Techtel is proud to have played a key role in delivering a world-class broadcast facility for a major Australian media organisation. With cutting-edge AI-driven Telemetrics robotics, advanced automation systems, and seamless content control, this new studio hub is setting a new benchmark for broadcast innovation.
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Read MoreTechtel proudly announces the successful upgrade of Nine Network's data management facilities in Sydney with the latest technology from Spectra Logic. The upgrade was completed seamlessly in May 2024, ensuring Nine Network's readiness for the 2024 Olympic Games broadcast. Being one of the first customers worldwide to receive the latest and fastest platform from Spectra Logic, Nine Network can now enjoy cutting-edge performance with unparalleled efficiency.
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Amazon studio floor Sydney
(Sydney, Australia, 18th March 2024) An events team in need of live broadcast production, their expanding virtually connected workforce and a need to be nimble with go-live readiness were just some of the reasons behind an international corporations decision to build their first ever broadcast studio located in Sydney.
In creating the broadcast production space one user, Amazon Australia, have sought to answer some key questions such as; how do they give their people a voice at every level within the organisation and how can they support the community groups that they are part of such as those who identify as LGBTQI+, indigenous or people with disability. Capturing these stories is nothing new but relating it to the business and making everyone feel welcome and supported is something that digital media is really good at.
The multifunctional space changes personality thanks to a digital background
“In a large organisation like Amazon, ensuring that we communicate in an engaging way that supports not only our people but the community we are part of is absolutely critical. Of course the facility that Techtel have helped us to create is something we are very proud of but what really makes our day is when the content we produce can have a global impact.” said Marcel Varnel, Manager Amazon Events Broadcast and Content Production.
Studio production control room
The purpose-built facility in Sydney, designed by Studio Technical Lead, Andy Burford and installed by local media technology specialist Techtel, contains a television studio with separate control and monitoring rooms that can produce Ultra-High Definition (UHD) content. The space needed to be designed with it’s future users in mind so making it sleek and welcoming was key to ensure that people who were not familiar with broadcast would feel at ease.
Corporations are starting to understand that video content, beit live or on demand, is the best way to get a message across but it needs to be thoughtful and well planned. Marcel added, “What we are doing here with this studio is story telling, and just like anyone in this business we know if our story isn’t worth watching then the production won’t be effective. We work really hard to make sure that all the people who come through this brilliant new facility understand that a great story will give our audience the lasting impact we are looking for..... It’s a joy to be here telling great stories everyday and Amazon is so diverse we have a lot to cover”
CEO at Techtel Mal Chandler said, “this studio demonstrates to anyone in the corporate world that if you want to get a great return on your investment in media, start first with a story telling plan, with people who are professionals and then working together with someone like Techtel you’ll get a fantastic outcome.”
Directors position
[Sydney, September 20th, 2023] — Techtel is excited to unveil our transformative role in enhancing the flagship conference room at 180 George Street, Sydney. In collaboration with our esteemed partners, we've played a pivotal role in elevating client engagement through the integration of state-of-the-art Grass Valley and Telemetrics broadcast technology.
Our expertise extends to optimizing a significant portion of the broadcasting console, complemented by cutting-edge technology solutions and the deployment of top-of-the-line pan, tilt and zoom lens cameras. This collaboration has transformed the conference room into a technologically advanced space, setting new standards for modern business interactions, and enabling impactful client meetings, dynamic presentations, and immersive sessions that define a new era of corporate excellence.
Products featured in the conference room design include a carefully curated suite of advanced equipment, encompassing:
Fujinon Broadcast Zoom(7.8 - 187mm, 2x Ext, Servo Zoom and Servo Focus) Lens
Grass Valley LDX C98 Compact Camera
Telemetrics (PTHPS5) Pan and Tilt Head
Telemetrics RoboEye with Pan Tilt Head
and many more.
At the heart of the solution lies the integrated Telemetrics PTHPS5 Pan and Tilt Head, Grass Valley LDX C98 Compact Camera, and Fujinon Broadcast Zoom Lens, working in tandem to capture every dynamic moment. This dynamic combination provides unprecedented precision and control, elevating the conference room experience to new heights of professionalism and engagement.
Central to the Telemetrics PTHPS5 Pan and Tilt Head is its cutting-edge reframe technology, which is self-hosted within the control panel. This central control hub not only commands the Grass Valley LDX C98 Compact Camera and the Fujinon Broadcast Zoom Lens, but also seamlessly directs the movements of the strategically positioned RoboEye cameras. The control panel's functionality empowers the director or operator to decisively dictate camera actions, granting them the freedom to focus on creative and content-driven decisions rather than being consumed by equipment operation.
