According to Vesselin Todorov, president of Bulgarian music company Factor TC, Bulgarian television has always been notorious for its poor sound quality, but the installation of two Studer OnAir 3000 broadcast consoles into Nova TV has broken that conception; it is now the best-equipped TV station in Bulgaria.
More often than not, the OnAir 3000 is utilised in radio stations, but Dobromir Georgiev, systems support engineer at Nova TV, believes it to be the perfect choice for live TV broadcast. "The 'Touch'n'Action' user interface is what makes Studer the best, because it's just so easy to use," he said. "Having the touch screen there in front of you means you can access all of the functions very quickly."
There is an OnAir 3000 in both the live newsroom and the sports centre at Nova. Next May, the station will launch a new sports channel (Nova Sport) broadcast directly from the Nova TV sports centre.
"Nova Sport will be produced by Diema, another TV company in the MTG group, but the main live production will come from Nova's sports centre because it's the best facility," says Georgiev. "People find it much easier to work here and after coming from another company myself, I found the contrast to be incredible; the Studer sound quality is outstanding."
(Jim Evans)
