DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
– HARMAN’s Studer has
announced that it has sold its Vista V console in the Middle East to Sharjah TV
in the United Arab Emirates. It will be installed by Dubai-based Tek Signals as
part of a complete turnkey broadcast integration for Studio 3, which is being
upgraded to an HD platform. The studio will be used for live news as well as
programme production.
The integrators had voted in favour of the Vista V after attending a
launch seminar, co-presented by Studer and territory distributor, GSL
Professional. Their proposal was endorsed by Sharjah TV’s broadcast consultant
Djeddi Kouider of dxb Technology LLC—although the client decision to back the
32-fader Vista V was only made after evaluation against another market leader.
“When Sharjah TV was looking to upgrade its virtual reality studio with
top-of-the-line technology, Vista V immediately became the preferred choice,”
confirms Nasser Mohammed, Tek Signals Principal Projects Engineer.
The new Vista V harnesses Quad Star
technology, which uses four processors to achieve major levels of redundancy in
the control surface, to
deliver a powerful and dependable broadcast audio mixing solution in a compact
form factor, while Studer's Vistonics™ interface and FaderGlow™ add to the
operator’s enhanced experience.
But it was the Infinity
Core, which provides unprecedented levels of CPU-based processing power,
enabling it to handle large-scale productions easily, that initially appealed.
“This and the overall sound quality
of Studer’s approved technology were key factors,” confirms Mohammed.
Other important
assets included the console’s inbuilt delay, configurability and FaderGlow™.
“This is ideal for operators to
assign faders, providing configurability without the need for physical patching
or plugging cables,” he notes.
At the same
time, Tek Signals are supplying Sharjah TV with a new Studer D23m I/O frame,
allowing console users to transfer a large number of audio channels; this works
with the new Infinity Core and A-link interface technology (as well as
accepting existing D21m cards).
With the Studio 3 upgrade Sharjah TV has an eye on the future. It already
owns Vista 1, OnAir
3000 and OnAir 2500 consoles and is in
the process of upgrading the OnAir 3000 in Studio 4 to act as a Studer RELINK
hub; this will provide a more efficient workflow and resource sharing between
consoles over a Studer network, and was one of the main advantages of proposing
the Studer Vista V in the first place. At the same time Tek Signals is adding a
meter-bridge to the existing Vista 1 that resides in Studio 1.
For more information on Tek Signals, please visit www.teksignals.com
For more information on GSL Professional, please visit www.gslprofessional.com
HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets premier audio,
visual, infotainment and enterprise automation solutions for the automotive,
consumer and professional markets. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman
Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® , Mark Levinson ® and Revel®, the Company is
admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they
perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with
HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately
17,600 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $5.9
billion during the last 12 months ended December 31, 2014.
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