They Came From... Grass Valley

YOU’RE 3D-READY WITH

K2 Summit

UK-based Telegenic have been commissioned by BSkyB to build its first outside broadcast truck specifically for stereoscopic 3D production. The truck will be used to produce live and recorded coverage of sport and entertainment events for a dedicated 3D channel to be launched by Sky TV later in 2010. Telegenic used theK2 Summit for the pilot phase and it performed flawlessly. They plan to use K2 servers in their 3D trucks going forward.

At NAB this year, Grass Valley launched a brand new concept for servers to give the K2 platform game-changing power and flexibility. ChannelFlex - for K2 Summit and K2 Solo — is a simple software upgrade that expands the number of video streams that a channel can process from one to two... or even three!

Not only does ChannelFlex create new options for multicam, video + key and super slomo (SSM), but it's great news for 3D applications too. For example, one channel can record left eye and right eye and save it as one asset with two video tracks and common timecode and ANC data. This 3D asset can then be loaded on one channel and played out as two synchronized video streams.

K2 Summit 3D-Ready Features Include:

• Synchronized dual-link recording of left/right eye on a single channel to one file.
• Record up to three 3D camera inputs with one playout channel per system.
• Synchronized dual-link playback of left/right eye on a single channel.
• Fully compatible with K2 Dyno Replay System.