The first desk was purchased in the summer of 2012 to service the needs of the popular BBC1 show Saturday Kitchen, together with other programmes that had moved to new television studios in Clapham, South West London.
The second desk, delivered almost a year later in 2013, has recently been installed in Prolink's High Definition Outside Broadcast unit.
"We completed a significant upgrade to the vision side of the truck in early 2013 and we scheduled the mid-year period to give the sound facilities a similar make over," says Prolink director Andrew Dugard, speaking of the DiGiCo acquisition. "The new desk had to squarely meet the needs of the jobs we attract, which are typically between eight and ten cameras with a good number of mic, VT and grams sources.
"The size of our truck also makes it a useful add-on to larger OBs, either as a presentation or unilateral facility, so the ability to easily interface with other trucks was also a consideration."
(Jim Evans)
