URBE TV will become the first television station in Venezuela to offer its newscast in high definition, after the plant that belongs to the Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín University of Maracaibo acquires two cameras and four XDCAM HD decks, reported executives of the enterprise.
Between devices Sony that acquired URBE TV in recent months are DXC-D50 editing decks and cameras, portable field and advanced software, in addition to the repowering of the master control thanks to the installation of a new server, which aims to offer viewers of this channel an audiovisual alternative with cutting-edge technology.
URBE TV started its work in May of 2000 as a purely university channel, but since then your trades have grown and your signal is projected not only in Maracaibo, but in other cities of the state of Zulia, the most populous in the country with 3.5 million inhabitants.
XDCAM HD cameras, in addition of the ability to record with high definition quality, offer the advantage of editing in proxy quality from the camera or on a laptop in the same place where it is captured the images, which allows you to save time on the hour to broadcast the news.
According to Daniel Cadavieco, Sony representative in Venezuela, another added value of this type of camera is the storage capacity it has thanks to its file system, which makes it easier for everyone to do the aspects, from the speed to the moment of making the edit immediately and the same sending of the information by email.
In Latin America, in addition to URBE TV, XDCAM equipment with high definition technology have been acquired by other television channels such as Caracol and RCN of Colombia, Artear, Telefe and Canal 7 in Argentina, in addition of UCTV in Chile, América TV of Peru, WIPR of Puerto Rico and TeleTica of Costa Rica.
