IMG Products Deploy Customised Communication Displays, Facility Wide CASE STUDY IDS Integrated Display Systems The Application Solution IMG, global leader in sports, fashion and media, recently re- Research into how IMG staff needed to communicate and located its sports production, distribution and post-production view information throughout the building revealed that their facilities to new state-of-the-art premises in Stockley Park, requirements could only be fully addressed by the unique West London. The HD and 4K ready IMG Studios is now IDS system (Integrated Display System). IDS can integrate home to such productions as Premier League Productions with a wide range of control systems; at IMG, the IDS system (PLP), European Tour Productions (ETP), SNTV, UEFA Cham- interfaces with a BNCS control system. The 80+ IDS display pions League Magazine Show, FIFA Football Mundial, BBC screens distributed around the entire facility are all controlled Football League Show, Trans World Sport, Origin Digital and centrally from a fully redundant IDS Core. Rightster. The purpose-built facility houses four studios, 13 production galleries, 72 edit suites, four sound dubbing suites, Staff can now see clocks and on-air indicators for every studio fi ve radio studios, fi ve transmission suites and a Master Control and gallery on a single screen, anywhere in the building. Room. Screens inside and outside each studio can display logos and graphics for the relevant client or production using the studio, Challenge as well as on-air indicators and production timers. In contrast to IMG’s previous premises, which had developed an ad-hoc studio and production communication system with The studios also have individual on-air lights where information an array of separate clocks, on-air lights and cue lamps from screens are not required; these lights are dual coloured which various manufacturers, the company was looking to install adds fl exibility to the settings, and all lights are powered over a modern networked studio communication system. They Ethernet (PoE) which allows a single cable to provide both data wanted a solution that could be tailored exactly to IMG’s own connection and electrical power. specifi cations and requirements as well as its clients’, with a building-wide control system providing dynamic integrated dis- In addition the studios, which are named A, B, C and D, each plays in all studios and production areas, as well as its booths feature a corresponding 6ft Perspex letter outside. As well as and conference rooms. being a cool design feature, they are lit from within and the IDS system controls the colour of the light as an additional visual on-air indicator. Levels of redundancy are built in to ensure that LTC clocks remain fully operational and accurate in the event of a power cut or loss of connection with the IDS Core. IDS is a very impressive system and there’s nothing IDS - Dynamic Communication Display quite like it on the market. It integrates many invalu- & Interaction “able features into a single system that is easy to The dynamic nature of IDS means that a single screen can install and manage, and enables us to display a lot display a clock with an RSS feed one minute and transform of information in a logical and aesthetically pleasing into a fully-fl edged production timer the next. The possibili- way. It gives us a great deal of fl exibility in the way we work, with intelligent routing and control - for ties of what can be displayed are virtually endless and every instance, any studio can be set to work with any display on the IDS system can be confi gured to suit its location gallery. As we continue to develop our workfl ow, and application at any given time. there are many more features that we will be taking “ advantage of. IDS is an IP based system which uses NTP to accurately Steve Mansell, Acting Lead Engineer – Projects, synchronise all IDS connected devices without the need for IMG running LTC through your facility, seriously reducing the com- plexity and cost of your infrastructure. PROJECT DESCRIPTION • Clocks and Timing The new building was a blank canvas that gave IMG the op- One of the most important functions in broadcast environ- portunity to build the production system to exact and tailor- ments is time keeping. The IDS system can display clocks, made specifi cations, with plenty of future-proofi ng elements multiple time-zones, up/down timers as well as support offset such as 1080p and 4K capacity. IMG now has a display system that is easy to control, reliable, and provides crucial time recording while keeping all the devices on your network information to production staff at a glance. The IDS system is synchronised using either NTP or LTC. easily scalable as the facility expands, and has additional func- tionality that will be activated as required such as RSS feeds • Seamless Integration and streamed video feeds from studio output. The IDS system integrates seamlessly with your infrastructure. It displays information from and interacts with a wide range of IDS is used by other leading broadcast facilities including BBC equipment and control systems. At the same time GPIO and Broadcasting House, the World Service, ITV and Sky . DMX based control can be added directly to any IDS system using our IP based I/O expansion devices. • Information Display The IDS system can display a wide range of dynamic informa- tion alongside (or without) the clocks and timers. The display layouts are based on your own screen designs and can be shown on any connected IDS display interface. Your custom- ized information display can include On-Air lamps, tickers, control interfaces, video streams, URLs, RSS feeds, signage, branded media, etc. • Content Management The information that can be displayed on the IDS system is becoming increasingly varied and dynamic. The IDS Content Manager allows you to manage and distribute large volumes of digital content to IDS connected display through a user friendly web interface Global reseller network TSL Products has a network of distributors supporting our products all over the world. 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