The German studio MMC trusts Ross Video to equip its new UHD mobile unit

MMC Studios has reinforced the capacity of its facilities in Cologne (Germany) with the incorporation of a new UHD mobile unit loaded with solutions Ross Video.

Fabian Leimbach, senior innovation and technology manager at MMC, contacted the Ross Video supplier MCI to see how they could integrate their new mobile unit 4K UHD HDR. After studying several possibilities, they decided on a vehicle built around Vengeance Acuity.

This platform, compatible with workflow UHD 12G, combine production switch Acuity, with the audiovisual processing and routing platform Vengeance. This, Leimbach notes, “gives us the ability to adopt an IP-based workflow in the future if we choose to do so. I like that flexibility, because IP will not always be the best option for us.”

Advantages of Ultrix Acuity

Leimbach highlights that the integration of elements of Ultrix Acuity of Ross Video is key to achieving your goals: “I can't think of another solution that offers such a feature-rich set of tools in such a compact package. “It's awesome to have multi-display, audio keying/unkeying, clean/silent switching and frame sync all in one place.”

The mobile unit system is accompanied by a switch Carbonite Ultra secondary control panels Ultritouch and connectivity control system On the other hand.

Let’s Dance, first project

The new mobile unit MMC Studios equipped with solutions Ross will premiere with the UHD production of Let’s Dance for RTL.

Hacik Kölcü, CEO and CTO of MMC Group, considers that “the move from HD to UHD was possible thanks to the help of our partners at RTL and the production company Seapoint.” “Everyone was watching our approach. Even the BBC was aware of what was at stake, given that its most valued licensing format is Strictly Come Dancing. Producing Let's Dance for the first time in UHD, our technical approach was so carefully planned and executed that not only were we able to make the move from HD to UHD, but we also went from UHD SDR to UHD HDR in the final show of the season. this year,” he concludes.

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