 750 Hours of transmitting for each dish and HPA
• 321,5 Hamburgers (but we think it is more than that even)
.................... and about 20.160 Can's of cold Coca Cola Light (Diet Coke)

"It was a very nice season. Everything has gone very well this year. Also it was very challenging because in addition to the connections for the EBU we also produced the video / audio production for TV Globo Brazil and the editset + uplink for the German Broadcaster ZDF We are most of the time far from home and work long hours. But it's a nice group of people we work with and we visit very special locations. Besides we have to entertain ourselfs on the job to keep the team spirit" Gerben explained.

Gerben"I would like to say thanks to anyone I have worked together over the past year. Such as my colleagues of Multi-Link Holland, the staff of SKY, the employees of the EBU, the employees of the FOM, the staff of TV Globo Brazil , the guys from D.O.T. and many, many others. I also want the readers and creators of this blog thank you for the interest. I hope to see everyone back next season".

This was the last Formula 1 blog entry for this year, we hope we will do this next year again with the guys from this Dutch company. We can learn from them a lot, to se what they do to acchieve the result at the end of the season. We can also see that the english language is the basic used language on this event, so of you want to work there, start to study your english. Thanks Gerben Vissers, Bob Snieder, Marco Mohr , René van Hooff and Marco van Uffelen for their support on this blog last years. Hope to see you all next season for some nice tech stories again. Happy Holidays guys !!!
Listen every friday night Live to Grand Prix radio stream by Olav Mol .

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on, this time a Brazil Special at 19:00 tonight !!!!!!!

More photo's available on our Broadcast Brazil Facebook page, you can find them here.

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Globo TV Brazil
D.O.T.
Gigasat
Coco Cola Light
Olav Mol
Grand Prix Radio

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, São paulo, Brazil

Formula 1 2012 São Paulo - Brazil Grand Prix for EBU, Special report

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions.. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit

Friday is always a long day for us. It starts at 8:00 in the morning with the first transmission. We arranged satellite capacity from 7:45 so we ensure that we are present at 6:45. This means we must leave very early from our hotel to prevent we are late. At 10:00 the first free practice.

We allow you to send to the WIF (Wide international feed), NIF (Narrow international feed) and Sky UK. Everything in HD1080i50. The difference between the WIF and NIF is that the graphics in the NIF fall within a 4:3 frame so that even the edges off him in 4:3 can be broadcast. This because in some countries they still transmit in 4 by 3... and also need to see the Graphics, timing info, standings etc etc

In addition to these channels, we ensure also that 2 muxed signals go by fiber to Europe. These both are put on satellite in Germany by another uplink.

In the afternoon we transmit the second free practice. We also do the tape feeds for different broadcasters at the Play Out Desk. In this configuration we WIF a 2 channel muxed mpeg 4 so we simultaneously help more customers ate the same time. We got a lot of happy clients this way.

At 20:00 we are finished and it is than time to cool down our HPA's and search a good restaurant in which is easy in São paulo. On Saturday morning the alarm wakes us up again at 6:15.... saturday is 1 free practice and qualifying... loooong day again.
Listen Tonight Live to Grand Prix radio stream by Olav Mol with a Brazil Special at 19:00 Brazil time.

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on, this time a Brazil Special at 19:00 tonight !!!!!!!

More photo's available on our Broadcast Brazil Facebook page, you can find them here.

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
Sky Sports
WIF
NIF
Olav Mol
Grand Prix Radio

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, São paulo, Brazil

Formula 1 2012 São Paulo - Brazil Grand Prix for EBU, Special report

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Thursday is always the day of the fine-tuning and tweaking, testing systems and the doing first Uplinks for EBU.

In Brazil we do besides the uplinks for EBU also the so called Play Outs. In the same cabin where we do the uplinks are also the play-out machines connected. The broadcasters that only have a camera ENG crew on location, enter our cabin with their footage to send it to their homeland. Normally this will be covered by the host broadcaster and we only transmit the signals but in Brazil we also coordinate all these Play Outs. We use 2x a HD XDCam deck and 1x P2 HD player. Customers with other formats run their own player or camera and give us the HD-SDI output. We put this signal this through fibers to our HD-SDI router and switch it to the correct encoders in our rack.

On Thursday we also test the uplinks. Almost every race in every country we have being we do this on Thursday 14:00 local time, a full test. Here do almost all broadcasters participate. It is a live as race test (like it would be on sunday) in which all systems tested. The tests went smoothly today.

Other broadcasters had some problems in the morning problems because something went wrong with the local voltage. We were happy here not bother because we work with an automatic switch where both local voltage and a generator. Behind this is a 80kVA UPS. This system, we only use in Brazil and in recent years also proved very necessary, every year there are problems in this. Last year the man in control of the power decided to stop the generators just after the race. The man thought the race is over so I can shut down and go home. He really did not realize that the pre and so called 'aftershows' often are the major programs related to advertising revenue.

Friday first Free Practice Transmissions, we are ready for it.

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on, this time a Brazil Special:

More photo's available on our Broadcast Brazil Facebook page, you can find them here.

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
Sony professional XDCAM
EBU
Sky Sports

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, São paulo, Brazil

Formula 1 2012 São Paulo - Brazil Grand Prix for EBU, Special report

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Again a very very nice sunny day in São Paulo. This makes working more easy and more pleasant. It is still needed to prepare the 3 Gigasat dishes for Rain. Knowing from past years the weather can change suddenly over here. Protection against water of the Amplifiers is very important, they do not like it too much.

