EDIFIS BICK CHOSEN FOR MEDIASCHOOL FINLAND

Mediaschool Finland (Jyväskylän Tekninen Ammattikorkeakoulu) has chosen an Edifis Brick digital disk recording system for its Media Workshop (Jyväskylän Mediapaja) in central Finland. The order formed part of a new studio system installed by Helsinki-based systems integrator Oy Hedcom Ab
(www.hedcom.fi) with a total contract value of 700,000 euro.

Equipped to store an hour of uncompressed 4:2:2 video and stereo AES digital audio, the Brick is being used as a zero-delay recording and playback system interfaced to a Thomson DD-35 2S vision mixer. An Edifis control panel with T-bar and jog wheel is located in the studio control room, remotely controlling the rack-mounted Brick.

Hannu Leinonen, technical manager at Jyväskylän Mediapaja, comments: "The studio is equipped to the latest broadcast standards, including virtual set facilities. We chose the Edifis Brick for its high uncompressed storage capacity, its varispeed flexibility and its widespread use in the broadcast, film and post-production industry to which many of our students will progress. Disk-based storage is operationally much more efficient than waiting for video tapes to shuttle backwards and forwards, hence their increasing popularity in programme origination, post-production, and playout."

Brick is a full-featured random-access recording and image manipulation system enabling clips of any length to be played in any order and at any speed from 2x reverse to 2x forward in 0.1 per cent increments. Playlist editing tools allow the run order to be modified, clips to be trimmed or edited, and total run-times to be visualised. Standard features include an internal mixer and compositor, video and AES digital audio signal storage and an HTML-based control interface. Operation is similar to that of a VTR, either recording or playing, but with much faster access speed and practically zero maintenance costs.

A development and learning environment for digital media, Mediaschool Finland (http://ha-mpaja-web.jypoly.fi/index.php) offers high-quality training in multimedia skills and the latest techniques in television production. The installation includes a full scale auditorium equipped with movable audience seats for modifying the space into a production studio.

Edifis (www.edifis.com) is a market leader in large-capacity uncompressed digital video and audio systems for film, post- production and broadcast. Edifis hardware and software are independent of third-party computer manufacturers or operating systems, allowing highly reliable products to be produced at cost- effective prices to meet the rigours of outside broadcasting and for on-air transmission.

Contacts for further information:

Richard Lilley, Edifis Ltd
Tel +44 1189 712 279
Email richard@edifis.com

Darren Woolfson
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7478 7000
Email: darren@molinare.co.uk