TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada earlier this week reached an agreement to acquire a new central audio router and control system for all CBC/Radio-Canada radio production and distribution in Montreal and other areas from Lawo.
The upgrade begins in January 2008, with an intended on-air deployment by May 2008. Subsequently, the system will expand to four regional stations that will be integrated into the system by October 2008, with more stations integrating after this. The yearlong, multistage deployment is targeted for completion in December 2008.
The Lawo-designed Dual Self-Healing Star (DSHS) system architecture for CBC/Radio-Canada is built around two Lawo Nova 73 router cores interconnected with 18 Lawo DALLIS frames for AES and analog I/O, which will be distributed throughout multiple locations of CBC/Radio-Canada’s French language broadcast operations.
From June through October 2008, the initial router and control system will be expanded to include four regional stations throughout Quebec. These deployments – occurring at a rate of approximately one station per month – will include the smaller Lawo Nova 17 routers.
“All of us at CBC/Radio-Canada in Montreal are excited about the capabilities the new system provides,” said Michel Leduc, manager of Broadcast Engineering (Montreal) at CBC Technology. “The new Lawo router control system replaces our aging, analog master control room infrastructure, including a massive patchbay with about 11,000 patch points that are currently handled manually, with a much more integrated system.
