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    Grass Valley’s GV STRATUS Playout secures disaster recovery for TV5 Québec Canada

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    TV5 Québec Canada has become the nation’s first broadcaster to implement a disaster recovery site for its playout and transmission operations, using GV STRATUS Playout from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand.

    The station ran a wide-scale disaster simulation in August, evacuating its building for several hours to test the recovery site, a rented office space with a limited set of generic computers that had nothing installed. In less than an hour, the site was online. GV STRATUS Playout fit precisely with TV5 Québec Canada’s requirement of parallel transmission paths to its primary playout chains, ensuring continuous playout operations for two channels—TV5 and Unis—that would be needed in a catastrophe.

    In addition, because GV STRATUS Playout can be controlled from anywhere using a standard web browser, even while the rest of the remote office was coming online,the revenue-generating components still had access and control within a few minutes of leaving the building.

    “Not having a playout would cost us money and credibility,” says Régis Harrison, director of operations and technology development, TV5 Québec Canada. “Now we not only have playout that we can control and manage remotely, we also have access to our directory, videos and all of our enterprise tools.”

    Besides GV STRATUS Playout—a revolutionary cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) for broadcast playout combining the simplicity, flexibility and accessibility of the cloud with the rock-solid performance of solid-state playout servers—TV5 Québec Canada bought several other Grass Valley products from Applied Electronics Ltd. as part of a broader solution. Those products include the Densité IRD, K2 Summit TX and K2 Solo.

    “When TV5 Québec Canada faces challenges that are very complex and delicate, this provides a simple, lightweight, cost-effective mirror of its Canadian operations,” said Steve Stubelt, vice president of sales, North America, Grass Valley. “GV STRATUS Playout tools are cloud-enabled, they can operate in a variety of environments and can be tailored for each user’s job, increasing efficiencies and collaboration.”

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    Los Films Signs Director Tobias Nathan

    Monday, November 18, 2024

    Filmmaker Tobias Nathan has signed with Los Films, the production division of the multidisciplinary creative studio Los York, for U.S. representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos.

    Nathan’s directing work is characterized by a journalistic sense of solid storytelling combined with visual sophistication. Prior to joining Los Films, he had most recently been repped by production company JOJX.

    Nathan studied journalism and creative writing at Boston University and subsequently fell into a career as a creative director at New York City ad agencies. On-set he often found himself “breathing heavily over director’s shoulders” and in short order he pivoted to the director’s chair. He has directed campaigns for Virgin, Apple Music, Samsung, Infiniti, Vodafone, Nespresso, Grey Goose, Remy Martin, Cadillac and KIA, among others.

    “Tobias is an ambidextrous creative. He can write with one arm and direct with the other,” said Chris Abitbol, head of Los Films. “Seriously, Tobias has worked as a creative and as a film director, telling brand stories with real panache and vision. He’s a true ‘Global Nomad of the Arts,’ and now he’s part of our exciting next phase. Welcome, brother.”

    “I’m excited to join Los York because it feels like it’s a family that really focuses on what matters--craft, quality, and doing good work the right way with people you love,” said Nathan. “Chris, Seth Epstein [Los York founder] and their entire team are looking toward the future at this bizarre time in our industry and figuring out how to lead it. For my part, I plan to create innately human work for Los Films clients; work that moves people, whether with a smirk or a wink or a laugh or a cry, work with... Read More

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