Cloudba Relies on RTS Comms for new CBOB Truck

(05/11/2014) Ripley-based Cloudbass is one of the larger outside broadcast providers in the UK. With clients such as Sky, BTSport, ITV, IMG and BBC, the company's customer base has greatly expanded during the last two years. To cover its increasing number of clients, Cloudbass recently invested in its new flagship OB truck: CBOB1. The double expanding trailer offers 24 cameras, is HD-capable and currently in use for the broadcast of sports events such as the British Touring Car Championship for ITV, Scottish Premiere League for Sky as well as for BBC's current affairs debate program Question Time.

As in its already existing fleet, state-of-the-art equipment ensures flawless operations inside the 17.3 x 5.7 meter CBOB1 truck. For communication, Cloudbass relies on a system from RTS. The most important thing when it comes to communications is a system that is reliable, easy-to-use and that our team is confident in using, comments Sean Kenny, Head of Sound at Cloudbass. When it comes to live TV, you need to meet the clients' needs rapidly and respond quickly.

copyrighted by liveProduction.tv To ensure this, Kenny and his team rely on an RTS Advanced Digital Audio Matrix (ADAM). This flagship of the RTS intercom matrix range has a capacity of up to 464 ports and is equipped with redundant power supplies and controllers, and an integrated MCII-e controller allows the simultaneous operation of up to 32 parallel AZEdit clients via Ethernet and/or RS-232/485. Linked to the matrix are six black KP-32 keypanels featuring bright, fluorescent displays with the twelve respectively 32 lever keys of each keypanel support both latching (hands-free) and momentary (push-to-talk) operation as well as eleven MCP-90-12 12'' gooseneck microphones. Rounding off the system are five interfaces: two CSI-200 bidirectional two-channel coaxial interfaces, two DSI-2008 dual digital interfaces providing two party-line channels to two four-wire channels as well as a LCP-102 source assign panel for channel assignment of six channels to twelve TW positions. A TBX-TriBus triple-bus expander card kit enables a connection of the CBOB1 with other trucks via TriBus to become one big Intercom system. In addition to the high reliability and continuous support we receive from RTS, the ability to trunk systems together is a huge advantage as it enables us to do bigger jobs, comments Sean Kenny. A case in point is the British Touring Car Championships. Here, we have one truck that covers the race, and the other truck is responsible for the presentations. A great job, which we have been able to realize thanks to RTS intercoms.

Cloudbass provides a range of solutions to the broadcast market, from crew to graphics to full HD Outside Broadcast facilities and anything in between. We are dedicated to working at the highest level, to the very best of the companys abilities, in all situations. With clients such as the BBC, Mentorn, Manchester United, ITV Sport, ESPN, Sky, CTV and Sis Live! and suppliers like Riedel, Apple and EVS, Cloudbass provides and demands the very best.

By bringing together its emphatic belief in the value of its people, the knowledge and experience of its top personnel with the enthusiasm for doing things a little bit different, Cloudbass is able to offer its clients the best solutions in whatever area of broadcast and production it is required to deliver.

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