CHAPTER 4
Mobile Unit/OB Van
The mobile unit is the nerve center of a sports production. It is where everything comes together in order to effectively communicate the competition.
Dan MacLellan, Technical Manager, Four Olympic Games
A mobile unit, often referred to as a remote truck or outside broadcast (OB) van is a mobile television control room. Mobile units come equipped with a video switcher, intercom, graphics, audio, record/playback decks, and all the engineering equipment required to maintain a quality signal.
Remote trucks come in a variety of sizes and are equipped accordingly. Many are not even trucks. Although they may be referred to as trucks, mobile units may be trailers, buses, 16m tractor-trailers, RVs, bread trucks or vans. ...
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