Newtec… Riding High (SatBroadcasting™—Modulator)

[SatNews] Belgian commercial broadcaster vtm — owned by Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (VMMa) — is providing live coverage of its interview and analysis show “In het wiel van de Tour” during the 2010 Tour de France with DSNG units equipped for multi-camera operation and remote office functionality using Newtec’s DualFlow(tm) modulator technology. DualFlow technology allows vtm’s DSNG van to use satellite bandwidth both to transmit live coverage and for file-exchange over IP with the studio and the web using the same equipment.

For the post-race show located near the finish line of each stage, vtm’s crew creates a three-camera set. Each camera is separately connected via an encoder to the ASI input of the Newtec Azimuth modulators for transmission over satellite to the production centre, where the incoming streams are demodulated, edited, and mixed for playout. The DSNG crew uses the Azimuth modulator provision of an “always on” IP connection over satellite for information exchange including text translations, correct spelling of names, biographical notes and comments. The journalists keep track of unfolding events over theInternet, via emails, web-browsing, and social media. Through the vtm text-based newsroom system, vtm’s crews can also directly plan, create, publish and archive news broadcasts remotely from the DSNG vans over the satellite IP link.