NAB Event News
Clear Com intercoms Beijing bound
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Apr 16, 2008 - 3:10:38 PM

By Andrew Lippe

Clear-Com at NAB showcased its newest intercom system, Eclipse Version 5.0 and the system is heading to Beijing to be used by CCTV for the Summer Games. Eclipse links together Clear-Com’s V-Series panels and CellCom digital wireless system to provide greater communication in a studio or at an on field venue. 

“The Eclipse has dual redundancy there is no interruption of service,” says Pat Hamp, Clear Com’s Southeastern / Caribbean regional sales manager. The Cellcom wireless system newest version, CellCom10 Version 1.5.7 enables users to have up to 10 beltpacks that connect to remote antennas. The wireless beltpack allows flexibility to roam and communicate anywhere in an arena.

Working in conjunction with an E-FIB card, fiber linking is what helps Eclipse intercoms talk to one another.  It was this fiber high density capability that really appealed to CCTV for the Beijing Olympics. CCTV, China ’s National Broadcaster, has selected Clear-Com to provide an intercom network that will eventually span its entire broadcast operation for Beijing Olympics.

Clear-Com’s communication network will provide a link for CCTV between the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC), and CCTV’s new Television Culture Centre (TVCC) as well as the existing CCTV, which will house administration along with news, broadcasting, studios and program production .

Clear-Com also released their new 12- and 24-key Eclipse V-Series user panels will be installed into various production rooms. The V-Series line supports five Chinese characters on its graphical display, Digital Signal Processing for audio routing, and “Listen Again” technology. “This is our voice messaging system,” adds Hamp. “The frame has a fiber card, which has a warning system to notify technicians if something is going wrong.”