Denvers Pepsi Center Selects Gra Valley End-to-End Workflow Solution to Kick Off 0-4 NBA/NHL Season

Denvers Pepsi Center Selects Grass Valley End-to-End Workflow Solution to Kick Off 2013-14 NBA/NHL Season

Grass Valley delivers full portfolio of solutions including cameras, a switcher, instant replay systems, routers, and media workflow tools

GV STRATUS will enable the management of all content from a single application platform in the Pepsi Center HD Control Room

Grass Valleys new LDX cameras offer unmatched flexibility and will give fans an outstanding viewing experience

San Francisco, Calif., April 8, 2013 Pepsi Centerhome to the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and Colorado Mammoth (NLL)has selected Grass Valley to equip its new HD control room with an end-to-end live production solution that includes LDX Series cameras, GV STRATUS nonlinear production tools, a Karrera video production switcher, K2 Dyno Replay Systems, K2 Summit 3G servers, Trinix and Concerto routing switchers, and an assortment of support equipment to feed the arenas center-hung HD LED panel, ribbon boards, and monitors.

Grass Valleys ability to provide us with a true end-to-end system for live production made it the stand out choice for us, said Billi Capra, Vice President, Broadcast Services of Altitude Sports & Entertainment (Pepsi Center). Grass Valleys solutions are efficient, intuitive, and give us the freedom to be creative and deliver the kind of quality coverage that our fans love. The integration of Grass Valleys solutions means that the workflows will be seamlessincluding integration with our existing Final Cut Pro 7 NLEs. We cant wait for our first game.

Scheduled for June deployment in advance of the 2013-14 NBA/NHL seasons, the heart of the new control room will be GV STRATUSa suite of highly configurable, easy-to-use media production and content management tools housed in a single applicationproviding the Pepsi Center with a new production asset management system specialized for a fixed sports venue. This ability to manage content like never before and the breadth of Grass Valleys live production solutions portfolio were key factors in the Pepsi Centers vendor decision. Systems integration firm Diversified Systems, headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ, and Grass Valleys Global Services division worked together on the system design.

The Pepsi Centers selection of our products from cameras to switchers through to nonlinear production applications is a clear example of how Grass Valley is able to deliver a seamless workflow solution which simplifies the delivery of live content across multiple platforms, said Tim Thorsteinson, President and CEO of Grass Valley. As a company, Grass Valley is focusing on giving the broadcast industry the tools it needs to maximize efficiency through flexible solutions and smarter ways to invest in technology, without restricting creativity.

The new control room project includes three LDX Elite software upgradable camera systems with XCU Elite base stations, two RefleX SuperXpanders for large box-type lenses, a Karrera Video Production Center 5 M/E switcher with K-Frame and two control panels, two K2 Dyno Replay Systems based on the Dyno S controller and each with a multi-channel K2 Summit 3G media server, a full K2 Summit SAN, 12 GV STRATUS clients, a Trinix NXT 3G 256x512 routing switcher, a Concerto Series 128x128 audio routing switcher, and a Jupiter routing switcher control system with 20 Jupiter LCD control panels.

In addition to its design and consulting activities, Grass Valley will also be providing equipment commissioning, staff training, and support.

Grass Valley is exhibiting at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas from April 8-11, 2013, in the South Hall lower level, booth SL206.

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