Unitecnic custom-designs the definitive Canal Sur mobile unit

South Channel Trust the integration of your last mobile unit to Unitecnic, company of Group MediaPro, whose ‘know-how’ has allowed to design a versatile, adaptable and versatile vehicle.

The integration of a mobile unit is a whole puzzle in which each piece has to fit so that the technology be at the service of the vehicle usability. Unitecnic, Group Mediapro engineering company, has been responsible for the creation of the last great commitment to outdoor productions of South Channel: A project 360 degrees, custom designed, in which body, interior architecture and technology are part of a whole that allows to provide new alternatives to the daily production of Andalusian television. POLIVALENCE, ADAPTABILITY AND PERSONALIZATION ARE THE KEY WORDS THAT DEFINE THIS PROJECT.

Francisco Javier Periáñez, responsible for Unitecnic For this South Canal project, and Rafael Muñoz Moyano, director of engineering of South Channel, reveal the keys to this custom vehicle.

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Adapted to needs

The design of a mobile unit has to respond, above all, the particular needs of the external broadcasting team of television. He understands Rafael Muñoz of Canal on: “The personalization of the mobile unit is fundamental. The experience that has given us years and years of exterior broadcasts has led us to design a mobile unit with unique characteristics and adapted to our coverage ”. The team of Unitecnic For this integration project, led by Francisco José Periáñez, he shares philosophy with the Andalusian radio engineering engineering: “Each vehicle we integrate is different and allows us to look for new formulas to continue finding the best solution: the one that adapts to the customer”.

"The personalization of the mobile unit is fundamental” – Rafael Muñoz Moyano, Director of Engineering of Canal Sur.

It is accompaniment process To optimize the project is a maxim that is repeated in all mobile units composed of Unitecnic. This was done with RTVE, a company for which a connectivity solution was designed that allows to link its PELs, so that today they can climb their capabilities to adapt to large productions; and is currently executing in EiTB, Radiolevisión de País Basque, which required a stainless steel chassis to adapt to the weather conditions of the Autonomous Community: "This material brings a lot of weight and adds complexity to the design, but we have been able to adapt without any problem to this particular need ”, explains Periáñez.

In the case of Canal Sur, the goal, Muñoz emphasizes, went through "have a mobile unit completely in high definition " that will adapt both to the typology of retransmissions of Andalusian television (electoral nights, bullfights, holy weeks, fairs, sporting events ...), and to the operational peculiarities that accompany the coverage in southern Spain.

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A mobile unit with unique characteristics

Unitecnic prepared until three different interior designs to respond to all tender requirements. The South weather conditions From Spain and the architecture of southern cities they also played a determining role.

One of the Petitions of Canal Sur was, for example, that the vehicle did not exceed nine meters to favor the maneuverability in the historic center of the Andalusian cities and towns. Also, to face the high southern temperatures, it was decided to integrate into the mobile unit a system of Internal air filtering what Keep the thermometer at bay and clean air inside the vehicle. These small adjustments, designs and redesign allow the vehicle to comply with its mission: "A mobile unit made to measure and designed exprofeso always brings small issues to refine, but Unitecnic has solved all without any problem. It is currently working at full performance and is the mobile unit that has the most use of Canal Sur ”, confirms Muñoz.

Another peculiarities of this vehicle is its Rear gate: Instead of opening in half, it unfolds vertically. The top serves as awning for sew the technicians and to the equipment When performing any type of interconnection or wiring modification, while the lower one is a structure to which the technicians can be uploaded to operate comfortably. The ladder, unlike that of other mobile units, is Gira 90º to unfold on the carriage itself: an original design work for optimize deployment space and Avoid the usual step In his removable flask.