Meanwhile still waiting for the promised tables so the Play Out's can be installed. They will be there at 11:00 ... they said. Then  concentrate first on the other cabling towards FOM and TV Globo Brazil. FOM needs cables for audio, communications and WIF + NIF signals what need to be  transmitted. These last 2 go by a fibre. Globo just needs WIF + NIF, these go by copper.

Also the work on the dishes themselves continues. They are pointed precisely to the satellites, and there will be some testing with all 3. Following the instructions and info delivered by EBU and the satellite operator are crucial. Communications between them is only in the english language, does not matter where the satellites are from Japan, Brazil or Germany.

At 15:00 the so hard needed tables arrived, or better said....... EBU bought those themselfves at a shop in São Paulo. No time to waste! The Play Out's , XDCAM HD were installed rapidly and professionaly by a Brazilian rental company. All signals from the Play Out's go by fibre to the Rack where they will be encoded and transmitted.

All setup now, just some minor things to arrange on thursday. The last parts of the work on the dishes is done, the finalization with the black fabric around the frame underneath the dishes are performed, just to let make everything looking great and protect some more against rain water. This fabric solution is invented by Multi-Link Holland themselves.

At 22:00 all was done for today. Time for some food (did not have lunch even yet).

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on, this time a Brazil Special:

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mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Globo TV Brazil
Gigasat
D.O.T.
FOM (Formula 1 management)

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, São paulo, Brazil

Formula 1 2012 São Paulo - Brazil Grand Prix for EBU, Special report

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions.. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

We arrived last tuesday at lunchtime in the impressive circuit at Interlagos, São Paulo. Here we meetup with the crew of Multi-Link Holland to follow them next coming days in transmitting this Grand Prix Live for the whole world from Brazil.

On the São Paulo TV-Compound Multi-Link Holland is situated in a nice box. The rack's with equipment already arrived, ready for building up and connecting the needed cables. In the same box also the 'play-outs' will be made for the diverse ENG teams. Problem number 1, there are not tables enough to give everything a place. Instead we start with building the racks, monitors and routing. Those tables will hopefully arrive tomorrow.

Another problem.... the satellite dishes are still not declared by the Brazilian customs yet. Because it is equipment to transmit they have to check them twice. The D.O.T. expect them to arrive at night from the Airport of Campinas. So..... let's than do also some cabling already to some other boxes and the place where the dishes will be placed. Problem 3, the guy with the drill seams to be very busy... we have to wait for that. Meanwhile we are finalizing the racks and cabling for it. Besides that.... the coffee machine is installed.

At about 19:00 we receive the message that the drill is broken, it seams there is only one on the circuit... so that will be tomorrow before they come back with a new one. We almost left the TV-Compound when the D.O.T. informed us that the dishes arrived. We stayed to build them up. Setting up these dishes is a very precise job. Step by step they are place and pointed in the right direction. It is obvious these guys are very experienced in this, take a look at the following photo's

Unpacking the 3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes that will be used for the EBU transmissions in Brazil


Getting the 3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes on their spot


Step 1: Prepare cabling and put needed equipment on it's place


Step 2: Parts of teh dishes are installed


Step 3: Heads on, and dishes installed on their frame and height.

At 23:00 all was setup, it is called a day by the crew. Wednesday will be cabling and pointing the dishes to the satellites.

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on:

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mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Globo TV Brazil
Gigasat
D.O.T.

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, São paulo, Brazil

Formula 1 2012 Austin, Texas - USA Grand Prix

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

It is not very warm in Austin as techician Marco van Uffelen shows here

"This week we are in Austin, Texas. It is the first race at the new Circuit of the Americas. The first view of the track is great. Mainly the steep slope immediately after the starting grid. We are very pleased with this race in the U.S. , it is because we like to stay in this country very much". Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland explains.

The EBU office on the TV-Compund of the Circuit the Americas, Austin , Texas - USA

Gerben: "We are here for the EBU with 3 of our 3.7M dishes. We will transmit again in C-Band.  All the EBU feeds we transmit in NS3 16apsk and for their customer BSkyB we transmit in DVB-S2 8PSK. We do not transmit and deliver any service TV Globo Brazil because the local soccer competition in Brazil. The finals are also this weekend happening in Brazil. Soccer is still sport number 1 in Brazil. The competition was already decided last week, still no TV Globo Brazil on the track here".

Signals up from our3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU

Gerben: "The Power delivery is well arrangesd here. On the TV compound is both technical and non technical power available. The non technical building mains power is what just from the electricity network in the country / circuit. This is, therefore, the voltage of the land. In this case, 110V. The technical power is supplied by two synchronized generators. There is also a cold spare. These provide in this case 110V but through transformators get it converted to 230/400V just so our equipment can operate on the voltage that is used".

3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU transmissions in the USA

Gerben:"After the race on Sunday will have to pack imediatly, the last race in which takes place in Brazil is already next week".
Next race and last reace of this season will take place in the Brazil, the 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in São Paulo, Interlagos , on the 'Autodrome Jose Carlos Pace Circuit', next week on the 25th of november.... Broacast Brazil wil be there with some special reports!

Every Grand Prix a new Mix on:

More photo's available on our Broadcast Brazil Facebook page, you can find them here.
mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Globo TV Brazil
Gigasat

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Austin, USA

2012 Formula 1 Atihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

"After the race in India all our equipment we used there was shipped to Abu Dhabi. Our 3 Gigasat dishes were already there because they are not allowed to be used in India, we shipped those before already". Gerben of Multi-Link Holland explains.

