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HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-TOTAL (WORLDWIDE- Q4 2005)
-------------N. Amer./Asia/Eur./Aus./-Totals
Full-scale- in use- 53 / 16 / 23 / 00 / - 92
Smaller- in use--- 20 / 13 / 22 / 01 / - 46
In Construction-- 03 / 00 / 01 / 00 / - 04
Announced Only--01 / 01 / 03 / 02 / - 07
--------------------------------------------
Grand Totals---- 77 / 30 / 49 / 03 / - 159

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-TOTAL (N. AMERICA)
53- full-scale- in use.
20- smaller or not good for sports- in use.
03- full-scale- in construction.
01- full-scale- announced for 2006 construction.

Compares with, per fejman on 11/10/03, "a TOTAL of 184 production trucks in the country (not B units, not uplink trucks that carry cameras, but including everything from Alaska Mobile Productions in Anchorage, which is a very unique truck, all the way to HD4 and the 4 edit trucks that do have switchers in them). Of those, 99 are analog trucks, 67 are digital and 18 are HD. Those 184 trucks produce EVERYTHING you see live."

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-LIST (N. AMERICA)
No./ When/ Size/ Production Co.- Truck Name/ Projects- Past & Current
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
01. Q3'92/ Small/ NHK- K1/
02. Q1'97/ Full/ NMT- HD1/ 04 Super Bowl half;02 Olympics
03. Q4'98/ Full/ NMT- HD3/ 02 Olympics
04. Q3'99/ Full*/ Jonas Jensen- Unnamed/ Original Panasonic; *not good for sports
05. Q2'00/ Small/ Linman- Xtreme Digital II/

06. Q3'01/ Small/ HDNet- HD-1/
07. Q3'01/ Small/ HDNet- HD-2/
08. Q3'01/ Small/ Video One- Unnamed/ Hollywood projects
09. Q3'01/ Full/ NEP- Nova/ CBS NFL
10. Q4'01/ Full/ Sweetwater- Unnamed/

11. Q?'02/ Small/ Mobile- 5HDX/ Rangers, Astros, Spurs, Mavericks, Stars
12. Q3'02/ Full*/ NHK- K-2/ *not good for sports
13. Q3'02/ Small/ Shulman- MU1/ Hollywood projects
14. Q4'02/ Full/ AMV- Resolution/ CBS NFL, Blue Collar Comedy Tour

15. Q1'03/ Full/ NEP- SS20HD/
16. Q1'03/ Full/ Comcast- Unnamed/ Flyers, 76ers, Phillies, Capitals, Wizards, Orioles
17. Q1'03/ Full/ Coredigital- Bonnie & Clyde/ CBS SEC football
18. Q2'03/ Full/NEP- SS-26/ ABC MNF, Stanley Cup, NBA finals, Reagan funeral
19. Q3'03/ Small/ Bell ExpressVu- Unnamed/
20. Q4'03/ Full/ Trio- Tango/ WGN & Fox Sports Net North
21. Q4'03/ Full/ NMT- HD5/ InDemand
22. Q4'03/ Full/ Mobile- 7HDX/ Coyotes, Diamondbacks, Mighty Ducks, Kings, Padres
23. Q4'03/ Full/ Mobile- 8HDX/ Rockets

24. Q1'04/ Full/ NMT- HD6/ New England Sports Network
25. Q1'04/ Full/ Turner- TS#1/ Atlanta Hawks; TNT-HD
26. Q1'04/ Full/ Cox- Unnamed/ SD Padres
27. Q2'04/ Full/ NEP- SS-27/ ESPN or Fox NFL
28. Q2'04/ Full/ GameCreek- Yankee Clipper/ YES Network- NY Yankees & NJ Nets
29. Q2'04/ Full/ GameCreek- Patriot/
30. Q2'04/ Full/ NCP- NCP-V/ ESPN Sat. Night College
31. Q2'04/ Full/ Turner TS#2/ TNT-HD
32. Q2'04/ Full/ Dome- Majestic (prev. Pioneer)/ Toronto Bluejays
33. Q2'04/ Full/ Mobile- 9HDX/
34. Q3'04/ Full/ NEP- SS-28/ Fox NFL
35. Q3'04/ Full/ NEP- SS18HD/ Fox NFL; 05 Super Bowl, '05 Daytona 500
36. Q3'04/ Full/ NEP- SS24HD/ 05 Final Four, '05 Triple Crown
37. Q3'04/ Full/ F&F- GTX-11/ Fox NFL
38. Q3'04/ Full/ F&F- GTX-12/ Fox NFL
39. Q3'04/ Small/ Greene- HDV-3/ "ROUTE 66 - The Marathon Tour"
40. Q3'04/ Full/ NEP- Denali Silver/ Academy Awards
41. Q4'04/ Full/ NEP- ND-1/ Fox Nascar
42. Q4'04/ Full/ NCP-VII/
43. Q4'04/ Full/ Trio- Phoenix/ WGN, Comcast SportsNet Chicago
44. Q4'04/ Full/ Mira- M-5/
45. Q4'04/ Full/ Mobile- 6HDX/ Cardinals, Rockies

