KBS Upgrades With Studer Vista 9 Digital Mixing Console

The multi-room van includes an audio production room, where the large-frame, 52-fader Studer Vista 9 anchors the audio system, which is optimized for 5.1 Surround Sound monitoring and mixing. The Vista 9 couples its popular Vistonics™ user interface with radical and innovative TFT-based metering, FaderGlow™ and numerous other innovations. The metering gives precision feedback on signal status, displaying signals in the upper section of the screen, while the lower portion can show bus assignment or for surround channels an image of the surround composite, providing a clear and easily understandable display of the surround signal and an innovative History mode where each channel’s recent behavior can be displayed for up to 50 seconds.

“KBS likes the tradition of reliability, high quality and high performance of Studer products,” says Bruno Hochstrasser, GM of Studer. “Studer’s advancements in digital technology, including the intuitive Vistonics user interface, have enabled KBS to tackle the power of digital in unprecedented fashion.”

In addition, KBS has ordered a second Vista 9 console with 52 faders for one of its television production studios in Seoul, which will be installed in November 2011. Also, four more Vista 5 consoles have been ordered and will be installed later this fall in four new HD OB vans for the four regional main centers in Pusan, Kwangju, Daegu and Daejeon. These new upgrades are the latest in a long line of Studer purchases by KBS, which has a total of 11 large-frame D950 mixers and nine large-frame Vista 5, 6 and 8 consoles in daily use in television production and live television news studios throughout South Korea.

About KBS Broadcast:
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is the biggest of four major Korean television networks. This public broadcasting network is best known for nightly newscasts and historical dramas. KBS was founded in 1927 and operates three television, seven radio and four digital media channels and has seven subsidiaries.  KBS provides terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcasting services in Korea.  Its terrestrial television channel portfolio includes KBS TV1 and KBS TV2.  KBS World TV is KBS`s international television channel.  Its cable and satellite television channels include KBS Prime (culture and drama), KBS Drama, KBS N Sports and KBS Joy (comedy and quiz).