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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 5 | May 2019

InTech

BBC World Service Selects
ECRESO FM Transmitters
W

orldCast Systems, a leading
supplier of advanced broadcast
solutions for customers across the
globe, has announced an agreement
to supply ECRESO FM transmitters and
associated services to the BBC World
Service - one of the world's largest
international news organisations,
broadcasting radio and TV in 42
languages.
The agreement covers the supply
of racks equipped with ECRESO FM
transmitters in a 1+1 redundant
configuration and an ECRESO Control
Unit. WorldCast Systems associated
services include system integration,
transmitter configuration, testing,
delivery, and transmitter operations
training.
Simon Gosby from World Service
Distribution said: "We are pleased
to partner with WorldCast as part
of our FM transmitter replacement
programme and look forward to
continuing to provide a reliable service

for our global audience."
WorldCast Systems, with its
ECRESO brand, leverages over
60 years of RF experience and
has an extensive range of FM
transmitters within the low,
medium, and high-power range.
Some of the main advantages of
the ECRESO FM transmitters are
its high efficiency of 72% and
its innovative onboard features
such as 5-Band audio processing
hosted in the direct to channel
digital modulator, dynamic RDS
encoding, and MPX over AES
compatibility. It is also fully
featured for local maintenance
and configuration as well as
extensive remote control by web
server and SNMP.
Six 1,000 watt and two 2,000
watt 1+1 systems have now been
shipped to the UK before final delivery
to broadcast sites in Africa and Asia.
WorldCast Systems engineers high-

Racks of ECRESO FM 1000W
in 1+1 redundancy

performing, reliable and innovative
broadcast solutions to the radio &

TV industry worldwide, meeting the
needs of both international broadcast
networks and small private stations.
Its industry leading brands
include APT, Ecreso, and
Audemat, with an extensive
offer including audio codecs
and mobile network access
for remotes and OBs, FM
transmitters, RDS encoding
and sound processing, and RF
signal monitoring, test and
measurement.
The BBC attracts a weekly
global news audience of 347
million people to its international
news services including BBC
World Service, BBC World News
television channel and bbc.com/
news.
BBC World Service delivers
news content around the world
in 42 languages, on radio, TV
and digital, reaching a weekly
audience of 279 million.
As part of BBC World Service, BBC
Learning English teaches English to
global audiences.

Pliant Expands Global
Distribution Network

G&D Implements Java Free
KVM Configuration Tool

P

G

liant Technologies is expanding its
global network with the addition
of Audio Plus as its new Poland
distributor.
Audio Plus will offer Pliant's full
range of CrewCom professional
wireless intercom systems, along
with its complete line of SmartBoom
headsets to its customers. Audio Plus
works with MI shops, rental companies,
broadcasters, integrators, theatres,
cultural organisations, cinemas, clubs,
educational institutions, houses of
worship and other B2B clients in the
region.
"Pliant Technologies is unrivalled
among
wireless
communications
systems," said Paweł Kuhn, Director
of Marketing at Audio Plus. "CrewCom
is reliable, expandable, efficient
and has many unique user features
that fit perfectly with the needs of
our customers. We
see Pliant as an
innovative company
that fills a gap in our
product portfolio."

Audio Plus is one of the oldest
and most reputable suppliers of
professional audio equipment in
Poland. Its portfolio of professional
audio brands includes Electro-Voice,
L-Acoustics, Dynacord, Biamp and
Wisycom.
"We are excited to be working with
Audio Plus and to have their excellent
support in Central Europe," said Gary
Rosen, Vice President of Global Sales
for Pliant Technologies. "CrewCom
wireless intercom products give Audio
Plus' customers the ability to provide
dependable and scalable wireless
intercom coverage wherever it's
needed."

CrewCom's full
range will be
available

untermann & Drunck, a leading
KVM manufacturer, recently
announced a new, completely Javafree configuration tool for their KVM
systems.
The new Config Panel is a webbased application interacting with
an embedded client within the G&D
hardware device and does not require
any external software installation on
the source computers. In addition, the
company plans to completely detach
itself from Java based configuration
across its entire product range and
is now the first KVM manufacturer to
offer its users even more security for
every current product series.
In addition, the new Config Panel
improves upon operational usability,
making the tool even more intuitive
and easy to use. The tool also includes
many helpful features such as setup
and update wizards for complex
installations, which makes configuring
KVM devices easier and significantly
reduces installation time. With the
ability to configure groups and
therefore copy console settings and

G&D Java free Config Panel

apply them to another device, the new
Config Panel is much faster to use.
Further
enhancing
its
userfriendliness, G&D has added many
helpful functions such as a multilingual
glossary and context-related help.
Additionally, through the use of
explanatory graphics and animations,
operation is more intuitive and the
revised menu structure ensures a
clear overview. This allows system
administrators to know where they
are at all times within the application
and to not get lost in the configuration
menu structure.
G&D will implement the new Config
Panel incrementally across all of their
systems with availability for all current
KVM extenders, switches and matrix
systems, soon.
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