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Qatar TV Orders Lawo Gear
For OB Trucks
Q

atar TV, based in Doha, has
recently ordered Lawo audio,
video and control infrastructure for its
two new OB trucks.
Each vehicle comprises a 24-fader
mc²36 audio console plus external and
fixed installed DALLIS I/O stageboxes,
an A__madi4 Audio-to-IP interface as
well as one V__pro8 video processor
and router. Overall control of the OB
van equipment is performed via a redundantly designed Lawo VSM (Virtual
Studio Manager). The OBs are being
built under the coordination of system
integrator Sony Professional Solutions
MEA.
The two new vehicles bring the
number of Qatar TV's Lawo-equipped
OB vans to up to four after the broadcaster had already fitted previous OB
vans in 2012 with Lawo mc²56 consoles
and VSM. For years, Qatar TV has
been a Lawo customer, using Lawo
systems for outside broadcast as well
as for their new Broadcast Center in
Doha, opened 2012, with Master Con-

trol Room, Central Apparatus Room,
450m² News Studio, as well as 1,013m²
Production Studio and Edit Studios.
The solutions provided for the studio
complex include three networked
mc²56 audio production consoles, redundant Nova73 HD central router as
well as VSM for the overall control.
VSM Virtual Studio Manager supports control protocols used by all
major brands and models of video and
audio routers, video and audio mixers,
intercoms, UMDs and multiviewers,
glue equipment, and other third-party
devices.
Lawo's mc²36 all-in-one audio mixing
desk features uncompromised sound
quality and Lawo-grade mic preamps,
offering unprecedented value for
money. As it is natively equipped with
RAVENNA/AES67 technology, the
mc²36 integrates seamlessly into IP
infrastructures.
Handling different video formats and
integrating audio and video, Qatar TV
uses their V__pro8 mainly for audio

Lawo for Qatar TV OBs

embedding and de-embedding, but
also for format conversion and colour
correction. As it combines many video
and audio features in one tool, the
V__pro8 saves Qatar TV a lot of rack
space in their new vehicles.
The A__madi4 high-quality Audioto-IP interface for broadcast, live and
install applications is designed for the
transport of analogue and digital audio
signals via IP network environments,

and for establishing IP-based audio
networks.
Based on RAVENNA technology, all
Lawo A__line devices are also compatible with the AES67 audio-over-IP
interoperability standard, and come
with VisCon__navigator as standard.
Beside four MADI interfaces, the Lawo
A__madi4 also provides two RAVENNA / AES67 Ethernet ports and eight
GPIOs.

Italy's NVP Builds Market Leading
4K OB Truck With SAM

NVP's
state-of-the-art
4K OB truck

I

talian
broadcast
production
company NVP has chosen SAM to
build a new state-of-the-art 4K OB truck
that positions NVP at the forefront of
4K OB production in Europe.
SAM worked with long-term partner
Video Progetti to help design the
truck to support NVP's OB production
services that need to encompass
SD, HD, UHD, SDR and HDR content
simultaneously.

The natural choice for managing
multiformat productions is SAM's
Kahuna switcher, eliminating the
need for external conversion. To
support multiformat switching SAM
supplied its Sirius 840 router. The
high performance router allows any
combination of signal formats and
processing, with no limitations on
signal timing or synchronisation,
and no compromises on redundancy,
monitoring or expansion capability.
Nataliano
Pintabona,
Founder,
Owner and General Manager at NVP

SAM
Kahuna switcher

commented: "Our
new OB van ranks
amongst the most
technologically
a d v a n c e d
production units
in Europe and
is
recognised
primarily for its
technical
and
operational efficiency. We use it for
the most challenging productions all
over Europe. SAM's technology is a
critical piece of the puzzle when it
comes to meeting
the
evolving
requirements in the
market place.
"The
new
truck means we
are
capable
of
producing SD, HD,
UHD,
SDR
and
HDR video, as well
as leveraging the

latest technologies such as IP. SAM's
solutions have really transformed our
live production workflow."
Robert Szabó-Rowe, EVP and
General Manager, Live Production and
Infrastructure at SAM commented:
"We worked closely with the teams
at NVP and Video Progetti to design
the most flexible solution possible, all
within the budget constraints that NVP
had. We are delighted this resulted
in an OB truck able to produce the
highest quality content for some of the
largest and most demanding media
organisations around the world."
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