46. Q1'05/ Full/ CBC- Unnamed/
47. Q1'05/ Full/ Corplex- Platinum HD/
48. Q1'05- Full/ AMV- Celebrity/
49. Q2'05/ Full/ NMT- HD10/ San Francisco market
50. Q2'05/ Full*/ HD Ready- HD Roadie/ *For PBS's Sound Stage series
51. Q2'05/ Full/ Lyon- MU-6/
52. Q2'05/ Full/ NCP- IV/
53. Q2'05/ Full/ Mobile- 10HDX/ Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Dodgers, Angels
54. Q2'05/Full/ AMV- Cinetour/
55. Q2'05/ Small/ AMV- Matrix/
56. Q2'05/ Small/ Clear Channel- Unnamed/
57. Q2'05/ Small/ LMG- HD-1/ Trade shows, entertainment
58. Q2'05/ Full/ Dome- Unnamed/
59. Q2'05/ Side Unit/ NMT- SB1/
60. Q3'05/ Full/ Coredigital- SundanceKidHD/
61. Q3'05/ Full/ NEP- SS19/
62. Q3'05/ Side Unit/ NMT- SB2/
63. Q4'05/ Full/ TV Azteca- Unnamed/
64. Q4'05/ Full/ SB/
65. Q4'05/ Full/ NMT- HD11/
66. Q4'05/ Side Unit/ NMT- SB3/
67. Q4'05/ Full/ Game Creek- Freedom/
68. Q4'05/ Full/ TPS- Unnamed/
69. Q4'05/Full/ Shook- unnamed/
70. Q4'05/ Small/ LMG- HD-2
71. Q4'05/ Full/ Mobile- 11HDX/ Cardinals, Blues, Brewers, Twins
72. Q4'05/ Full/ Mira- M-4/
73. Q4'05/ Full/ F&F- GTX-14/

74. Q1'06/ Small/ MHD- Pegasus/ MTV's new HD music channel
75. Q1'06/ Full/ Mira - M-4/
76. Q1'06/ Full/ F & F Productions - GTX14 /
77. Q1'06/ Small/ Liman - Newstream /
78. Q2'06/ Full/ Dome- Trillium/
79. Q2'06/ Full/ Mobile- 12HDX/ Twins, Brewers, Wild, Lynx (WNBA)
80. Q2'06/ Full/ AMV Titan/
81. Q3'06/ Full/ NCP - VIII/
82. Q3'06/ Full/ NEP - SS-14/
83. Q3'06/ Full/ NEP - SS-17/
84. Q3'06/ Full/ NEP - SS-25/
85. Q3'06/ Full/ NEP - ND3/
86. Q3'06/ Full/ Corplex- Cobalt/
87. Q3'06/ Full/ Game Creek/?
88. Q3'06/ Full/ Game Creek/?
89. Q3'06/ Full/ Game Creek/?
90. Q3'06/ Full/ Game Creek/???
91. Q3'06/ Full/ Game Creek/???

HD PRODUCTION TRUCK COMPANIES (N. AMERICA)

-All Mobile Video (New York, NY) ("AMV") has 4 trucks: Resolution, Celebrity (retrofit), Cinetour (retrofit) & Matrix. See: http://www.allmobilevideo.com/ & http://mixonline.com/mixline/mobile-celebrity-studer/

-Bell ExpressVu (Canada) has 1 truck, per here: http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/art...w&idnumber=516

-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ("CBC") has 1 truck, per article above.

