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Trilogy’s Gemini Performs At
London’s Royal Opera House
T

he Royal Opera House in London
has installed a Gemini intercom
system from Trilogy.
Unlike a conventional theatre
intercom, which uses an open ring
system, the complexity of opera and
ballet productions requires technical
communications to be addressable.
Gemini allows panels in any part of
the theatre, using programmable
keys to call other users as required.
It also interfaces with conventional
intercom equipment such as
headsets and radio packs.
One of the challenges in the
installation was that the new
technology needed to operate over
existing multi-core cables, as there
was no time during the theatre’s
annual two-week dark period to
install new cabling. So signalling
data, programme quality audio, DC
power for panels and IP audio are
all carried in existing multi-core
cables. The ability to work over
existing cabling was proven during

TV5 Monde Selects
Pixel Power Systems
The Royal Opera House in London is one of the world’s leading opera and
ballet theatres

on-site trials ahead of ﬁnal bespoke
developments, including custom
panels for the prompt corner desk.
The installed solution included
twelve conventional 24 Lever Key
Panels reconfigured to run on
DC power, four touch desktops
connected to the system over IP
to allow them to be located and
relocated with ease, and 17 bespoke

ruggedised stations designed to
take the day-to-day punishments of
vulnerable locations such as rigging.
All elements of the system run
on a network of three Gemini
intercom matrices connected using
Trilogy’s proprietary High Speed Link
(HSL) which provides a redundant
audio pathway.

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China’s Urumqi TV Builds HD OB Truck
rumqi T V, a broadcaster
in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region, has equipped
its new 10-channel HD OB van with
an extensive deployment of Snell
equipment.

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Kahuna panel and GUI

CHN: Hong Kong-based postproduction studio Digit Digit
chose DVS technology when
building up the core infrastructure
of its new facility in Beijing.
Following an update in 2010
with four DVS SpycerBoxes in its
HQ, Digit Digit decided to invest
in the proven technology again
when opening up its new studio.
The DVS SpycerBoxes form 288
TB of central storage in a single
namespace – aggregating all content
processed on the third-party clients.

Beijing-based systems integrator
Sanitec supplied Urumqi TV with
a Kahuna multi-format production
switcher, Pyxis router, Kudos
Plus TBS800 SD/HD/3Gbps
format converter, and IQ Modular
infrastructure. These advanced
systems, which represent Urumqi
TV’s most significant broadcast
equipment investment to date, will
support high-quality live broadcasting
of news, sports events, and various
entertainment shows.
Designed for fast-paced, live
production environments, Snell’s
Kahuna production switcher

combines a comprehensive and
versatile feature set with innovative
signal processing capability. Kahuna
offers simultaneous SD and HD
operation in the same mainframe
with a single control panel. Its
advanced FormatFusion pixel-ﬁltering
technology enables Urumqi TV to
integrate any SD material – such as
hand-held camera feeds, graphics, or
archive material – into HD productions
seamlessly, without upconversion.
The Kudos Plus TBS800 format
converter provides the new Urumqi
TV OB van with multi-rate 3Gbps, HD,
and SD inputs and outputs.

FRA: TV5 Monde has purchased
Pixel Power’s ChannelMaster
integrated playout technology.
The French broadcaster has
also installed Gallium, Pixel
Power’s integrated and scalable
scheduling, asset management
and automation system.
The ChannelMaster 3D system
and dual Gallium servers have
been installed to handle the
playout of a new children’s channel.
TV5 Monde broadcasts a range
of French language channels
that required cost-effective, yet
graphically rich playout system.

Mistika System
Expands The Farm
GBR: The Farm Group in London
has added to its resources
with the purchase of a Mistika
system at its Soho Headquarters.
Following a search for a futureproof solution that would move
the facility beyond HD capability,
the The Farm invested in Mistika.
Put straight to work on Dennis
Kelly’s cryptic thriller for Channel
4, ‘Utopia’, The Farm’s Mistika now
serves as one the facility’s primary
workflow tools.

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