When the Russian government decided to create a state electronic mass media holding that would include both broadcasting organizations and enterprises distributing state television and radio programmes the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK) has controlled the television channels "Rossija" (RTR), and "Kultura", "Radio Rossii", 92 regional television and radio companies and 99 TV and radio studios - making the Moscow-based media giant one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world.
To satisfy the complex communications and intercom requirements of an organization with live and post production studios scattered the length and breadth of the world's largest country, VGTRK invested recently in a state-of-the-art communications system from RTS - an Advanced Digital Audio Matrix (ADAM). The new acquisition is in fact a glass-fibre-linked two-frame matrix to which 25 key panels are presently hooked up - a small step, perhaps, but a giant leap in the making because ADAM is expandable as well as representing a massive advance in communications comfort in terms of sound quality, reliability and ease-of-use say the company.
Many of the world's major broadcasters (including NBC) have already put their faith in ADAM. From medium-sized installations to events on the scale of the Olympic Games, ADAM has become synonymous with quality sound (CD quality!) and flexibility: only seven rack units in height, ADAM supports combinations of up to 136 key panels or four-wire connections, phone and satellite connections (via telephone interface) and both multi-channel party-line and radio systems.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
