The russian TV-START invests in CrossNET Intercom solution for their new production studio and OB Van 08/07/2021
All the configuration and setup of the complete system was managed remotely between TV-START technical team and AEQ central support department
TV START is a Russian television production company with a broad technical base. It offers any service or infrastructure for broadcasting, such as rental of equipment for a complete television production, or live broadcast of any event through a complete and capable human team.
Headquartered in Moscow, TV-START can offer their services in any region of Russia, CIS countries or Central and East Europe. In addition, using fly pack equipment, they can produce events on different continents and far away countries.
Mr. Antón Shirokov, TVSTART's COO, has taken a moment in the middle of a production to speak with us. He describes his equipment and activity to us: “We have five OB Van, four of them with satellite connection, with teleport connection, twelve commentator positions, 80 independent lines of communication with the uplink to send the signal to satellite. Apart from event production, we are also dedicated to broadcasting different television channels. Specifically, we provide this service to five TV channels from our own production center. We have known AEQ for a long time, the first equipment we acquired from AEQ was a commentator unit or CU”.
TV START observed wide technical advantages in AEQ's intercom systems and the company's management included them in their 2021 technology upgrade plans, in which they built a static studio and a new OB Van.
The flexibility of the TP8000 panels in terms of connectivity - via IP audio, point-to-point digital links, and IP voice with low bit rate, are key features for TV-START. The wide processing capacity of the panels (parametric eq, filters, noise gate, compressor, expander, and limiter) that acoustically adapts them to any user and work style, it is also highly valued by users.
The Intercom solution picked for the studio is based on an AEQ Crossnet 72 intercom matrix, used for the distribution of audio signals. Also, four TP8116 wired user panels in rack format with 16 keys and four pages, for the control gallery and two TP8416 (desktop version), with the same keyboard to program communications, plus an additional telephone type keyboard, for executive management and production office workplaces.
On-board system: Left photo, camera operator, video switcher and producer positions.
Right photo: Crossnet intercom matrix.