The
Ontario AgriCentre
Streamlined Flexibility for a
new Media Centre
The Media Centre at the Ontario
AgriCentre in Guelph brings high tech communication resources to
agricultural organizations.
Videoscope worked with the design team, Timeline
Communications, to provide streamlined but flexible A/V tools.
The three-story, 60,000-square-foot building houses
agricultural organizations as
well as the headquarters of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
Peter Hannam, one of the principal investors, explained that the Centre would
“create a ‘Main Street’ presence for agriculture that is
highly visible and accessible and will be a permanent symbol of
agriculture’s proud contribution to Canada.”(University of Guelph, Campus Bulletin October 06, 2004)
Project
The Media Centre is designed to contribute to that goal. This modern
multimedia studio is an ideal location for Press Conferences,
with a 20 person audience capacity. But it can do much more. It is equipped for
Videoconferencing, Webcasts, Webinars, Podcasts and videotaping
meetings.
Agricultural
Communications students from the University of Guelph have free
access to the Media Centre for media training.
Scope
The flexibility at the heart of the
small control room is the Sony Anycast Station.
This compact, seven kilogram “laptop style”
production device handles video switching, audio mixing, VISCA
(remote) camera control and web streaming.
The Anycast
Unit provides remote pan, tilt, zoom and focus control for the
conference room camera (a
Sony BRC-300.) Anycast
also receives and switches inputs from a Pioneer DVD recorder (PRV-9200),
two VTRs (Betacam and the Sony HVR-M10U HDV deck), a PC for
presentations (like PowerPoint), and an Elmo document camera.
The Media Centre also offers videoconferencing, with an IP based
Polycom unit.
With a High
Definition future in mind, the Conference Room features a high
def, 45 inch, LCD display, the Sharp PN455.
Thanks to a Folsom Image Pro HD video processor, all
signals can be converted to high definition. If standard definition is more suitable for
a presentation, it can convert HD to SD as well.
For ease of operation, the high def display is controlled
by an AMX touch screen panel.
Meeting
the Challenge
Since its successful
Open House in June 2006, the Media Centre has been available to
outside clients as well as to tenants of the Ontario AgriCentre.
Videoscope system consultant, Rodd Rossoni, continues to work with Timeline
Communications to update the Media Centre, bringing the latest
improvements to this future oriented facility.
Contact
us
toll-free at 1.877.387.2673 or email us at sales@videoscope.com
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Location, click here.
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