Video Progetti Announces Debut of L’Opera’s Latest State-of-the-art Outside Broadcast Van
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OB7 is an innovative dual client OB van in Italy
Roma, Italy _ 21st August 2019 – Italian broadcast distributor and systems integrator Video Progetti has announced that OB7, the state-of-the-art outside broadcast van it has designed and built for production company L’Opera Broadcast Video Service, will see its first live action in the first week of September. It has been under construction since late Spring.
L’Opera’s specialises in the production of television coverage for a broad range of sports – football, volleyball and motor racing among others – as well as concerts, entertainment events and conventions. The company’s clients include key players in the national and international broadcast industry such as the BBC, CCtv, CNN, LA7, Mediaset, NHK, RAI and Sky.
The challenge faced by Video Progetti was that the new OB van for L’Opera was destined for a very specific application: it would be shared concurrently by two broadcasters to cover the same football matches. The national right owner would use it for in-country coverage, while the other one would be broadcasting to its international viewers. Each would also want to deliver some streams in 4K/UltraHD resolution.
“That meant that we needed an OB van with some pretty spectacular capabilities – and that’s what Video Progetti delivered,” said Michele Infante, co-founder and CEO of L’Opera. “OB7 is a real achievement for us being our first dual client outside broadcast van that is going to meet any demand for key sports events. We love it – it’s everything we hoped it would be – and the whole L’Opera team is looking forward to working with it.”
The new van is equipped with cutting edge UHD/HDR technology – and OB7 is also designed to deliver 100% availability, with complete mirroring/redundancy of all equipment for easy failover in the event of equipment malfunction. Furthermore it’s built with two independent power distribution systems.
“We’re very lucky,” Infante continued. “We’re passionate about the industry, passionate about sport, passionate about what we do – and passionate about being able to contribute to the economy of our region. We love what we do.”
L’Opera’s OB7 is an impressive 14 metres in length (it weighs 39,000kgs fully loaded) that delivers up to 61 square metres of working space at full extension of its three unfolding walls. It can accommodate a team of 35. The van comprises seven production suites, each with independent temperature control, with the only shared facility being the camera control room, from which up to 28 cameras can be controlled.
“We have been working with L’Opera for many years,” said Carlo Struzzi, CEO of Video Progetti, “and we have grown together through generations of broadcast technology, helping each other develop the expertise and knowledge required for continued success in a dynamic and highly competitive industry. Each new customer requirement, each new technology and each new project has demanded more from us – OB vans aren’t mass-produced like cars – and, each time, we have risen to the challenge. OB7 has been one of our most ambitious, most demanding projects – and both we and L’Opera are delighted with the outcome.”
Further information on Video Progetti and its products is available at www.videoprogetti.it
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About L’Opera Broadcast Video Service
For over 30 years, Italian broadcast production company L’Opera Broadcast Video Service has built up an enviable reputation for providing leading-edge technologies to support a wide range of sporting, entertainment, cultural and commercial events for customers around the world. The company provides services for studios, outside production, ENG crews and post-production through its highly skilled and experienced team of engineers and operators, while its advanced equipment helps deliver results of the highest quality at very competitive prices.
About Video Progetti
Video Progetti is a leading Italian broadcast distributor and system integrator, representing the industry’s highest profile brands and with numerous blue chip clients. The company has a 20+ year track record in addressing complex challenges and delivering solutions that are innovative, flexible and cost-effective. Video Progetti’s expertise encompasses all areas of broadcast – from the creation of new infrastructures through the development of SNG systems to the delivery of OB vans and playout centres.
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Carlo Struzzi
Tel: +39 066129641
Email: info@videoprogetti.it
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Email: fiorenza@xpressocommunications.com
Rai Commissions Video Progetti for Ka-Sat SNGs
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Rome, January 16, 2017 – Video Progetti, one of the leading Italian broadcast distributor and system integrator has been contracted by Rai, the national public broadcaster, with the design and construction of 4 Ka-Sat SNGs.
With this project Video Progetti will deliver innovative and cost-effective turn key external news gathering (ENG) systems able of working in the most extreme conditions.
Once in possess of the SNGs Rai will improve its already qualitative and modern SNG fleet and will be able of reporting news even with the most stressful whether and bandwidth conditions.
Video Progetti has been entrusted for full responsibility for project management, system design, system implementation, testing and training.