In addition, the cabin has two peculiar characteristics: it exceeds the 195 centimeters high, so that all the South Canal technicians can work comfortably, and have been installed TIELIN PANELS For each job in order to favor the exchange of positions in the different productions and thus gain flexibility. In the same way, they have been arranged four positions Operation in La Petaca, separated two to two, in order to optimize the entry and exit of the staff to this work area. This intelligent space distribution Allows the mobile unit to add 9 positions, a remarkable amount for a vehicle of these dimensions.

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First level technology

The design is important and it is even more selected technology. In a live delay, nothing can fail.

The mobile unit, which is structured on a vehicle Iveco, is made up of eight cameras HD Sony HXC-FB80L. Philosophy 12G-SDI It extends to the rest of the vehicle's technical pillars: the video matrix Ross Video 64 × punishment, with four multipant outlets, double audio input / output via Madi with capacity of up to 16 audios for each SDI channel (with the consequent equipment saving glue), and controlling and PSU redundant; Video mixer Carbonite Ultra de Ross, with 24 inputs 3g (18 UHD), 14 departures 3g (10 UHD), 3 Me (2 UHD) and up to 4 mini me; A control panel Ross TouchDrive TD2 of 15 direct buttons; The repetition server XT-GO of six reversible UHD channels and two remote control panels LSM of EVS, O off three UHD engravers AJA Ki Pro Ultra 12G.

Unitecnic has created a vehicle for Canal that bets on First level technology, always at the service of production.

The chosen intercom system has been the digital matrix RTS Odin 1RU with 128 ports, of which 64 are licensed and can be assignable to technologies such as Dante, Rvon, RTS or analog, while for the audio the DSP-RX engine of Yamaha With the surface CS-R3 of 38 faders. The system has the card HY144-D, to provide it with 144 audio channels Dante, and the card HY128-MD of 128 channels via Madi, which is interconnected with the Ross Ultrix video matrix. Other brands arranged throughout the installation have been Phabrix, More comfortable, Orban, Albalá and Prodys.

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The know-how, clave

Beyond the “irons”, the design and configuration of a mobile unit requires taking into account some functional keys that Unitecnic He has translated in this vehicle. General precepts, such as that the wardrobe must meet all traffic regulations or the need to balance interior design to facilitate the mobility and versatility of jobs, live with more specific ones such as, for example, what electrical design should be implemented to adapt the vehicle to the requirements of sports entities such as UEFA.

"The South Canal Unit is prepared to be working daily” - Francisco Javier Periáñez, head of the project in Unitecnic

Everything will add to maximize the usability of the vehicle: “Sometimes, customers have a type of use designed for their mobile unit. Even so, it is most likely that the vehicle can be used for all kinds of situations. The South Canal Unit, like many others designed by the Unitecnic team, is prepared to be working daily, ” Points Periáñez.

This multipurpose It is the direct consequence of a scalable design that allows you to work one day with five operators and, the next day, with eight users inside the mobile unit; that allows Unite two mobile units in parallel To create more complex productions; or he who has all the necessary tools to adapt to 100% remote productions.

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Overcoming unprecedented challenges

The integration of the South Canal Mobile Unit lived a complex context especially marked by the semiconductor crisis caused following the Covid. Some of the teams initially chosen for the vehicle They stopped be available around the world. Fortunately, the Unitecnic and Canal Sur team, in close collaboration, could find the most appropriate solution for these challenges.

Case by case, and with the collaboration of the Legal teams of both parties (since the modification of public contracts requires a detailed study) which team was defined could be replaced by another, and which one would have to wait because it was the solution that adapted 100% to the needs of the project. All these process were done by maintaining the Initial price.

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A mobile unit for today and for tomorrow

For months, South Channel Daily displays its new mobile unit. Care in your Design and conceptualization They have ended up shaping a vehicle capable of responding to all the needs of the autonomous entity.

The Unit of Canal Sur, supported by the experience of UNITECNIC, has become a solution prepared for the present, but ready to evolve as the technologythe operators profiles o to nature and philosophy of the media by Antonomasia of Andalusia.

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