Gannett Broadcasting standardizes on Sony XDCAM EX for ENG

The group will roll out Sony shoulder-mount EX camcorders across each of its stations.

Author:: TVTechnology
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: Apr 5, 2011

Gannett Broadcasting is standardizing its news field acquisition operations with Sony’s XDCAM EX solid-state memory camcorders as its primary ENG technology.

The group will roll out Sony shoulder-mount EX camcorders across each of its stations, including a combination of Sony’s PMW-350 2/3in and PMW-320 1/2in shoulder-mount cameras as well as the PMW-EX1R and HXR-NX5U handheld camcorders.

The first Gannett station to convert to the Sony technology was KUSA in Denver; the next to convert are Republic Media in Phoenix, WLTV/WJXX in Jacksonville, FL, and KSDK in St. Louis.

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The shoulder-mount PMW-350 camcorder has three 2/3in Exmor HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS imagers and a sensitivity of F12.

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The shoulder-mount model PMW-350 is Sony’s first 2/3in CMOS memory camcorder, while the PMWR-EX1R adds DVCAM recording capability.

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New cameras include a shoulder-mount and a handheld camcorder.

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Announced at NAB, XDCAM-EX marks a significant expansion of Sony’s XDCAM tapeless production platform, which up until now, has focused on optical disk.

The UD can power any Sony PMW 100 or 200 without a need to plug a cable to a DC port.

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The battery can power any Sony PMW 100 or 200 without a need to plug a cable to a DC port and provides 50 percent more power than the Sony OEM EX battery.

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The new cameras include Sony’s first 2/3in CMOS memory camcorder, a shoulder-mount model.

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oughout the next two years, the station will roll out more than 30 of Sony’s new PDW-700 optical camcorders and several PDW-HD1500 decks.