Clear-Com Eclipse HX and FreeSpeak II Help Coordinate Return of PUBG Nations Cup

The PUBG Nations Cup eSports tournament once again featured a large in-person event that was coordinated with a hybrid intercom network based on Clear-Com Eclipse HX Pico Digital Matrix y FreeSpeak II.

The event was held in the True Icon room of the Icon Siam building, on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok, Thailand. One Up Solutions, a long-time Clear-Com partner in South Korea, provided on-site technical support and equipment specification, while Banana Culture was in charge of the general management of the event and the production of the broadcast.

Andy Ryu One Up's (Jaehyung Ryu) confirms that the firm decided on a hybrid system wired/wireless for PUBG Nations Cup for the “combined advantages of reliability and flexibility.” The transceivers FreeSpeak They were installed in key positions throughout the facility, allowing technical teams to communicate with the control room or operations room using wireless belt packs, whether they were inside or outside. Subsequently, the wireless system FreeSpeak II It was distributed between the broadcast production group and the FOH and director teams. One Up distributed eight FreeSpeak II transceivers around the stage, in the main lobby of the venue and at the FOH position, using 11 beltpacks FreeSpeak II. One Up also configured the FreeSpeak II beltpacks with a V-series user station panel to work with the FOH console for backup redundancy.

On the other hand, the system Eclipse HX Pico was installed as main matrix, con 21 V series panels deployed in various areas such as the main control room, stage left and stage right, operations rooms, live broadcast, tournament operations and the control room position. One Up connected the Eclipse to the audio console using a 4 wire connection, which was also used to send intercom signals to the IFBs for the actors, analysts and cast, as well as to radio devices used by the camera crew.

This is how he values Ryu the performance of each of the tools that were part of the PUBG Nations Cup: "The Eclipse HX-Pico provided a stable and secure wired connection with the convenience of easy customization of routing. The FreeSpeak II system provided teams with maximum flexibility and antenna scalability to move freely throughout the event production areas and also to create dedicated communication channels between different technical teams."