wiredinUSA October 2014

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MAKING THENEWS Cable company’s stadium gig

Abu Dhabi’s recently completed 45,000m 2 Hazza Bin Zayed stadium has made extensive use of Belden copper and fiber cables. The Belden brand cabling infrastructure will support 85 screens, including a 40m 2 stadium screen, a sophisticated audio system, dedicated media center, press conference room, outside broadcast units and over 30 camera locations for television broadcasting. The 25,000-seat stadium demands video and audio transmission in compliance with all requirements of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) standards, including cables to interconnect professional high-definition Sony video cameras, transmit high

definition broadcasting signals, collect data from outside broadcast vans and deliver crisp, clear sound throughout the stadium. One of the region’s systems integrators, Al-Futtaim Technologies, selected Belden’s Pro Broadcast solutions with the result that the Hazza Bin Zayed project was completed in a record time of just 17 months, and is equal to the highest international standards. The stadium is the first in the Middle East to have a parasol roof to fully shade all spectators, and features an outer shell of 600 fabric panels with independently controlled LED lights.

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