2016 AFCON: CRTV acquires modern broadcast equipment

Cameroon's State broadcaster, CRTV, has acquired two state-of-the-art Outside Broadcast Vans (OB Vans) in view of an optimal coverage of the upcoming Female Africa Nations Cup billed for Yaounde and Limbe from 19 November to 3 December 2016. Communication Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary on September 1, 2016 received the ultra-modern equipment from officials of China's giant provider in television broadcasting industry, StarTimes.

This was at the outfit's headquarters in Beijing in the presence of CRTV's General Manager, Charles Ndongo and other football stakeholders in the country. Shipment procedure began immediately and the vans equipped with 20 cameras each should be in Cameroon in two months, all things being equal.

The OB Van, StarTimes technicians told Cameroon Tribune, is a high-tech and high definition broadcasting system which can input 20 image signals at the same time. The broadcasting system includes 12 standard video cameras, four high magnification cameras and four wireless cameras. The OB Van could satisfy various shooting demand and won't be limited by the site conditions.

For efficiency on the broadcasting of sports TV programmes, the OB Van equips four slow motion processing systems, which will help obtain and edit the playback of sports matches.

Along with the OB Vans, two affiliated vehicles will be used as electricity supporting system and equipment transportation.