Visual Impact Serbia Outfits New HD OB Truck with Miranda Solutions

Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, announces the installation of a range of Miranda solutions in the new Vi-1 HD production truck, designed, built and operated by Visual Impact Serbia. Vi-1 is Visual Impacts first all-HD truck and the first privately-owned HD truck in the country.

Visual Impact has installed the NVISION 8144 Hybrid router, part of Mirandas NVISION 8500 Enterprise Class router series, in the new Vi-1 along with the companys NV920 router controller and three Densit 3 modular signal processing frames. Mirandas ability to provide comprehensive integrated control of the entire infrastructure was a critical factor in the decision to choose Densit and NVISION.

The Miranda router is configured for 144 inputs and outputs, and is 3Gb/s ready for future operations. The 12m x 2.44m x 3.95m truck is wired for up to 14 camera channels, including 12 HD and two super slow-mo chains, all provided by Sony. The truck marks Visual Impacts inaugural move into the provision of HD OB services throughout the region. In addition to the former Yugoslav region, Vi-1 will be deployed throughout The Balkans and Greece, primarily for sports, concerts and other live events.

This is our first venture into outside broadcast facilities, and the first HD truck in the region, said Visual Impact Serbia director Sran Rumovi. Our top requirements apart from excellent quality, of course were for reliability, and that the whole system should be simple and secure in operation.

We looked at a number of vendors for the core infrastructure, but Miranda stood out for its cost/performance ratio, Rumovi added. It also has an intuitive and powerful control system for the routing and signal processing, which greatly speeds set-up and improves operations. All the equipment is compact, too, and Miranda has an excellent reputation for reliability, so for us it makes it the ideal outside broadcast choice.

Mirandas NVISION 8144 Hybrid router, part of Mirandas NVISION 8500 enterprise-class router series, combines highly advanced features with performance and efficiency within a 144x144 matrix, all contained in a space-saving 8RU frame. The NVISION 8144 also provides simplified, high-density cable management, direct fiber connectivity and audio concentrators.

Micky Edwards, Mirandas vice president of sales in EMEA added, This first full HD OB truck by Visual Impact Serbia is also a first for Miranda in the region. The selection of the NVISION 8144 is further validation of the reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness it delivers for OB and many other applications.

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