Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales provides TAD with a new Riedel intercom system

The proposed system is made up of a Riedel solution completely based on the SMPTE 2110 protocol given the integration possibilities and the great flexibility it offers.

Telefónica Audiovisual Services (TSA) will be in charge of providing Telefónica Audiovisual Digital (TAD) with a new intercom system for your television production, offering a complete solution both at the hardware and software level based on IP SMPTE 2110.

The project contemplates the deployment of the new intercom system in the areas of studios, central control, continuity and editing and post-production of Telefónica Audiovisual Digital.

The proposed system is formed by a solution of Riedel totally based on the SMPTE 2110 protocol given the integration possibilities and the great flexibility it offers, something essential in this type of client.

For this, TSA proposes the intercom system Artist, which is made up of a powerful digital matrix with a decentralized architecture, which allows the distribution, routing and management of analog and digital audio ports, user panels, AoIP, VoIP, GPI contacts, telephone systems and wired and wireless packs, among other services.

The 3 proposed chassis (two to cover the studio area and one for the rest of the areas to be covered) offer a total of 336 ports expandable to 1024 on an easily scalable platform, with ports based on licenses, which allow very easy growth if an expansion is required, something important in any television production center.

Furthermore, thanks to the system architecture based on redundant fiber optic ring, a single point of failure affecting the fiber or one of the CPU cards would not mean a system crash since the system would reconfigure in the event of a problem in one of the fibers.

Manuela Martínez, head of Engineering and technical maintenance at Telefónica Audiovisual Digital, highlights that "thanks to the architecture completely based on IP through SMPTE 2110 for the connectivity of panels, Bolero antennas and our audio network, this solution offers us not only a high level of redundancy and security, but also the guarantee of betting on a future standard such as the ST-2110 that gives us great flexibility in the face of changes and new communications requirements, both specific and in view of possible expansions."

Bolero con Artist

wireless communications Bolero, also from the manufacturer Riedel, are completely integrated with Artist in the SMPTE 2110-30 network. The proposed solution consists of 4 antennas and 12 wireless beltpacks, distributed among the different studios, which, being integrated into the intercom matrix, can be configured from the same interface of the matrix.

José Luis García Cabrera, director of Audiovisual Services and Platforms, comments in this regard “thanks to the long range of the Bolero antennas with a coverage diameter of about 500-600 meters, and the Riedel ADR (Advanced DECT Receiver) technology, it has been possible to optimize the distribution and location of the antennas as much as possible, as well as their level of redundancy.”

Likewise, the project contemplates the training that allows staff to get the most out of the installed infrastructure. Thus, two training courses will be carried out within the framework of the project, both at the configuration level, operation of the management software and the panels and wireless system for engineering and operation personnel, and at the service level for Maintenance personnel.