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.EDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1972
RTHK ORDERS MOBILE TELEVISION PRODUCTION UNIT
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FTH AND PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD TODAY SIGNED A 500,000 POUND STERLING CONTRACT FOR A MOBILE TELEVISION PRODUCTION UNIT.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR. DONALD KERA DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING AND MR. T. MEYER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PHILIPS HONG KONG
LTD.
THE UNIT WILL BE BUILT EY PYE-TV AT THEIR FACTORY IN CAMERIDGE, ENGLAND, FOR DELIVERY TO HONG KONG IN LATE NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
FURTHER ORDERS ARE TO BE PLACED FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VIDEO TAPE AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT. THE MOE ILE UNIT AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ARE TO COPE WITH THE FIRST STAGE OF THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS TELEVISION. THE NEXT STAGE IS A NEW THREE STUDIO AND PRODUCTION COMPLEX AND IS TO BE BUILT ALONGSIDE BROADCASTING HOUSE IN ORDER TO INCREASE PROGRAMME OUTPUT TO TWELVE HOURS A WEEK AND TO MAKE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROGRAMMES FOR ETV.
THE MOBILE PRODUCTION UNIT WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH THREE LIGHT EIGHT PHILIPS LDK15 CAMERAS, WILL BE USED FOR MAKING PROGRAMMES ON LOCATION. THE DESIGN IS A SECOND GENERATION VERSION OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT ELECTRONIC UNITS DESIGNED BY THE BEC WHO PIONEERED THE CHANGEOVER FROM FILM TO ELECTRONICS IN MAKING DRAMA SERIES USING REAL LOCATIONS INSTEAD OF THE STUDIO.
THE VAN IS CUSTOM BUILT TO COPE WITH HONG KONG CONGESTION A TO LE APLE TO REACH DIFFICULT LOCATIONS. ITH ITS 50 KVA IIDEILE BEYERATOR THE UNIT WILL BE ABLE TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY OF WALKS POWER SUPPLIES.
THE VAN WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG DIFFERS FROM THE CONVENTIONAL OUTSIDE EROADCAST UNIT IN THAT THE PRODUCER WILL OPERATE AWAY FROM THE VAN AND EE WITH THE ACTORS AND CAMERAVEN RATHER THAN AT THE CONTROL PANEL.
EY USING FILM TECHNIQUES WITH LIGHTWEIGHT ELECTRONIC CAMERAS AND RECORDING THE FINISHED SEQUENCES ONTO VIDEOTAPE IT IS HOPED TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND TO GIVE PRODUCERS GREATER CONTROL OVER THE PROGRAMME MAKING.
THE UNIT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH MICROWAVE LINKS FOR LIVE PRODUCTION AND BECAUSE THE CAMERAS ARE OF THE SAME 'FAMILY' AS THOSE IN THE STUDIOS, NAMELY LDK25 AND ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO STAGE MULTI-CAMERA OUTSIDE BROADCASTS CF SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE UNIT WHICH WILL BE IN THE TRADITIONAL RTHK COLOURS OF RED AND WHITE WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL ERCADCASTING CONVENTION IN LONDON LATER IN THE YEAR.
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