Euro TV Upgrades OB Van with Lawo mc36 MkII and VSM

Euro TV Production GmbH of Austria has upgraded its outside broadcast vehicle with Lawo technology. The mc 36 Classic console in service since 2019 was replaced by a new mc 36 MkII All-in-One production console with an integrated HOME Gate server. Three new A__mic8 IP stageboxes were added, and the existing VSM (Virtual Studio Manager) continues as the central control platform.

Euro TV produces live broadcasts and recordings across sports, cultural and entertainment events, including international skiing, soccer and ice hockey, the Wings for Life World Run and the Red Bull Air Race. This is the second time the company has based its OB truck on a Lawo audio platform; the mc 36 Classic and VSM were selected when the unit was first commissioned in 2019. The migration preserves established workflows and operational concepts. Because the existing infrastructure and configuration data could be retained, integration was completed efficiently. The former mc 36 Classic remains fully operational and will be used on other Euro TV productions.

The mc 36 Classic has proven itself as an exceptionally reliable production tool over many years, says Florian Polder, Project Manager, Euro TV. The fact that we can now redeploy the console elsewhere demonstrates the long-term value and investment protection offered by the Lawo platform. With the new mc 36 MkII, we benefit from increased processing power, expanded IP capabilities, and even tighter integration into our production environment.

The console runs on A__UHD Core technology and provides up to 384 processing channels at 48 kHz and 96 kHz, along with up to 864 I/O channels. It natively supports SMPTE ST 2110, AES67 and RAVENNA. The integrated HOME Gate server handles device management and network resource administration.

The three A__mic8 stageboxes expand the truck's audio connectivity with microphone preamplifiers and flexible I/O. Their direct IP connectivity removes the need for additional audio matrix infrastructure, reducing setup times for remote and on-location productions.

Through VSM, Euro TV controls audio, video, routing and communications systems from a single interface. Repetitive switching procedures can be stored as automated salvos and executed at the press of a button.

VSM allows us to operate a wide range of different systems as if they were a single platform, says Polder. Particularly in live sports production, where decisions often have to be made in fractions of a second, this gives us greater speed, better situational awareness, and enhanced operational reliability.

The project was delivered jointly by the Euro TV and Lawo teams and completed on schedule.

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