3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU & SKY transmissions in Abu Dhabi

Gerben "In Abu Dhabi we needed besides that, the video edit set for the German broadcaster ZDF and a replacement uplink dish for TV Globo Brazil. The 2.4 m Gigasat we previously used for TV Globo is now sent to the USA where we will use it for another job, bobsledding".

The multiviewer shows the 10180i50 format in Abu Dhabi

Gerben "Therefore, we are here with the following setup at Abu Dhabi: 2x Gigasat 3.7 C-Band airing on AsiaSat 5 for the World Feed for EBU , 1x Gigasat 3.7 KU-Band airing on Eutelsat 10E for EBU and an 1x 1.8M Advent Mantis Ku-band transmitting the Telstar12 for TV Globo Brazil".

The Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU transmissions in Abu Dhabi

Gerben "Besides all this uplink stuff we also have to do the production set for TV Globo Brazil and the Final Cut Pro video edit set for German broadcaster ZDF, busy times and always something to solve".

The mobile EBU F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Abu Dhabi

Gerben "Sunday to Monday night we will be packing very late because it is being an evening race. From here part of our equipment will be shipped to the USA for the GrandPrix of United States where we deliver our services to EBU. The equipment we do not need overthere will be shipped to our headquarter in the Netherlands".

Next race will take place in the USA, the 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin , on the 'Circuit The Americas', on the 18th of november.

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EBU
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Globo TV Brazil
Gigasat
ZDF
Final Cut pro

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Abu Dhabi

Formula 1 2012 Indian Grand Prix

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

This time the Multi-Link blogpost is setup by Marco van Uffelen and Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland. Gerben Vissers is performing some other uplink productions in Europe, besides that he is preparing the other overseas races for the Formula 1 like the Grand Prix of the USA & Brazil.

"We are in India for the EBU and TV Globo. Like in China it is not allowed that we use our own dishes and HPA's to transmit. Therefore, we
hired that part with some Indian companies". Gerben of Multi-Link Holland explains.

The full HD switchset setup for TV Globo Brazil from Multi-Link Holland in India

Gerben "For the EBU we receive the the signals from the host, we switch, encode, modulate and transmit. So actually we do the whole joint. For TV Globo Brazil we perform besides transmitting the entire live video production in HD".

The mobile EBU / SKY F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland at New Delhi in India

Gerben "It is the second time we are in India, and some things have being changed since last time. Last year we were in 'tents' instead of cabins. This year, it still tents but they are firmer and have wooden walls now".

A little part of the Encoder & Modulator rack for the EBU/SKY transmission in India

Gerben "The commentary positions are just as last year located in a separate building with not any view on the track in which is a strange situation for the TV and Radio commentators. You can at most watch your neighbor by a little window on de sides of the booth. This neighbors are also commenting. Why these windows are there we do not know. It seems that the 'real' commentary positions were built an another location on the circuit but are rented as skyboxes now".

Next race will take place in Abu Dhabi, the 2012 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Etihad Airways Grand Prix at Yas Island , on the Yas Marina circuit, the 4th of november.

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Globo TV Brazil
Gigasat

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, India, New Delhi

Formula 1 2012 Korean Grand Prix - Entrance Circuit Korea International

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU transmissions in Korea

Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland: "After the race in Japan, we packed our equipment and handed all over for transport to Korea to D.O.T. We flew ourselfs to Seoul on tuesday morning and drove from there by car to Mokpo. When we arrived at the circuit, all the our equipment was there waiting for us".

3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU transmissions in Korea

"At Korea, we use our 3 , 3.7m Gigasat uplink dishes for EBU in C-Band on the AsiaSat-5 satellite. Besides that we use our 2.4m Gigasat dish for TV Globo Brazil in C-Band on the IS19 satellite. Furthermore, we provide this once again all the production facilities for TV Globo Brazil". Gerben explains.

The famous bridge, constructed over the circuit at the Circuit Korea International

Gerben: "In addition to the uplink for TV Globo Brazil we also take care of the Technical solution for the video and audio , the communication between Brazil, commentator, director, reporters, technicians and camera people".

The full HD switchset setup for TV Globo Brazil from Multi-Link Holland in Korea

Gerben: " Most of the communications, and also the padock camera is wireless. There's much wireless traffic in the air during a Formula 1 event. Besides the host broadcaster (FOM), an average of 8 other broadcasters present need all different frequencies for their intercom, camera teams and so on".

Host Broadcaster FOM (Formula 1 management)

"Also the Formula 1 teams have intercom, data and radio traffic and all kinds of other wireless equipment. In addition to the intercom lines, there are also countless wireless microphones, RF cameras and data transmitters. To put this right on track the FOM has a special frequency coordinator in cooperation with the local government to ensure that no one bothers each other". Gerben explains.

Next race will take place in India, the 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grandprix at the Buddh International Circuit on the 28th of october.

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FOM (Formula 1 management)
Sky Sports
Globo TV Brazil
AsiaSat 5

Gigasat

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Mokpo, Korea

Formula 1 2012 Japanese Grandprix - TV Globo Brazil communicatios.

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Gigasat FA370 dish pointing towards Europe for the EBU transmissions in Japan

"This week we are present in Japan. The land where everything is just slightly smaller than what we are used to. So are the rooms and beds small but also the production cabin in which we work. Normally that approximately 3x6 meters but here it is about 2.2 x5m. So it's a little tighter as we are used to , we need to be close friends to work in this space :) ". Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland explains.

