For the increasingly popular international matches, PSL is providing the ECB with Lighthouse 16mm LED screens. Two such screens, 6.84m x 9.14m, leapfrog one another around the country to the main grounds where they are mounted on goal-post type structures, built by PSL and branded by main match sponsors NatWest and Npower.
For each match, PSL provides the LED display with content from a dedicated PSL OB truck. The unit, which is using SDI transmission, is a fully-equipped production centre, capable of accepting eight SDI and two analogue inputs, with a Snell & Wilcox 8-input vision mixer, and 16 x 16 router. The PSL production unit has free access to the broadcasters' feeds, and mixes all the camera feeds with still graphics and VT. PSL's 2-man team mixes the screen content according to ECB guidelines, interspersing graphics from a laptop PC, and with VT playback of commercials.
For the first time, at the 43 county games, PSL is using a new iCONIC LED screen from the ADI Group. This 60 sq.m. screen arrives in its own trailer, which also has an integrated broadcast unit.
(Chris Henry)
