Renovation of its broadcast facilities has seen Latina TV upgrade several TV production studios and a pressroom. Based in Lima, Latina TV called on Lawo and Peruvian systems integrator Telefonica Servicios Audiovisuales to install two 24-fader Lawo mc²36 ‘all-in-one’ mixing consoles and six Lawo Compact I/O stageboxes in six of its studios, along with a single Lawo crystal desk for the press area. This builds on the broadcaster’s positive experience of its mc²36 console.
The studio networking is handled by a Nova73 compact, which connects the mc²36 consoles, the crystal desk and three V__pro8 video ‘toolbox’ units that act as the router for integrating the video and audio. This compact, fully digital, eight-channel video processor contains all of the ‘glue’ features needed in broadcast production workflow. Combining video and audio management in a single tool offers efficiency and operating safety, with significant reductions in space, wiring and cost.
The mc236 addresses all the requirements presented by ambitious broadcast productions, with a powerful DSP micro-core, internal 512x512 port audio matrix and integrated I/O, as well as native Ravenna/AES67. With six mc² Compact I/O units, Latina TV has purchased a cost-efficient and compact stagebox set-up that expands the connectivity of the mc²36 onboard I/Os.
For news production, the broadcaster installed a crystal mixing console. Workflows can be optimised using VisTool for extended visualisation and control of crystal installations, and can be customized to meet any requirements – displaying all console parameters or a reduced set of essential operation functions.
After in-depth market research and a series of tests, Latina TV found Lawo met all networking capability requirements – providing integration via Ravenna and Madi – as well as reliability, redundancy and user-friendly operation. With Lawo, the broadcaster achieved the desired flexibility by networking and integrating all control rooms and studios.
‘When the request arrived from Telefonica Servicios Audiovisuales for Latina TV, I arranged a meeting at the NAB show,’ says Nacho Gonzalez, Sales Director for Spain, Central & South America. ‘After the Telefonica people were given hands-on-experience of our consoles and had learned about the networking capabilities of our solutions, Lawo developed a custom networked concept on the spot, and we could offer all the equipment needed from one source. Now Latina TV benefits from the flexible use of six studios and two mc²36 for large productions, resulting in a much more efficient workflow.’
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