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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 10 | November 2019

InStudio

bTV Selects Autoscript And Vinten Kit
b

TV Media Group, Bulgaria's TV
audience leader, has installed
state-of-the-art teleprompter and
camera support equipment from
Autoscript and Vinten in an all-new
innovative studio.
Located in the Bulgarian capital
of Sofia, the futuristic broadcast
newsroom incorporates seven Vinten
Quartz pedestals with Vector 750 panand-tilt heads, along with Autoscript
EPIC-IP17 teleprompters.
In addition to bTV, Bulgaria's first
private national TV station, the bTV
Media Group's television unit consists
of market-leading channels bTV Action,
bTV Cinema, bTV Comedy, bTV Lady,

and RING. The new studio is the largestscale technological project in the
history of bTV and is unique in Central
and Eastern Europe, featuring three
multifunctional sets, 11 video walls, and
a total area of 450 square metres.
The Autoscript and Vinten equipment
is part of an overall design based
on maximum flexibility in camera
choreography and functional efficiency.
Each camera setup includes an
Autoscript EPIC-IP17 teleprompter
sporting a sleek carbon-fibre hood,
together with an integrated talent
monitor.
"It's an honour to see our equipment
playing a key role in bTV's new studio

Each camera setup includes an Autoscript EPIC-IP17 teleprompter

Vitec Production Solutions offer flexibility within the interactive 360° set

project," said Martin Leuenberg,
Autoscript and Vinten Regional Sales
Manager. "The showpiece new studio
- including a unique 360-degree set
- enables bTV journalists to present
the most important news, sports,
and current events in an even more
dynamic, accessible, and interactive
way. The Vinten heads and pedestals,
coupled with the Autoscript prompting
solutions, play a critical role in this
effort by empowering bTV camera
operators and its on-air talent."
Established in 2000, viewership
leader bTV - www.btv.bg - is the first

private national TV channel in Bulgaria.
bTV sets the trends on the market
and offers the most trusted news and
only the highest quality entertainment
and fiction content on all platforms.
A technology trendsetter, bTV was
among the first to introduce HD,
3D-mapping, augmented reality, 360°
video and 360° livestream online, it
now utilises a unique hi-tech studio.
bTV is part of bTV Media Group,
operating six TV channels, several
digital platforms, and five radio
stations, and it is majority owned by
Central European Media Enterprises.

Riedel In Play At Pan American
and Parapan American Games
R

iedel Communications supplied a
turnkey A/V solution for the 2019
Pan American and Parapan American
Games, recently completed in Lima,
Peru.
Riedel was the official audio/video
partner for this year's games, supplying
all signal distribution systems and
intercom communications for a record
42 competition venues and three
noncompetition venues. This included
the real-time transport of baseband
HD production signals for events such
as weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics,
archery,
handball,
marathon,
20-kilometer and 50-kilometre walk
races, racquetball, and water polo.
Marc Schneider, Director of Global
Events for Riedel Communications,
said: "Putting on an international
sporting event of this scale is a massive
undertaking, but our team lives for
this type of complex challenge. Just as
we have proven time and time again,
Riedel's integrated solutions offer
the power, flexibility, reliability, and

simplicity needed to drive this worldclass sporting event."
Riedel supplied all audio systems
for the 2019 Pan American and
Parapan American Games, including
PA systems, microphone systems,
and specialised solutions, such as
underwater speakers. The comms
solutions included 45 Artist digital
matrix intercom systems with 50
panels, 110 commentator boxes, and
220 Bolero beltpacks and headsets.
The 2019 Pan American and
Parapan American Games were
the first to achieve seamless venue
communications without radios, with

Riedel was the official audio/video
partner for this year's games

all crews relying solely on Bolero
wireless intercom systems. With
Riedel's
Artist-integrated
Bolero
solution installed in every venue,
all teams could benefit from total
flexibility and reliable full-duplex
communication. In most of the venues,
comprehensive coverage could be
achieved with just a single Bolero
antenna.
To ensure that all spectators had
access to the same experience, Riedel
also supplied all 17 Parapan venues
with FM devices for assistive hearing
and audio descriptive services of
the performances and announcer
broadcasts.
A MediorNet signal backbone drove
LED screens and scoreboards and
provided the control systems for
the local productions at each venue.
In addition, the signal backbone
provided all of the pool feeds for host
broadcaster Mediapro. The Riedel
team supplied all cabling at each
venue for interconnection, routing,

Riedel supplied all
the audio systems

and distribution of timing, scoring,
results, and broadcast signals across
the venue. In total, the signal transport
solutions in Lima consisted of over
130 MediorNet nodes and nearly 180
kilometres of fibre.
In addition to equipment, Riedel
supported the games with an onsite engineering team consisting of
75 international and 182 local crew
members.
As
the
world's
third-largest
international multisport events, the
2019 Pan American and Parapan
American Games saw a combined total
of 9,500 athletes from 41 nations
participating in 419 events across 39
sports.
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