WTS provides HD OB trucks for SuperSport

WTS, London based systems integrator and broadcast equipment supplier, has provided two new high definition outside broadcasting (OB) trucks and two support vehicles for SuperSport Africa.

The OB trucks are equipped with Snell Sirius 830 multi-format routers, IQ Modular infrastructure and Snell control. An OB truck and support vehicle will be stationed in Nigeria and the second truck will be in Zambia.

The OB vehicles are built on 40ft rigid Mercedes chassis to cope with the rough terrain they will experience on location, with double expanding sides and each boasting 14+4 cameras.

“As with the previous HD OB trucks WTS supplied to SuperSport, we have made ease of control the core attribute of these two new vehicles,” said Ben Murphy, Sales Director of WTS. “This is a touchscreen-based system control and monitoring solution built on Snell control and customised by WTS.