-Clear Channel has 1 truck, a smaller unit built to be able to park on smaller side streets, per here:http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/vi...e.jsp?id=33075

-Comcast SportsNet (Philadelphia, PA) has 1 truck. pg. 17 of pdf (from prior avs post): http://www.sportstvproduction.com/is...vp_04.2003.pdf

-Coredigitaltech (Tempe, AZ) has 1 truck: "Bonnie & Clyde." per link below. Being rebuilt in 2005, per here: http://www.presentationmaster.com/ar...e.jsp?id=30284 Also upgrading their "Sundance Kid" truck to HD, per here: http://www.coredigitaltech.com/ & posts 151, 152 & 159 below.

-Corplex TV (Northfield, IL) has 1 truck: Platinum HD per link here: http://www.corplex.tv/platinum.htm Truck was featured truck in March April 2005 sportstvproduction issue. Also building Cobalt, scheduled for completion in August 2006.

-Cox Communications (San Diego, CA) has 1 truck. per link below.

-Dome Productions (Toronto, Ontario) has 2 trucks: Majestic (prev. Pioneer) Canada's first: http://www.appliedelectronics.com/en...html#featured1 & here: http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/i...641&issue=&PC= & here: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=970081600908 & here: http://www.appliedelectronics.com/en...es/Dec2004.pdf
Dome is also have another constructed, scheduled for completion in April 2006, per here: http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3688

-F&F Productions (Clearwater, FL) has 3 trucks, GTX-11, GTX-12 & GTX-14, per here: http://www.fandfproductions.com/ & post #162 below.

-Game Creek Video (Hudson, NH) has 3 trucks: Yankee Clipper, Patriot & Freedom. pg. 19 of pdf here: http://www.gamecreekvideo.com/specs.html & post 121 below.

-Greene HD Productions (Arlington, TX) has 1 truck: HDV-3: http://home.earthlink.net/~greenevideo/HDTV/mobile.html

-HDNet (Denver, CO) has 2 trucks: HD-1 & HD-2. See here: http://www.hd.net/mobileunits.html

- HD Ready/(HD Roadie?) (St. Charles, IL), has 1 truck, HD Roadie, built specifically for HD entertainment production rather than sports, per here: http://www.reelchicago.com/archive.cfm?storyID=746

-Jonas Jensen Studios (Seattle, WA) has 1 truck, per link here: http://www.jonasjensen.com/Homepage.htm (which has a cool list of the events it has done over the years, at the end of the "current projects" link) ( Was the original Panasonic truck. See here: http://www.pharis-video.com/p3150.htm and here: http://www.tvtechnology.com/features...ig_games.shtml & here: http://www.icommag.com/december-1999...9-page-13.html)
Reportedly not well-suited for sports.

-Linman Video Rental (LVR) has 1 truck, Xtreme Digital II, per here: http://www.sportstvproduction.com/2004/03/03truck.pdf

-LMG Inc has 2 units, HD-1 & HD-2, which both function as a "truck in a box" per here: http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/vi...fterinter=true & post 117 below.

-Lyon Video (Columbus, OH) has 1 truck, MU-6, per here: http://www.lyonvideo.com/images/lvimu6.pdf

- MHD has 1 truck in construction, Pegasus, specifically being built for music purposes. See post 160 below.

-Mira Mobile Television (Portland, OR) has 2 trucks, M-5 & M-4. http://www.avvideo.com/articles/view...e.jsp?id=25546 & http://www.miramobile.com/. & post 156 below.

- Mobile Television Group (Denver, CO) has 7 trucks, with 1 announced: 5HDX, 6HDX (retrofit), 7HDX, 8HDX, 9HDX, 10HDX, 11HDX & 12HDX (mid 2006). The "divisions" within the company include Lone Star, Mountain and Western Mobile. See: http://www.coloradostudios.com/sm_8hdx_mwfs.html & http://www.mountainmobiletv.com/ & posts 155 & 171 below.

-National Mobile Television (Torrance, CA) ("NMT") has 9 trucks: HD1, HD3, HD5, HD6, HD10, HD11, SB1, SB2 & SB3 (sold HD4, HD7 & HD8 to NEP- now NEP SS-26, SS-27 & SS-28). http://www.nmtv.com/facilities/fac_trucks.asp & posts 113 & 115 below.

-NEP Supershooters, LP (Pittsburgh, PA)("NEP") has 10 trucks: SS18HD, SS19, SS20HD, SS24HD, Nova, Denali Silver, ND1, SS-26, SS-27 & SS-28 (Bought NMT HD4, HD7 & HD8- now NEP SS-26, SS-27 & SS-28).
http://guardian.nepinc.com/packages/index.html (Nova was previously the ASEM truck, Columbia, per here: http://www.telecast-fiber.com/Press-ASEM.html & here: http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/b...nab_hd_airbut/
& here: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...2256052&EDATE=
HD4 was previously HD Vision/ WRAL HDV-5. See here: http://web-star.com/hdtv/hdvision01802newsrelease.html, and is featured here at pg. 12 here: http://www.sportstvproduction.com/is...vp_06.2003.pdf ) & post 118 below.