This streamlined approach not only enhances efficiency but also produces a polished end result. The solution affords the operator the invaluable capacity to make real-time creative decisions, enabling a more immersive and engaging experience for the audience. As a result, the final product is refined, fluid, and embodies a level of professional finesse that sets a new standard for conference room interactions.
This transformation for Techtel represents a long standing commitment to delivering unparalleled client experiences and pushing the boundaries of innovation in the corporate landscape. We are excited to witness the remarkable content that will be created in this cutting-edge flagship conference room.
(Melbourne, Australia, 23rd June 2022) After a rigorous review of object-based storage solutions, Network Seven chose to implement the Spectra BlackPearl® Converged Storage System for their network-wide program, news, sport and historic archive. The solution supplied and integrated by Techtel is the first Australian deployment of BlackPearl integrated with VizRT for news production. BlackPearl is a modern object storage solution that seamlessly moves content into multiple storage targets based on pre-set policies.
Seven turned to Techtel for a solution as it became clear that the sun had set on their legacy storage systems and a change was necessary to protect their data whilst making vast improvements to the availability of their content. The BlackPearl solution from Spectra Logic addressed all of Seven’s requirements so Techtel architected a solution that could deliver seven years’ worth of storage at Seven’s main news production centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Additionally, in Melbourne, further flexibility was required to allow Seven to migrate data out of an old Sony PetaSite library that contained program material.
“Seven had been considering the Spectra BlackPearl as a solution to replace our news archive for a while, and for us the real trigger to move on this was seeing the Spectra-VizOne integration being adopted worldwide,” said Andrew Anderson, Director of Broadcast Operations for Seven West Media. “With BlackPearl we know we have a guaranteed level of performance and unlimited data access for the foreseeable future. Techtel’s proven ability to support Spectra products in Australia is well known so we look forward to working with them.”
The solution will serve content to Seven’s network-wide deployment of VizOne and VizStory, allowing news and production editors to retrieve, edit and publish content at breaking news pace. The RESTful integration between VizOne MAM and BlackPearl has been in deployment now for years, which provided absolute confidence to Seven that the solution would be robust and ready to go off the shelf.
BlackPearl has created an opportunity for broadcasters who currently have a costly and complex stack of aging software to migrate to one simple affordable solution. The BlackPearl object storage solution also allows multi-tenant architecture so several client platforms like VizOne MAM can access data from a common infrastructure removing the need for each system to have its own silo of storage.
“When Seven approached Techtel for an archive solution, choosing a product that was MAM vendor independent made BlackPearl the logical choice. Spectra Logic’s BlackPearl integrates with any modern media and entertainment MAM provider, and when combined with BlackPearl RioBroker®, a software front-end data mover for BlackPearl, it can also integrate with third-party HSM’s for streamlined migration. We worked closely with Seven to ensure that we could deliver the performance they needed and I’m really pleased with the final result,” added Matt Hall, Business Development Manager for Techtel.
Sydney, Australia, 3rd March 2021 – Techtel is pleased to announce that Hawthorn Football Club (the Hawks), part of the Australian Football League (AFL) has chosen to use ChyronHego’s premier coaching analysis software, Coach Paint®. The software takes instructive visualisations to another level enabling coaching staff to illustrate game day strategies to the players with engaging content that can be displayed to larger playing groups or even on tablets for individual instruction.
Coach Paint leverages ChyronHego’s expertise in broadcast graphics visualisations by borrowing from technology that is often used in the live broadcasts to the public and making this same technology available in an affordable application designed for coaching staff. The teams coaching staff are able to add graphics to any part of the game; they can animate and track players or the ball to produce slick video clips that clearly re-enforce their player instruction.
Hawthorn lays claim to being the most successful football club in the past 50 years of the AFL having secured 12 premierships during that period. Founded in 1902, Hawthorn has become one of the AFL superpowers who play their home games between the University of Tasmania Stadium (Launceston) and the greatest AFL colosseum, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MGC) which can seat over 100,000 fans.
Hawthorn Football Club Performance Analyst James Barker said “The switch to Coach Paint was a great experience for us that helped widen the ways to make video clips quickly and easily in both off-line and interactive modes; this was fitted perfectly with our coaching strategies and directions. The players have shown us that they respond quickly to content we produce using Coach Paint and in the end that speed in messaging is what we need”.
