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InStudio

Avid Graphics For Euronews

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uronews, the multilingual news
channel headquartered in Lyon,
France, has chosen graphics solutions
from Avid's Media Suite and Studio
Suite to provide extensive on-screen
branding and live production graphics
for its new facility.
The implementation of the Avid
Media Suite and Studio Suite is part
of Euronews' ongoing strategy to
accelerate digital distribution to global
platforms as the channel expands its
international presence, harnessing the
power of Avid Everywhere.
Euronews is a full 24/7 multimedia
world news platform, broadcasting
globally in 13 languages. As part of
its plans to expand its worldwide
baseband and digital distribution
channels, Euronews recently moved
to a brand new broadcast production
facility in Lyon and took the
opportunity to boost the functionality
of its studios. In 2016, Euronews will
launch Africanews, the first panAfrican multilingual news channel.
"Euronews
is
an
ambitious
and
forward-thinking
broadcast

organisation that was hampered by
limitations on its operations," said Ofir
Benovici, Senior Director, Broadcast
Products at Avid. "By embracing Avid
Everywhere the team can now create
the engaging, high quality graphics
that they need to ensure retention and
growth of their audiences around the
world."
Euronews installed a Maestro
enterprise graphic suite to achieve
an end-to-end graphics workflow for
news programmes, live events and
on-screen branding for two channels
from Euronews' Master Control Room.
In addition, a graphics playout solution
comprised of Maestro, 3DPlay, and
PowerWall, powered by the HDVG
video rendering platform, feeds
graphics onto a video wall in the studio
for live production.
"Legacy control equipment at our
previous facility limited our ability
to expand and develop our graphics
capability, particularly as we needed
to increase the number of broadcast
channels," said Cecile Leveaux, CTO,
Euronews.

Euronews has
chosen Avid
graphics solutions

"We had maintained a strong
relationship with the Orad professional
services team for many years,
and prior to moving premises, we
discussed our requirements in detail
with them. Their suggested set-up
based on the HDVG rendering platform
will enable us to create world-class
graphics and scale the system
seamlessly as we continue to grow."
"We are very proud of this project
carried out by the trusted relationship
that we've had with the Orad team for

many years," added Gregory Samak,
Broadcast Director, Euronews.
Euronews opened its new facility on
October 15, 2015.
Euronews covers news worldwide,
offering a unique perspective on
events through factual analysis.
Six hundred journalists, from more
than 30 countries, report round-theclock in 13 editions (Arabic, English,
Persian, French, German, Greek,
Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian).

Al Jazeera Balkans Upgrades
With Calrec Audio
A

s part of an expansion and
upgrade project, Bosnia's Al
Jazeera Balkans has installed a
Calrec router core, two Artemis audio
consoles, and a Summa console. The
router core provides the hub for a
centralised audio network that allows
resources to be shared among all of its
studios.
"Al Jazeera Balkans started in
November 2011 with one studio
and one stand-alone digital audio
console. When we decided to expand
our facility, we chose Calrec because
they offer very powerful, rock-solid
consoles built with broadcasters in
mind. That's why Calrec is at the heart
of our audio infrastructure," said Mirad
Isakovic, Manager of the Broadcast
Technology Department at Al Jazeera
Balkans.
"Our operators like Calrec consoles
because they are user-friendly, the
surface is clearly organised and
arranged in a way that makes sense,
and everything is readily available.

Calrec simply makes the operators'
lives easier. Now we have two
television studios and we can share
cameras, microphones, and other
sources from one studio to another."
Al Jazeera Balkans has installed
identical Artemis Light consoles in
its TV studios and a Summa console
- the first Summa in the Al Jazeera
organisation - in the new radio studio.
The consoles, along with eight I/O
boxes placed throughout the facility,
connect to the router core via Calrec's
Hydra2 networking protocol. By using
the Hydra2 network, the consoles can
share signals and resources as needed.
The Artemis consoles also integrate
with the broadcaster's Mosart
automation system. Operators can
control functions such as patching,
routing, equalisation, and faders if
needed, while Mosart controls only
the faders. This ability to automate
fader control speeds up operations and
makes workflows more efficient.
"Calrec provided excellent support.

We had to replace our existing
console with the Artemis overnight so
that it would be ready for live news
production the next day. That meant
our installation timeline was extremely
tight," Isakovic said.
Currently Al Jazeera Balkans is only
using one of the Artemis consoles
(in the main TV studio) for live news.
The broadcaster is conducting dry
runs with the second Artemis and the
Summa and expects them to go live in
February 2016.
"Al Jazeera Balkans needed a fully
integrated audio solution that ensures

Al Jazeera Calrec Artemis Operator

all resources and signals will be
available on any console at any time,
which is precisely what our Hydra2
network is designed to do," said Mike
Reddick, International Sales Manager
for Calrec.
"Now, instead of having one standalone console with limited I/O, Al
Jazeera Balkans has multiple, larger
consoles with more faders and layers;
more PGM, AUX, group, and track
buses; more functionality; more
flexibility; and more efficiency - all
linked on a Hydra2.
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