Gearhouse Broadcast, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, is providing a range of facilities to FIBA, through is entity FIBA Media, for its host broadcast of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. These include the deployment of Gearhouse’s Flypack portable production systems at three of the eight official venues, with a UHD solution being used in Beijing where the Final will be held. The 32-team tournament takes place across China between 31 August – 15 September.

Presteigne Broadcast Hire today announced the official introduction of a new, modular, portable production unit (PPU) that provides highly professional production technology on the fly.

The PPU is a modular production system for live remotes, featuring lightweight, waterproof, and shock-mounted casings that can be quickly easily transported and assembled with the precise combination of technologies required for a particular job.

Procam, the UK’s largest digital cinematography and broadcast hire firm has just announced a new division to be called Procam Projects. This development is in response to the market’s growing demand for multicamera, fixed rig, robotics, mini cam projects, car rigs, and portable production units.

Broadcast Pix will demonstrate Roadie, its new mobile integrated production switcher, at IBC2015 (Stand 7.B21), which runs Sept. 11-15 at Amsterdam RAI. Introduced earlier this year, Roadie features Broadcast Pixs patented Fluent Control toolset, as well as built-in HD streaming and recording, to deliver a complete end-to-end production workflow.

Broadcast Pix will introduce Roadie, a mobile integrated production switcher at the 2015 NAB Show (Booth SL5625), which runs April 13-16 in Las Vegas, Nev. With built-in HD streaming and recording, as well as Broadcast Pixs patented Fluent Control toolset, Roadie delivers a complete end-to-end production workflow that simplifies and streamlines live production on location for a single operator or small staff.

At BVE 2014, Datavideo is launching OBV-2800, a two-piece transportable production system that can be integrated into a small OB van in minutes. Alternatively, it can be wheeled into position at an event to provide live production services or even be installed in a domestic setting to produce fly-on-the-wall documentaries.

Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, has released an update for its new line of portable production video recordersPIX 220 and PIX 240. Firmware version 1.03 offers PIX 240 users record stop/start flag support for all major camera manufacturers, plus time code support over HDMI for Sony FS 100 and other Sony NEX cameras. Additionally, Setup Menu customization and numerous other upgrades have been introduced. These new features are available as a no-charge firmware update to all PIX 220 and PIX 240 users.

Gearhouse Broadcast, a leading reseller of professional broadcast equipment announces the sale of various HD broadcast equipment to Metro Broadcast to assist with the build of their new Hi-Definition portable production unit.

The IndiePOV, a major advance in ultra-compact cameras, was introduced on the Polecam stand (10.C49) at IBC2011.   

Designed and built by Vienna-based Indiecam GmbH, the IndiePOV incorporates a high-grade 2/3 inch CMOS imager and delivers 1080p HDTV at up to 30 frames per second in 10 bit uncompressed 4:2:2 or RAW modes.  The camera measures only 40 x 40 x 100 millimetres and weighs just 170 grammes.

Sound Devices, experts in production sound, is setting a new standard at this years IBC show (Hall 8, Stand E72) for compact, high-performance portable audio mixers with the introduction of its newest MixPre-D.  Ideal for documentary-style, sports, news magazine and corporate-industrial productions, MixPre-D is designed for any production application where capturing great sound is important, but size and weight are a concern.

The introduction of MixPre-D con