Visions Launches Gemini 3Gbs OB Trucks

Visions' two new 'super trucks', Gemini 1 and 2, successfully covered their first weekend on the Premier League last weekend, moving from Tottenham Hotspur FC on Saturday to Liverpool FC on Sunday and finally onto Old Trafford to film Manchester United play Newcastle on Monday night.
The completion of Gemini 1 and 2 brings Visions' fleet of HD-capable trucks to a total of 14. However, Gemini 1 and 2 are particularly special due to the innovative design, which allows them to do the job of three existing vehicles while increasing operational capability, reducing rigging and breakdown times and parking requirements, and increasing fuel efficiency.
The two trucks are connected using only 10 Stratos Multicore fibres for full talkback and router integration and control. They have 1400 square feet of floor space and are equipped with the latest production equipment including two Grass Valley Kalpyso Duo Vision Mixers with 90 inputs, capable of taking in feeds from 30 cameras.
In Gemini 2, there is space for 15 EVS and six VTRs and across the two trucks there are 24 VIPx Duo's feeding 57 x 42"-52" flatscreens, with room for 14 slo-mo operators and ten graphics devices.
On the audio side, Gemini 1 features two Calrec Apollo networked audio consoles, each desk also having 16 main 5.1 outputs. Full technical details can be found at: www.visions-ob.com and at the official launch of the trucks, which takes place on September 2 2010 in Leicester Square.
Steve Jenkins, Managing Director, NEP Visions, said: "The challenge was to move Outside Broadcasting forward and to provide a feat of technological innovation and power framed in a new and exciting truck design.
"Great credit to the team here at Visions who have worked tirelessly to realise an answer to that challenge. Gemini 1 and 2 are what superior technical design is about; they encapsulate the future and provide a fantastic addition to the NEP Visions fleet, and they are capable of withstanding the demands of any OB asked of them."
Outside of current commitments, the trucks will be available for other Outside Broadcast events.
Visions' fleet now comprises 14 HD trucks (including the NEP Cymru OB vehicle), six SD trucks and six VT tape trucks, as well as studio facilities in Cardiff.
Recent high-profile events covered by Visions include Wimbledon, the Cheltenham Festival, the British Open Gold championship, Hard Rock Calling and T In The Park.
(KMcA/BMcC)