In Broadcast - August 2017 - 38

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Indian Wells' Serves Up
RTS Technology
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ocated in Palm Desert, California in
the Coachella Valley, Indian Wells
Tennis Garden boasts 29 regulation
tennis courts.
At 16,100 seats its largest, Stadium
1, is the second-largest tennisdedicated stadium in the world. Indian
Wells is the host to the annual BNP
Paribas Open, a major two-week pro
tournament. Constantly evolving under
the ownership of Oracle founder Larry
Ellison, the facility recently rebuilt
and refurbished Stadium 1, including
a complete audio makeover that
features premium products from two

Bosch brands: RTS and Electro-Voice.
Technicomm Industries, an area firm
that has handled previous Indian
Wells expansions and upgrades, was
contracted to handle the upgrade.
"They decided to totally refurbish
the main stadium last year. One goal
of that change was to modernise the
intercom system," says Steve Burgess,
Project Manager for Technicomm. "We
wanted a system that could become
part of our site-wide Dante audio
network, and RTS was one of the few
brands with that capability."
Burgess contacted his regional RTS
rep, Jeff Shorsher, to
arrange a demo. Upon
experiencing the system's
capabilities,
Indian
Wells and Technicomm
agreed it was the smart
choice. Operating as
part of Indian Wells'
existing Dante matrix
ADAM-M digital matrix frame with OMNEO IP technology system
would create

great
flexibility,
enabling
both
inhouse and external
communications.
In
addition,
it
would
enable
Technicomm
to address another
need by eliminating
equipment clutter in
the broadcast booths.
"Over the years,
the booths, which are
quite small, had built up a variety of
equipment to meet communication
needs, including multiple radios,
cell phones, and a computer," notes
Burgess. "By integrating everything
together in a Dante network, the
RTS system met every need and
eliminated a ton of gear from that
booth. That made a lot of people
happy."
The intercom system is based on
an RTS ADAM-M digital matrix and
utilises OMNEO IP technology as its
networking backbone. A total of 15
RTS DKP-4016 desktop keypanels
and one rack-mount RTS KP-5032

DKP-4016 desktop keypanel

inset: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

keypanel are spread throughout the
sprawling Indian Wells facility, each
fitted with a gooseneck microphone.
"The programmability of the RTS
intercom system put us miles ahead
of our previous capabilities," says
Burgess. "We were able to route
several Dante audio streams into the
system and tailored each keypanel
to what that operator needs on it. We
were even able to incorporate the
audio stream for the Hawk-Eye line
judging system, which was a huge
advantage for the broadcast team."

Sneak Peek At Tedial's Evolution
Live Event Archive Solution

he European market will get
a sneak peek at the Tedial
Evolution Live Event Archive solution
via a presentation by Dan McDonnell,
Managing Director of Timeline
Television, at IBC2017.
McDonnell will lead a discussion on
the unique ability of Tedial software
to enhance and extend a major sports
archive. The presentation will be held
on Saturday, September 16 at 10.00am
on Tedial's stand.
UK based Timeline Television, a
major provider of OB, post-production,
and studio-based services, recently
deployed a Tedial Evolution archive
solution tightly integrated with EVS
products. McDonnell will demonstrate
how Tedial's full integration with the
most widely used Sports software
system has extended product features
for both the MAM and the production
tools in a deep, bi-directional
configuration.
Tedial Evolution enterprise MAM
tools include the world leading

Evolution Version Factory.
Focusing on efficiency, Tedial
will demonstrate an end-toend Interoperable Master
Format (IMF) workflow that
applies SMPTE IMF standards
to provide a reliable onpremises and proven SaaS
cloud solution for real world
distribution
applications.
Connected to Tedial's awardwinning Evolution Version Factory
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savings of an IMF plant with an endlocation driven, single workflow for
managing OTT, VOD and specialised
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supports UHD and HDR and provides
adopters with enhanced multiversioning support, and can address
late pending components for previous
watermarked versions.
Complete monitoring is fundamental
to maximise business efficiency

and cost-efficient storage system for
cloud workflows and hybrid scenarios
as it virtualises file locations. For those
customers managing a multisite, distributed operation,
AST can transparently manage
the same content in multiple
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assignment and data transfers
as needed. Its resilient and
scalable "Cloud First" design
Tedial Evolution's
allows facilities to grow
Dashboard tools
according to their needs,
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adapting
to
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Dashboard tools allow real-time
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monitoring of key performance now features multi-resolution MPEGindicators and reporting tools to DASH to enable full Web GUI without
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capacity.
integrates to Adobe Premier Pro
Addressing the needs of multi-site CC, Adobe After Effects integration,
enterprise clients, Tedial continues and AVID Media Central. Content is
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as
content
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