The mobile EBU / SKY F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland at Suzuka in Japan.

Gerben: "We are here in Japan at the Suzuka circuit for the EBU with our 3 huge green 3.7 mtr Gigasat uplink dishes. In Japan, it is very difficult to be able to transmit with our own equipment. Also it is officially not allowed to transmit in C-band . Yet in 2009 we managed to be the first company in the world to get a C-Band license in Japan. Something what even is impossible for Japanese companies. We are very proud of that. In 2011 we were the first company in Japan has been licensed to AsiaSat 5 to broadcast. We can use this license again this year".

The full HD switchset setup for TV Globo Brazil from Multi-Link Holland in Japan

Gerben: "Besides the uplinks for the EBU we also doing the live production for TV Globo Brazil. The setup is just like the previous races. A total video production set with an HD wireless camera".

The full HD switchset setup for TV Globo Brazil from Multi-Link Holland in Japan

Gerben: "This time, we have solid team supplemented by the experienced uplink and video techician Johan Harmeijer from SNG Europe. We have a lot of extra jobs in Europe for DTM for example. He will also work with us during the race next week in Korea".

Uplink & video technician Johan Harmeijer makes our Gigasat dishes look small

Next race will take place in Korea, the Korean GranPrix 2012 on the 14th of october.

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AsiaSat 5

Gigasat
DTM

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Suzuka, Japan

Daniel Guimaraes is graphics designer for TV stations in the Brazilian market since 2004

The graphics have always been huge part of audiovisual production in Brazil. Since the beginning of TV Tupi in 1950, where the cartoon of a friendly little Indian boy called programmes until today with computer graphics leaving viewers more awestruck than ever.

TV Tupi

The Brazilians have a special fascination with regard to the "graphic identities" of video productions. Much is due to the Austrian designer Hans Donner, known nationally and internationally as the "Wizard of Graphics". Donner, art director of the giant TV Globo has revolutionized the world of graphics on TV in the late '70s and early '80s, with its unique style and 3D animation. A revolution for the time.

If asked, Brazilians remember every single intro sequence of their famous telenovelas (soap operas). Among the audience, the motion graphics are still a very big success.

TV Globo Brazil

Nowadays with the advent of digital media, internet, cable channels (cable TV only began in Brazil in the late '80s), this market is experiencing a very large expansion. At the same time, trends change. The geometric shapes of metal flying in space - Donner's mark in his job for TV Globo in 80s - were outdated. Today, Brazilian TV graphics are getting more and more similar to those produced internationally.

Over the past 10 years audiovisual production in Brazil is seeking to fit within the international standard. A movement that follows the evolution of the country - increasingly inserted in the international market

SporTV

Channels like SporTV (pay-TV) and TV Alterosa (affiliate of SBT network in Minas Gerais) sought in major international animation graphics companies solutions to their demands, in their very case the companies are US-based Troika and Renderon, respectivelly.

TV Alterosa

Rio de Janeiro-based animation producer Beeld is perhaps the example that Brazilians have understood this market movement. Beeld produces excellent pieces for various cable channels and also gives a more current and fresh style to Globo, indeed in their famous soap operas opening sequences.

Beeld - Rio de Janeiro

Globo continues to spearhead this in Brazil, but the myriad of channels that are available today in the Brazilian television, along with the internet/webcast booming marketing opens up great opportunities.

The federal law 12.485 from 2011 is now requiring cable channels to have part of their programming produced in Brazil, This is already creating demands for this market even more, especially for freelancers willing to make its mark in the market of the South American giant. And with the World Cup 2014 and the Olympics 2016 on the horizon, this demand grows further, it is up to designers worldwide know how to discover Brazil animations and computer graphics market.

VFX playlist:

Tags: Animation, 3d, vfx, Brazil, Broadcast

Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grandprix TV compound.

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Gigasat FA370 dish pointing towards Europe for the EBU transmissions in Singapore

Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix
Location technician Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland: "The Formula 1 circus is back in Singapore and Multi-Link landed there also with dishes, HPA's, encoders up-convertors and modulators. After lasts race at Monza - Italy, we went back rapidly to our homebase in The Netherlands and have all our needed equipment packed. Wednesday after that race all of that was picked up and transported by D.O.T. to Singapore".

A little part of the Encoder & Modulator rack for the EBU/SKY transmission in Singapore

Gerben:"Last tuesday we arrived ourselfs In Singapore. We have to build our 3x 1x 3.7M and 2.4M Gigasat's dishes on the TV Compound. As the Singapore race being a night race we remain in a more European rhythm. This is also the best option for us because of the very hot humid weather over here. These are really extreme weather conditions for us".

3 x Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU & SKY transmissions in Singapore

"We are present here for the EBU, TV Globo and the German broadcaster ZDF. For TV Globo Brazil we do the production and also the satellite uplink this time. The 4 different clients with their different setups and wishes makes us always busy with communicating in several languages, adding, solving and chancing things for them to have a smooth live transmission for all". Gerben of Multi-Link explains.

Trackside, all ready for the nightrace in Singapore .. lights on !!!

Gerben: "For the ZDF we bring an editing-set with us. The editing set is based on Apple Final Cut Pro connected to a Telestream 4 channel Pipeline. This means we can ingest 4 seperate SDI channels and edit at the same time. All done on one Apple Macbook pro. The connection with Germany goes over fiber to europe in this case where we pick-up this signal and uplink it from there directly to broadcaster ZDF".

