Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation’s new 4K OB van features an advanced all-IP intercom system that accommodates flexible audio routing and clear communications across the production team. Riedel’s Artist and SmartPanel systems support rapid creation of video content for new media platforms along with traditional broadcast output.
‘The convergence of linear and nonlinear media and the migration of broadcasting to IP have brought greater complexity to production,’ says a Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation representative. ‘Traditional intercom systems aren’t designed to handle the higher volume of signal connections and more complicated routing requirements associated with modern production, but Riedel’s advanced IP-compatible intercom systems are up to the challenge.
‘The Riedel Artist and SmartPanel systems integrate smoothly into the SMPTE ST 2110-based IP infrastructure implemented on this new van and, if needed, can easily connect to any other IP-based infrastructure.’
The 4K OB van is equipped with a Riedel Artist 64 intercom matrix, with RSP-1232HL and RSP-2318 SmartPanels in a spine-and-leaf configuration. The systems communicate with other devices via Layer-3, which enables both resilience and flexibility in signal routing. The NMOS API running on Artist facilitates central control, while IS-04 and IS-05 support streamlines multicast routing for faster commissioning and system changes and a simpler overall workflow. To maintain synchronisation the Artist systems lock to the system PTP timing server, whether connecting directly or via a boundary clock. This also allows the intercom system to connect to other systems in IP mode.
The OB van’s first assignment will be the live broadcast of the 14th National Games of the People’s Republic of China, which begin in September in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.
‘China is already at the forefront in implementing IP infrastructure for radio and television,’says Riedel China General Manager, Gao Jian. ‘Together, media convergence and the emergence of 5G have enabled China’s radio and television broadcasters to take another leap ahead in this field. Riedel has been an intercom and transmission solutions provider for more than 35 years, and we’re proud to be supporting China’s advances in deploying IP-based systems.’
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