Japanese cable manufacturer Canare’s stand has an ambulance on it – complete with flashing lights and siren – so that president and CEO Jun-ichiro Ohno and his team can attend to cable emergencies without delay.

European office manager Stanislaw Mendyk in the back of the cable repair ambulance

European office manager Stanislaw Mendyk in the back of the cable repair ambulance

Inside the SMPTE cable ambulance is everything a technician would need to fully repair optical hybrid camera cables on site within hours, saving a trip to the lab. General manager Tomasz Kolaczyk told the IBC Daily: “This is our new approach to keeping broadcasts going as intended: by building such labs into a car or van, which can then be present at the biggest sports or live TV events.”

Available for demonstration in the rear of the van is a range of the cables and connectors that the company produces and sells.

Canare Europe GmbH is exhibiting at IBC2019 on Stand 10.B40.