Video Progetti S.r.l. is a leading Italian company which has been working for over 20 years in the distribution and integration of professional equipment for television, cinema and telecommunications. Having offices both in Rome and Milan, Video Progetti is constantly in touch with the key players in these fields and participates in the development of the broadcast industry by offering our clients the most up-to-date production technology.
Rai is the leading Italian multimedia group, active in all segments of the audiovisual market: digital terrestrial and satellite TV, radio, web, mobile, cinema, home video and publishing.
Rai broadcasts the widest free-to-air offering in Italy and Europe through its core digital terrestrial TV platform, with 14 generalist, semi-generalist and specialist channels.It also operates a parallel satellite TV offering, which not only broadcasts Rai’s range of digital terrestrial channels, but also includes Rai Italia and Euro News. Rai is available via streaming and on demand through all web-enabled devices (smart TV, tablet, smartphone, computer, etc.), via its website and the Rai.tv app.
Sergio Nuvoloni Joins Video Progetti
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Roma, January 10, 2017 – Video Progetti, a leading broadcast distributor is pleased to announce the appointment of Sergio Nuvoloni as System Engineer. Sergio, a veteran of the Italian broadcast market, will bring in Video Progetti his wide production experience and his problem solving attitude; he will reinforce the already quite strong system department of Video Progetti. Sergio was the C.T.O. of S.B.P and successfully performed a large number of projects.
“I am happy to start a new adventure in a famous and serious company such as Video Progetti. I will do all by best to help the customers of the company” declared Sergio.
“We are please to have Sergio with us. He will improve our already high system integration capabilities. We want to provide maximum technical and operational support to all our customers” declared Carlo Struzzi, CEO of Video Progetti.
Video Progetti S.r.l. is a leading Italian company which has been working for over 20 years in the distribution and integration of professional equipment for television, cinema and telecommunications. Having offices both in Rome and Milan, Video Progetti is constantly in touch with the key players in these fields and participates in the development of the broadcast industry by offering our clients the most up-to-date production technology.
Video Progetti designed and implemented the entire broadcast infrastructure of a new regional television (Ultima Tv)
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Video Progetti designed and implemented the entire broadcast infrastructure of a new regional television (Ultima Tv)
Rome, November 28, 2016 – In the month of November 2016, Video Progetti, a leading broadcast distributor and system integrator, delivered a completely new HD broadcast infrastructure for a regional television in the south of Italy.
Video Progetti, which managed the entire project, was commissioned for the design, architecture, implementation, test and commissioning of the entire system.
The new facility is composed of a master control room (MCR), a production control room (PCR), a studio theatre, a newscast studio, a newsroom which accommodates up to eleven journalists and four craft post production stations.
All the different areas are connected using a compact and flexible multiformat broadcast router and high quality products produced by top class manufacturers are integrated in each environment (e.g. Snell Advanced Media, Grass Valley, Clear-Com, Livestream, Sencore, TV Logic).
After having delivered the system Video Progetti provided traning and operational support to the qualified technical team of Ultima Tv.
“We are proud of having designed and delivered in the scheduled times the entire IT and broadcast infrastructure of Ultima Tv. I am extremely satisfied considering also that the entire work has been handled simultaneously to two other large projects such as the construction of a 28 cameras OB-van and the implementation of PCRs and studios for the roman facility of Teleippica” declared Carlo Struzzi, CEO of Video Progetti.
Video Progetti S.r.l. is a leading Italian company which has been working for over 20 years in the distribution and integration of professional equipment for television, cinema and telecommunications. Having offices both in Rome and Milan, Video Progetti is constantly in touch with the key players in these fields and participates in the development of the broadcast industry by offering our clients the most up-to-date production technology.
Ultima Tv is a Sicilian regional broadcaster born in November 2017. Its aims to give voice to Sicily’s major issues and reinforce a more widespread awareness of its traditions and culture. Ultima Tv daily produces high quality newscasts and tv showswhich are closely followed and extremely popular among Sicilians
Milano HDR SUMMIT 2023
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Data/e Evento:
05/10/2023 (9:30 am – 6:00 pm)
Location:
Magna Pars Event Space – Via Forcella, 6 ,
Video Progetti vi invita ad una giornata interamente dedicata agli approfondimenti su un tema che non può non stare a cuore ai professionisti del broadcasting e dei media: la produzione e fruizione di contenuti in High Dynamic Range.
Si tratta di una tecnologia il cui trend di adozione andrà consolidandosi nei prossimi anni. Produrre già oggi in HDR costituisce quindi non solo una opportunità per offrire da subito alla propria audience un contenuto migliore sul piano tecnico e artistico, ma renderà il prodotto sicuramente più future-proof e monetizzabile anche per gli anni a venire.
