Al Jazeera you choose to format XDCAM HD 4 at 50 Mbps in its news.

Al Jazeera you choose to format XDCAM HD 422 at 50 Mbps in its news. To Jazeera Media Network has opted for Sony XDCAM HD 422 camcorders to standardize their news programs reaching more than 250 million households in 130 countries.

Jazeera Media Network has chosen the PMW-500 and PMW-200 models of Sony for use in their newsrooms in fifty countries on six continents. The objective is to improve the technical quality of the broadcasts on six channels of news, as well as reduce the time needed to disseminate stories.

This acquisition means that, in the future, the activities in the field of Al Jazeera will be standardized with the XDCAM 422 format at 50 Mbps. given that Al Jazeera had already used camcorders and equipment Sony previously, upgrading to the XDCAM HD 422 format allows a perfect integration with your current editing workflow using existing equipmentas well as the rapid adoption of those employees who are already familiar with the leading range in the world of Sony.

Sony XDCAM format natively supports a wide range of applications in all aspects of the production of news: from the recording to the reuse of footage, which also provides Al Jazeera a simple workflow, minimizing the medium from the recruitment processing time up to the transmission.

Reliability and flexibility

Paul Quinn, responsible for activities in the field of the English channel of Al Jazeera, has highlighted that "Al Jazeera I needed to identify the best news-gathering infrastructure to meet the needs posed by a team of News International. Sony offered us the answer: a flexible technical solution that provides high-quality high-speed content. After having successfully used Sony XDCAM products for years, we felt that pass into the workflow and SxS format was a natural evolution. PMW-500 cameras and Sony PMW-200 provide us with a workflow based on reliable HD files that manages to get the news to the screen with greater speed, technical quality and profitability".

Rob Sherman, general manager of Sony Professional Solutions for Middle East and Africa, recognizes that "international news operations are under enormous pressure to compete on a global stage, since they need to be the first to spread the news with a high quality and in a timely manner. This requires the existence of professional cameras outdoors using a solid and simple technology use, through proven workflows, they spread the news quickly and efficiently".

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