Telestream 4 channel Pipeline ingest for German broadcaster ZDF in Singapore

Next race will take place in Japan , the Japanse GranPrix 2012 at Suzuka on the 7th of october.

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Race day, the circuit is filled with the 'Tifosi' for supporting Ferrari at Monza, Italy.

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander D'Italia 2012
"Monza.... this is the last race with our both trailers and the black uplink-van for this season" , Gerben of Multi-Link Holland is telling us.

Tv Compound Monza, Italy. Uplink & production trucks with in front the Black Uplink-Van.

Gerben "At Monza the race-circuit lies in a big park and so does the TV compound. There are many trees on and around the TV compound. It is always difficult with SNG's (uplink trucks) where to position. Last year we stood with our green trailer near the trees and we were able to point our dishes just over them, but as these same trees have grown past 12 months it was this time too critical to achieve a good signal on satellite. But luckily we could get another place for our trailers".

The high trees in the park around the TV compound at Monza, Italy.

Gerben "We are here in Monza with the same setup as at the last race in Belgium, Spa Francorchamp. So the green triple dish trailer for EBU, the white trailer for TV Globo Brazil and the black uplink-van for the German broadcaster ZDF. Very international and always a mix of languages, English, German, Portuguese and Dutch."

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Monza, Italy.

Gerben "Sunday evening the trailers drive already to the Netherlands home base where we will select the needed equipment for overseas and packing for the rest of the F1 season in which is also Fly-away. Next wednesday at the end of the day the stuff picked up and shipped to Singapore already, so we have not any moment to sit down.

Next race will take place in Singapore , the Sintel Singapore GranPrix 2012 on the 23th of september".

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Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, monza, italy

Tv Compound, Uplink & production trucks at Francorchamp, Belgium.

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Francorchamp, Belgium.

2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgium Grand prix
Gerben of Multi-Link : "We are back on the circuit of Spa Francorchamps. It is the race closest to Netherlands and feels a bit like a home race for us. We have had 4 weeks no Formula 1, the summer break ' this has given us a little bit rest but we have being not totaly free. The german DTM and the dutch GT Masters continued and was also be broadcasted by MultiLink Holland".

The EBU , SKY F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland at Francorchamp, Belgium.

"Furthermore, we have build a portable set for TV Globo Brasil. We had to arrange this in front because between the Monza race and the Singapore race there will be no time to do this. So we made good use of our summer break. We added all needed equipment in flight cases and fully wired them so when we need a Fly Away we can setup TV Globo Brasil very quickly. For this race we just put these flightcases in the white production trailer for use at this Belgium Grand Prix". Gerben explained.

The new Flightcase for TV Globo Brasil for the next overseas Grand Prixes.

Gerben: "We are at the F1 of Belgium with the green triple dish trailer for EBU, the white production trailer will be used for for TV GLOBO Brasil and the black edit / uplink van for the German broadcaster ZDF. The tricky thing of Belgium is that it is often very cold and it rains a lot. This is for us no drama because of our large dishes and powerful HPA's, we have no problems with the rain for sure. But for us ourselfs it is a little less nice because we are more accustomed to the sunny places in the Formula 1 season ;)".

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Francorchamp, Belgium.

"Sunday after the race we will drive directly to Monza, the Grand Prix of Monza will be next weekend already!"
Next race Grand Prix of Monza on the 9th of september.

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mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
DTM
Globo TV Brazil

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Francorchamp, Belgium

The full HD switchset setup for Globo TV Brazil from Multi-Link Holland, Hungary

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydíj 2012 by Multi-Link Holland
"After last weekends race in Germany we went to Budapest, Hungary with the white production trailer and the Triple Dish Trailer. We are transmiting this weekend for EBU and TV Globo Brasil." Gerben of Multi-Link Holland explains.

Tv Compound hungaroring, Uplink & production trucks exactly lined up by laser.

Gerben: "At the Formula 1 there are some special rules. Some rules of the Formula 1 organisation are concerning Broadcast vehicles. Not any broadcast truck, van or trailer can have any company names on them, the same rule counts for the company cloths we wear. We just have our logo without company name on or cloths and the dishes. And of course the organisation has somebody to look after that. The trailers and vans are even lined up by laser, so they are parked on an exact virtual line. Another rule is that you appear on the TV compound with a very clean vehicle. The trucks and trailers of the Formula 1 teams are so clean, that even the rubber tires shine in the sun. So before entering the TV-compound we have to clean them. Mostly there is no place to wash them or even the availability of clean streaming water for cleaning the vehicles, so..... we bring our own. The Triple Dish Trailer has a tank with more than a 1000 liters of clean dutch water. In combination with our own generator and high pressure cleaners we did achieve to bring our own car wash place on the spot".

The famous Triple Dish and white production trailer lined up, Budapest, Hungary.

Gerben: The TV compound is located behind 'Grand Stand' in which are open at the backside. All sound of the circuit is projected towards the TV compound. You cannot image the amount of sound available at the Free sessions, Qualifying and Races of GP3, GP2 and Formula 1. Both our trailers are build on the base of cooling trailers, our walls are because of that heavily isolated, inside we almost here nothing of what is going on outside."

This is our sound & temperature isolation shown in the door of the Triple Dish Trailer.

