NDTV orders Eyeheight playout master control

New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of India's largest independent broadcasters, has taken delivery of an Eyeheight playout modular master control system.
The new system is integrated with NDTV's two existing Eyeheight presTX systems, each comprising an MW-3 mix/wipe and DK-3 downstream keyer, plus an emergency controller centred on the FP-10 system set-up panel. All three systems are interfaced to the network's in-house automation.
Benchmark Microsystems, India's leading broadcast systems integrator, negotiated the contract and will provide technical support from its own New Delhi headquarters.
Kevin Oakley, Technical Support Manager at Benchmark Microsystems, said: "The expandable architecture of Eyeheight's modular master control equipment has enabled us to match NDTV's gradually expanding requirements. Playout enables broadcasters and systems integrators to configure a master control system to their immediate needs while retaining the freedom to expand the system in line with increasing demands. NDTV's production staff appreciate playout's logical simplicity and their engineering colleagues like its reliability and ease of configuration."
Eyeheight's playout is used by the world's largest broadcasters. It consists of seven core units: a 1U base configuration chassis, mix/wipe module, keyer, audio/voice-over module, internal cross-point, logo-store and dual-channel DVE.
These can be configured as a simple automated A/B mixer or scaled up to a complete multi-channel master control system with manual over-ride. The base configuration chassis can house up to three independent channels and offers the lowest cost-per channel of any scalable master control system. The chassis supports up to three keying modules with individual key, fill and background inputs plus dedicated preview output. A TK-10 control panel enables all keyers to be operated independently or in parallel. Key and transition parameters can be preset and stored in internal user memories.
Playout's mix/wipe module provides a wide range of wipes with user-preset edge characteristics, audio-follows-video, audio only, video only, audio lead and audio lag.
Transitions can be performed via manual T-bar, timed with manual activation, or fully automated. Playout's audio and voice-over module adds dual AES audio inputs, mono mixdown and channel swap.
Optional motorised faders register automated changes in audio mixing level, an essential requirement for multi-channel operation.
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