Riedel Upgrades Gearhouse Broadcast OB Units

Riedel has announced news that its Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom system has been used on OB trucks used by Australia's Gearhouse Broadcast.
Installed across five OB trucks so far, the Riedel systems serve as the core communications platform and integrated commentary/announce solution for Gearhouse's mobile and remote productions. As early adopters of the Artist system, Gearhouse Broadcast holds Australia's largest complement of OB-deployed Riedel systems.
"We continue to choose the Artist system for its overall capabilities, the power and flexibility of its software, and the superior audio quality assured by internal digital audio routing," said Stephen Edwards, head of engineering at Gearhouse Broadcast Pty Ltd.
"We can easily merge and expand Artist systems across multiple OB trucks and facilities, and their integration with Lawo audio desks gives us the benefit of sharing signals and resources between the two systems."
Gearhouse's fleet currently consists of seven HD units of various sizes and two SD units. The two latest OB trucks to be equipped with Riedel's Artist intercom systems, HD5 and HD6, feature identical 192-port systems comprising a combined Artist 128 and Artist 64 system in a two-node configuration.
"As part of Gravity Media, the Gearhouse Broadcast businesses represent one of the biggest content production groups in the world, and it's great that Riedel has its support," said Cameron O'Neill, solution manager at Riedel Communications.
"We're working with the companies on a number of projects to make sure that, both with and without traditional OB units, they can deliver new and exciting content to TV and second-screen audiences."
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