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Audi FIS Ski World Cup depends on Riedel
As the world’s best male ski racers com-
peted in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant
slalom event on January 9 and 10 this year
at Chuenisbärgli in Adelboden, Switzerland,
Riedel Communications equipment provided
the robust and flexible radio communica-
tions network that enabled the live sports
competition to run smoothly.
Designed, deployed and maintained
by engineers from Riedel Switzerland, the
system ensured clear and reliable communi-
cations for 17 different user groups, ranging
from race management, security and traffic
control to production and catering.
Kathrin Hager, general manager and
head of marketing and sponsoring at Ski
World Cup Adelboden, said: “Riedel Swit-
zerland helped us to design a network that
tied together thousands of essential com-
munications threads and to ensure that all
key users groups were connected in a way
that supported their roles in making the race
a success.”
Riedel Switzerland engineers worked
closely with race directors in designing the
radio network infrastructure that served as
the event’s communications lifeline. A Riedel
Artist digital matrix intercom and control
panels were installed in the mobile opera-
tions centre, along with a MediorNet Com-
pact Pro real-time media network, RockNet
real-time audio network, RiFace universal
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■ QVC increases
camera control
capabilities with
Shotoku Broadcast
Systems
Shotoku Broadcast Systems has installed
a complete 32-camera control system for
video and e-commerce retailer QVC.
Driven by a large number of TR-QP
panels and TR-XT control systems in QVC’s
broadcast facility, the system provides for
all cameras to be directly controlled from
each compact TR-QP via joystick or a num-
ber of key camera functions. This enables
QVC to change studio configurations rap-
idly, a key requirement in the demanding
live TV production environment, noted
Shotoku.
Having worked with Shotoku since
2008, Joseph Micucci, VP of global broad-
cast engineering for QVS USA, explained:
“Shotoku has consistently demonstrated to
QVC that its technology meets the unique
needs of our live broadcast operations and
growing global business. As we’ve expand-
ed our relationship, the support structure
and customer service remains constant in
each of the markets in which we operate.”
Over the years, QVC has standardised
on Shotoku’s TG-19 heavy-duty pan-and-
tilt head