France 3 Selects RTS ADAM

France 3, the second largest public television channel in France, invested this summer in two new OB vehicles: Challenger Strasbourg and Challenger Toulouse.
The core of the intercom system in each truck is an ADAM-M Mid-Size Modular Matrix Intercom from RTS offering 96 analogue, 32 MADI and 16 IP ports.
The intercom supports up to 256 ports in all and is equipped with redundant power supplies and controllers. The additional MCII-e controller permits the simultaneous operation of up to 32 parallel AZEdit clients via Ethernet and/or RS-485.
A total of 30 colour-display keypanels of type KP-32-CLD and KP-12-CLD are used in each of the vehicles.
Two RTS TIF-2000A single-line digital telephone interfaces, an SIP-ISDN telephone interface and two VKP virtual keypanels round off the installation in each of the rolling control rooms.
The systems offer the broadcasting teams a wide variety of options: external telephone conversations, for example, can be integrated into the communications system.
"I am extremely satisfied with the system," says Gregory Chevallier, Audio Engineer on board Challenger Strasbourg.
"It is reliable, robust and at the same time intuitive to operate."
Dominique Guyot, Challenger Toulouse's Audio Engineer, is particularly taken with the IP connection: "When we arrive at the outside broadcast location, all we need to do is plug it in and, straight away, the connection is established. It works instantaneously. That saves us time – and spares everyone's nerves into the bargain!"
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