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CATS LTD. COVERS GREAT MIGRATION LIVESTREAM WITH CLEAR-COM A DX210 DIGITAL WIRELESS SYSTEM PROVIDES COMMUNICATIONS FOR FILMING TEAMS IN TANZANIA AND KENYA. Kenya-based CATS Limited was recently enlisted by renowned wildlife photographer, Jeffrey Wu, to assist with a first-of-its-kind livestream production of The Great Migration in Africa. Commissioned by video sharing social networking platforms TikTok and Douyin, the livestream aimed to showcase the stunning natural beauty of millions of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, and more migrating from Tanzania’s Serengeti to the fertile grasslands of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. CATS Limited Founder, Ayaz Rajput joined Wu’s longstanding local production partner, Irfan Kassam, to provide the technical expertise for this five-day event, where app users could tune in from 25 to 29 August. The project required seamless communications between two tour vehicles, each outfitted with three cameras, a vision mix, audio mix and streaming equipment, powered by onboard inverters and solar generators during the many hours of operation in the field. CATS Limited’s Clear-Com DX210 Digital Wireless Intercom was deployed for the project, with its main station in one vehicle, with the antennas oriented outside the vehicle and a BP210 two-channel 2.4 GHz wireless beltpack in the second vehicle. With Rajput in one vehicle, and Kassam in the other, this configuration provided the channel to coordinate vehicle movements,
technical troubleshooting and any other intervehicle communications. In the open plains, the production team was able to achieve up to 150m of wireless intercom range, which allowed enough distance between vehicles for the two hosts who were narrating the content – one speaking Mandarin and the other speaking English – to not interfere with one another, while still allowing Ayaz and Irfan to communicate over the comms. TikTok and Douyin partnered with the Kenya Tourism Board, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Conservation International in this event aimed to promote the importance
of biodiversity and to inspire wildlife protection around the world. “I am honored to be a part of such a noble cause,” commented Rajput. “It’s crazy to think that such a small team, with the help of a single DX210 system, could bring this message onto a global platform. After nine years of service in the industry here in Nairobi, clients and crew have become accustomed to our Clear-Com system, which is synonymous with the high quality of service that CATS Limited is known to provide.” Photos: Jeffrey Wu www.clearcom.com
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