Khabar OB van
The Khabar Agency-is a major media outlet in Kazakhstan. It was established in 1995, known originally as the National Television News Agency, currently one of the largest networks in the country, and broadcasts daily in Russia and Kazah. Khabar wished to expand their OB fleet with compact HD production vehicle, so they could operate in narrow streets of the Almaty city center with DSNG functionality.
TVC satisfied customer requirements within their tide time scale delivering two trucks, based on MB Atego. Both vehicles is 9,3 m. length and 2,55 m. width. and 13 tons each. The interior of the main vehicle is divided into 3 sections: sound, production, and engineering. Supporting vehicle includes crew, uplink and storage rooms, where cameras, tripods, drums, storage cases and cranes are transported. Coaches are insulated thermally and have an effective air conditioning because of high winter and summer temperatures in Kazakhstan. Production OB van equipped with Sony HSC-300 cameras including Canon lenses HJ40x. Vision mixing is carried out using Sony MVS-6000, monitoring supplied by TV Logic, audio handled by Yamaha M7CL48-ES digital mixing console including stage boxes and Sennheiser wireless microphones. EVS slow motion systems and Clear Com intercom installed as well. Crew van carries Vislink NEWSWIFT HD 150cm antenna systems and two Movietech 6 m. & 9 m. cranes.
