World Cup highlights though Macs
from MacWorld UK
"World Cup highlights go through a Mac
By Jim Dalrymple, Macworld.com
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Chances are if you're watching highlights from the FIFA World Cup matches on television, you are seeing Apple technology hard at work. Highlights from the world's most popular sport are being prepared using multiple Apple products and technologies.
The biggest of the television networks using Apple products is the Host Broadcast Services (HBS), which is a collection of production groups brought together specifically for the 2006 World Cup. From its master control centre to the dozens of cameras at each match, the production team is responsible for everything from managing the feeds coming back to the Munich headquarters to quickly delivering highlights to mobile phones within minutes of the action happening on the field.
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The HBS delivers its highlight clips to 50 networks around the world as the games are happening. To accomplish this the group is using four Power Mac G5s, PictureReady software and AJA Kona cards to DVCPRO HD 1080i50. The feeds from the games are recorded into a 20TB Apple Xsan. "
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