Visions Supplies Host OB Facilities For First Live 3D Wimbledon Broadcast

NEP Visions has won the contract to supply host OB technical facilities for the first ever live 3D coverage of the Wimbledon lawn tennis championship.
Visions will work alongside the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), Sony and CAN Communicate to deliver live 3D pictures around the world of the men's and women's finals matches.
This prestigious project represents Visions' first live 3D broadcast, utilising its state-of-the-art 3 Gb/s Gemini OB units.
Six Element Technica 3D camera rig systems will be installed around Centre Court, utilising Sony P1 cameras, HDFA200S and MPE-200 control systems.
Visions will utilise the newest trucks in its fleet, Gemini I/II, to provide the 3D feeds for broadcasters including the BBC, while also broadcasting to cinemas worldwide. The facilities in Gemini comprise two full three-tier production spaces and two Calrec Apollo sound desks for cinema and television sound mixes. Special consideration has been given to the workflow with regard to the EVS systems and on-site editing/graphics in 3D, with the convergence operators situated adjacent to the EVS operators to aid the production process. The employment of the latest 3D image processing technology from Sony via the MPE-200 will provide the highest quality output.
Brian Clark, Commercial Director, NEP Visions, said: "We are honoured to have been appointed to provide technical host coverage for this unique broadcast of Wimbledon for AELTC, Sony and CAN Communicate. Successful tests on Centre Court have already taken place, and we are very much looking forward to this exciting 3D broadcast."
Visions is also providing HD trucks and flyspecks to NBC and ESPN for their US Wimbledon coverage.
(KMcA)