Virtual studio manager6/21/2023 This setup is symmetrical, with ten-by-ten rear plates and every blade providing 10 SDI inputs and 10 SDI outputs. ![]() Each studio is equipped with two replicated V_matrix frames with two cards each, which allows processing of up to 40 incoming and outgoing signals. Lawo’s IP-based Software-Defined Video Processing and Multiviewer Platform, with a total of 1 37 C100 processing blades to provide immense routing and processing power in any gallery/studio combination. The five production areas host distributed clusters of Lawo V_matrix units. Interconnection throughout the installation “We have had the privilege to meet and discuss with high-level professionals, both from RAI and from Lawo, and, as always in challenging projects, it is ‘The Team’ that makes the difference.” “Of course, when talking about IP projects, everybody has to learn and the team as a whole needs to harness new competencies,” explains Asti. “This project has been fascinating right from the start: the technical architecture designed by RAI skillfully combines the advantages of IP and 12G-SDI technology, and the result is definitely powerful, flexible and futureproof”, states Alessandro Asti, Vice President Sales, ARET. “After scrutinizing all aspects of the proposals we received, we found that the best match was ARET and the IP-based equipment they presented”, explains Briziarelli. The project also involves some new postproduction audio suites, four live ProTools ( Avid) with Dolby facilities, five graphics areas for LED walls, and augmented reality. “In the public tender that RAI issued for this upgrade project, we described the concept and quality of the installation in detail,” says Enrico Briziarelli, Head of Control Rooms and TV Studios Engineering at RAI.Īlong with modernized studio control rooms, our aim was to create a new, IP-based and 12G-capable central equipment room, with all connections between studios, control rooms and the equipment room based on IP technology. The broadcaster can easily add new production areas that interact with all sources and destinations through additional V_matrix devices whose ingratiation within the overall infrastructure will be fast. ![]() This technical upgrade of the Broadcast Production Center, dedicated to the late popular presenter Fabrizio Frizzi, is RAI’s first step on the way towards a full-IP environment and therefore also leverages IP transport for existing baseband equipment.Įven at this early stage, the benefits for RAI in their Rome facility are immense: distributed routing for facility-wide IP signal distribution, with conversions to and from SDI in the desired places, allows for a more flexible use of facilities and equipment. ![]() Thanks to the all-IP infrastructure, V_matrix units can be located adjacent to the stages where production teams host shows with presenters and guests. This installation not only makes TV production workflows more flexible and efficient, but also offers a high level of redundancy. The installation, in five production galleries and six studios, comprises V_matrix clusters and a VSM system for studio-related and overarching system control as well as signal distribution management.Īret, Lawo’s Milan-based partner and system integrator in Italy, was appointed to revamp the whole production complex, which involved Lawo IP infrastructure for the realization of RAI’s vision of distributed routing and processing resources that can be pooled assigned to the desired studios. RAI upgrades its production center in Rome to IP with Lawo’s VSM and V_matrix In order to achieve greater flexibility and performance, Radiotelevisione Italiana ( RAI) upgraded its Broadcast Production Center in Rome with a new control and signal distribution network based on Lawo IP infrastructure solutions.įor its different production areas, RAI opted for a V_matrix solution for guaranteed performance in a distributed production environment.
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