Qvest Media designs and integrates the automation of five new studios at the Austrian ORF

Qvest Media will be responsible for the planning, delivery and integration of new hardware and software components for the implementation of the automation of five new ORF studios in Vienna.

Qvest Media has been commissioned by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF to equip the five studio automation systems in its new production center in Vienna.

Qvest Media will handle all tasks related to the planning, delivery and integration of new hardware and software components for the implementation of the automation of these studies in ORF. In addition to the technical integration into the studio's existing infrastructure and the connection with the Redsys editing system that ORF uses from APA-IT, will pay special attention to ensuring the intuitive operability of the automation processes involved and their use in future editorial workflows.

To safeguard this fundamental point, the Qvest Media subsidiary, HMS Media Solutions, is adapting its stand-alone, neutral HMS DiSA Brick controller to fit ORF's needs and integrating it as a technology layer between the editing system and automation systems. Vizrt (Mosart and Opus).

As a result, editors can focus entirely on creating pieces and planning releases in the editing system. In the background, Brick Controller will help ORF staff ensure that each story within the broadcast process is implemented correctly from a technical perspective without editors having to have any detailed specialist knowledge.

Wolfgang Gärtner, ingeniero de proyectos senior de ORF, asegura que “el nuevo sistema de automatización del estudio permitirá a nuestros equipos de edición adaptar el proceso de una emisión en directo de forma sencilla e insertar noticias de última hora, por ejemplo, en un boletín de noticias continuo sin necesidad de planificación previa. Uno de los objetivos principales es que la integración de Qvest Media acelere y complemente nuestro flujo de trabajo editorial para que ORF pueda en el futuro aumentar la flexibilidad y la calidad de sus producciones de estudio”.

Thomas Thal, Director of Key Account Management at Qvest Media, highlights that in terms of the innovative Brick Controller concept, the ORF project demonstrates how important software development experience is in the integration of modern systems. “Through the acquisition of software developer HMS, we create a solid foundation on which we will be able to build customized, future-proof and neutral solutions for our customers.”