Grass Valley wins Public Tender to Support France Televis...

Grass Valley announced that France T l visions has completed the first phase of its Genesys production infrastructure renewal program for Franceinfo, moving the channel's production environment from SDI to SMPTE ST 2110 and relocating core production technology to a data center more than 30 km from its operations center. Designed with sustainability in mind, France T l visions' new facility was built and commissioned in parallel with the existing operation and went on air on August 31, as the channel marked its tenth anniversary.

The project forms the first phase of Genesys, France T l visions' production infrastructure renewal program. The Franceinfo facility is part of a broader move toward SMPTE ST 2110 and data center-based production across the broadcaster's operations. Grass Valley K-Frame and Kaleido-IP technology form the core of the new production and monitoring environment, with an 80 40 K-Frame system and Kayenne control surface alongside four Kaleido-IP X440 multiviewers.

Franceinfo is France T l visions' continuous news channel, delivering national and international news across television and digital platforms. The broadcaster has worked with Grass Valley technology for many years, with existing systems including Kahuna and K-Frame production switchers, Kaleido multiviewers and routing and modular infrastructure.

We are taking decisive steps in modernizing our production infrastructure while maintaining the continuity of services that France T l visions depends on, said Gr gory Vital, Director of Process Engineering and Support at France T l visions. For Franceinfo, that means a new SMPTE ST 2110 control room in the data center as part of the infrastructure we are building to support our content in the years ahead.

Migrating to SMPTE ST 2110

The new facility upgrades Franceinfo's previous production environment, based on Grass Valley Kahuna switching and Kaleido-X multiviewing, by moving to a fully IP K-Frame system with an 80 40 configuration and a Kayenne control surface, alongside four Kaleido-IP X440 multiviewers.

The move introduces an IP-native architecture while maintaining familiar production workflows, enabling much-needed continuity for production teams. K-Frame's UltraMatch functionality provides signal processing within the production workflow, while Kaleido-IP uses the same configuration tools familiar to France T l visions' existing Kaleido-X teams. Grass Valley also provided specialist training as operators moved onto the new production tools.

Production from the Data Center

Relocating the production technology to the data center added complexity to the migration, with delivery, integration and commissioning carefully coordinated to keep the existing Franceinfo facility on air and allow production teams to continue working without interruption throughout the transition.

Red Bee Media France served as systems integrator, working with France T l visions and Grass Valley to bring the new control room into service for the August 31 launch.

The new infrastructure is ready to support UHD and HDR, while providing a foundation for the next phases of Genesys.

Grass Valley has a long history in France, including a longstanding relationship with France T l visions, and the Genesys project represents an important new milestone, said Carlos Ferreira, VP of Sales Central & Southern Europe at Grass Valley. For Franceinfo, K-Frame and Kaleido-IP provide the production and monitoring capabilities required within its new SMPTE ST 2110 environment, while maintaining continuity for teams already familiar with Grass Valley technology. The project also provides a strong foundation as France T l visions progresses its wider infrastructure renewal.

Grass Valley is exhibiting at SATIS 2026 in Paris, November 4 5, at Booth A5, where visitors can learn more about its latest production, IP infrastructure, and software-defined workflow technologies.

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