MMC & Crosscast Dance to a New Tune with Ross Video

Ottawa, Canada, May 13th 2021 - MMC is one of Germany's most prolific TV broadcast and movie groups, and in 2019 the organisation formed a new group with Crosscast GmbH, another German company specializing in live productions and concerts. In January of this year MMC & Crosscast were getting ready to shoot the next series of Let's Dance' - the popular live dance show broadcast in Cologne by RTL - and decided to expand their sixteen-studio capacity by adding a new 4K UHD OB truck based around Ross solutions.

Fabian Leimbach, Senior Manager of Innovation & Technology at MMC & Crosscast, picks up the story: We decided to invest in our first 4K UHD OB unit because we knew it would give a great deal of flexibility in future, but the next series of Let's Dance' was being prepared so we didn't have a great deal of time. Leimbach's team approached MCI - Ross Diamond Elite partners based in Hamburg - and jointly decided to acquire and refit an existing vehicle. I had already worked with Ross solutions in my previous role with esports producers ESL, so I knew that Ross would offer us excellent value and the performance we need. The resulting vehicle is based around the latest Ultrix Acuity platform from Ross. When we first started discussing the OB truck with MCI, the Ultrix Acuity had not been officially announced, but the Solutions Architect team at Ross were kind enough to share the feature set with us and I knew this would be the right solution. The Ultrix Acuity combines Ross Video's flagship Acuity production switcher with the Ultrix routing and AV processing platform, packing an impressive amount for performance horsepower into a modestly-sized frame. The Ultrix Acuity solution supports our 12G UHD workflow but also gives us the ability to adopt an IP-based workflow in future if we choose, Leimbach notes. I like that flexibility because IP isn't always going to be the right choice for us, and I can't think of any other solution that offers such a rich toolset of features in such a compact package - it's most impressive to have MultiViewers, audio embedding/de-embedding, clean/quiet switching and framesyncs all in one place. With the addition of a secondary Carbonite Ultra switcher, Ultritouch control panels and the Ultricore connectivity control system, MMC & Crosscast's latest studio on wheels is ready for anything.

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Given that the refit project was completed in an extremely quick turnaround time of just four weeks, Leimbach is full of praise for both MCI and Ross. This project really felt more like working as one big team rather than two separate companies. Ross listened to what we were trying to achieve and provided valuable industry advice without pushing us into a sale. They were really capable of seeing challenges from our perspective and offering impartial help. The service was excellent, and we've ended up with a really powerful new asset that extends our capabilities and will have a big positive impact on our business!

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