Strasbourg four LDK-80s. Carmona explains: “In Brussels we have 20 rooms equipped with Sony BRC-H700 robotic cameras. Although an HD camera it delivers an SD signal for web streaming. Alongside that, we have five rooms equipped with Grass Valley LDK-8000 professional broadcast quality cameras. “In Strasbourg, we have six rooms equipped with Sony BRC-H700 robotic cameras for web streaming. All these meeting rooms are cabled in order to do broadcast multi camera coverage, if required. In such cases, we rent all the technical equipment.” All the Sony robotic cameras are controlled by special remote-control software that gives the possibility to mimic broadcast coverage with an automated system. This
software reacts on the “Microphone Open” signal from the conference system. In Strasbourg the press conference cameras are controlled by Vinten pan and tilt heads. The vision mixer in the Hemicycle gallery is a Snell & Wilcox Kahuna, while the choice for press conference coverage is a Ross Carbonite. “We do not have audio mixers in our galleries because we are depending on the conference service to deliver all audio in proper format. However, special care is taken to adjust the lip sync of the signals.” All recording is handled by the unit’s Grass Valley K2 servers. This system has an extension to the archive system based on a tape library. Most editing is carried out using Grass Valley Aurora Edit, but Adobe Premiere is employed
PICTURED ABOVE: The control room for the Riksdag overlooks the chamber Photo: Melker Dahlstrand/ The Swedish Parliament
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