The Miami Dolphins has purchased JVC’s ProHD GY-HD250s for HD production of its “Game Day Live” show and JVC’s HD100 Series cameras to capture fan action in the parking lots and throughout the stadium. The Dolphins also purchased JVC’s DM-JV600 video encoders to provide 720p HD video to its internal TV network of over 850 video monitors in the stadium.
“We chose JVC because the camera’s simplicity makes setup and production of our Game Day Live TV show and roaming interviews an easy and fast operation,” said Dolphins broadcast director Jeff Griffith. “The compact shoulder form-factor enables our video crew to easily get around when they’re in the field or with the fans.”
For the Dolphins live in-studio HD broadcast of “Game Day Live” filmed at Dolphin Stadium’s exclusive Sprint Fantasy Lounge, the GY-HD250s are set up in a studio configuration with JVC’s KA-HD250U studio adapter kit. All video footage that is recorded and broadcast live for game day is also used on the Dolphins Web site.
The new Game Day Live studio configuration was designed and installed by Videoscope, a Miami-based broadcast and professional AV dealer and systems integrator specializing in professional sports broadcast HD solutions.
“JVC’s new GY-HD250U Studio configuration is a full resolution HD progressive camcorder in the same native format (720p 60fps) as needed to be compatible with Dolphin Stadium,” said Videoscope Project Manager Bill Craig. “These cameras are working in partnership with several other broadcast cameras exceeding a cost of $75,000 each and it is quite hard for me to see any difference in quality. The video is transmitted from the set back to the control room VIA single-mode fiber optics. Using our preferred fiber-optic serial digital video transmission modules, this preserves the video quality over very long distances, which was a requirement in this application.”
When the Dolphins’ video crew roams the stadium, they use JVC’s HD100 Series cameras in a wireless configuration to capture and transmit video from the stadium’s parking lot areas, the main plaza level and concourse level of the building. This coverage allows the crew to do its “Fan in the Stands” segments as well as live remote video interviews and roaming reporter spots.
The video crew records on tape when roaming the stadium and transmits the video images back to the stadium control room for processing and use in the game on the video screens and internal video network.
The Dolphins crew has been using JVC’s ProHD 100 Series cameras since last season and also used them during Super Bowl XLI and the Orange Bowl.
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