TORONTO – The only tape in use at CHUM Television in Toronto is to be gaffer tape, the company announced Friday.
As of now, Citytv Toronto’s BT-BreakfastTelevision and its newscasts "CityNews" at Noon, Six and Eleven are now 100% tapeless.
Citytv becomes one of the first Canadian broadcasters to achieve 100% tapeless acquisition and play-to-air in the newsroom.
All field content is now acquired on Ikegami Editcams, edited on multiple Avid NewsCutters utilizing Avid ISIS (Infinitely Scalable Intelligent Storage) central storage and played to air through Avid AirSpeed playout servers under Avid ControlAir, says the CHUM release.
This technology replaces legacy analog video tape equipment.
The announcement is part of an ongoing series of technology advancement initiatives Citytv Toronto which includes an announcement made earlier this month, that Citytv Toronto’s "BT-BreakfastTelevision", "CityLine" and "CityNews" will broadcast in HD in September, 2006.
