TV Pro Gear’s Flypak™ shoots SMPTE Award Ceremony & Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to George Lucas

October 3, 2014

Hollywood, CA October 2014 —TV Pro Gear was one of the sponsors that participated in the SMPTE (Society of Motion Pictures & Television Engineers) 2014 Annual Conference & Exhibition. This prestigious event took place at the Loews Hollywood Hotel on October 20-23rd 2014. TV Pro Gear used their most advanced Flypak™ to record the SMPTE Honors & Awards Ceremony where George Lucas received SMPTE’s Lifetime Achievement award.


SMPTE Board of Governors, John Maizels, directed the Honors & Awards Ceremony. “Using TV Pro Gear’s Flypak™ was a very interesting experience. Every time I asked for a new requirement, it was easily accomplished. The extra coms was no problem, the audio, no problem. Working with the TV Pro Gear crew was actually a delight”.


The new Flypak™ is equipped with six of Panasonic’s AK-HC3800 cameras, a For-A 24-input Switcher with 2 Mix/Effects Banks, a 2-Channel Chyron Graffiti title/graphic generator and a six-channel 3Play-440 instant replay/slow motion system from Newtek.


About TV Pro Gear: TV Pro Gear designs and builds television stations, production facilities, video trucks and Flypaks™ for companies all over the world. Recent clients include Comcast, AT&T, Bloomberg, NBC, FOX, and the city of Manhattan Beach. TV Pro Gear is currently building a video production truck for GISL in Trinidad.


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