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Jul 12th, 2010
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Bexel Brings It All Together for the 2010 BET Awards
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BET Relied on Bexel-Provided Equipment and Services for the Big Night
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BURBANK, CA, JULY 12, 2010 – Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, provided support, equipment and services for the 2010 BET Awards, the BET Network’s biggest night of the year, which took place on Sunday, June 27.
Over the course of the evening, four separate shows originated from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium. Guaranteeing the shows aired without a glitch was Bexel’s custom-built Hercules fly-pack solution, a transmission switching and quality control monitoring environment that integrated a profanity delay for use by the network’s legal staff.
“I am not aware of another solution available in the rental market which provides the same level of capability and sophistication as Bexel’s fly-pack system,” said Mark Alexander, account executive and technical consultant, Bexel. “It can be implemented in a reasonable amount of time in a small footprint, and provides all the comforts of a permanent control room.”
Interconnecting the four mobile units was a large, temporary fiber network installed and managed flawlessly by Bexel’s Fiber Services Division. Jerry Kaman, a Technical Operations Manager on the show stated, “They go beyond installing the infrastructure, working directly with the engineering staff of the respective mobile units to facilitate proper interface with the fiber network.”
Communications is a vital part of any broadcast, and Bexel’s Audio Specialties Group made certain that everyone behind the scenes at this year’s BET Awards could be heard. Interconnecting each of the night’s four shows with the transmission environment was a custom Telex ADAM system maintained by ASG Engineer Andrew McHaddad.
Bexel further assisted content delivery by providing an equipment solution to BET.com. EVS XT [2] servers were implemented to allow ingest and file-based transfer of media to multiple Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems. This unique environment allowed rapid turnaround of edited content for posting on the website.
“Bexel has truly become a one-stop shop for large broadcasts, staffed by tremendously talented and capable individuals. The company has proven to be an invaluable partner in helping to get a show on the air, on-time and on budget,” said Kaman.
About Bexel
Bexel is the pre-eminent worldwide provider of broadcast services including video and audio equipment rentals, fiber services, new audio sales, used equipment sales, and repairs/maintenance. Bexel provides brilliantly designed and flawlessly executed systems and solutions to all customers – including producers of the biggest and most important televised events in the world. For more information, visit www.bexel.com.
A Snapshot of The Vitec Group
Vitec is an international Group principally serving customers in the broadcast, photographic and military, aerospace and government (MAG) markets. Listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2009 revenue of £315 million, Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers worldwide rely. Vitec is organised in three divisions: Imaging & Staging, Videocom and Services.
Imaging & Staging designs, manufactures and distributes equipment and accessories for photography, video and events.
Videocom designs and distributes systems and products used in broadcasting and live entertainment, film and video production and MAG.
Services provides equipment rental, workflow design and technical support for camera, video, audio, fibre optic and wireless technology used by TV production teams and film crews.
More information can be found at www.vitecgroup.comhttp://www.vitecgroup.com.
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