Clear-com technology in Aaron Sorkin's new series, 'The Newsroom'

Clear-Como systems are not only used as props by the protagonists of the series but also operationally to communicate with the technical and artistic team.

Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix, V-series panels, Tempest 2400 wireless system and HME DX121 wireless intercom from Clear-Com They are being used in the recording of the new HBO series, The Newsroom. The series that premiered last weekend in the United States, and will arrive in numerous countries starting in September, is created by the Oscar-winning scriptwriter and executive producer (La red social) and several Emmys, Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing of the White House).

Clear-Com intercom systems provide high security and flexibility to security actors. The Newsroom, adding a high level of efficiency and realism to the series.

These systems are not only used as props by the protagonists of the series but also operationally to communicate with the technical and artistic team.

The infrastructure has four discrete intercom channels on the Tempest2400 wireless digital intercom, two for the technical team, one for the actors and director to talk, and a fourth for the actors to communicate with each other.

In scenes where the fictional news production team was working in control, the actors used Clear-Com's V-series panels to communicate with their counterparts by interacting with each other with their Tempest wireless bodypacks and the new CC-300 headsets. “This provides an accurate portrayal of a real television newsroom environment, while at the same time working to meet the communication needs of the production.”

In the series, the Eclipse-Pico system and the Tempest base station, is located behind the central control monitor wall. The Tempest transceiver connected via CAT5 cable is strategically mounted in a central location to meet internal wireless communications coverage objectives. Additionally, five V-series panels are located throughout the control room, facing the operators, as they would be in a real television production.

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