“We think the momentum that Coach Paint has in the AFL is really powered by the coaching staff themselves who find the product really quick and easy to pickup and the low cost to get started is also what the clubs love.” said Payam Safa, Techtel’s Coach Paint Specialist.
In the AFL, Hawthorn join Carlton, West Coast Eagles, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, St. Kilda, Adelaide, Geelong, Fremantle and AFL House as users of Coach Paint. Outside Australia, Coach Paint is used extensively in the US by select NBA, NFL and MLB clubs and in the UK by select Premier League clubs to mention just a few of Chyronhego’s extensive user base.
About Hawthorn FC
Hawthorn Football Club, commonly known as the ‘Hawks’, is a professional Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League and is based at Waverley Park in Mulgrave, Melbourne. Founded in 1902, the club first played in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association 1902-1913 before joining the Victorian Football Association from 1914-1924 and in 1925, Hawthorn officially joined the VFL/AFL competition. Hawthorn has 13 premierships to date and a nationwide membership base that extends beyond 70,000. The club's official colours are brown and gold.
About Techtel
Techtel is a leading independent broadcast technology systems specialist, providing dedicated hardware and software to the Asia Pacific broadcast and telecommunications industries. Techtel’s expertise extends from consulting and systems integration through to the supply, installation and support of solutions from an elite class of worldwide partners. The Techtel Group has regional offices in Sydney and Singapore with branches in Auckland and Melbourne. Visit www.techtel.com.au
About Chyronhego
ChyronHego is a global leader in broadcast graphics creation, playout, and real-time data visualization offering a wide variety of products and services for News & Weather, Live Production, Sports Technology, Stadium & In-Venue, Master Control and Corporate and Government Video. Headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, and Canada.
The VB440 will enable production teams to continuously survey all layers of media transportation
Bridge Technologies, through Australian business partner Techtel, have now completed their integration of the VB440 IP Probe for Nine Network, an Australian free-to-air digital TV service provider. This integration forms a part of Nine’s wider site relocation, involving the creation of a brand new ‘creative campus’ with Internet Protocol technologies incorporated in its core.
A key element of Nine’s site development was the choice to change the data backbone of the studio from an SDI-based environment to a fully SMPTE IP-based infrastructure. This will see Nine working on an uncompressed SMPTE 2110 workflow basis, working with on-air graphics, newsroom systems, post-production, network and infrastructure, and live studio elements.
“Our new offices represent an opportunity to not only bring together our post-merger Willoughby site with our Fairfax site in a more collaborative manner, but also to create an office and studio which are future-proofed for the next 50 years. Key to this future proofing was making a move from SDI to IP. It became readily apparent that IP would render increased efficiency and decreased costs, not to mention the fact that it hugely improves our ability to engage in off-site and live collaborations,” said David Bowers, Chief Technology Officer at Nine Network Australia.
Bowers continued: “It appeared clear to us that whilst SDI is declining in relevance in production environments, support in the field of IP is only going to grow. Bridge Technologies represents one such vital element of support; and the integration of VB440 monitoring solutions into the wider installation gives us an unparalleled ability to understand – and therefore control – our production environment.”
The VB440 provides video, audio and metadata monitoring and analysis on an uncompressed ST2110 basis, and also includes monitoring of ST2022-7 redundancy scheme; an element that is of particular benefit in relation to the back-up needs of the network during day-to-day operation or service migrations. The VB440 represents an analytics solution that can encompass numerous streams and multiple technologies in real time and in parallel. Covering source monitoring, stream analysis, packet behavior, and IAT test performance, the VB440 enables production teams to continuously survey all layers of media transportation on an IP network and facilitates quick rectification of potential problems – including the impact of packet loss and jitter on the production environment and ultimate Quality of Service (QoS).
Payam Safa, Solutions Architect at Techtel – who helped to manage the purchase and installation of the Bridge Technologies system – explained the dual importance of VB440 integration.
“Not only will the VB440 provide Nine with an ongoing ability to monitor their IP-based production network over the upcoming years, but during the transition from SDI to IP it will be a key tool in managing an effective and efficient change and transition process.”
Simen Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies, echoed the enthusiasm of both vendor and client in relation to the project. “Nine have built a truly impressive studio, and have been forward-thinking in their approach to network technologies. Building a greenfield site such as this represents a particular opportunity to think about network analytics right from the beginning, and build monitoring elements right into the overall solution, rather than tagging them on at the end.”
