by SVG News
There are more and more sports events on television than ever before. That means the companies that support broadcast sports need more flexibility than ever. A perfect example of that took place at the recent USGA US Open Championship, when NY-based CP Communications was able to transfer four DiGiCo SD10B consoles from its remote-production trucks and configure them as on-site record-edit flypack suites for Fox Sports.
These are some of the same DiGiCo SD10B audio consoles that CP acquired in 2014 as part of an expansion that saw the company grow its fleet of HD RF mobile production vehicles, capable of handling the most demanding sports and entertainment events. At the time, the SD10B was chosen to become the default-standard console for CP’s new 53-foot “expando” fiber transmission HD11 (NBC) and HD21 (FOX Sports) trucks, as well as fully refurbished 53-foot RFHD5 and RFHD7 trucks, and an overhauled 40-foot trailer known as DSM1, which typically provides digital submixes for MLB and NBA all-star games.
For this year’s U.S. Open, four of those consoles were simply transferred and used as the central hubs for record-edit flypack suites for the event. The SD10B’s flexibility enabled this remarkable transformation, giving CP Communications the ability to respond to the network’s needs for this complex sports event, which took place June 13-19 at the Oakmont Country Club.
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“The SD10 just gets easier and easier to use, in all sorts of situations,” he says, adding that CP will have two flypack suites at both the Women’s Open from July 7-10 in St. Martin, California and the Senior Open at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio from August 11-14. “They travel well, perform well and sound great. You can’t ask for more.”
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