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FROM: DAVE INBODY
SUBJECT: BROADCASTING BOARD MEETINGS
DATE: 5/29/2008
CC: DAVE KANNER; ERIK KROPP; SUSAN ROSS; JOE SADONY
In response to interest expressed in broadcasting Board of County
Commissioners meetings, some initial steps have been taken to better
understand the requirements necessary to deliver this request. Thus far the
following steps have been taken:
• A general inquiry was made of other jurisdictions who have recently
established broadcast services. Several Oregon cities and counties
had made such additions. The City of Albany provided the quotes they
received for service (Attachment A).
• Matt Hand from from Pinnacle Media met with Dave Inbody, Susan
Ross and Joe Sadony to discuss the county's needs. He also did a
walk through of the room. He confirmed that the equipment used by
the City of Albany would be simiar to that required for the county's
needs. He also provided a general description of the equipment needs.
(Attachment B).
• Joe Sadony discovered that Redmond is currently charged $344 per
meeting, which will go up to $488 in January 2009, to broadcast their
meetings on Bend Broadband.
• BendBroadband was also solicited on broadcast recommendations.
They provided recommendations in a spectrum of price ranges
(Attachment C). Their recommendation of a tricaster is consistent with
Albany and Matt Hand.
• Tony Sprando from Audio Visual Presentation, who originally designed
the audio equipment set up for the county did a walk through of the
room. He was also asked about other changes to the room, including
an additional screen and projector for the commissioners and a control
booth.
Sprando will be providing a quote for all the room additions and changes.
Here are the additions and changes noted during the walk through:
• The Albany design would probably be what the county would need,
although he also noted that there are some cameras available at a
lower cost than those used by Albany.
• Three tabletop monitors were proposed as a better option over an
additional screen and projector. They could be embedded in the
commissioners' table and raised only when needed. It was also
thought that this would be a more cost effective option.
• The footprint for the additional equipment would mostly reside in the
closet, but some of the operations equipment would be required in the
room. It was estimated that the space currently used for audio and
meeting minutes would be doubled. A booth would not necessarily be
required, but security considerations could be an issue without it.
• The room is already equipped to provide streaming server. Therefore,
the $6,319 spent by Albany for this server would not be required.
• A full quote will be provided, but the cost for the equipment and room
improvements is currently estimated at $50,000 - $75,000.
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Deschutes County Video Production Recommendations
The best low budget product we can recommend for in-house production of
meetings is called "Tricaster" by Newtek. It is used by small cable companies,
churches, etc. for producing in-house video or other productions. It has the ability
to add graphics and can handle multi -camera setups as well as live streaming to
the web. It is billed as a `studio in a box' and has received rave reviews.
htto://www.newtek.com/tricaster/
User profiles: http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/profiles
Probably the best price with options would be about $6500. You could purchase
some robotic cameras (from $1200 a unit) and then a control box, a high def flat
panel and some audio gear and microphones. It then could be operated by one
trained person. My best guess on total investment in equipment going this route
is approximately $15K. In terms of multi -camera video production, this is
reasonable.
I believe there are other Tricaster users in the community who could be
resources for training. Newtek also offers training.
http://www.newtek.com/communitv/atc.php
At the other end of the spectrum, the city of Lincoln City, Oregon has its own
production facility in the council chambers. They selected Professional Video and
Tape in Portland http://www.provideoandtape.com through their RFP process.
They have four robotic cameras and a document camera all feeding into a video
switcher. One person operates the system. They go live onto a channel with
Charter Cable. They replay their meetings via a Leightronix replay unit,
consisting of two very large hard drives and scheduling software. They use
stationary Omni -directional microphones with noise -gate (off when not speaking,
on when speaking). The cost of this unit was in the $100K range.
BendBroadband
63090 Sherman Rd. Bend OR 97701
(541) 312-6453
www.bendbroadband.com