Frostad concluded: “This is a key idea that Bridge has been a proponent of for more than a decade, and we are pleased to see that a network as important as Nine echoes our views on this. We hope that they will provide an inspirational example to other production companies who may soon be faced with the unique opportunity that comes with a move from SDI to IP of redesigning their systems from the ground up, and building in monitoring and support systems from the get-go.”
About Nine Network
The Nine Network (commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network.
Nine’s strategy is to create great content, distribute it broadly and engage audiences and advertisers. We are Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment, we pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want. Nine’s assets include the Nine Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investments in Domain Group and CarAdvice.
Find more info here: https://www.nine.com.au/
About Bridge Technologies
Bridge Technologies creates advanced solutions for protecting service quality in the digital media and telecommunications industries. The company’s award-winning monitoring/analysis systems, intelligent switchers and virtual environments help deliver over 20,000 channels to more than 900 million subscribers in 94 countries. From head-end satellite ingress to microanalytics in the home network, Bridge Technologies offers patented innovation and true end-to-end transparency. A privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Bridge Technologies has worldwide sales and marketing operations through a global business partner network.
Learn more – www.bridgetech.tv
Press Contact:
Fiorenza Mella
XPresso Communications
Tel: +31 71 523 82 10
Auckland, New Zealand, 11 August 2020 – Techtel, New Zealand’s leading broadcast systems specialist has successfully deployed the Emmy® Award-winning Nimbra 400 internet media transport solution by Net Insight for Sky New Zealand – the country’s premium Pay TV Entertainment provider. This comes as Sky is expanding their subscriber offering with more local and international services.
Designed specifically in response to the increasing demand for live media internet transport for premium applications, Nimbra 400 is often referred to the Swiss knife of the Nimbra family. Its design is light and agile, and its functionalities make it the perfect solution for Tier 1 content and media companies looking to lower their costs and increase their reach. The platform does this by optimizing video streaming over constrained networks and maximizes the number of streams processed simultaneously. Nimbra 400 can produce high-quality video at low bitrates while utilizing less expensive IP infrastructure such as internet connectivity thus reducing networking costs.
Sky New Zealand’s subscriber base has an expanding appetite for more live sport and to make the business case work they turned their attention to platforms that can make it happen over the common internet. Nimbra 400 delivers in this respect through both reliability and seamless cross platform management with the broader Net Insight MSR series.
“The Nimbra 400 series has improved our capability to have an agnostic contribution and delivery solution of broadcast quality feeds – for both adhoc and permanent services. We deploy the Nimbra technology for HD feed deliveries from both domestic and international broadcasters. On our internal infrastructure, the units are used as normal multicast and unicast decoders. Multiple SDI ports on a single box gives us flexibility on routing concurrent feeds,” said Ronaldo Raborar, Technical Coordinator at Sky New Zealand.
“With internet transport expanding further into premium live media workflows, the Nimbra 400 platform enables service providers with premium content like Sky New Zealand, to reach new locations faster and more cost-efficiently than ever before”, said Mal Chandler, Techtel CEO. “We are proud to supply Sky New Zealand with the leading internet media transport solution from Net Insight and look forward to more exciting services from them”.
Sky New Zealand decision builds on Techtel’s established country-wide network of Nimbra nodes, serving the majority of New Zealand broadcasters and providing resilient HD video transport at the highest possible quality, lowest delay and with high availability.
About Techtel
Techtel is a leading independent broadcast technology systems specialist, providing dedicated hardware and software to the Asia Pacific broadcast and telecommunications industries. Techtel’s expertise extends from consulting and systems integration through to the supply, installation and support of solutions from an elite class of worldwide partners. The Techtel Group has regional offices in Sydney and Singapore with branches in Auckland and Melbourne. Visit www.techtel.tv.
About Net Insight
Net Insight is a global leader in media networks and resource optimization. With more than 20 years’ experience, Net Insight is a reliable key partner to its customers, but also a leader in the industry’s transition towards a continuously improved media experience. With its deep market knowledge and insight, genuine customer focus and world-leading innovative technology, Net Insight makes it easier and more cost-efficient to create and deliver better content. Net Insight acquired Aperi’s product portfolio in 2020. For more information, visit https://netinsight.net/
The 7:30 report, ABC’s flagship news and current affairs program, has gone live to air in what is the ABC’s first Live HD Studio, featuring brand new studio and control rooms with widespread use of automation and robotic systems, integrated with the latest software solutions. This transformation comes as the next step of a multi-year project - integrated, managed and supported by Techtel, covering ABC news studios nationwide and involving a global range of strategically chosen software and hardware technology partners, including Telemetrics, Cuescript, Apantac, Vizrt, TV Logic, Yamaha, Panasonic and others.