"The internet dish we normaly use for German broadcaster ZDF is used for a special occasion. We placed it on a nearby F1 campingside for Formula 1 club Huissen. This group of crazy dutch fan's made a deal with us, we arrange some internet for them so they can listen to their favorite sports commentator Olav Mol. As return they will cook for us a special dutch food called 'Boerenkool met worst' We have a very nice deal :)" Gerben is telling us.

Our internet antenna setup for the Formula 1 club Huissen Netherlands on the f1 Camping

At Broadcast Brazil we received a question about the onboard camera's we see on TV Globo, one of our readers asked why these camera's do not look very good on his HD television. It looked like they were on a different framerate.
Gerben:" The onboard camera's used on all GP3, GP2 and Formula 1 cars are SD (Standard Definition). These signals are up-converted to HD (High definition) before transmission. This happens at the FOM it selfs and also at TV Globo on location. That's why it looks different than the HD transmission signals from the main international feed".

Commentator box TV Globo Brazil, Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary.

Gerben: "After this weekend we are 4 weeks free of Formula 1 races. We will try to relax a little if possible after the first half of this season. but we also have to prepare the Fly-away sets for the overseas races in the second half of the season. Singapore , Japan, Korea are not the most easy places to reach. India will be exciting again, USA is a complete new race and location. Abu Dhabi and Brazil we know very well. But first to European race before we go overseas, starting after the break at Francorchamp and than Italy".

Next race Grand Prix of Belgium at the famous Francorchamp circuit on the 2nd september, always special there.

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mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
FOM (Formula 1 management)
Formula 1 club Huissen
Globo TV Brazil

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, Budapest, hungary

The EBU , SKY F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Hockenheim, Germany

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Formula 1 Grosser preis Santander von Deutschland 2012 by Multi-Link Holland

"We setup in Hockenheim, Germany for it seams a wet weekend with lots of rain. The TV Compound is close to the highway, people who pass by at the 'Autobahn 6' can see our trucks even" Gerben of Multi-Link explains.

The Tripple Dish trailer and other uplinks seen from the Autobahn 6 at Hockenheim, Germany

Gerben: "This Grandprix we are present with the same recources for the same clients as last race at Silverstone in England. So the we had to bring the triple dish uplink trailer for EBU feeds, the black edit / uplink bus for german broadcaster ZDF and white production trailer for TV Globo Brazil".

The new white production trailer on the TV Compound from Multi-Link Holland at Hockenheim.

Gerben: "Between the 2 races we have done some modifications to the white production trailer. We have ensured that at various points audio and video cabling is set so that the video-edit can be made in several places in the trailer if needed".

New Audio/Video patchbays in the white production trailer at Hockenheim, Germany

Gerben: "Furthermore we will have some very long working days this weekend for sure. For Formula 1 we will transmit 3 free training sessions, the qualification and the race itselfs. In addition we also transmit the GP2, GP3 and Porsche cup, these too are multiple qualifiers, free practice sessions and the races. Besides we feed quite a lot unilaterals for TV stations with a camera crew on location. Therefore we are often first on the TV compound and finalize as last ones to leave".

Communications for GloboTV in the white production trailer of Multi-Link Holland at Hockenheim, Germany

Gerben: "After this race the 2 trailers go straight to Hungary for the race next weekend already. The German broadcaster ZDF will not there because there are already enough news that will comes from the Olympic Games at that time".
Next race Grand Prix of Hungary in Budapest on the Hungaroring on the 29th of july.

Camera permit sticker ENG team TV Globo - Brazil

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mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Gigasat
Globo TV Brazil
ZDF

Tags: Uplink, Broadcast, formula1, hockenheim, germany

The Globo TV production room in the new trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Silverstone, UK

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

2012 Formula 1 Santander Britisch Grand Prix by Multi-Link Hollland

Multi-Link Holland arrived in a rainy and very wet Silverstone in England with the Tripple Dish trailer, the black little edit/uplink-van and a brand new white production trailer.

"This last trailer is something from happening the last week" Gerben of Multi-Link explains. "After Valencia TV Globo Brasil experienced a lack of working space in the Uplink Truck on the Formula 1 TV compound they used overthere. TV Globo extended their production at Formula 1 this year and seeked now for more space at the England Grand Prix. Our production trailer was a solution for them".

The new white production trailer on the TV Compound from Multi-Link Holland at Silverstone, UK

Gerben: "When we came back from Valencia this production trailer was totaly empty. The trailer is a former standard cooling trailer with a loading-lift on the back side, Multi-Link bought this trailer some years ago for future plans. We used it mostly for material transports. We managed to change it within 5 days into a modern HD TV production trailer for Globo TV Brazil".

The loading-lift is still there, airco's are placed on the front side.

Gerben: "We split the trailer in 3 different parts. A production crew relax area in the front side, the main Tv production for camera switching and audio in the center, in the backside we have space for technic + stock of diverse equipment and other needed stuff. The main switching room is the same setup we used for TV Globo Brazil we used for example in Canada for them".

Gerben: "Within these 5 days we also added a very strong Airco system, this is setup in a double system as we used in our Tripple Dish Trailer. With this setup we we always have cool air, even if one of the units would stop working".

The Globo TV production room in the new trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Silverstone, UK

Gerben: "In the near future also this trailer will having 1 or several uplink dishes on top, this setup like we use on the Tripple Dish Trailer is a method what seamed very flexible and cost effective for our clients. We want to thank Multi-Tech and Bas-Airco in helping us last week in achieve to get the trailer for GloboTV ready in time".

