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RAYCOM
MEDIA ORDERS 165 JVC GY-HM650 PROHD CAMERAS WILL MANAGE LIVE HD
FIELD REPORTS WITH NEW PROHD BROADCASTER SERVERS - WAYNE, NJ (April 2,
2014) –
JVC Professional Products Company,
a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced Raycom Media
recently purchased 165 GY-HM650 ProHD
mobile news cameras for local ENG, and plans to adopt the new BR-800 ProHD
Broadcaster server across its news stations for managing live HD
field reports from the cameras. The
company began purchasing GY-HM650 cameras last year, and now has
more than 300 for its ENG operations.
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- Raycom Media owns or provides services for 53
stations in 37 markets in 18 states, including 32 stations that
produce local news. According to Dave
Folsom, Raycom Media vice president and CTO, nearly all the news
stations will be standardized on the JVC camcorders
by the end of the year. “We are also increasing the number of
hours of news and Web/mobile streaming at all our stations, which
will in turn require even more cameras going forward,” he said.
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- When equipped with a 4G LTE modem connected
to the back of the camera via USB or a mobile hotspot, the
GY-HM650’s unique dual codec technology
allows shooters to stream live HD video back to the station for live
reports while continuing to record footage to solid state memory
cards. Folsom said Raycom stations are
using the built-in streaming capabilities to improve newsgathering
and increase their live presence.
- Reactions to the GY-HM650 cameras from Raycom
shooters have been very positive, with high marks for its picture
quality and sensitivity, as well as its compact form factor for
“run-and-gun” applications. The HD
camera features three,
12-bit CMOS sensors and a built-in Fujinon wide angle 23x zoom lens
with auto-focus, optical image stabilizer, and manual controls.
“This camera has surpassed what we have asked of JVC from a
feature set point of view, and will be used as a benchmark of what
is expected of a news camera for years to come,” Folsom added.
- The new BR-800 ProHD Broadcaster server powered by
Zixi is the central component to JVC’s new Professional Streaming
Services. Available as a physical server
or cloud-based solution, Broadcaster receives live HD video from the
GY-HM650 (with a free firmware upgrade scheduled for release in
May), as well as the new GY-HM850 and GY-HM890 shoulder-mount ProHD
cameras. It transcodes the signal for a variety of delivery
platforms, manages signals for distribution through its built-in
matrix switcher, and provides
reliable content delivery for broadcast or the Web.
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- Raycom plans to add ProHD Broadcasters to all
its news stations to coordinate live transmissions from its GY-HM650
cameras. “These servers will allow us to manage all the camera’s
live capabilities across our whole enterprise,” Folsom explained.
“With many of our markets being adjacent to each other, cameras in
one market can provide news coverage easily for another with this
management tool. The use of this server ensures the broadcast
quality through its embedded Zixi technology.”
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- “We are very pleased that Raycom Media is
continuing its conversion to JVC ProHD cameras in the field,” said
Larry Librach, senior vice president, JVC
Professional Products. “With the new ProHD Broadcaster, we look
forward to helping them manage live video workflows at every news
station and share resources seamlessly between stations.”
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- ABOUT JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
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Headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, with West
Coast operations in Long Beach, California, JVC Professional
Products Company is a division of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of JVC Kenwood Corporation. JVC
is a leading manufacturer and distributor of broadcast and
professional video and audio equipment, D-ILA front projection
systems, and Super LoLux HD video security products. For further
product information, visit JVC’s Web
site at http://pro.jvc.com
or call (800) 582-5825.
# # # Caption: Raycom Media has purchased more than
300 GY-HM650 ProHD mobile news cameras, which are distributed across
32 of its stations that produce local news, including WSFA
(pictured), the NBC affiliate in Montgomery, Ala. |