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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 3 | March 2018

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Sydney Opera House Banks
On Lawo For JST Refit

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rofessional Audio & Television crystal console, to provide a simplified
(PAT)
recently
delivered, tactile, or customisable on-screen,
configured and commissioned a Lawo mixing surface. This allows for basic
Nova73 and a Lawo crystal console use of the JST for situations such as
including compact engine for the Joan rehearsals or simple presentations.
Sutherland Theatre in the Sydney The Crystal engine communicates with
Opera House via lead integrator The the Nova73 via RAVENNA.
Downer Group.
The Lawo Nova73 Core has been
configured as a mc² Mix Engine.
Used as the Central Audio Router
for the Joan Sutherland Theatre, the
Nova73 is combining MADI, RAVENNA
and Dante signals, along with
traditional analogue and AES by way
of a Lawo DALLIS I/O Frame. Lawo's
powerful mxGUI is used as the primary
control interface for the router,
allowing users to load snapshots
for different room configurations,
while also offering user manual
adjustments of signal flows and
parameters.
The system is completed with
VistoolMK2-equipped Lawo crystal console
a VistoolMK2-equipped Lawo

Lawo CEO Philipp Lawo, during
a visit to the facility, said:
"I am delighted to see our
technology plays an integral
part in making the Joan
Sutherland Theatre an even
better venue for hundreds
of events per year. Over
the years we have been
able to grow the Lawo
footprint in Australia
significantly and we
have some amazing
reference sites here
in Australia, but to now
also be able to list the Sydney Opera
House is something very special. We
are honoured to have been chosen
for this upgrade and thank the
Opera House for their trust in
Lawo technology."
The Sydney Opera House's
Renewal Technology Manager
David Dalton, said: "The Lawo
Nova core has been solid since

PCCW Global & Youtap's
Mobile Payment Solution

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CCW Global, the international
operating division of HKT, Hong
Kong's premier telecommunications
service provider, recently entered into
an agreement with Youtap, a leader in
contactless mobile money payments
processing for emerging markets that
has been rigorously tested in emerging
markets around the world.
Under the agreement, PCCW Global will
expand distribution of Youtap Pay and
Youtap merchant acquisition services
as a complement to HKT's Tap & Go
payment solution. Youtap solutions
have been specially developed to
enable closed-loop payment, agency
banking and disbursement services instore, on the street and on the go.
The agreement will allow PCCW
Global to provide both existing and
new clients with payment processing
and merchant acquisition services
designed to support customers
transacting in a variety of different
ways.
Through this collaboration, carriers,

MNOs and financial institutions served
by PCCW Global will enjoy the benefits
of an enhanced secure mobile payment
processing platform which has been
tested in some of the most challenging
environments in the world.
Communications service providers
around the world are discovering the
benefits of providing mobile payment
solutions, and the collaboration adds
an extremely flexible, scalable and
easy-to-deploy single global payment
platform to PCCW Global's existing
service offering.

Craig Price, Senior Vice President,
International Projects, PCCW Global,
said: "Our collaboration with Youtap,
in combination with our existing
deployment of HKT's Tap & Go
platform, will enable PCCW Global
customers to further expand their
offer of an end-to-end payments
solution regardless of the preferred
method of payment. Our expanded
mobile payment solutions are now
uniquely positioned to overcome all
the challenges associated with making
contactless payments, and we expect

Law Nova73 router

its install in January and has already
seen significant use. We are very
satisfied with the Lawo technology and
the service their Australian distributor
PAT provided to us via The Downer
Group."
The Joan Sutherland Theatre is the
first theatre to undergo a 'renewal',
next on the agenda will be the refit of
the main concert hall planned to begin
in 2019.

the demonstrable ease of operation
which this new relationship brings to
our offering will deliver real benefits to
our customers around the world."
Chris Jones, Chief Executive Officer and
Founder of Youtap, said: "We believe
that our platforms and expertise in
emerging markets complement the
reach, networks, and pedigree of PCCW
Global and their Tap & Go solution. In
leveraging our combined knowledge in
the payments industry, we can deliver
unparalleled experiences for both
merchants and consumers alike."
Covering more than 3,000 cities
and 150 countries, the PCCW Global
network supports a portfolio of
integrated global communications
solutions which include Ethernet,
IP, fibre and satellite transmission
solutions, international voice and
VoIPX services, managed network and
security services, and "as-a-service"
solutions including OTT video and
Unified Communications.
Youtap headquartered in Singapore is
a global provider of contactless mobile
payments
processing,
merchant
acquiring and financial services
software enabling mobile money and
stored value wallet customers to tap
and pay at any point of sale using any
device.
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