-New Century Productions (Allentown, PA) ("NCP") has 3 trucks, NCP-IV, NCP-V & NCP-VII. http://www.ncpvideo.com/truck-frameset.html & http://hugecgi.com/cgi-bin/ep_release02.cgi?db_id=3789

-NHK Enterprises America (Park Ridge, NJ) ("NHK") has 2 trucks: K1 & K2. See links here: http://<br /> <a href="http://bssc....-7-02a.pdf</a> & http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/we....RnGp_DlU.html Reportedly K1 is smaller and not well-suited for sports.

- Shook Mobile Technology (San Antonio, TX) is planning to build 1 truck, unnamed, per here: http://www.leitch.com/custserv/press...HDTVTransition

-Shulman (Hollywood, CA) has 1 truck: MU1, shown here: http://schulmanmobilevideo.com/mu1.htm
Reportedly this is a Hollywood truck, not suited for mobile work.

-Sweetwater Digital (Van Nuys, CA) has 1 truck. See here: http://www.svptv.com/Sweetwate_Brochure.pdf & here: http://web-star.com/hdtv/fujinonnewsrelease.html

- Total Production Services (TPS) has 1 unit, unnamed, per post 122 below.

-Trio Video (Chicago, IL) has 2 trucks, Tango & Phoenix, per here: http://www.triovideo.com/news.html

-Turner Broadcasting (Atlanta, GA) has 2 trucks: TS#1 & TS#2-- conversions from existing trucks. http://bth.broadcastengineering.com/...ner_rolls_new/

-TV Azteca (Mexico City) has 1 truck constructed by VSG, NMT subsidiary, per here: http://www.creativecow.net/forum/rea...09&forumid=105 & here: http://www.vsg.tv/pdf/news_TSG-aliance_04-07-05.pdf

-Video One (Van Nuys, CA) has 1 truck, not sure if suited for sports production here: http://www.videoonela.tv/

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-TOTAL (EUROPE)
23- full-scale- in use.
22- smaller or not good for sports- in use.
01- in construction.
03- announced for 2005/6 construction.

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-LIST (EUROPE)
No./ When/ Size/ Production Co.- Truck Name/ Projects- Past & Current
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01. 1998/ Small/ Alfacam- OB05HD/

02. 2001/ Full/ Alfacam- OB10HD/
03. 2001/ Full/ Alfacam- OB11HD/
04. 2001/ Full/ Outside-Broadcast- HD Unit 8/

05. 2002/ Small/ Alfacam- OB04HD/
06. 2002/ Small/ Alfacam- OB08HD/
07. 2002/ Small/ Alfacam- OB12HD/
08. 2002/ Full/ Telegenic- T8/
09. 2002/ Full/ Bow Tie- Unit 2/

10. 2003/ Small/ Alfacam- OB13HD/
11. 2003/ Small/ Alfacam- OB14HD/
12. 2003/ Full/ Alfacam- OB16HD/
13. 2003/ Small/ Cinevideogroep- OBV12/
14. 2003/ Full/ Visions- HD1/ '04 NBC Olympics
15. 2003/ Full/ Outside-Broadcast- HD Unit 9/

16. 2004/ Full/ Alfacam- OB18HD/
17. 2004/ Full/ Alfacam- OB20HD/
18. 2004/ Full/ Alfacam- OB21HD/
19. 2004/ Full/ Primevision- HD30/Copenhagen Grand Prix, Athens Olympics
20. 2004/ Full/ Visions- HD2/
21. 2004/ Full/ BBC- HD OB/
22. 2004/ Small/ Eumovil- Unit 2/

