Professional Baseball League season. Formosa Television (FTV), the country's first private terrestrial station and also
Formosa Television, Taiwan Formosa Television (FTV) marked its 20th anniversary by moving into a new HQ at Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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aseball is huge in Taiwan. It’s so popular it’s even featured on its NT$500 note. Sell-out attendances are a common sight at baseball matches, especially during the Chinese Professional Baseball League season.
Formosa TV Hits a Home Run, Again! Formosa Television (FTV), the country’s first private terrestrial station and also the first to move from analogue to Digital TV and adopt 4G/wireless transmission in its workflow, has always been seen as a game changer in Taiwan’s competitive TV landscape. To take its live sports coverage for baseball and basketball into a new league, FTV recently invested in two units of the revolutionary HDC-4800 4K/HD Ultra High Frame Rate Camera System for its OB vans.
The use of UHFR not only heralded a new era in sports coverage in Taiwan, it also helped chalk up another accolade for FTV: the first TV station in Asia Pacific to acquire the HDC-4800. Designed to draw audiences close to the heart of the action, the HDC-4800 is an allin-one UHFR solution that achieves a lot of everything — very high frame rate, very high resolution, and it works seamlessly within Sony’s current HDC family.
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“ Sony worked as a partner and ensured our new HQ was up and running on time. Their excellent after-sales services also made Sony the preferred partner to take FTV into the future.
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Pingtung Shih Manager, PGM Division, Engineering Group Formosa TV (FTV)
Says Pingtung Shih, Manager, PGM Division, Engineering Group, Formosa TV: “Our TV viewers are blown away with our sports coverage. The HDC-4800 provides stunning Full HD at 960P, that’s 16 times superb slow-mo images, perfect for baseball and basketball. No other TV station in Taiwan can match what FTV brings to sports.” The acquisition of the ground-breaking HDC-4800 cameras was part of FTV’s bigger game plan. In June, 2017, FTV marked its 20th anniversary by moving into its brand new Headquarters at Linkou District, New Taipei City. For the first time in its history, FTV will house all its broadcast operations under one roof, including bigger studios, editing suites and auditoriums. FTV’s 14-storey facility will form the centrepiece of a new film and media centre hub that’s fast shaping up in the district, which is only minutes away from Taipei’s international airport.
FTV became the first TV station in Asia Pacific to acquire the highly-rated HDC-4800 4K/HD UHFR camera.
Adds Shih: “Our move to our new HQ provided us with the perfect opportunity to complete our tapeless workflow migration and expand our equipment inventory for our new studios, OB vans and editing suites.” A quick look at FTV's new acquisitions reveal a wide range of Sony equipment such as HDC-4300 (8 units) and HDC2400 systems camera (17 units), HDC1700 HD system cameras (4 units), HXCFB75 HD camera for its new OTT media studio, a range of multi-format switchers including the latest XVS-7000, MVS-7000X, MVS-3000A and MVS-6530, XDCAM™ decks and Professional LCD monitors. Special mention is made of FTV’s selection of the 11 units of PWS-4500 4K/HD XAVC server for its studios and OB vans. Says Shih: “The PWS-4500 server not only accelerates our tapeless workflow but is a perfect fit for the HDC-4800 as it can handle UHFR.” Concludes Shih: “We’re very impressed with Sony’s full suite of products and services. Sony worked as a partner and ensured our new HQ was up and running on time. Their excellent after-sales services also made Sony the preferred partner to take FTV into the future.”
Customer • Formosa Television Industry • Terrestrial TV station based in Taipei, Taiwan Challenges • Enhance its HD/4K and UHFR production capabilities • Complete its tapeless workflow migration Solution • A cquire over 30 sets of 4K/ HD system cameras, Highend HD switcher, 4K/HD multi-port AV storage unit, XDCAM™ Deck/IT Server and Professional monitors for studios and OB vans Benefits • Expand its HD/4K and UHFR capabilities • Cost-efficient wireless workflow
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