La possibilità di fornire immagini più realistiche e coinvolgenti, che è il cuore della tecnologia HDR, implica la comprensione di nuovi meccanismi e flussi di lavoro. La giornata vedrà quindi alternarsi nel panel professionisti delle più importanti aziende del settore media e broadcast coprendo una vasta gamma di aspetti legati all’HDR che riteniamo saranno di sicuro interesse per gli addetti ai lavori.
Non saranno affrontati solo gli aspetti tecnici ma nella giornata si parlerà anche di creatività e della ricaduta sui contenuti e sullo story-telling dello HDR.
Target dell’evento sono professionisti del settore come:
– Direttori della Fotografia
– Colorist
– Responsabili Media Delivery e Controllo Qualità
– Responsabili della Post-Produzione
– Direttori Tecnici/Decisori di Acquisto di tecnologia all’interno delle rispettive organizzazioni (società
di produzione, post e broadcaster).
– Producers (responsabili società di produzione/produttori esecutivi)
L’ Agenda dell’ evento sarà pubblicata a breve.
L’appuntamento è per il 5 Ottobre 2023 a partire dalle ore 09:30 presso il Magna Pars Event Space, via
Forcella 6, Milano, facilmente raggiungibile con MM2 P.ta Genova.
Per informazioni: info@videoprogetti.it
LIVE PRODUCTION & OTT SUMMIT
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Data/e Evento:
19/10/2022 (All Day)
Location:
Stadio San Siro – Via Achille SNC,
The Foundry, Italian Roadshow – Roma
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Data/e Evento:
30/11/2017 (2:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
Location:
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Via Tuscolana, 1524, 00173
Video Progetti è lieta di invitarti alle tappe Italiane del Roadshow mondiale di The Foundry
Durante questi incontri avrai la possibilità di visionare le ultime novità della famiglia Nuke, assistere a una presentazione esclusiva di Victor Perez, Director and VFX Supervisor del cortometraggio Echo e confrontarti con altri professionisti del settore durante un aperitivo al termine dell’evento ”
ISCRIZIONE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundrys-italian-roadshow-tickets-39258493210
The Foundry, Italian Roadshow – Milano
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Data/e Evento:
28/11/2017 (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)
Location:
Istituto Europeo di Design – IED – Via Sciesa 4,
Video Progetti è lieta di invitarti alle tappe Italiane del Roadshow mondiale di The Foundry
Durante questi incontri avrai la possibilità di visionare le ultime novità della famiglia Nuke, assistere a una presentazione esclusiva di Victor Perez, Director and VFX Supervisor del cortometraggio Echo e confrontarti con altri professionisti del settore durante un aperitivo al termine dell’evento ”
ISCRIZIONE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundrys-italian-roadshow-tickets-39258493210
IP for Broadcast – Demo e Seminari (Roma)
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Data/e Evento:
02/03/2017 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Location:
Roma – Hotel Clodio – Via di Santa Lucia, 10, 00195
Il mondo del broadcast sta passando attraverso una delle più epocali rivoluzioni tecnologiche che l’industria abbia mai affrontato: il protocollo IP si sta imponendo come principale strumento per il trasporto dei contenuti multimediali e i processi A/V vengono operati sempre più da apparati IT based.
I network a commutazione di pacchetto si stanno affermando nelle reti per la contribuzione, la distribuzione e l’instradamento dei flussi all’interno delle infrastrutture broadcast. L’adozione dell’IP è uno degli step che condurrà poi verso l’adozione massiva di tecnologie IT (VM, dockers, etc) basate su hardware COTS per il processo di contenti audio e video. Si prevede che le infrastrutture broadcast possano diventare moderni data center (on-premise o nel cloud). L’IP e i processi IT-centric dovrebbero ottimizzare la catena del valore broadcast e condurre verso nuovi modelli di business.
In questo contesto Video Progetti, con il supporto di Arista, Snell Advanced Media (SAM), Tektronix ed Embrionix, organizza un seminario che rappresenta un’occasione unica per comprendere nel dettaglio le tecnologie e i processi che i diversi operatori del settore (es: broadcaster, network operators, operatori di play out, service di OB-Van, post production houses, etc) dovranno dominare per progettare ed operare nel nuovo contesto tecnologico. Nel corso dell’evento verranno anche dimostrate alcune delle più importanti novità introdotte dai costruttori partner dell’evento.
