Televizia Markiza, a leading commercial television broadcaster in Slovakia, is now fully high definition after adding a new outside broadcast truck to its fleet. Its latest HD vehicle was built by German systems integrator Broadcast Solutions working with Slovakian company ELEKONIKA and is designed for both general location production and studio disaster recovery situations.
Students at the Leipzig University for Technology, Economy and Culture (HTWK), in Saxony, Germany, now have access to a fully featured 24-fader Lawo mc²36 audio production console. The concept among faculty is that by closely integrating theory and practice—specifically by using professional equipment—the school can achieve a comprehensive practice-orientated education and can keep the commitment of its students at a high level.
Qatar TV, based in Doha, has built two new HD-capable OB vans and equipped them with a full complement of Lawo audio, video and control infrastructure products. System integrator Sony Professional Solutions MEA is building the new production trucks.
Even with the emphasis on video automation and networking in news production, sound remains a key part of the process. This is illustrated by Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) fitting out the audio areas of its main television news studios with a new networked mixing and distribution system based on the Solid State Logic (SSL) System T audio over IP (AoIP)-based product range.
Hong Kong broadcaster TVB has upgraded its facility with three Artemis digital audio consoles from Calrec, each one supporting a different production studio. The three new Artemis consoles are replacing legacy Calrec Alpha desks that have been in service at TVB for close to a decade.
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has announced that Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) has gone live with its end-to-end IP infrastructure at RTL Group’s new Luxembourg headquarters, RTL City.