23. 2005/ Full/ TopVision- GmbH/
24. 2005/ Full/ Alfacam- OB22HD/
25. 2005/ Small/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
26. 2005/ Small/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
27. 2005/ Small/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
28. 2005/ Small/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
29. 2005/ Small/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
30. 2005?/ ?/ Eumovil- Unnamed/
31. 2005?/ ?/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
32. 2005?/ ?/ Host Broadcast Services/ '06 World Cup
33. 2005?/ ?/ Media Movil- Unnamed/
34. 2005?/ ?/ Eurasia Entertainment- Unnamed/
35. 2005/ Small/ Neon Broadcast- Unnamed/ Small venues/ spaces
36. 2005/ Small/ Bow Tie- Unit 3?/
37. 2005/ Full/ TPC- Unnamed/ 2006 Winter Olympic Games
38. 2005/ Small/ Mediapro- Unnamed/ Real Madrid Soccer
39. 2005/ Small/ Videotime- Unnamed/
40. 2005/ Small/ Wige- HD-1/
41. 2005/ Small/ TTC Ostankino- Unnamed/
42. 2005/ Full/ Mediapro- Unnamed/
43. 2005/ Full/ BBC- Unit 12/
44. 2005/ Full/ Cinevideogroep- OBV10/
45. 2005/ Small/ Cinevideogroep- OBV11/
46. 2005/ Full/ Tpc- Unnamed/
47. 2005/ Full/ TVN- TVN-Ü3HD/

48. 2006/ Full/ Studio Berlin- Unnamed/
49. 2006/ Small/ Wige- Unnamed/
50. 2006/ Full/ SBP- Unnamed/

HD PRODUCTION TRUCK COMPANIES (EUROPE)
- Alfacam (Belgium) has 12 trucks, OB04HD, OB05HD, OB08HD, OB10HD, OB11HD, OB12HD, OB13HD, OB14HD, OB16HD, OB18HD, OB20HD & OB21HD, per here: http://www.alfacam.be/ & here: http://www.ebu.ch/trev_288-alfacam.pdf They have also announced plans to construct OB22HD in 2005.

-BBC (UK) has 2 trucks, HD OB and Unit 12 (HD-ready), per here: http://www.bbcresources.com/about/ar...908_proms.html & Sneals2000 post #107, below.

-Betanews (Italy) has 1 unit completed, Esterna 10, and 1 unit in construction, a remodel, per these articles: http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=46276 &
http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=6056

-Bow Tie Television (UK) has 2 trucks, Unit 2 & Unit 3?, per here: http://www.bowtietv.com/index.htm & here: http://www.bowtietv.com/UNIT2text.htm
& here: http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=28487

- Cinevideogroep (Netherlands) has 3 trucks, OBV10HD, OBV11HD and OBV12HD, per here:
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ne...eogroep.html and http://www.cinevideogroep.nl/mobile_facilities.htm

-Eumovil (Madrid, Spain) has 1 truck, Unit 2, per here: http://www.euphonix.com/news/news200...es_eumovil.htm
& is constructing another, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/cg...y_Release.html

-Eurasia Entertainment (Moscow, Russia) is building 1 truck, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/cg...y_Release.html

- Host Broadcast Services (HBS)(Switzerland) has 5 trucks, effective June 2005, & has announced plans for construction of up to 2 more trucks for FIFA 2006 World Cup, per here: http://www.hostbroadcastservices.com...dnews=6&page=2 & here: http://broadcastengineering.com/news/Thomson-World-Cup/

- Media Movil (Barcelona, Spain) is building 1 OB unit, per here: http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_4592.shtml

- Mediapro (Madrid, Spain) has 1 unit and is building another, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ne...or_Orders.html

- Neon Broadcast Service (United Kingdom) is building 1 truck, designed for use in smaller spaces where large trucks can't physically fit, per here: http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_4729.shtml

-Outside Broadcast (Belgium) has 2 trucks, HD Unit 8 & HD Unit 9, per here: http://www.outside-broadcast.be/index.html

- Primevision (Denmark) has 1 truck, HD30, per here: http://hd30.com/

- SBP (Italy) has 1 large unit in construction, per here: http://www.infocomm.org/index.cfm?ob...5276F64C4E1FD6 & here: http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=47807

-Skyline Television (Germany) has 1 unit, unnamed, per here: http://www.tv-skyline.de/download/Datenblatt_UE5.pdf

- Studio Berlin Adlershof (Berlin, Germany) has announced 1 truck, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ne...or_Orders.html

-Telegenic Broadcast (United Kingdom) has 1 truck, T8, per here: http://www.telegenic.co.uk/htm/Outsi..._Units_T8.html

-TopVision (Germany) has announced construction of 1 van, per here: http://pro.sony.com.hk/pr20040910h.htm

-Tpc (Switzerland) has 1 truck, per here: http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_6454.shtml

- TTC Ostankino (Moscow, Russia) has Russia's first unit in construction, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ne...or_Orders.html

