45 North Broadcast Group
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45 North again demonstrated the versatility of its "Air-Pak Mobile" in a week long series of HD projects in Mabou, Cape Breton.
Our standard definition system was swapped out for a 4 camera High Definition package that was used for a Rankin Christmas Special, a television pilot titled "Live at the Red Shoe" and a music video for country singer/songwriter JD Clarke. Audio was handled by George Massenburg from Nashville and the shows were directed by Jim Yockey also of Nashville.
Caribbean Workout
45 North configured a three camera "Air-Pak Mobile" for the production of Season 12 of Caribbean Workout. The long running program, produced by George Athens of Athens Communications was shot over a two week period in beautiful Barbados. A total of 51 episodes were shot at several stunning locations across the island. As a result of assembling a remarkable production team, great locations and committed sponsors, Caribbean Workout has a daily worldwide audience of 180 million viewers.
Concert for Asia
45 North provided its mobile in a 5 camera configuration, with playback facilities, for closed circuit coverage of Concert for Asia at Halifax's Metro Centre. The evening brought out 23 acts of Atlantic Canada's finest musicians and 8,500 of their most generous fans and sponsors.
Proceeds to the tune of $105,000 were presented to Oxfam Canada for their work in tsunami relief. Hats off to Asif Illyas of the band MIR for initiating the project and to all the volunteers for donating their time.
President Bush Speaks to Canada
45 North provides live coverage of President Bush's speech in Halifax for NBC's pool feed to the American Networks.
Having a previous relationship with NBC News, we were entrusted with the task at Halifax's Pier 21 where the President and Canadian Prime Minister Martin spoke to 300 invited guests.
Networks worldwide used the feed including NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC World, Reuters, and CBC's "The National".
CPAC
45 North provided our four camera mobile trailer for a live broadcast to CPAC, Canada's Public Affairs Channel. The two-hour broadcast was carried live from VOCM, a well known AM radio station in St. John's, Newfoundland. Content included coverage of a live phone-in program where callers from across Canada participated in discussions regarding the upcoming Federal Election. Technical facilities included four camera coverage, with additional audio feeds from VOCM.
Superships
45 North provided crews and equipment for "Superships", 13 one-hour episode television series, shot in Digital Betacam and MiniDV.
Five Sony TRV17 camcorders were modified for hazardous use in our special weather-proof housings, designed and built by 45 North.
They allowed angles and animated sequences that demonstrated in a most unique way how these vessels do the remarkable things they do.
Joel Plasket DVD
45 North's mobile with six cameras was engaged to record the "Joel Plasket Emergency" before a full house at the Marquee Club in Halifax. Plans are to release the live performance on DVD.
Hayward Parrott of Wingit Studios handled audio recording of the show and mixing for the demo. Brian Howald of Wingit handled the video post and graphics. Breandan McGrath was responsible for a lot of sweet-talking to pull the whole thing off.
All Strength Nations Challenge
45 North has managed to provide both our "Air-Pak" and our 30ft. Production Mobile in a unique way which recently paid off on shoots in Atlanta and the Caribbean island of St Maarten, N.A.
In October along came a sports television production job with set-ups in Atlanta, Georgia and St. Maarten, N.A in rapid order. 45 North’s Production Mobile Trailer was driven to Atlanta where it was set up for a 3 day “American Strongman” competition. Four Sony D30s and a pencil-cam were switched to a line cut with 3 ISO’s. Eight channels of audio were mixed in the mobile and the whole production went off without a hitch.
Upon wrap, in Atlanta, the mobile was reconfigured into our "Air-Pak" configuration in a mere two hours and dropped off to RockIt Cargo for shipping to the island of St Maarten, N.A. Upon arrival the unit was immediately set up in a hotel room near the beach where the International Strongman competition was held. Despite some rain and tremendous heat (110F on the beach) the system worked flawlessly for the 10 day shoot. Upon wrap our "Air-Pak" was immediately shipped back to Atlanta. Within two hours of receiving the equipment the trailer was reconfigured and made the trip back to Canada for another production in Halifax.
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“Singular Series” - 45 North's mobile was used to record "The Singular Series", a series of one person plays, produced by Creative Atlantic for Bravo and CBC. This unique blending of theatre for television was shot in 16:9 using 4 cameras iso'd to Betacam SP recorders for later post. A fifth machine recorded a line cut and together they recorded 10 channels of audio plus the line cut mix.
“Maritime Life Corporate Event” - 45 North provided technical and IMAG facilities for the Maritime Life Insurance employee appreciation night, produced by Alexander Richardson Inc., and East Coast Cine. The evening consisted of prepackaged video playback, scan converted text, graphics, and three live cameras switched from two locations in the World Trade Centre in Halifax. Entertainment included Atlantic Cirque, Acrobazia and a surprise musical guest appearance by Bruce Guthro. Lighting and audio were handled by Tour Tech East.