Sarà quindi possibile vedere all’opera macchine IP per:
- IP 2022-6/7 – SDI Gateway Cards (clean switching, make-before-break/break before make) – SAM iQMIX 40 + Sistema di Controllo
- Processi A/V – SAM IQEdge (up/down/cross conversion, audio shuffling)
- IP 2022-6/7 – SDI SFP+ – Embrionix SFP
- Multi Signal Video Generator (con PTP) – Tektronix SPG 8000A
- Media Analysis Platform (IP/SDI Real Time Monitoring) – Teketronix Prism
- Networking IP – Arista 7150S Ultra Low Latency Switch
Programma dell’evento
10.00 – 10.30 – Registrazione
10.30 – 10.45 – Il passaggio all’ IP, una visione d’insieme – Francesco
Struzzi (Business Development, Video Progetti)
10.45 – 11.30 – La tecnologia IP applicata al mondo Broadcast – Davide
Bassani (System Engineer, Arista Network)
11.30 – 12.15 – Processi e networking A/V in un contesto Broadcast/IP –
Richard Ansel (System Consultant – SAM)
12.15 – 13.00 – Misure e Analisi nei network IP per applicazioni
Broadcast – Yannick Le Drèau (System Engineer – Tektronix)
13.00 – 13.15 Q&A
13.15 – 14.00 Light Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Demo Sessions
15.00 – 16.00 Q&A
Iscrizione
This event is fully booked.
IP for Broadcast – Demo e Seminari (Milano)
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Data/e Evento:
28/02/2017 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Location:
Video Progetti c/o Linate Business Park, Pioltello (MI) – Via Rivoltana 35, 20096
Il mondo del broadcast sta passando attraverso una delle più epocali rivoluzioni tecnologiche che l’industria abbia mai affrontato: il protocollo IP si sta imponendo come principale strumento per il trasporto dei contenuti multimediali e i processi A/V vengono operati sempre più da apparati IT based.
I network a commutazione di pacchetto si stanno affermando nelle reti per la contribuzione, la distribuzione e l’instradamento dei flussi all’interno delle infrastrutture broadcast. L’adozione dell’IP è uno degli step che condurrà poi verso l’adozione massiva di tecnologie IT (VM, dockers, etc) basate su hardware COTS per il processo di contenti audio e video. Si prevede che le infrastrutture broadcast possano diventare moderni data center (on-premise o nel cloud). L’IP e i processi IT-centric dovrebbero ottimizzare la catena del valore broadcast e condurre verso nuovi modelli di business.
In questo contesto Video Progetti, con il supporto di Arista, Snell Advanced Media (SAM), Tektronix ed Embrionix, organizza un seminario che rappresenta un’occasione unica per comprendere nel dettaglio le tecnologie e i processi che i diversi operatori del settore (es: broadcaster, network operators, operatori di play out, service di OB-Van, post production houses, etc) dovranno dominare per progettare ed operare nel nuovo contesto tecnologico. Nel corso dell’evento verranno anche dimostrate alcune delle più importanti novità introdotte dai costruttori partner dell’evento.
Sarà quindi possibile vedere all’opera macchine IP per:
- IP 2022-6/7 – SDI Gateway Cards (clean switching, make-before-break/break before make) – SAM iQMIX 40 + Sistema di Controllo
- Processi A/V – SAM IQEdge (up/down/cross conversion, audio shuffling)
- IP 2022-6/7 – SDI SFP+ – Embrionix SFP
- Multi Signal Video Generator (con PTP) – Tektronix SPG 8000A
- Media Analysis Platform (IP/SDI Real Time Monitoring) – Teketronix Prism
- Networking IP – Arista 7150S Ultra Low Latency Switch
Programma dell’evento
10.00 – 10.30 – Registrazione
10.30 – 10.45 – Il passaggio all’ IP, una visione d’insieme – Francesco
Struzzi (Business Development, Video Progetti)
10.45 – 11.30 – La tecnologia IP applicata al mondo Broadcast – Davide
Bassani (System Engineer, Arista Network)
11.30 – 12.15 – Processi e networking A/V in un contesto Broadcast/IP –
Richard Ansel (System Consultant – SAM)
12.15 – 13.00 – Misure e Analisi nei network IP per applicazioni
Broadcast – Yannick Le Drèau (System Engineer – Tektronix)
13.00 – 13.15 Q&A
13.15 – 14.00 Light Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Demo Sessions
15.00 – 16.00 Q&A
Iscrizione
This event is fully booked.