Global to expand virtual set deployment

TORONTO and FRANKFURT – Global Television has signed a US$2.5 million letter of intent to buy multiple ProSet virtual studio systems from German manufacturer Orad. The virtual sets will be deployed across Global TV's 14 production facilities during 2008, says the company. Orad has since received the first order worth US$1 million. Global is using Orad’s ProSet virtual studio to centralize the network's production facilities, integrate to Global TV's existing workflow, and assist in achieving the cost saving plan that was announced by CanWest a few months ago. The new technology “will enable Global TV to implement a hub and...