Saudi TV opts for Trilogy
Published: MEA
SAUDI ARABIA: Trilogy Broadcast Mentor XL master reference sync pulse generators have been selected as part of Saudi Television’s upgrade to HD. Six of the units were ordered by the Ministry of Culture and Information through First Gulf Company which is the systems integrator for the project.
Three of the six were for a studio upgrade the integrator was handling. Existing standard definition studios have been re-equipped with HD equipment, with Trilogy Mentor SPGs providing the master timing reference in each studio. All three studios have been on air since December 2011.
The second batch have been ordered for three new hybrid HD SNG and outside broadcast units, being built by First Gulf. These are primarily news-gathering vehicles but each has the capacity to control up to five cameras, so can also be used for smaller live productions from locations around the Kingdom. Again, each carries a Trilogy Mentor SPG as the source of reference timing.
‘Trilogy systems have been in successful operation at Saudi TV for more than a decade now,’ said Orlando Castro, broadcast systems manager at First Gulf Company. ‘Their intercoms have an excellent reputation in the region, and when we proposed Trilogy SPGs to Saudi TV for these two projects they were happy to accept them.’
‘This is a great order for us,’ added Barry Spencer, general manager, of Trilogy. ‘A good SPG should be a fit and forget piece of equipment, but that means it has to be absolutely reliable: without it the whole system stops. That is the design philosophy behind the Mentor XL, and we are delighted that our friends at First Gulf Company, with whom we have worked on many projects, have recognised this security, simplicity and reliability.’