60 Minutes Goes For Nucoda HD

A supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, Digital Vision, has announced that CBS has purchased a Nucoda HD system for use on its long running news magazine, 60 Minutes.
The Nucoda HD colour grading system will be integrated into the 60 Minutes post-production environment at CBS New York.
Digital Vision's Nucoda HD offers comprehensive tapeless mastering and grading for broadcast, Bluray Disk (BD) and all high definition applications and integrates into a broad range of workflows including Avid's ISIS, which is in place at 60 Minutes. Designed specifically for broadcast environments, the Nucoda HD system will enable native MXF and Quicktime grading and mastering as part of the 60 Minutes workflow as well as facilitate the broadcast's transition to both tapeless production and high definition broadcast.
The system designed for CBS includes a Data Conform assist station for ingest, conform and layoff as well as a DVS SAN and DVO Enhance.
This configuration creates a turn-key solution for 60 Minutes which enables simultaneous ingest and colour grading; mission critical for broadcasters.
Simon Cuff, President, Digital Vision, commented on the purchase: "The Nucoda HD grading system was developed specifically for environments like CBS that require quick turnaround yet high quality colour correction and delivery to playout server formats.
"The flexibility of the system will also allow CBS to work with all manner of tape and tapeless editorial and camera formats and deliver in any of the broadcast standards that a worldwide programme like 60 Minutes airs on," he said.
(BMcC)