/ 12.19.2012 11:56AM
San Diego’s U-T TV Relies on JVC ProHD Cameras
Adopted six GY-HM790s for ENG and studio
WAYNE,
N.J. – U-TV TV, the in-house television station for U-T San Diego, the
newspaper previously known as The San Diego Union-Tribune, is
using six GY-HM790 ProHD cameras for ENG and studio work,
according to the vendor.
Manchester
Lynch Integrated Media, which purchased the Tribune in late 2011, built
the U-T TV operation from scratch earlier this year. Housed on an upper floor
of the U-T San Diego facility, the studio houses three sets and is used
to produce 12 hours of live programming each day.
“Our
studio was built with an open floor plan and actually is in the middle of the U-T
San Diego news floor,” said Paul Forgét, U-T TV production supervisor.
“Part of our morning set looks directly into that newsroom as the background.
It’s an appropriate backdrop for the blending of print, television, and Web,
which exemplifies the new strategy of an integrated media platform.”
The
station covers news from all of San Diego County, DMA No. 28. Programming is
available on the Web at utsandiego.com,
and is also available to AT&T U-verse and Cox Cable subscribers.
Five
of the GY-HM790 cameras are used for ENG coverage, while one is used in the
studio as a handheld unit during broadcasts.
U-T TV embraced file recording to
non-proprietary SDHC media cards. “I could not imagine ever using tape as media
again,” Forgét said. “Working with SDHC cards gives U-T TV the ability to
acquire and manage media quickly and efficiently. The .MOV file format is a
no-brainer. It simply allows us to operate at max efficiency with our NLE.”