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Custom Consoles Module-R
Desks for IENA Stadium MCR
C

ustom
Consoles
recently
completed a twin-desk project
for Switzerland's National Equestrian
Institute (IENA).
Working in partnership with the
Geneva, Zurich and Lugano based
broadcast systems integrator Visuals,
two desks based on the Module-R
series have been produced and
installed in a sports broadcast master
control room at the IENA stadium in
Avenches.
Visual's Broadcast Systems Project
Manager Peter Sullivan comments:
"The new facility essentially replaces
a large outside broadcast trailer
which IENA transported to various
venues. As a subsidiary project, we
have equipped a new smaller mobile
vehicle for coverage of sport events
at other locations. Our role at the
Avenches stadium was to de-install
the equipment from the trailer and
mount it permanently in the new
control room. We have worked with
Custom Consoles before and find the

A mix-and-match control
Module-R series an ideal
room
furniture
range,
basis for progressing from
Custom Consoles' Module-R
initial planning phase to fully
enables
aesthetically
functioning control desks.
attractive long-life desks to
We made a draft layout
be configured in a variety of
showing what equipment
shapes and dimensions from
was going where. Custom
a selection of high-quality
Consoles then did finepods, base sections, 19-inch
tuning. Space was a key
rack housings, worktops,
issue, resolved by choosing
end-panel modules and legs.
desks with shorter frontto-back dimensions and
Coordinated desk pods
compact 3U high equipment
are available as single-bay
The Custom Consoles Module-R desk in the IENA Stadium MCR sections with up 10 rack unit
pods rather than the taller
and deeper 6U."
Located just over a metre behind chassis capacity.
Module-R has been tested by FIRA
The larger of the two desks is a the main desk is a 1.6 metre wide
2.6 metre wide by 950 cm front-to- second desk with a Panasonic camera to ensure compliance with current ISO
back five-bay rectangular unit with a controller allowing up to 100 IP- standards.
It is supplied with full cable
centrally inset Sony vision switcher connected remote cameras to be
and, to the right, six inset camera operated from a single joystick. The management and internal 19 inchcontrol units. Each of the five bays is camera controller bay incorporates racking, accessible via removable front
fitted with a 3U high equipment pod. A a 3U equipment pod. To its right is and rear cover panels.
All rear surfaces and pods are
2.6 metre wide monitor rack supports an audio production position with a
live source, preview and transmission custom inset well to mount the Yamaha completely interchangeable. A full
video displays plus near-field monitor DM1000 audio mixer and a monitor length cable brush enables easy
reconfiguration.
loudspeakers.
bridge.

Appear TV Solution For VAR System
A

ppear TV has deployed low
latency contribution links for the
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system
in top football leagues in Europe and
Asia, strengthening its position as a
preferred vendor for this application.
During broadcasted sporting events,
video footage of an incident is reviewed
by the VAR, who then advises the
referee on what the video is showing
so that a more accurate, on-the-spot
decision can be made. For football,
this typically ranges from scoring
plays/goals, penalties, red cards and
mistaken identity, and serves as an
added tool to relook at the play or
incident to ensure the correct call was
made on the field.
Appear TV's X20 contribution links
are currently deployed in OB vans,
where a single X20 chassis encodes
more than 20 signals with low latency
before being encapsulated to IP and
sent to the video operation room
(VOR).
At the reception site, the X20
system decodes the signals for further
analysis. Some of these signals are

then encoded in the same chassis and
sent back to the OB vans.
"We are very proud to be delivering
a solution with unique characteristics
that is re-defining video delivery in
the contribution segment," says Sergio
Renteria, Sales Director at Appear
TV. "Multi-camera video alignment,
multiple codec and format support,
and a rich variety of input and output
interfaces enable our clients to satisfy
several requirements, such as delivery
of UHD services and transition to
IP workflows, all of which have an
increasing demand in the years to
come."

The X20, part of Appear TV's X-Series
line that includes the X10 and X20,
supports "lightweight" intra-codecs
(JPEG2000 & TICO) as well as AVC and
HEVC. Option modules for receiving
compressed or uncompressed video
from IP or SDI (Optical and Electrical)
are readily available. With backplane
latency of less than 1ms, universal
applicability for virtually any video
application is ensured, as is the
implementation of both current and
future IP video standards, including
VSF-TR03, VSF-TR04 and SMPTE2110.
Appear TV's X20 is ideal for VAR
as it fulfils the highly demanding

Appear TV low latency links for VAR

requirements for this application. With
its unique offering of channel density
and ability to combine encoding and
decoding of multiple contribution
formats in the same chassis, the
X-Series delivers excellent video
quality in a redundant architecture to
ensure the highest availability. The
need for high-quality video with low
latency is crucial for the referees to
verify calls made on the field. With the
X-Series, content can be sent to the
referee monitors immediately following
capture allowing them to make the
right call, and not hold up game play.

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