DUAL FEEDS

Dual Feeds are two feeds sharing one mobile unit. A Dual feed is done only when both feeds (such as home and away) request a mobile unit that can do dual feeds. The Mobile Television Group's DX and HDX series of mobile units are equipped for dual feeds.

Dual-Feed Mobile Units: 4DX, 5HDX, 6HDX, 8HDX, 9HDX, 10HDX, 11HDX, 12HDX, 16HDX, 20HDX

Production Units with separate Visitor Mobile Units (VMUs):

The primary (normally home) feed in a typical dual feed does its regular show with normal equipment and crew complements. The secondary (normally away) feed in a typical dual feed has the equipment and crew complement listed below.

Preparing for a Successful Dual-Feed has useful information from a TD. He's also made some notes for TDs on how best to prepare for a dual feed. Another experienced dual-feed TD has provided information on Dual-Feed Switcher Macro Effects -- particularly usable for MLB dual-feeds.

TYPICAL EQUIPMENT: (All equipment listed here is dedicated for use by the secondary feed. The primary feed has its own dedicated equipment. See individual mobile unit specs above for actual equipment assigned a particular unit.)

    Production
  • 1 M/E Remote Panel from Primary Switcher (Dual-Feeds in VMUs have 2 M/E Remote Panels from Main Unit's switcher)
  • Usually Abekas HD ClipstoreMXc or sometimes a Omega Std Def Fast Forward (check truck specs as to which switcher-controlled DDR is available) -- either DDR works with a Lance Controller and has removable drives
  • Character Generator: Duet LEX Std Def OR Duet HyperX HD
    • Software: Lyric version 5.25 Build 781 and Lyric version 6.5 Pro Build 1256, eFX Plugin Control Panel, WS_FTP Pro, Winzip, MS Word & Excel (or equivalent) and Adobe Photoshop (or equivalent).
  • Client may provide their own clock/score system separate from primary feed
    Disk Replay/Editing
  • One Full EVS-LSM XT 2in/2out and one EVS Replay Only Unit 2in/2out (networked to primary feed's EVS-LSM XT and EVS Replay Only slo-mo units)
  • The EVS XFile with removable drives is the intended method for bringing elements in and for melts
  • One BVW 75 VTR (PB/Rec only and on board HD trucks only until XFiles are the common industry media.)
    Cameras
  • Two Action Cameras (Hard and/or HH as requested by client)
  • One Booth Camera (If requested in advance with a Studio Config viewfinder, this camera can be double-used as a game action camera with a short lens)
    Audio - Outboarded System (Typically at same location as robo-cam operators)
  • 32-Input Soundcraft Series Two Audio Mixer (Dual-Feeds in VMUs have Yamaha M7CL-48 Audio Mixers)
  • Digicart II with 220 Keyboard
  • CD Player
  • Six Compressor/Limiters
  • 4 Sennheiser Announce Headsets, 3 Daltech Talkback Boxes
  • QKT and Intercom/Phone Line Interface
  • DT-12, Mixer and Components all appear at dual feed audio patch
  • Microphones, Belt Packs, Cable, etc. from mobile unit stock
    Miscelleneous
  • RTS ADAM System with Six Channels of Intercom and Six Channels of IFB for each feed
  • Two lighting kits
  • Video Monitors for Announcers, Interviews and Studio
    Typical Crew
  • TD
  • Video Op
  • Camera Ops (2-3)
  • Audio Op
  • Audio Assist
  • Graphics Op
  • Clock/Score Op
  • EVS LSM Op
  • EVS Replay Op
  • Stage Manager
  • Utility

Call times for TD and Audio for both sides of a dual-feed are two hours prior than rest of crew. This additional time is vital for required, additional coordination needed between the two feeds on set-up.

Equipment and crew may vary depending on specific event and client requirements.