The Globo TV edit room in the new trailer' from Multi-Link Holland at Silverstone, UK

Gerben: "Silverstone means in most cases.... Rain. A lot of rain as we could see last days with the Practice sessions and saturdays Qualification. The heavy clouds and pouring rain is not hurting us. We use very big dishes and strong HPA's with never will giving us any signal loss, we have always space to power-up the signal if needed".

The ZDF production edit/uplink-van setting up by operator Marco (Uf) van Uffelen at Silverstone, UK

Gerben: "The Tripple Dish trailer will transmit for EBU, our little van has it's edit and uplink and internet connection ready for the German broadcaster ZDF. Our new white production trailer will feed it's transmission to the HOL51 uplink truck of another dutch uplink company United Broadcast Facilities (UBF). An international production again this weekend with a nice professional international crew from all over the globe".

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland and UBF HOL51 dish at Silverstone, UK

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Next race Grand Prix of germany on the Hockenheim ring on the 22th of july.

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Gigasat
Globo TV Brazil
ZDF
BAS airco
Multi-Tech

United Broadcast facilities

Tags: Broadcast, Uplink, formula1, Silverstone, england

Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte - one hour before the live broadcast starts.

A well known figure at this event is Brian Froustet, a very experienced A2 (Senior audio assistant)
We had the chance to ask him a couple of questions about his work at the UFC events.

Brian Froustet, A2.

BB: So Brian, please tell us what is your function, and what does it include
Brian: "I’m an A2 or Audio assist. Basically I take care of everything not dealing with the actual mixing of audio of the show. My main position with UFC is the Booth A2 which entails setting up the Booth Announce position for Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan for them to announce the fights and do there on camera stand ups. I also set up all the comms, courtesy listen headsets and put the efx around and under the Octagon. But as you know my job is not limited to that. As an audio team we all jump in to take care of whatever needs to be done audio wise for the show whether it be running or making cables, building other interview positions and just helping each other out however we can".

Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte - setting up.

BB: How many years are you working on the UFC
Brian: "I have been working with the UFC since 2008"

BB: What is for you the best part of the UFC events
Brian: "There are many great things about working all the UFC events... Besides traveling all over the states for shows I have been lucky enough to have also gone to Australia, Japan and Brazil for events. I have also been lucky to meet some pretty amazing people because of traveling all over. But I think the best part for me is being able to do all that with the audio guys I travel with, MJ Law, Ryan Mitchel and Robert Massey. I couldn't imagine doing this job without them, they are the best at what they do and are the best friends a guy could ask for. Oh, and I get to see some pretty amazing fights, hahaha".

BB: What is the difference Brazil and other countries at UFC events
Brian: "I think the biggest difference between doing UFC events in Brazil and in other countries is definitely the language barrier. It seems that most of the other places we go English is used quite a bit more than it is in Brazil. Obviously we all try and learn some basic Portuguese to communicate, but as I'm sure you know its not an easy language to learn.
As for the equipment and venues, there is really no difference with some of the places we work in the States. Some buildings are easy to get stuff in while others are just a big pain in the ass".

Your DreamTeam for any UFC event.

BB: What are the good and bad parts of Brazil as event host
Brian: "Brazil is an amazing place to hold UFC events. The energy of the crowd is like no other place I have been with them. Its awesome to hear and see people screaming and cheering for six hours straight. I really can't think of anything bad other than its tough for me to eat at times since I don't eat meat...The Brazilians really love their meat".

BB: Does the latin culture influence the way of working
Brian: "The culture itself doesn't really influence our way of working as I am sure you guys can tell. We obviously like to have fun but when its time to work we get the job done. We do whatever we can to respect the ways of the people or country we are in".

Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte - one hour before the live broadcast starts.

BB: Any specific technical difficulties this last UFC, and if so, these were due to what
Brian: "The only real technical difficulty we had for this past UFC in Belo Horizonte was one that, as small as it may be, caused quite a few issues and that was power for all the equipment. It wasn't  the power itself but actually the plugs on the power cords. It was all 220v, but all of our equipment was Australian power and the power strips we had were Brazilian. Once that issue was solved we were good to go".

BB:Do you see a rise in the amount of (english speaking)  Brazilian Broadcast Technicians needed during the UFC in Brazil. And in which specific areas.
Brian: "I do. I know there are plans to do more UFC events in Brazil and also with the World Cup And Olympics coming to Brazil, I think it would be a huge help. I'm not saying that the people coming to Brazil shouldn't  learn some Portuguese, but even with that the translation does not always covey the way you would like. That being said I also don't want to take work from the locals but the reason they bring all of us is the ease of communication and we know the show and what needs to be done.
Now Obviously we have had the pleasure of having Niek van Esch, René Schaap and Danny Littlwin on the shows which is a huge help so Audio is not really an issue.
The biggest issue usually seems to be with the Camera operators. They don't send them all from the States and we do use locals. At times we have to set up a translator in the truck to tell them what the Director wants. Most of them speak some English but like I said before, what the Director say/wants and how they, the camera operators, understand, that is not always the same".

BB: Any good advice for the Brazilians in this area
Brian: "I would say to just ask questions. I know when I see new equipment or someone doing things differently than I would, I need to know about it. We all are always willing to show someone something new, it is how we all learned and how we are still learning.

All under control.

So we hope this is, besides, fun to read, also a good help and insight information about foreign broadcast events held in Brazil and what the future may hold".

