CROATEL

Satellite communications,
TV broadcasting & augmented reality

Playout Facility


MAXSport

Starting from 2022, following contract with Croatian Telecom (HT), CROATEL broadcasts 2 new MAXSport TV channels – MAXSport 1 and MAXSport 2, exclusively on HT MAXtv platform. MAXSport HD TV channels include exclusive broadcasting of SuperSport HNL (1st Croatian Football League) matches.

Additionally, CROATEL playout facility includes virtual studio setup and production, as well as real studio expansion with 3D Augmented reality for MAXSport TV channel sport shows and events.


Arena Sport

CROATEL company signed a contract starting January 1st 2011 with HDWIN that included exclusive technical broadcast service of 6 HD Arena Sport programs on both T-HT (Croatian Telecom) IPTV and DTH platforms. All 6 HD Arena Sport channels were broadcasted until the end of 2021 from CROATEL’s technical facility (TV studio) in Zagreb, Croatia.

CROATEL playout system was purchased from Grass Valley iTX integrated playout platform and Grass Valley – K2 3G Server and Ingest System.

System contains

Grass Valley iTX integrated playout platform for television broadcast whit all core playout functions (source selection/mixing, file playout, up/down conversion, ARC, audio processing & up/down mixing, graphics, subtitling/captioning, Nielsen watermarking and automation)

Real-time rendering using Vertigo XG graphics processor

Grass Valley Aurora STRATUS platform for video production and content management system including ingest channels

Dell EMC Isilon high-volume storage 200TB for backup and archiving

Grass Valley SAN 70TB ingest storage

Grass Valley K2 Summit 3G playout servers, 4 channels per server

Grass Valley K2 Solo with Dyno Controller

6 Junger Audio mixers

6 commentary booths equipped with Prospect commentary boxes

Yamaha DM1000 audio mixer

Sony MVS 3000 video switcher with 2 M/E busses and 4 keyers per M/E

6 non-linear editing rooms equipped with Edius 9, GVG Storm 3G video card installed on HP Z800 Workstation with optical connection to storage

Graphic Workstation HP Z800 with Adobe CS5 Production Premium package, Power Mac G5 with Finalcut Studio package and 27-inch iMac with Thunderbolt UltraStudio 4K

9 satellite receivers/decoders Ericsson RX8200

3 satellite receivers/decoders Tandberg RX1290

2 satellite receivers/decoders Novelsat NS2000

12 satellite antennas of 2,4m diameter, plus one 1,8m motorized antenna

2 uplink antennas 2,4 m diameter, TVTA 750W, Ericsson Voyager II

8 journalist workstations

2 x UPS (40kVA and 20kVA)

2 x diesel power generator (80kVA and 35kVA)

550 square meters of playout facility

150 square meters of virtual studio with green key, Kino Flo LED light panels with DMX controllers and three studio Grass Valley LDX86N cameras

Tracking system Stype RedSpy and Stype Fluid Heads

VizRT Virtual Studio with 3x live virtual sets and AR (augmented reality) graphics including Viz Engine, Viz Pilot and Viz Artist

Viz Libero sports analysis solution with telestration tools for automatic player tracking, 3D flights, Libero AR, virtual presenter and virtual stadium

3x Blackmagic Ulimatte 12 real time processor for keying live action video with Ultimatte Smart Remote 4

Sports

broadcast

Tokyo Olimpys games 2020 RIO 2016 Minsk Olympic Games 2019 UEFA_Champions_League UEFA_Europa_League Hrvatki_telekom_premijer_liga HHrvatski_telekom_prva_liga HNS ABA BAKU 2015 Druga HNL EHF champions league CEV HMNL Tour of Croatia Regionalna vaterpolo liga SEHA EHF LEN champions league