UHD makes its way onto lottery sets with Grass Valley and ImSoPROD

ImSoPROD, a production company working for French national operator FDJ United, updates its lottery draw studio with cameras Grass Valley LDX C98.

ImSoPROD, which has been using cameras Grass Valley uninterruptedly since the generation LDK300, has decided to trust the American manufacturer again to carry the ultra high definition to his lottery studio, barely 80 square meters, as well as other of his studies. This small study required a selection of compact cameras that could expand your creative possibilities and improve visual fidelity, while reducing the complexity of your infrastructure. As he comments Jeremy Guillain, technical director of broadcasting and engineering: “Space is a limiting factor on a lottery draw set, but image quality and reliability are non-negotiable.”

After studying the Grass Valley catalog, ImSoPROD ended up deciding on fourteen units of the LDX C98, which offer capture UHD native using the same sensor and image processing technology as Grass Valley's full-size broadcast cameras. This series of cameras, which work without the need for a XCU, has capabilities HDR serial, WCG and 3x and 6x speed options for super slow motion applications.

The full implementation took place in less than two months. The system has demonstrated its compatibility with the three ImSoProd production galleries, which, with the ability to connect to any of its four sets, enable flexible routing and production configurations for both lottery drawings and third-party productions.

Recently, ImSoPROD has also expanded its capabilities virtual production with an XR capabilities study, an environment in which Grass Valley cameras demonstrate their ability to synchronize with Pixotope, and has implemented the platform Creative Grading from Grass Valley, which will allow you to update control workflows OCP400.

Carlos Ferreira, vice president of sales for Southern Europe at Grass Valley, believes that this project demonstrates how broadcasters and content providers can incorporate “flexibility and agility” into their production needs “without compromising the quality of their operations or production.” “It also highlights the value of long-term collaborations, and we are very proud to continue working with ImSoPROD, an FDJ United entity, in expanding their production capabilities for the future,” he notes.