Televisa opts for EVS technology for Olympics

Televisa, Mexico's top broadcaster, has expanded its video server infrastructure in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games with EVS Broadcast Equipment.
Televisa will put in service 2 LSM-XT servers in combination with an AirBox-XT to produce two-minute highlights of all the venues in Greece.
This segment will be updated and broadcasted every hour in Mexico. It will allow Televisa to work in a tapeless environment and record up to 8 events simultaneously on the servers.
AirBox-XT is a production and playout server with integrated Windows based nonlinear editing software. Clips can be incorporated in playlists with straightforward ‘drag and drop’ commands. Playlists may include mix & wipe effects and searching is facilitated by a convenient jog remote. Key actions from a live event can be gathered into a highlights package that can be aired in loop mode continuously. The editing functions remain available during this allowing updating without ever interrupting the ongoing broadcast.
Televisa's Francisco Larios said: "We first saw and used the EVS servers during the World Cup 98 in France. We were very pleased with the results and decided to acquire our first units for the new digital trucks; our HD truck is the last one to date to be equipped with an HD LSM-XT. After testing the AirBox at this year's Telemundo show with our sport production department we found it to be the perfect solution to offer the two-minute highlights every hour thanks to the reliability and operability of the application."
EVS Broadcast Equipment' sales manager for Latin America, Benjamin Mariage, said: "After having successfully worked with the LSM servers in their remote control units, Televisa has now decided to rely on the EVS technology in their studio to manage the hourly highlights. The two XT servers combined with the AirBox application will give them a new opportunity to work in a tapeless environment."
The 2 LSM-XT servers will be installed after the Olympics in two of Televisa's digital remote control units dedicated to cover the Mexican soccer championship. Each LSM can offer instant replays in slow motion of 4 synchronized cameras.
At the same time, Televisa is also equipping its High Definition mobile unit with its first HD LSM-XT server.
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