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Canadian Broadcasting Centre is the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC). Image provided by Adobe Stock.
The Canadian Broadcasting Association is expanding its partnership with Densitron, a display, touchscreen and technology firm, including the installation of additional Densitron technology at CBC’s Toronto Studios, according to a press release.
The deal expands on a partnership that began in 2018, when CBC was seeking accessible control and display solutions for its Montreal studios, including critical data display to on-air talent and support staff; CBC became interested in Densitron solutions after observing them in use at the BBC studios in London, England, at the BBC Broadcasting House. The Toronto studios plan to install Densitron’s IDS Control System along with approximately 25-30 touchscreens.
“Along with its flexibility of integration into new and existing infrastructures, the combination of Densitron IDS and TFT touchscreens has long provided us with the reliable and flexible approach to studio and production messaging and display that we require at CBC,” Lysanne Pinard, chief engineer at CBC/Radio-Canada, said in the release. “We have developed a really good partnership with the team at Densitron, and we look forward to continuing that when we begin work on a similar deployment in Toronto.”
The initial Montreal deployment included more than 20 10.1-inch touchscreens and integration with Lawo VSM and the Ember+ control protocol, and built-in scalability has led staff to integrate Google Calendar, weather APIs and studio lighting control.
“Not for the first time, a customer has moved from wanting a system to fulfil a fairly simple set of requirements, to finding it essential for a whole range of vital day-to-day production needs and tasks,” Reuben Such, global business development director for IDS at Densitron, said in the press release. “We have built up a great relationship with CBC and are now working to bring the same mix of functionality to the broadcaster’s studios in Toronto.”
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Touchscreen and IDS system examples. Image provided by Densitron. |
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