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mentioned:
UFC
Danny Littwin

Tags: Broadcast, Sports, UFC, Belo Horizone, Brazil

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland in Valencia

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe by Multi-Link Holland

After the busy Montreal race, the European Grand Prix tis next. Valencia is the city of location. High temperatures , a kind of street circuit at the harbour site of the city and next to the beach.

"We are in Valencia with out Tripple Dish Trailer in which we will use for the EBU Worldfeed . The BBC is because of the shared Formula 1 TV broadcast rights not in Valencia." Gerben of Multi-LINK Holland explains.

The EBU F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Valencia

We bring also one of our Uplink vans, it will be used for the German broadcaster ZDF. On this van we have a 1.8 meter antenne for the live transmissions plus a 1.2 meter dish for the internet connection by satellite. Inside we also installed the videoedit set based on Final Cut Pro and a Telestream Pipeline for ingesting up to 4 SDI feeds.
And also in Valencia we deliver some equipment and service for TV Globo Brazil like the video mixer and a fibre solution.

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' and ZDF van from Multi-Link Holland in Valencia

Because of the very high temperatures we have to cool our equipment heavily. Our Triple Dish trailer and the ZDF van have had installed several Airco-Units. If one should break, we even than have a backup in cool air :)

The EBU F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Valencia

Valencia is a crowded place when the Formula 1 event takes place, because our hotel is pretty nearby our TV compound we did bring our dutch bikes to Valencia. It is the fastest way to our hotel and also back to the circuit. It is even cheaper than any other type of transport, call it the dutch way :)

Bob Snieders, Dutch way: Biking from the Tv Compound to the Hotel

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Next race Grand Prix of Silverstone, England on the 8th of july.

Bob , Gerben, Marco (Uf) & René , Formula 1 team from Multi-Link Holland

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Gigasat
Globo TV Brazil
ZDF
Telestream Pipeline
Apple
Final Cut pro

Tags: Broadcast, Uplink, formula1, valencia

Commentator-box for TV Globo Brazil in Montreal, Canada

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.

Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada 2012 by Multi-Link Holland

3 huge Gigasat FA370 dishes for the EBU transmissions in Montreal, Canada

"We are at a very nice location and will get a very nice race also. Last year it was the best race of the season so it is promising. The sphere in Montreal is always very good. The circuit is located on an island, our TV Compound is located inside a beautiful park, really nice!! Of course it has it's backside.... a lot of trees. We have to take care of our dish positions carefully when we place them." Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link explains.

Gerben: "We did bring our 3 usual 2.7 m Gigasat dishes for the EBU Worldfeed but also we brought our american 3.7 KU uplink truck. This truck is owned by Multi-Link and is always located in the USA. We use this truck this time for Globo TV Brazil."

The EBU , SKY F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Montreal, Canada

Besides the uplinks Multi-Link Holland arrange a full HD switch-set for TV Globo Brazil. We insert 2 international feeds and also add a wireless camera and the switched feed also goes to the commentator position with the TV Globo commentator. Next to that we have a XDcam deck for playout and we had to insert 10 onboard camera signals to the video-switcher.

The full HD switchset setup for TV Globo Brazil from Multi-Link Holland in Montreal, Canada

Gerben: " We get all signals by fibre. This is needed because the TV Globo commentators position is 900 meters away from the TV compound. The whole program is produced in HD and will be transmitted by our Adtec encoders in Mpeg4 4.2.0. "

Multi-Link holland USA uplink-truck for the transmissions of Globo TV Brazil

"Next to the video part we also arrange the audio signals + communication with the camera crew who walk around for interviews in the pit area, the both commentators, the director and also with TV Globo (MCR) in Brazil".

TV Globo SporTV Brazil ENG Pits team for the transmissions of Globo TV Brazil

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Next race Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia, Spain on the 24th of june.

Multi-Link holland USA uplink-truck for the transmissions of TV Globo Brazil

mentioned:
Multi-Link Holland
EBU
Sky Sports
Advent communications
Gigasat
Adtec
Globo TV Brazil

Tags: Broadcast, Uplink, formula1, canada

The EBU F1 MCR from Multi-Link Holland in Monaco

The Dutch satellite uplink company Multi-Link Holland is responsible for all Formula 1 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) transmissions. This company travels the world since 2004 for the Formula 1. You can regonice them easily by their green uplink dishes. Since 2004 they produce satellite uplinks at the Formula 1 for many broadcasters, RTL Netherlands, RTL+ Germany, ORF Austria, Sky Italia, Ferrari TV, ViaSat Sweden and more. They will give us an inside look through the whole season in what they must achieve on every location they land with their equipment, starting this weekend in Melbourne Australia and ending 25 november in Brazil. At this last race in Brazil we will do a special report about this company on the Interlagos circuit.
Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco 2012 by Multi Link

A late blog entry from the Monaco Grand Prix, and we at BroadcastBrazil have to say sorry for this.
Because of a more busy location job in Monaco we did not get all information in time, so Canada must be in time :)

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland in Monaco

Monaco, something different again...... very different.
"On this location we use our Tripple Dish trailer again.
Some things are very different like the Free Training on thursday in which is normaly on friday, so we have to be ready one day earlier than at other Grand Prixes.

The 'Triple Dish uplink trailer' from Multi-Link Holland in Monaco

Than we have a very small TV compound on location near the Monaco Harbour to park our trailer.
All is based in this little city at the French Riviera where the live is good, but for us it is far more busy" Gerben Vissers of Multi-Link Holland explains.
At Monaco we transmitted the EBU Worldfeed. Besides that we setup a studio for Globo TV Brazil.