Alfacam Brings Indian Sports to the World with Grass Valley Cameras
San Francisco, Calif., August 23, 2011 — Alfacam, operators of one of the largest outside broadcast fleet in Europe, is continuing its global expansion with major sporting contracts in India. As with all of Alfacam's projects, the coverage depends upon Grass Valley™ cameras, including the LDK 8000 Elite and LDK 8300 Live Super Slo-Mo HD cameras.
Alfacam has had several flypacks, operated by Alfacam, based in India since the last quarter of 2010, covering the international cricket tours including teams from Australia and New Zealand. The company is also responsible for much of the coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) competitions, for which it added a number of flypacks to its equipment roster in India.
Alfacam recently signed a contract with local production company Nimbus Sport to cover almost 750 cricket matches over the next three years. Each game requires between 22 and 30 Grass Valley cameras.
"The Indian audience is passionate about sport — more than 100 million people in India watch each IPL game plus international audiences as far away as the UK and Australia," said Gabriel Fehervari, CEO of Alfacam. "As a business we are developing our reputation globally, which means we count on our equipment to deliver the best possible pictures every time. That is why we continue to rely on Grass Valley cameras — they are the best in the industry."
"Our congratulations go to Gabriel and his colleagues at Alfacam for winning this high profile contract," said Jeff Rosica, Executive Vice President at Grass Valley. "Alfacam has more than 300 HD cameras in use today and we really value their feedback on how we can continue to improve our products and remain the industry leader in imaging technology and innovation. It is a very strong partnership which benefits both our companies, and we look forward to continuing to work with Alfacam in the coming years."
Alfacam is based near Antwerp in Belgium and has branches in France, Germany and Italy. Outside of Europe, Alfacam has a permanent base in Johannesburg and is developing its own operation in Brazil. Three huge OB vans fitted with Grass Valley equipment are based in Rio de Janeiro. Alfacam's partnership with Nimbus Sport covers activities in the Middle East, South-East Asia and the Indian sub-continent.
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Alfacam primarily delivers services to TV stations and production houses and with 22 HD production vans and 6 HD flypacks the company comprises the largest HD OB fleet in Europe. Alfacam undertakes more than 3000 assignments each year, of which more than 95% make use of HDTV technology. Recent references include the Football World Cup in South Africa 2010 and the MTV Awards. Alfacam also undertakes 3D recordings across a range of content from concerts to sports (tennis, box, cricket, football/soccer,...) For instance recently the French Open Tennis ROLAND GARROS.
With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile television events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of flexible and cost-effective digital technologies and systems available. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction facilities, independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors providing broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you're watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the Web, or a mobile phone, you're watching Grass Valley at work.
For information about Grass Valley products, please visit www.grassvalley.com
ALFACAM Media Relations:
Steven Dujardin
Phone: +32 478 34 87 38
Steven.Dujardin@alfacam.com
