April 15, 2013 - Bexel recently celebrated its 12th year supporting the global live broadcast of the Academy Awards with its largest effort to-date‰ connecting every major component of the 2013 show's broadcast together at the Dolby Theatre. Working with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including Engineer in Charge, Tad Scripter, and Hollywood & Highland management company CIM, Bexel implemented a comprehensive fiber optic network connecting key production locations such as Hollywood & Highland, Dolby Theatre, Loews Hotel and the domestic and international television compounds behind the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Blvd.

‰"With all the complexities involved in a live program, Bexel did a great job with no malfunctions!‰" Michael B. Seligman, supervising producer of the 85th Academy Awards.

For the Oscars, Bexel deployed more than 17 miles of temporary fiber. This is in addition to the four miles of permanent multi-strand fiber optic cables utilized to successfully transport HD/SD video, audio, data and communications signals for live simultaneous broadcasts of the Red Carpet Pre-Shows, the Oscar ceremony, backstage Press Interview and Photo Rooms and the Governors Ball, the Academy‰'s official celebration following the Oscars.

‰"The technical complexity of this project in connecting so many different elements of the show has continued to grow since we first installed the permanent fiber network into the Hollywood & Highland and Dolby Theatre complex back in 2001,‰"says Craig Schiller, vice president engineering and operations, Bexel. ‰"We continue to enhance the fiber optic network, as it is the backbone that allows us to make point-to-point connections and the reason we are able to service all of our customers so effectively.‰"

In addition, Bexel once again deployed its RF-Over-Fiber antenna system to enable all of the exciting action during the official Red Carpet Pre-Show. Bexel‰'s RF-Over-Fiber system provided unprecedented wireless communications coverage not previously available with a conventional wireless system. Bexel‰'s RF base camp was located at the ninety-degree turn of the Red Carpet, and was used as the head-end position. Four small RF fiber-site boxes were established along the Red Carpet and enabled connection for up to six antennas to ensure there was no loss of signal and that none of the evening‰'s star-studded arrivals were missed.

"Oscar weekend is without a doubt the most fiber-intensive event we do and the fact that it continues to flourish and continues to be such a success is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the professionals at Bexel,‰" adds Schiller.

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