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I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W SWWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 38 - DECEMBER 201412InNEWSAXON’s Cerebrum SupportsLiaoning HDLiaoning Radio and Television,one of the first channels inChina, recently launched its HDsatellite broadcasts covering thewhole country.The project included two HDchannels and one HD master controlsystem which were implementedwith AXON’s signal processingequipment Synapse and, for the firsttime in a provincial television stationin China, monitored and controlledby AXON’s Cerebrum.Cerebrum can control and monitorthousands of devices supportingthe SNMP protocol, AXON’s ACPprotocol or Generic Devices protocol.At Liaoning Cerebrum is used tomonitor the two large screens whichare used to display the signal flowchart, the geographical locations,Guangzhou Broadcasting Networkthe real-timemonitoringof the entirebroadcastsignal workingcondition,and the keynodes in thesignal window.Cerebrumenables asimple, clearand intuitiveway of setting,adjusting and fl agging up to theoperators any faults via an audibleand visual alarm.The “hard & soft” control modeadapts the Cerebrum hardwarecontrol panel to customer functionalrequirements – panel button coloursAXON Cerebrum at Liaoning Radio and TelevisionGZBN Chooses TSL MonitoringGuangzhou BroadcastingNetwork (GZBN), thecommercial television networkserving China’s Guangdongprovince, has chosen a range ofTSL’s audio monitoring solutions toequip its Broadcast Centre.The equipment, which willbe installed by TSL Products’Chinese partner Suntec BroadcastTechnology and systems integratorCentury Sage System includes 23PAM2-MK2 multichannel audiomonitors, 28 SAM1-3GM studioaudio monitoring units and 23 MPA1-3G MP series audio monitoring units.Guangping He, Senior Engineer,Vice Director of Play Out Centre,GZBN, said: “We had used TSLProducts equipment in our previousbuilding, and it was the clear choiceagain for our new Broadcast Centre.and Chinese characters canalso be adjusted.Part of the Cerebrum installationwas the configuration of a masterand a redundant server whichguarantees the long-term reliabilityand security of Liaoning’s“TSL always provide multifunctionalsolutions, which areessential in a complex environment– for instance the SAM1 can monitorand mix SDI audio, analogue andAES audio at same time.“This mixing and routing capabilitymeans we do not need a separaterouter and panel to manage thedifferent sources; the operator caneasily monitor different sourcesusing the solo mode in the SAM1.“In addition the PAM2-MK2 canmonitor level meters and loudnessand video on LCD screens, whilealso controlling 5.1 surround. Thisflexibility in such high quality systemsis perfect for our requirements.”The facility is scheduled to go liveat the end of the year.GZBN operates a public channeland six cable channels.Sakhi TV UsesHarmonic KitIND: Sakhi TV, India’s first womenfocusedchannel, has gone liveusing Harmonic infrastructure.System integrator RGBBroadcasting supplied thecomplete solution including aSpectrum ChannelPort integratedchannel playout system for ingestand branded playout along withthe Ellipse 3100 contributionencoder and ProView 7100integrated receiver-decoder,stream processor, and transcoderfor contribution applications.Sakhi TV airs programmes aimedat safeguarding the interests ofwomen across the globe.Digigram PartnersWith ATC LabsFRA: ATC Labs will integrateDigigram sound cards into itsPerceptual SoundMax line of audioprocessors and ALCO Blue IP codec.ATC Labs Perceptual SoundMaxaudio processors provide signalprocessing functionality forbroadcast or audio streaming.The cards will also be builtinto ATC Labs’ ALCO Bluerackmount IP codecs and usedin conjunction with its ALCOProfessional line of integratedIP audio SoftCodec solutions.ATC Labs will recommendDigigram sound interfaces.HOT WarmsUp TerraBlockISR: Israel’s multi-channelcable service provider HOThas recently opted to equip anew facility with a 16TB FacilisTerraBlock shared storage systemand six Avid editorial suites.HOT Israeli Entertainmentprogramming includes reality series,dramas, comedies and the daily newsshow ‘HOT Entertainment News.’When audiomatters.www.jungeraudio.com