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Goalie-Cam to deliver new perspective on hockey
Jan 13, 2006 8:00 AM

When the National Hockey League returns to NBC tomorrow, a tiny camera system mounted to the mask of the New York Rangers goalie will deliver a goaltender’s eye view of the game and give viewers an appreciation for just how fast hockey actually is.

While it’s uncertain whether Henrik Lundgvist or Kevin Weekes will be tending the net, one of the two Rangers will don a goalie’s mask specially equipped with a tiny lens, camera and microwave transmitter that weighs just 6oz.

Dubbed Goalie-Cam, the system is the creation of NHL Productions and Inertia Unlimited in Jacksonville, VT. It is one of several steps--along with the weekly presentation of a game in HD and a special commentator position between opposing benches called “Inside-the-Glass”--that NBC and the league are taking to pull viewers into the action.

According NHL Productions coordinating producer Darryl Lepik, a duplicate mask of every goaltender was ordered from their manufacturers to support Goalie-Cam beyond tomorrow’s game.

A small hole--about the size of a pencil--was drilled at the bottom of the duplicate masks. A lens assembly was inserted through the hole and connected to a small camera located where the back and the side of the helmet meets. A battery pack and small microwave transmitter are located on the portion of the mask covering the back part of the goalie’s head. A parabolic receive antenna will pick up the Goalie-Cam transmission and feed video to the teleproduction truck as camera position.

Normally, the perspective TV viewers have of the puck is looking down on its 4in diameter face. With Goalie-Cam, they now will be able to see the puck coming in at them.

Goalie-Cam will make its debut during NBC Sports production of Saturday’s game between the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings, the first regular season NBC has televised since April 1975.

While the Rangers-Red Wings game will be produced in HD, Goalie-Cam is strictly an SD device that will be upconverted for the high-definition production.

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Close up action at NFL Cheerleader Playoffs

July 21, 2006

Springfield, Mass. – In scorching temperatures in the upper nineties, the 2006 NFL Cheerleader Playoffs provided some fierce competition. Inertia Unlimited provided close up POV action for fourteen events. Some of the events included kayak races and a swimming relay. These events were shot with waterproof Sony XC-555 POV systems including fixed mount and submersible pole camera. Teams also wore POV helmet systems for the tandem bike, roller skating, and skycoaster competitions. In addition to the 555’s Inertia provided remotely painted Panasonic AW-E650 and AW-E800As. The 11 weekly episodes of the 2006 Cheerleader Playoffs competition are scheduled to begin airing in October on NFL Network.

Inertia Unlimited Utilizes CF Based Solid State Recorder

July 23, 2006

Washington, DC. – Inertia Unlimited has teamed up with ACME Branding Company to record participants for the Car and Driver Editor for the Day Tour. This fifteen city tour which started July 22 in Washington, DC at Fedex Field, consists of a comparison of the Cadillac STS-4, BMW 530xi, Cadillac SRX Crossover and the Lexus RX 350. To offer a new element to the experience, four sets of two Sony XC-555 cameras have been paired with Inertia Unlimited’s new dual CF solid state recorder. On board each car a picture in a picture effect is created capturing both a view out the front of the car as well as a shot of the driver. Videos are recorded as QuickTime files and there are absolutely no moving parts in the system making it immune to vibration and G-force. This recording process also helps shorten editing time immensely. Participants are able to download their test drive from Car and Driver’s website and share their experience with others. This type of in-car camera is a first for the ride and drive industry.

Poker Dome premiers at new location

Las Vegas, Nevada

August 8, 2006

Inertia Unlimited is one of the original innovators in the use of specialty cameras in broadcast poker. Inertia has raised the bar yet again with the Mansionpoker.net Poker Dome Challenge http://www.mansionpoker.net in downtown Las Vegas and is providing eighteen of the nearly 30 cameras. Poker Dome is the world's first custom designed poker arena that will accommodate an audience of 150 around a poker table enclosed in a glass dome. The audience gets to see all of the players cards as they are played and can see the players heart rate as well. To catch all the action Inertia utilizes Sony 8 HDCX310 HD robotic cameras on modified Stanton robotic bases, 7 Elmo UN43H’s, 2 Sony DXCC33’s and a Toshiba IKTU51. 9 of the cameras are iso-recorded on Sony DSR-45’s and the remainder on EVS recorders.

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