Channel 7 Sydney chooses RTS kit and Magna for ST-2110 upgrade

When Australian broadcaster Channel 7 made their big move from Martin Place to Eveleigh, one of the most important equipment upgrades they had to make was transitioning their intercoms to full ST-2110. For that they turned to systems integrator Magna Systems and a new RTS communications solution.

Chris Spalding, Broadcast Support Manager, Channel 7, explained, “Intercoms are among the most critical parts of kit for a broadcaster, as you really can’t produce content without it. 

“When we moved, we required all the new intercoms to be ST-2110 compliant and compatible. Our operators love the RTS kit, its ease of use and how logical its keypanel functions are, so we asked Lucas Bohm Magna Systems for a proposed solution.”

Along with ST-2110 compatibility the new upgrade came with RTS’ latest feature set including new colour displays, a raft of new and improved features and an easy transition from their legacy system.

“The solution that Magna Systems proposed and that we installed gives us ultra-high-quality comms, the scale and functionality to produce any amount of content small or large and to manage the coordination of comms across our key programming including news and Sunrise,” Spalding added. 

“We were able to seamlessly trunk the new system with the old legacy system and ended up with an overall even more efficient and reliable solution.”

All in all, the new Channel 7 RTS system included multiple ODIN-64 matrices linked with full intelligent N+1 redundancy software, KP5032 2RU colour LCD keypanels, KP4016 1RU colour LCD keypanels, EKP4016 1RU universal colour LCD expansion panels, DKP4016 desktop colour LCD panels, PAP5032 2RU colour LCD programme assignment panels, MCP90-12 mics and PH-88R single-sided lightweight headsets.

Spalding said, “This new RTS kit and solution is state of the art and fulfils all of our requirements.

“The ODIN matrix is particularly flexible enabling us to easily transition between analogue, Omneo, RVON and 2110. It’s great for connecting between offices and the ST-2110 compatibility is far better than it was with older systems. This means it still does everything we used to do and more without issues.”