-TVN (Germany) has 1 truck, TVN-Ü3HD, per here: http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_6575.shtml

- TV Productioncenter (Zürich, Switzerland) (TPC) is building 1 van, per here: http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/archive_uk/111104.html

- Videotime- Mediaset Group (Italy) is building 1 unit, per here: http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_4505.shtml

- Visions Outside Broadcasting (UK) has 2 trucks, HD1 & HD2, per here: http://www.broadcast-technology.com/projects/visions/ & here: http://www.visions-ob.com/Truck%20De...%20Def/HD1.htm

- Wige Television GmbH (Cologne, Germany) has 1 unit, HD-1, and 1 in construction, due April 2006, per here: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ne...or_Orders.html and http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_6688.shtml

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-TOTAL (ASIA)
16- Full-scale- in use.
13- Small- in use.
01- Announced for 2006
(NHK truck size est. @ 1/2 full, 1/2 smaller)

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-LIST (ASIA)
No./ When/ Size/ Production Co.- Truck Name/ Projects- Past & Current
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
01. NHK
//
24. NHK
25. 2001/ Small/ MBC/
26. 2002/ Full/ TeleTECH- HD-102/
27. 2002/ Full/ TeleTECH- HD-107/
28. 2004/ Full/ TeleTECH- HD-105/
29. 2005/ Full/ Tianjin TV- Unnamed/ 2008 Olympics
30. 2006/ ?/ Beijing TV- Unnamed/

HD PRODUCTION TRUCK COMPANIES (ASIA)

-Beijing TV (BTV) (China) will have 1 unit, planned for 2006, per here:
http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_6645.shtml

- Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)(Korea) has 1 truck, per here: http://pro.sony.com.hk/pr20010422u.html

-NHK Broadcasting (Tokyo, Japan) has 24 trucks, per here: http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/english/annu...04page_05.html

-TeleTECH Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has 3 trucks, HD-102, HD-105 and HD-107, per here: http://www.teletech.co.jp/teletech/e50.htm

-Tianjin TV (China) has 1 unit, to be used for 2008 Olympics, per here: http://www.sony-asia.com/corporate/n...005/aug/25.htm

- Totsu Co., Ltd. (Japan) has 1 truck, per here: http://www.canon.com/bctv/topics/totsu.html

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-TOTAL (AUSTRALIA)
01- small- in use.
02- full-scale- announced, but on hold.

HD PRODUCTION TRUCKS-LIST (AUSTRALIA)
No./ When/ Size/ Production Co.- Truck Name/ Projects- Past & Current
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
01. 2004/ Small/ NBN- OB1/
02. 2005?/ Full/ ABC- Unnamed/
03. 2005?/ Full/ ABC- Unnamed/

HD PRODUCTION TRUCK COMPANIES (AUSTRALIA)
- Australian Broadcast Company ("ABC") has announced plans for consruction of two trucks, but put plans on hold three times.

-NBN Television (Newcastle, Australia) has 1 truck,OB1, per here: http://www.dba.org.au/uploads/docume...essrelease.pdf & here: http://www.one80digitalpost.com.au/OB.pdf

and here: http://www.chyron.com/news/newsroom/..._20051014.html

HUMOR
Don't know what will happen to this truck, now that VOOM (& its STB's) is gone. See here: http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/...uck-index.html

COSTS:
7-10 million dollars is often quoted.
- ASEM's "Columbia" cost 10 million per article here: http://bssc.sel.sony.com/news/network/issue5/hdtv.html
-Coredigital's "Bonnie & Clyde" cost 7 million per article here:http://bssc.sel.sony.com/Professiona...s/sony_cbs.pdf
-Mark Cuban says each HDNet unit cost 5 million here: http://www.digitaltelevision.com/200...feature1.shtml

MANUFACTURER:
Gerling & Associates (Sunbury, OH) is the primary N. American manufacturer. See here: http://www.gerlinggroup.com/homePage.html

NON-HD PRODUCTION TRUCK LINKS (N. AMERICA):
Here are two links to other video production truck sites, most not HD: http://tvtrucksonline.com/links.html & http://users.bestweb.net/~tvman/link1.htm

NON-HD PRODUCTION TRUCK LINKS (EUROPE):
Here are two links to most European OB van companies, most not HD: http://www.4rfv.co.uk/brieflisting.a...y=7308&start=0 & here: http://www.mandy.com/1/services.cfm?c=obrd&t=eur&p=2

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