The readers of Panorama Audiovisual have already chosen the finalists for the 1st Panorama Awards

Once the Internet voting process has concluded, in which more than 5.000 Panorama Audiovisual readers, The three finalists who pass the first cut will submit to the verdict of a jury, composed of eleven professionals, that in a secret vote before a notary they will choose each of the winners.

The finalists of the 1st edition of the Panorama Awards already have their own names. Over a month, a total of 5.213 readers of Panorama Audiovisual have voted in these awards for excellence in technological development and business innovation, professionals and television productions, cine, radio and advertising.

Panorama Audiovisual, reference publication for audiovisual professionals, with the aim of promoting technological innovation in the audiovisual sector, has announced these awards that aim to energize the sector by promoting organizations to make better use of technology to be competitive, as well as recognizing those most innovative projects and productions.

The thirteen categories that make up these awards recognize equipment and technological solutions, facilities and projects, as well as the technical execution of television and radio programs, film productions and spots.

Companies and facilities

as company of the year, Panorama readers have suggested Miranda, now integrated into the Belden Group together with Grass Valley (under the brand of the latter); Quantel, for its forty years as a reference in the broadcast sector and film production; and Riedel, for the role that their intercom systems, networks and transmission played in the stratospheric leap of Red Bull Stratos.

Regarding the installation of the year, the projects that make the first cut are: beIN Sports Francia, project and integration of the Unitecnic engineering department; the new set and graphics automation for TV3 news (Television of Catalonia); and the new headquarters of the EFE Agency, a project and direction carried out by Delatorre.

Technological solutions

In the categories intended to reward equipment, The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K and the Sony PXW-Z100 and Panasonic AJ-PX270 camcorders are finalists in capture..

As the best technology in storage and media management, two Spanish companies, Tedial and VSN, with its Media Amigo and Spider developments, respectively, They will compete for the award alongside the Belgian EVS and its XT3 4K server.

for study, The technologies chosen by readers are the ConeXia matrix developed by AEQ and Kroma, the new solution for zooming on 4K images TruZoom (AJA) and Roland's all-in-one A/V multi-format mixer.

In the category of best technology in broadcasting and distribution, Panorama Audiovisual readers have opted for Videoscape, Cisco's global television platform; EVS C-Cast technology; and the LU500 mobile network link developed by LiveU.

As the best solution for post-production, the finalists are Media Composer 7 by Avid, Pablo Rio from Quantel and the new version of AJA's popular IO solution for professional video input and output, now with 4K support.

For graphic creation, readers have opted for 4Designer by Orad, Aston 3D de Brainstorm y Xpression de Ross Video.

In studio audio equipment or solution, edition, direct to PA, the finalists of these I Panorama Awards are Nuage of Yamaha-Steinberg, Xirium from Neutrik and S3L from Avid.

Technical executions

In the section dedicated to the best technical executions in radio, television, cinema and advertising these are the productions that make the first cut. In radio production: Millennium 3 (SER Chain), directed by Iker Jiménez with Guillermo León, Noel Calero, Yeray Martínez and Coque Peinado in technical production; Herrera on the Wave (Zero Wave), directed by Carlos Herrera with José Ángel Belda and Eduardo Ruiz Milla in the technical production; and it's not just any day (RNE), directed by Pepa Fernández, with Salomón Redón in the realization.

In television production, the talent show enters the final stretch The Voice, directed by Marisol Navarro and produced by Boomerang TV; the series The time between seams (Antenna 3), directed by Ignacio Mercero, Iñaki Peñafiel and Norberto L. Loved and produced by Boomerang TV; and the broadcast of the Barcelona World Swimming Championships 2013 (TVE and Teledeporte), directed by Manuel Ventero and Javier Grima at the head of the technical operation, and produced by Spanish Television.

As far as film production is concerned, Three technical works have been selected as finalists: The witches of Zugarramurdi, directed by Álex de la Iglesia and produced by Enrique Cerezo, La Ferme Production and Arte France Cinema; Guadalquivir, directed by Joaquín Gutiérrez Acha and produced by Bitis and Wanda Visión; y The last days, directed by Álex Pastor and David Pastor, and produced by Antena 3 Films, The Monk, The Next Day Films, Morena Films and Terrestrial Rebellion.

Finally, In technical execution for advertising production, the spots 'You can't imagine what's in a drop of KH7' will compete for the Panorama Award’ (KH7), ‘Future Solution LX’ (Shiseido) and '100 years’ (ash tree).

Second phase and awards ceremony

Once the voting process is completed by readers via the Internet, the three finalists in each category among the five nominees proposed by the publication's editorial team go to a second phase. in it, a jury, composed of eleven independent professionals of recognized solvency and in a secret vote before a notary, They will choose each of the winners. To preserve independence and transparency throughout the process, The members of the Jury and their verdict will only be announced on the same night as the Panorama Awards..

The delivery gala will take place in the evening of next Tuesday 20 May 2014, at Madrid Fair (IFEMA) coinciding with the opening of the BIT Broadcast International Audiovisual Technology Exhibition 2014.

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