(Sydney, Australia, 18 June 2018) Nine Network (“Channel 9”), Australia’s largest commercial free-to-air television network selected Techtel as the systems integrator of choice to develop a seamless interface between their Media Asset Management (MAM) platforms and deep storage across their news and production studios and playout centre at two different locations. This transition will make Channel 9 the first Australian broadcaster to switch from a traditional HSM (Hierarchical Storage Manager) architecture to an on-premise Spectra Logic object storage solution, enabling the company to significantly reduce asset restoration times, utilise genetically diverse media and separate their storage geographically – all via one purpose-built and highly flexible solution.
Developed by Spectra Logic, the BlackPearl® Converged Storage System allows for data storage on multiple targets, including Spectra LTO tape libraries and disk, and multi-site replication for data protection and MAM redundancy. Coupled with a new and seamless integration with Imagine Communications’ Nexio® Motion™ workflow and media management system, as well as combining with Avid Interplay’s existing BlackPearl client, the Spectra Logic system provides a new, long-term storage solution to preserve Channel 9’s persistent data, which is growing from 5PB.
In addition, the newly integrated content management system is expected to lower storage costs by reducing the overhead of multiple software and hardware systems running independently, as well as cutting out the need for multiple vendors and middleware.
“Living in the age of highly sophisticated cyber threats and where digital content outlasts its storage technology, it is critical to have a failsafe storage solution in place, which is also scalable across its capacities, technologies and interfaces. We are confident that Techtel is the ideal broadcast technology systems specialist to provide the optimal mix of hardware, software and integration expertise to serve this purpose,” said David Bowers, CTO Channel 9.
Mal Chandler, CEO of Techtel says: “By entrusting Techtel, Channel 9 can store their data with a greater sense of confidence knowing that their solution is growth-enabling, redundant and genetically diverse. This project illustrates our unique position to independently choose strategic partners and their technology, and deliver the critical project management, commissioning and support that our customers expect.”
Media Contact:
Katia Gryadunova
0414422371
kgryadunova@techtel.com.au
(Sydney, Australia, 10 May 2018) Australian broadcast systems integrator, Techtel, is pleased to announce that one of ABC News busiest studios (Studio 38) went live this week in Melbourne with Techtel’s comprehensive broadcast automation solution. This comes as the next step of a multi-year project - integrated, managed and supported by Techtel, covering ABC news studios nationwide and involving a global range of strategically chosen software and hardware technology partners.
The Melbourne studio features Telemetrics cameras with both a manual and automatic capability, which can be quickly switched between manual and automatic modes by the same operator, making Studio 38 the first Australian newsroom to employ this cutting-edge technology. ABC News is also the first ever news broadcaster to benefit from CueScript’s on screen timer within the prompter monitor, which enables operators to add in messages, clocks and timers without disrupting the prompting script.
Studio 38 is one of ABC’s largest and busiest, news studios producing local and national programs including News Breakfast, Melbourne 7PM News and The World and News Tonight. Therefore, it was imperative for Techtel to implement a fast and seamless transition.
“33 years of experience in a fast-paced news environment have allowed us to complete the entire transition with zero impact to on-air broadcasting. We’ve accomplished the changeover on Sunday night, and the 6am News Breakfast Show on Monday morning aired from the brand new, enhanced system”, said Matt Feeney, Director of Projects at Techtel.
“We continue to invest in our vendor partnerships to ensure that we can support the technological growth for our customers, such as ABC News, who are now at the forefront of automation in news broadcasting”, added Mal Chandler, Techtel CEO.
Studio 38 is ABC’s 5th studio to go live using the latest, fully automated broadcast technology commissioned, integrated and supported by Techtel. Techtel also commissioned the Perth news studio (Studio 62) in the same week as Melbourne making it a big week for the ABC and Techtel! Other sites already using the new systems include studios in Canberra, Brisbane and Hobart that are already on air from 2017.
For More Information Contact:
Katia Gryadunova
0414422371
kgryadunova@techtel.com.au
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Techtel is a leading independent broadcast technology systems specialist, providing dedicated hardware and software to the Asia Pacific broadcast and telecommunications industries. Techtel’s expertise extends from consulting and systems integration through to the supply, installation and support of solutions from an elite class of worldwide partners. The Techtel Group has regional offices in Sydney and Singapore with branches in Auckland and Melbourne.
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