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oadcast newsstreaming news @ www.audiomedia.comPRODUCT UPGRADENETIA has paired its WorkflowEngine with its Radio-Assist 8 suiteof digital automation software.Designed to facilitate exchangesbetween all applications in abroadcast environment, the NETIAWorkflow Engine gives users oneGUI through which to automateprocesses in Radio-Assist 8 interfaceany third-party application. Radio-Assist 8 streamlines the preparationand publication of media, whilethe Workflow Engine is an opensystem that choreographs, visuallyrepresents, and then executesprocesses or workflow..www.netia.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW USERThe France 2 network has equippedits new HD OB van with Clear-Com’s Eclipse Median digital matrixintercom system, six IP-enabledV-Series 12-lever user panels, andoneV-Series24-leverpanel. TheClear-Comsystemswere firstused on the recent RBS Six NationsRugby Tournament. Some France2 operators at the Six Nations usedthe V-Series panels as a monitoringsystem for external sources.www.vitecgroup.comNEW PRODUCTAxia Has Clever iQAxia has released a new console engineered for either standalone studios ornetworked applications. The iQ system is a family of console frames with differentcapabilities. Users start with the eight-fader iQ Main Frame, then add frames withphone controls, programmable routing controls, or more faders as needed. Framesplug into the iQ Core, a fanless, convection-cooled console engine with audio I/O,console CPU, logic, mix engine, power supply, and Ethernet switch. Back-up powerwith auto-switching is also available. The modular frame design means that userscan increase their console’s size by up to 24 faders whenever they wish to by simplyconnecting another frame. Features include three dedicated stereo programmebusses, plus a stereo utility busthat can be used for phonecalls, off-air recording, or as afourth programme bus. Everyfader has automatic mix-minus,show profiles that instantlyrecall favourite settings, recordmode one-touch recording, andcomprehensive talkback.www.AxiaAudio.comFACILITY UPGRADEGerman television company Norddeutscher Rundfunk has replaced its Ü30 OBvan, which has handled the station’s classical radio broadcasts with a Lawo mc80for 13 years. The new Ü30 will be fittedwith a Lawo mc²66, as well as a Zirkon.“Norddeutscher Rundfunk’s new Ü30 isdesigned purely for use as a music OB vanand, as its predecessor, will be used almostexclusively for classical concerts,” said NDRHead of Production and Radio Broadcasting,Peter Dewald. The new van is the largestradio OB van in NDR’s outside broadcastfleet, and as well as the two Lawo consolesis equipped with nine DALLIS I/O systems,including four stage boxes, with an additional DALLIS frame assigned to the Zirkon.The mc²66 will be used as a production console, while the Zirkon serves as abroadcast console.www.lawo.deNEW PRODUCTAVT has unveiled its new MAGICSP2 5.1 to Stereo Downmix System,which provides an automaticdownmix of 5.1 surround signalsto stereo signals. A new downmixalgorithm, developed by the Institutefor Rundfunktechnik in Munich,Germany, is a key componentof the MAGIC SP2, as it avoidsdistracting effects, or compensatesthem effectively. The ITU-R BS.775downmix standard is also supported.www.avt-nbg.de. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW USERDPA’s Portuguese distributorAvantgarde has supplied a 5100mobile surround microphone andten 4017-R shotgun mics withRycote weather protection to Radioe Televisao Portugal, to be used atthe Dragon Stadium in Port on theUEFA Champions League Porto vsChelsea football match. The matchwas broadcast internationally in 5.1and HD, with the DPA 5100 providingthe basic 5.1 sound.www.dpamicrophones.com