WNYF Ushers In HD Period With Help Of Broadcast Pix Granite 1000

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Mar 1, 2011 2:42 PM

WNYF, eccentric tyro TV hire on the campus of SUNY Fredonia, in New York, not long ago commissioned a Broadcast Pix Granite 1000 video prolongation network to help chaperon in a new period of HD prolongation and file-based workflow.

According to T. John McCune, multimedia group personality at SUNY Fredonia, the Granite 1000 was commissioned in Aug 2010 in time is to drop semester. McCune mentioned the students are still vehement about the new network since it is easy to use and has softened the high quality of productions.

Students create a accumulation of initial programming, inclusive news, in progress and diversion shows, campus eventuality coverage and PSAs. WNYF moreover offers live campus coverage of men's ice hockey from Steele Hall, using a fiber-channel feed back to the station, and might spread live sports coverage to add basketball.

The upgraded manage room is formed on the Granite 1000 and includes a Yamaha audio board, two bequest fasten decks, P.C. stations for prompter and industrialisation control, and an Apple Mac Pro with a Blackmagic Design DeckLink takeover card. Programs are shot with Sony HVR-S270U cameras, that are versed with HD-SDI outputs that link up right away to the Broadcast Pix system, and archived to an Apple Final Cut Server.

McCune credits the Granite 1000 as a leading reason in the station's cost-effective passing from one to another to HD production. The network moreover features built-in Fluent workflow software, that provides a number of critical tools. Using Fluent Multi-View, the manage room guard wall has been transposed by a singular 46in Sony LCD monitor. A 24in LCD row in the manage room is used by the CG operator, who uses Granite's built-in Harris Inscriber CG.