“EPK's for Lifetime Network” - 45 North has shot EPK's for several Lifetime movies including "Mom at Sixteen" with Mercedes Ruehl, "Ambulance Girl" with Kathy Bates, and "Dive From Klausen's Pier". Shot in Digital Betacam this scene features an interview with actress Danielle Panabaker who plays Jacey in the film "Mom at Sixteen"
“Quartet Plus Four” - Quartet Plus Four is a one-hour Christmas Special produced for Vision Television by Halifax’s New Scotland Pictures. 45 North configured its four camera television mobile to slave each camera to a Betacam SP recorder for later editing. A 25' Jimmy Jib, a 7' EZJib, a PeeWee dolly and one fixed camera provided a multitude of angles and movement to enhance the production. Audio was recorded by Dave Hillier of "Sonic Temple" and a mixed feed was provided to the mobile.
"Singular Series" - Series of one person plays, produced by Creative Atlantic for Bravo and CBC. 45 North’s Mobile provided 4 Camera coverage + 10 channels of audio and line mix (Beta SP)
"Quartet Plus Four" - One-hour Christmas Special produced for Vision Television by Halifax’s New Scotland Pictures. Our four camera television mobile with a 25' Jimmy Jib, a 7' EZJib, a PeeWee dolly and one fixed camera. Audio recorded by Dave Hillier of ‘Sonic Temple’ (Beta SP)
"Maritime Life Corporate Event" - Three live cameras switched from two locations in the World Trade Centre in Halifax (Beta SP)
"Elizabeth Smart Story" - EPK crews to "Entertainment Tonight", "Extra" and CBS's "Behind the Scenes" + 8 Betacam packages used as props and cast training (Beta SP)
"All Strength Challenge" - 13 one-hour Strongman Series for Outdoor Life Network (Beta SP)
"Barra MacNeil's Christmas" - One-hour Christmas Special for Country Music Television and PBS (Beta SP)
"Aselin Debison" - One-Hour special for Sony Music, broadcast on PBS and CBC (Digital Beta)
"All Strength Nation's Challenge" - 13 one-hour International Strongman Series for Outdoor Life Network (Beta SP)
"Mediafusion Webcast" - Live Stream to the Internet
"Town Hall" - for Vision TV (Beta SP)
"The Itch" - Comedy Series for the Comedy Network (Beta SP)
"Pirates" - Children's series for Owl TV (Beta SP)
"The Bottom Line" - 2 one-hours for Report on Business Television (Beta SP)
"Marconi 100th Anniversary" - Live to CBC Newsworld
"Swiss Air" - Live Intercontinental News Conference
"Nova Scotia Election" - Live to CPAC
Natalie McMaster
Natalie McMaster and a cast of international performers opened the acclaimed Celtic Colours Festival in Port Hawksbury last year.
45 North provided Technical Producer services and equipment rentals to Creative Atlantic, working with Eaton Creative and WLIW – a PBS flagship station. Director Michael Watt was at the helm of a spectacular multi-camera production that will air on PBS later this year.
Chef at Home
45 North is proud to be a supplier to the Ocean Entertainment production of Chef at Home, and their new series for the Food Channel, French Food at Home.
The long running series, featuring Chef Michael Smith, continues to be an audience favorite for the network, culminating with a Gemini award for Director Trevor Grant last season.
This year marks the fourth season that 45 North supplies equipment to the popular series.
Celtic Angels
Once again, New Scotland Pictures has created a Christmas season special for Vision. Celtic Angels features the premiere women performers in the Celtic music realm, including Maggie Smith, who traveled from Scotland to participate in the special.
Producer Charlie Cahill continues to create popular and long-running specials using the 45 North multi-camera mobile – an efficient and cost-effective solution.
Holly’s Playhouse
45 North Producer Timothy Reed has worked with acclaimed Canadian painter Holly Carr to produce a pilot of a children’s series with a working title of “Holly’s Playhouse”.
It is an innovative and colourful project, revolving around original children’s stories, and Holly’s unique method of painting on silk. Nova Scotia musician Scott MacMillan provides the soundtrack for this new project.
Extreme Cage Combat
45 North provided their Air-Pak Mobile, in 3 camera configuration, with a crew and producer to Advanced Systems to provide live to tape coverage of a mixed martial arts event in Halifax, NS.
At the event 45 North demonstrated the versatility of the Sony Anycast System for use in small and medium sized productions.
EPK - Jesse Stone: Sea Change
45 North provided a crew and producer to CBS for behind the scenes coverage and interviews of "Jesse Stone: Sea Change".
Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Selleck (Exec Producer) reprises his role as Jesse Stone in this fourth movie in the successful ‘Jesse Stone’ franchise. The movies are based on the best-selling books by Robert B. Parker.
Bill Clinton Speech
45 North was contracted by Advanced Systems of Halifax to provide multi-camera coverage of a keynote speech by former President Bill Clinton. 45 North provided a flight-pak system, along with production crew for in-house coverage of the speech to a crowd of over 7500 at the Halifax Metro Centre.
