[LM_NET] TENAFLY HIGH SCHOOL BROADCAST BUS DOES IT ALL

["DiGregorio, David" <ddigregorio@TENAFLY.K12.NJ.US>]

For Immediate Release: 
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JUNE 24. 2007
     



  





For more information contact: DAVID DI GREGORIO

SUPERVISOR LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES 
TENAFLY HIGH SCHOOL
ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us <mailto:ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us>  
201-816-6617
WWW.LIBRARYMEDIA.NET <http://WWW.LIBRARYMEDIA.NET> 
 

TENAFLY HIGH SCHOOL BROADCAST BUS DOES IT ALL 

 

Tenafly, NJ USA - A few years ago, Tenafly High School's oldest small
yellow school bus had to be taken out of service due to state
regulations regarding aging school vehicles.   It was agreed that the
bus could be ideal for use in high school broadcasting so the seats were
removed and students helped install new equipment funded by the high
school's Home School Association.  Hand me down equipment from local
broadcasting companies was also integrated.   A very generous anonymous
donor painted the bus bright orange and black, the school's colors.
School sports events could now be regularly recorded and then played
back on Tenafly's local access education channel.    

 

This past week, a new challenge was set forth and met.  Due to
construction, Tenafly High School's graduation had to be moved to the
football field, a location removed from the high school, so  it became
necessary to devise a way of broadcasting LIVE from the football field
to the town of Tenafly.  It was also necessary for the bus to have a
quiet and independent power source, and a bird's eye angle for a camera.
These requirements were met through the following additions:



*         A quiet new Honda generator model  EU3000is purchased from 
KEEHN EQUIPMENT <http://www.keehnpower.com/> , Hackensack. It  powers
the TV equipment in the bus. 

*         Telescoping mast purchased from CLARK MASTS
<http://www.clarkmasts-usa.com/>  was installed and erects through the
roof top emergency exit of the bus.  Atop of the mast is a Glidecam
Vista Head <http://www.glidecam.com/>  pan tilt head directing a SONY
HVR-Z1U HD <mailto:tom.dinome@am.sony.com>  camera 

*         Wireless broadband network card from SPRINT
<mailto:David.Bourhill@sprint.com?subject=broadband%20access%20card%20te
nafly>  enables audio and video to be streamed back to the control room
via Windows Media Encoder - once there it is scan converted back to TV
and broadcast live to the community

*         Students operate the cameras pan tilt zoom from a homemade
console with pan tilt joystick and zoom control inside the bus
(connected to Nycoil looping around the mast up to the camera) 



These additions enabled the broadcast of the high school graduation
LIVE, "C-SPAN style," to the community of Tenafly and streamed around
the world over the Internet.  All new equipment performed well beyond
all expectations.  All this equipment packaged in a vehicle with a lot
of character rivals the capabilities of professional vehicles costing
hundreds of thousands of dollars.   And most importantly the students
involved with the broadcast had fun and felt good about the service they
provided to their community.   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Di Gregorio

ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us <mailto:ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us>   
Supervisor Library Media Services

Tenafly High School

201-816-6617

www.librarymedia.net <http://www.librarymedia.net/>  

19 Columbus Drive

Tenafly, NJ 07670

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