Crystal Vision brings Coronation Street into the HD age

The longest running British soap opera – celebrating its 50th Birthday this December – is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, a suburb of the city of Manchester.

The 39 interface products were purchased and installed by UK systems integrator AVC, who recommended the use of Crystal Vision.

The project was to upgrade two studios from SD to HD and to build two new two-camera Outside Broadcast vans (to replace the existing SD OB vehicles) in just 10 weeks – while having zero impact on the production schedule.

The studio upgrades were carried out in the existing apparatus areas and control rooms which Crystal Vision said made the project ‘extremely challenging’, making equipment delivery critical.

18 of the Q-Down short-delay broadcast down converters are being used in the studios and OB vans to provide both source distribution and PAL monitoring from a single board.