Norway’s TV 2 has extended its use of IPE’s Intelligent Display System (IDS) to sister broadcast and production facilities in Bergen and Oslo, working with Lawo’s Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) to indicate when a studio is scheduled for rehearsal, recording, or on-air, as well as the type of production.

The IDS system has been deployed and expanded at TV 2’s studios, galleries, and off-tube commentator rooms at the Bergen and Oslo sites of Norway’s largest commercial broadcaster to provide information and control throughout each facility. A live IPTV video feed of the channel that is being worked on in a studio or commentary room can also be shown on the displays.

‘IDS is a very dynamic display,’ says TV 2 System Integrator, Alf-Inge Tønder. ‘If nothing is scheduled, IDS goes into sleep mode, but clearly identifies the facility as available for use during certain periods. As soon as a scheduled task, programme or function is triggered, a completely automated set-up that adheres to the preferences of the user, programme, or function kicks in and the room, studio, lighting and other technologies are ready to go. It’s a substantial time and money saver as opposed to traditional means of achieving setup and establishing relevant functionality.’

The TV 2 IDS system includes door displays, scheduling information, tallies, and video feeds – all derived from different systems within their existing workflow.

‘IDS is very easy to learn, and it’s also very easy to expand,’ Tønder says. ‘We are still discovering new time saving tasks it can perform and are steadily incorporating those into our workflow. It just automates time-consuming tasks and makes everything so much smoother.’

‘The beauty of IDS is that, once installed, it can continue to evolve and be configured to take on new or different tasks as required,’ says IPE Head of Sales & Support, Reuben Such. ‘Once it’s installed, users soon can’t recall how they got along without it.’

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