CPAC - Political Convention
45 North provided multi-camera coverage from two separate locations in Halifax for the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Convention, where a new Premier was chosen.
Not only was in-house coverage supplied to Advanced Systems, but CPAC took the events live, via fiber optic feed, to a national audience.
CPAC
45 North has completed several projects for CPAC over the past year,
including pre-election coverage of the 2006 Federal Election at VOCM in Newfoundland. Once again, 45 North utilized the 4 camera mobile to provide live national coverage of a radio phone-in show to allow Canadians to express their ideas about the upcoming election.
In addition, 45 North provided single camera coverage of a speech by the Governor General Michael Jean in Halifax, as well on-going contributions to the regular series “Outburst”.
Canadian Antiques Roadshow
When the Canadian Antiques Roadshow hit the road, it was traveling with two DigiBeta EFP field packages from 45 North.
Technical Producer Daniel Cassie called on 45 North to provide complete packages for the field segments, including everything from EZ-Rig camera supports to Warm Cards.
Caribbean Workout 2006
Athens Communications in Montreal successfully completed production of season 13 of Caribbean Workout in beautiful Barbados. 45 North supplied the Air-Pak system configured with 4 cameras, and the engineering talents of Steve Bicknell and Ron Macdonald.
Producer George Athens continues to supply this high quality production to OLN, as well as outlets around the world.
ECC - Night of Champions
45 North provided their Air-Pak Mobile, with 3 cameras, instant replay and crew to Advanced Systems to provide live to tape coverage of a mixed martial arts event in Halifax, NS.
At the event 45 North demonstrated the versatility of the Sony Anycast System for use in small and medium sized productions.
Boxing
45 North again provided both crew and cameras to Advanced Systems of Halifax, NS to provide coverage and image mag for an exciting night of Boxing at the Halifax Forum.
Canadian Antiques Roadshow
The 2007 Canadian Antiques Roadshow team has chosen 45 North to provide Digibeta cameras and accessories for their current Canadian tour.
This year the production starts in Vernon, BC, and they work their way east to Charlottetown, PEI. Watch for this highly rated series on CBC TV.
Comedy Pilot
45 North supplied our popular air-pack mobile, with 6 cameras and crew, for the production of a television pilot, produced by The Halifax Film Company.
Shot at Electropolis Studios in Halifax, this new comedy concept (presently unnamed) will be used to shop the concept to potential broadcast customers.
Training Videos - Javitech
“From Ship to Shore” is series of information videos produced, in two languages, by 45 North and Javitech Ltd. for The Fish Quality Project Advisory Group. They describe, in accurate detail, the process and methods of modern, non invasive, harvesting methods for the groundfish and lobster industries.
Kimberly-Clark
“Embracing the Challenge” is a descriptive video produced through
45 North and Kimberly-Clark Canadian Timberlands Division. The video highlights the beneficial results of modern harvesting methods and their benefit to this essential renewable resource.
This video production chronicles a step by step harvesting methodology that can be easily applied by woodland operators of all sizes.
Recent Projects
ICF CANOE ’09
Canada’s
Super Speller
Caribbean Workout ’09
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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ICF CANOE ’09
The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the largest international sporting event held in Atlantic Canada to date, chose 45 North to provide over 35 hours of Multi-Cam Broadcast Coverage during their week long event. Our expertise in Live Event Coverage provided the Organizers with terrestrial, satellite and web video feeds from Lake Banook to millions of viewers and fans on every Continent.
CANADA’S SUPER SPELLER
Halifax Film, a DHX Media company in association with CBC Television chose 45 North to provide TD/TP and Crewing Services for their multiple participant backgrounder & location filming, in locations across the country, and then for the final studio productions.
Canada’s Super Speller, hosted by CBC’s Evan Solomon (CBC News: Sunday), is an entertaining and educational 5 x 1 hour episode series that determines which young contestant’s performance ultimately spells S-U-C-C-E-S-S!
Caribbean Workout 2009
Athens Communications again trusted in 45 North to provide Production Services, Equipment and Crew for their 16th anniversary of the Caribbean Workout, one of the longest running and most televised shows of its kind in the world. Caribbean Workout reaches millions of homes each day in more than 75 countries. Always ahead of the competition with talent, exercise trends, and production values, the Caribbean Workout was also the first exercise show to be shot in HD and broadcast on HDNET in the USA. Season 16 of Caribbean Workout was again filmed in beautiful Barbados.
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45 North are your Live Event Experts. Find out why we are repeatedly chosen to provide our Multi-Camera, Image Mag, Crewing & TD/TP services for music events and artists like; Sir Paul McCartney, Keith Urban, Joel Plaskett, Natalie MacMaster, Charlie Major, Johnny Reid, Great Big Sea, Wintersleep, Thornley, The Trews, Econoline Crush and many, many more...