Plazamedia Opens Virtual HD Studio

According to the company, Plazamedia is providing Germany’s first virtual HD studio. Production companies, TV broadcasters, agencies and industry can work with it immediately to create sports and political formats, documentaries or knowledge magazines, for example.

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Both the graphic background and the video signal recorded by HD camera are available at the maximum resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. Recording is carried out mainly with HD equipment from Sony (camcorder, MAZ, mixer, monitors) and the Vizrt real-time rendering system. Applications from Avid (video), Apple (graphics) and Digidesign (audio), among others, are available for post-production. “With the virtual HD set, Plazamedia is the first TV production company in Germany to offer its customers fascinating perspectives: the possibilities of a virtual studio combined with the brilliant picture quality of High-Definition Television,” explains Florian Nowosad, Chairman of Plazamedia’s management board.

As additional assistance for entering HD, the full-service provider is extending its HD campaign weeks: Until May 15, 2005, the company is offering packages for documentaries, reports, shooting and post-production in HD at “attractive prices.”

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