Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, will demonstrate the synergy of its systems at the annual Sports Video Group (SVG) Summit, taking place December 12-13 at the New York Hilton in New York City. Grass Valley will have a number of its products on display for demonstration at the conference, including the LDX 86 Universe System Camera and K2 Dyno Universe Replay System, which together provide a 4K UHD/HD 6X replay solution.
“We know that our customers have a lot on their minds, especially during live broadcasts, so we aim to make our broadcast solutions as easy and efficient as possible,” said Neerav Shah, sr. VP of strategic marketing, Grass Valley. “Our systems are designed to work effectively together and we’re excited to showcase this synergistic aspect of our products as it relates to sports broadcast at the SVG Summit.”
SVG is a professional organization dedicated to supporting the sports production and distribution industry and, through the spread of information, helping advance the industry as both sports and video technology change and grow. For 11 years, the SVG Summit has provided a forum for those involved in the sports production and distribution industry—including Grass Valley—to share their newest technological innovations and solutions.
In addition to product demonstrations throughout the Summit, Grass Valley’s Sam Peterson, sr. segment manager of live production, will speak on a panel entitled “The Future of Venue Video Signal Transport” on Monday, December 12 at 3:15pm.
Equipment on display at the show includes:
- LDX 86 Universe System Camera
- K2 Dyno Replay System
- GV Korona Compact Switcher
- GV Node Real-Time IP Processing and Routing Platform
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After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
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