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VGTRK is the Russian public radio-television broadcaster. It currently manages five radio stations, several TV channels, a digital TV platform and several video-on-demand services. It has also been an active member of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) since 1993.
Back in 2010, it started the installation of Moscow headquarters and the regional headers basing on AEQ BC2000 D central audio routing systems and AEQ ARENA digital mixing consoles.
Now, when the renewal has been expanded from the production centers to the entire network, involving hundreds of studios across the whole Russian territory, the systems have been resized in a more cost-effective way, which suits local and regional stations better, but when choosing equipment and conditioning the spaces, the transcendence of the service they provide to the society has always kept in mind.
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The typical production center’s structure comprises:
The Master Control Room, where broadcasting is supervised and coordinated by means of an Intercom with the different local and remote technical areas: studios, News Room, Regional and Central headers and External News Room, where 8 to 20 work stations are established for the editors. The edition Manager has an Intercom terminal in order to coordinate with Emissions.
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Server Room. Here is where the UPS guaranteeing power supply, as well the playout audio system server, the STRATOS dual audiocodec -communicating to the headers via IP or synchronous ISDN lines as a backup-, the local network elements and audio connection panels, etc. are located.
The Control room has a very simple and clean structure. At the center of the top shelf, the AEQ Forum mixing console can be found, together with the operator’s microphone, headphones, two display monitors for the audio playout system (and other uses), and the GENELEC audio monitors. At the right, the coordination intercom Terminal, and at the left, a precision VUmeter system and other indicators are located.
The booth viewing window -which has moderate dimensions to guarantee acoustical isolation-, and just over it, the ON AIR indicator can be found over the table. Under the table, the ON AIR playout computer CPUs are located in a rack. On the other hand, Inside the booth a desk with microphones, headphones, signaling box, a computer for the main reporter, and an ON AIR sign, can be found.
Most of the studio equipment (playout audio System, precision VU meters, ON AIR signs, audio panels, etc.) are manufactured in Russia and provided by TRACT. Only the microphones, headphones, GENELEC monitors, AEQ FORUM mixing consoles and AEQ STRATOS codecs are imported, and they were selected mainly due to their high quality and performance, proven in hundreds of installations.
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In particular, AEQ FORUM digital mixing console, which we installed in 12-fader configuration, is very well appreciated due to its modularity, processing capability, ease of operation and IP connectivity.
AEQ VENUS codecs were formerly installed. Now we install STRATOS model, which main advantage is the availability of a ISDN backup and a local control panel, so control from a remote PC is no longer mandatory.
TRACT local provider’s capabilities and experience is supported by a responsive service from AEQ, the main provider of the foreign pieces of equipment, so the problems that may arise –which are unavoidable in such a large network, with several hundreds of studios and central controls- got solved with agility and efficiency.
Moscow header and the main regional stations where installed using AEQ BC 2000 D routers and AEQ ARENA mixing consoles.
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