021 Television Invest In Ground Breaking HD Production Truck

An established outside broadcast provider in both UK and European markets, 021 Television is making huge investments to upgrade and extend its broadcast facilities.
Following the company’s acquisition by Gravity Media Group in January this year, there is a new focus to drive the business forward by utilising new High Definition technologies.
The investment programme commences with the build of Unit 8, a purpose built state of the art Production truck.
The High Definition Production Truck has been built by renowned Outside Broadcast unit truck specialists Smiths of Great Bentley. Drawing on years of experience across all types of outside broadcast productions 021 Television has built an extremely flexible facility that will meet the demands of the most complex production. 021 Television’s Managing Director Rob Hollier said: “We believe Unit 8 is one of the best production trucks in the UK and Europe. The attention to detail throughout the design of the truck and the selection of the latest most fit for purpose technology, will deliver a facility to rival anything in the industry.”
Unit 8 comprises 24 HD cameras, 12 VTRs, 4 EVS, Calrec Alpha audio mixer, a 4ME 80 input Sony vision mixer, a three tier production gallery with a large 84 source TFT monitor gallery. The production truck will use large Pro-Bel routers with all sources and destinations available on the router allowing maximum flexibility. The Calrec Alpha and the large AES audio router give the unit impressive audio capabilities, it is fully capable of 5.1 surround sound audio and multi-track recordings with a vast array of outboard equipment. The production gallery has been carefully designed to create a welcoming and spacious working environment, which includes high quality interior lighting, seating and finishes.
Unit 8’s premier performance is on ITV’s second series of 'Dancing On Ice' in January 2007. For the first series of this successful show 021 produced thirty two hours of live transmission providing outside broadcast facilities for the main show on ITV1, the ITV1 daily magazine show and ITV2’s Defrosted.
021 Television have an enviable client list including BBC, ITV and BSKYB and have provided Outside Broadcast facilities for some of the UK’s most popular television shows notably Champions League Football, ITV Boxing, Sky Football First, Top Gear, and Question Time.
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