Ikegami will show the latest additions to its product range at Inter BEE 2022. Central themes of its demonstrations will be new advances in virtual and remote production developed in response to changing production styles resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Ikegami's R2 Real Remote production system allows highly efficient remote camera operation between the studio and the sub-control room as well as ensuring social distancing and studio crowd avoidance when necessary to guard against infection, particularly in close-up sequences. It is designed for use with cameras such as the compact full broadcast quality UHD/HD Ikegami UHL-43. Support is provided by a six-axis programmable articulated robot arm mounted on a motorised pedestal. This combination allows fast and easy changes in camera height from a minimum of 400 mm to a maximum of 2,350 mm above floor level. The R2 can be relocated easily from one studio to another.

Milan-based broadcaster Giornale Radio has chosen a latest-generation DHD RX2 audio mixing console for installation into a new production control room, plus a TX compact touchscreen mixer for use in the adjacent live transmission studio. The project was supervised by broadcast systems integrator BVmedia.

"Giornale Radio required a console that a single studio operator could use easily and flexibly for visual radio production," comments Roberto Zeccara, Senior Project Manager at BVmedia. "The solution we recommended, installed and commissioned, integrates efficiently and effectively into the GR workflow. It centres on an 18-channel RX2 with dual Dante audio-over-IP in/outs plus an audio routing switcher to connect with five FM radio transmission areas. GR confirmed the choice of RX2, chosen for its unsurpassed sound quality, excellent cost-efficiency and highly flexible logic customisation."

Somoy Television, a news-based 24-hour television channel broadcasting nationwide in the Bengali language, has chosen Ikegami HD cameras and monitors for use at its studio headquarters in Dhaka. The investment forms part of the network’s transition from 576i SD to 1080i HD production and transmission.

Somoy TV (literally 'Time TV') has operated successfully with Ikegami technology from the commencement of test transmissions ahead of its April 17th 2011 launch. An HL-65W SD camera became a core element of the studio’s production resources. Impressed by the quality and robustness of the equipment, plus the high standard of support provided by Ikegami and local distributor For-A India, the channel was fully confident in selecting Ikegami HD cameras and monitors.

Ikegami Electronics (Europe) reports a successful IBC 2022, held at the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre early mid September.

“Back in 2019, HD-HDR was the mostly widely preferred mastering format for broadcast TV production,” says Michael Laetzsch, Ikegami Europe's Broadcast & Professional Video Division Manager. “This is gradually being superseded by UHD-HDR which offers four times the image resolution, allowing production companies to maximise the commercial life of new content.”

Radio San Marino and RSM Classic have chosen DHD RX2 and SX2 audio mixers as key elements of a production system upgrade at their studios in San Marino City. The project forms part of a total rebuild conducted by Milan-based broadcast SI BVmedia.

DHD.audio has chosen IBC 2022 as the launch venue for a new addition to its range of broadcast-quality mixing consoles. Scheduled to be a highlight of DHD's show demonstration on stand 8.B81, the TX2 is a multitouch mixing console with an intuitive and fully customisable control interface which can be placed on a desktop or attached to a worksurface via a VESA based connector.

Densitron, the global leader in innovative Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and display technology, has announced the latest addition to its line of haptics solutions, Haptics 10.1. Designed to be used in conjunction with medium-sized touchscreens, Haptics 10.1 is geared towards the needs of vendors seeking to incorporate feedback sensations that can be profiled and localised without having to devote time and resources in their own haptics technology development.

Ikegami camera systems have been chosen by the ICE Kraków Congress Centre for integration into a new studio and IP-linked production control facility. This is equipped to allow high-grade television coverage of events ranging from corporate presentations to large-scale conferences, exhibitions, concerts and spectator-sports. System design and installation were coordinated by Shadok AV Group which provides a wide range of broadcast-related services from its base in the southern Polish city of Zabrze.

Mediaset SpA has invested in DHD audio mixers for its Milan-based R101 radio and TV broadcast service. Transmitting via terrestrial digital and online, R101 is fully focused on music and entertainment including performance-related news. The project was supervised by DHD's Milan-based distribution partner BVmedia SRL. It centred on the modernisation of R101's technical facilities to increase operational efficiency and upgrade signal quality.

Ikegami Electronics (Europe) will demonstrate the latest additions to its range of broadcast production equipment at IBC2022, RAI Amsterdam, September 9th-12th. Making their IBC debut on the Ikegami stand, 12.A31, will be the UHK-X700, UHK-X750 and UHL-F4000 cameras plus the BSX-100 UHD/HD fibre base station.