Four Calrec Artemis Light consoles for new Russian TV service

The Public Television of Russia, a new channel created by decree of the Russian government and launched in May 2013, has outfitted its brand-new Moscow facility with Calrec Artemis Light digital audio consoles. The consoles are being used in every studio to produce audio for a variety of news, cultural, and magazine programmes.

The Public Television of Russia purchased four Artemis Light consoles with 32 faders and Hydra I/O boxes. The consoles are connected by Calrec’s Hydra2 plug-and-play audio routing system, which enables the station to create a network of consoles at minimal cost.

“With the Calrec desks, we can configure in any combination we need for any production and send any source to any output of any console, so we can easily pass productions from one studio to another with full redundancy of interfaces, Hydra connections, and consoles,” says Pavel Ozhiganov, chief technical director of The Public Television of Russia. “A decentralized system makes it possible for us to connect our mics anywhere in the Hydra network to create ‘interstudio’ productions.”

The Artemis Light consoles met The Public Television of Russia’s criteria for a decentralised architecture that would allow it to use any studio for any type of production. That means each studio can handle many different programmes, which makes the entire facility more efficient. Furthermore, having multiple connected desks gives The Public Television of Russia complete redundancy for maximum uptime. Networked Stageboxes in each studio also gives extra flexibility across the facility.

Systems integrator Professional Television Systems handled the project, including system design, training, delivery and support.